Anyone ever dry aged a deer?

[flyguy]

Has any one done it? We all know how good dry aged beef just wondering about deer,I always butcher my deer that nite of a morning harvest or the following morning

[acewoodsman]

i've never tryed that flyguy don't see why u couldn't though

[porterfork]

What do you mean by dry aged.

I usually age my deer. I usually skin and let them hang in a lockable shed for 7 days unless the temp is too warm. Then I butcher. I have had no complaints. I think it sweetens the taste.

Last year I took an elk to a custom design meat cutter. He let it hang for 2 weeks in the cooler before cutting. I think it aged a little too long. It tastes good, but is very "bloody". Don't know if that is the result of that process or not.

I'd say: giver a go.

[muskrat24]

Just make sure that nothing can get to it and the temp is low. My nieghbor had a deer hanging and his dogs chewed off a good portion of neck meat.

[badger]

I'd love to build me a small walkin cooler big enough to hang a deer or two. When it is cold enough, I like letting them hang awhile.

Never did the dry aged thing.

[johnporter]

When we lived in Maine, we always aged meat. When living in camp, I just hung the meat in a screened in porch and cut what I wanted for supper. During our falls up there it never was warm rnough to ruin meat.

[fishpole]

Back home in NY when i kill a deer i let it hang for about a week if its not the early season. just the way i was taught to do things. this season thought my time wont allow for that kind of butchering, so im hoping for good results with a hasty hanging,cooling, and butchering job .
-cory

[redpig]

flyguy
Never dry aged one, but I did take a rear leg and cured it like you would a ham, sugar cure and smoked it...that was good!

[rustytrap]

i do it like fishpole all ways let it hang for a week if conditions let me never had a problem