No excuses this year...

[growalot]

They are bringing home my deer fridg today...a big commercial double from what he told me months ago...let the hot weather reign I'll have a place to keep them... now I just have to figure out where it's going...could have used a few days for that but no looking down the throat of a gift horse.

 It will be nice not worrying about taking a shot due to weather.

[growalot]

here she is all 7ft 2" of it...

[moog5050]

Jealous!   Nice!

[growalot]

Out of likes...

[BowmanMike]

was gonna say the exact same thing moog...

[grampy]

Got room for my deer on October 1st ?

[Lawdwaz]

Uncover it and let's see some pics

[growalot]

I'll post pics of one simlar tomorrow but it stays wrapped until it's in it's perminate spot. It's dbl solid doors removable shelving all stainless steel,inside and out..compressor is on top...man the forks on the tractor came in handy tonite.

[Lawdwaz]

I'll bring some quarters down 10/1

[Pygmy]

COOOOL !....Hehehe..

[Buckmaster7600]

That is awesome! I don't know how many times we haves used my great grandpas freezer room from when he was a produce farmer. It is a 6x6 with 8ft walls room in the barn with a little antique Detroit diesel that runs the refer but t works like a charm! Best part is it will run 24hrs on a couple gallons of fuel.


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[wolc123]

I use a big, old GE household fridge that is from the 1950's.  They don't seem to build them to last like that now days.  It does use a little more electricity than the new ones, but I only plug it in when it is warm out and I have deer carcasses to hang.  With all the racks and drawers removed, it will hold two average-sized deer, cut in half behind the rib cage.  I hang the rear halfs from hooks on the top and rest the fronts on the necks on the bottom.   It gets a little tight with two in there, but normally I only need to worry about one at a time.  

Aging those deer at 35 degrees (that's where the old fridge holds them) for about a week (longer for older deer) allows the rigor mortis to work its way out, making the steaks, chops, and roasts a lot more palatable.  Keeping the door closed over that time allows the skinned carcasses to stay fairly moist.   I prefer to hang and age the carcasses with the skins on (that insulates and keeps them from drying out to much on the outside)  in our insulated garage, but "climate change" is forcing me to use that old fridge more and more it seems, especially early in the season.   Hopefully I can get another 50 or so years out of it.  It would be cool to age deer in a hundred year old fridge.

Edited August 5, 2017 by wolc123

[GreeneHunter]

Uncover it ... but do it slowly .... LOL

[dbHunterNY]

that'll work awesome.  bigger than mine.  having a fridge to put boned out meat has served me well for years.  i don't really dry age because i don't want the loss.  just keep the meat elevated off the bottom within meat totes.  used to keep draining the totes but don't feel it's the best idea, same with trying to use pads at the bottom of each.

[BizCT]

Fridge? did you mean freezer?

[growalot]

With out shelving you can cut legs and stand at least 3 in it ,not touching...I'll only need room for 1-2...The kids have no time to bow hunt and I will butcher within a week

[growalot]

Fridge... Commercial grade...similar to this:

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https://www.samsclub.com/sams/true-2-door-stainless-steel-reach-in-refrigerator-49-cu-ft/prod900746.ip?athcpid=prod900746&athena=true&athpgid=pdp&athmtid=VaV&athznid=sams_ip_VaV&parentpid=prod20071078&xid=pdp:carousel:people-who-viewed-this-item-also-viewed:1

[BizCT]

5 minutes ago, growalot said:

Fridge... Commercial grade...similar to this:

Well that didn't work and won't delete

https://www.samsclub.com/sams/true-2-door-stainless-steel-reach-in-refrigerator-49-cu-ft/prod900746.ip?athcpid=prod900746&athena=true&athpgid=pdp&athmtid=VaV&athznid=sams_ip_VaV&parentpid=prod20071078&xid=pdp:carousel:people-who-viewed-this-item-also-viewed:1

why a fridge and not freezer for venison though? how long does venison keep in a fridge for?

[growalot]

Warm weather hunting Biz..We actually have 2 big upright freezers and side by side frig/freezer and 1 fridg/ bottom freezer. I like to age our venison and I have passed more deer then I care to think about because of hot weather. Not a big thing on an afternoon hunt...but trying to skin and quarter a deer in hot weather with flies about..well I have a thing about flies..you know that every time they land they crap and lay eggs...WTH!

[growalot]

We had two walk in coolers but the guys wouldn't let me put them together..so they sat and then our son found a buyer..He's rehabing his home and a few thou. Can buy a lot of material.