For those who process their own deer

[trap55555]

I'm giving serious consideration in starting to process my own deer this year. Already shopping for a grinder, have a vacuum packer,...

One thing I'm concern about is what to do with the carcass and hide when finish? I live in a subdivision and throwing it out back and letting the possums and 'yotes take care of it wont work.

So what do you do with your?

I'm pretty sure I can't drop it at the local dump (Knox Co).

tks,
trap55555

 

[BMan]

Throw it across the fence into your neighbor's yard; then it's HIS problem.

 

[spoon]

Lol@BMan

I take mine to a dried up creek about 20 mins from the house

 

[rukiddin]

I buy the heavy duty contractor bags from Home Depot. I put the carcass in there and tie the bag closed. I go to the knox co dump and put them in the dumpster just like any other garbage. I don't advertise it, I don't announce it. Just do like anything else. Never had anything said to me.

 

[gatodoc]

I buy the heavy duty contractor bags from Home Depot. I put the carcass in there and tie the bag closed. I go to the knox co dump and put them in the dumpster just like any other garbage. I don't advertise it, I don't announce it. Just do like anything else. Never had anything said to me.

Freeze it first and it's less likely to attract attention....

 

[redblood]

i drag it to the back of the property. but i live way out in the country.

 

[Hollar Hunter]

I throw mine in a big catfish pond...

 

[eightpointer]

Throw it across the fence into your neighbor's yard; then it's HIS problem.

HHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Thats funny...

 

[redblood]

I throw mine in a big catfish pond...

good idea, i bet they get big

 

[plinker22]

Bgi heavy trash bag here as well.

 

[RackRocker]

I'm giving serious consideration in starting to process my own deer this year. Already shopping for a grinder, have a vacuum packer,...

One thing I'm concern about is what to do with the carcass and hide when finish? I live in a subdivision and throwing it out back and letting the possums and 'yotes take care of it wont work.

So what do you do with your?

I'm pretty sure I can't drop it at the local dump (Knox Co).

tks,
trap55555

I may be wrong on this but I am fairly certain you can take it to the dump. It is processed food so therefore makes it legal. Seems like I remember a thread pertaining to this awhile back.

 

[44fanatic]

I live in a subdivision so the property is out.

I have taken one to the local dump and they actually brought a vehicle around to me to get rid of the carcass. I have also disposed of another carcass with the local trash pick up, fortuneatly pick up day was the next day.

I dont think you can dispose of a carcass on WMA's.

 

[Phil1979]

Throw it across the fence into your neighbor's yard; then it's HIS problem.

Hahaha. That's awesome.

Put mine in the back of the truck and take it to a big field about ten minutes away.

 

[cecil30-30]

I feed mine to the dogs.All the bones,including the ribs and backbone we cut up into small pieces with a saw zaw throw it all in a big pot and boil it for a few mins,and they love it.By the time the end of deer season comes,there are bones scattered all over.

 

[DaveB]

I live in a subdivision. I bone out the carcass, cut what's left up into pieces, and goes into garbage bag and into the big green can. Never a word.

Dumping them in a field may explain why there are so many coyotes around. Probably have a TNDeer badge on their shoulder.

 

[BowGuy84]

Right in dumpster if on weekend with trash pick up on Tuesday. Week deer go in dumpster a piece away.

 

[Pursuit Hunter]

Funny story about throwing the carcass in the trash. A coupe years ago I killed a deer in early bow season several days before the trash pickup. I bagged it in a contractor bag and threw it in the can. After a couple days in the heat, it got pretty ripe. The morning I put it out, there was a buzzard flying up and down my street looking for it. I figured the neighbors (and the trash collectors) probably didn't appreciate my disposal method, so I started skinning and quartering the deer at my hunting property. I put the meat in a cooler and leave the carcass in the woods for the buzzards.

 

[Football Hunter]

I buy the heavy duty contractor bags from Home Depot. I put the carcass in there and tie the bag closed. I go to the knox co dump and put them in the dumpster just like any other garbage. I don't advertise it, I don't announce it. Just do like anything else. Never had anything said to me.

Thats the ticket!

 

[redblood]

there is a big issue going on in bedford county right now about a man trying to start a deer processing operation in a subdivision. there is a thread on it on here somewhere

 

[bowriter]

If you have garbage service, cut the carcass into parts and freeze them. Then, the night before pickup, just put them in bags and in the regular garbage. I have been doing that for years.