Hanging wild game for long periods is a waste of time. It don't have the fat like Beef so won't work the same. We just hang it and cut it up ASAP. Sometimes it's over 1 week and other times it is the next day. Beef we allways hang for 21 days. As long as it's cool outside you won't have a problem. Elk have gotta be skinned as soon as possible no matter how cold it is outside or the meat will spoil next to the bone.

I like to get my deer skinned before they cool off to much as is is much easyer to pull off.


Tenderness and flavor will vary from animal to animal with age and diet. Hanging has the least to do with it. Unless you hang it out in the summer. If it gets mold growing on it it's O.K. that is what the vinager is for. just wipe it down and eat it.


Kris