This is a post I made some time ago on another forum and I thought I would post it here has well. Hopefully it will help.
This is one of the better pictorials I have seen for boneless deer processing.
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Bob
This is a great series from Perdue University:
From Field to Table. How To Process Your Deer
Hunting is an outdoor sport many enjoy while learning new skills, receiving fitness benefits and bringing healthy food options to their table. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Wildlife & Sport Fish Restoration Program, reported 36,825 licences for 2017 as hunting continues to be a recognized and respected sport.
Purdue Extension-Forestry and Natural Resources has recently increased their resources for handling harvested game. This new video series shares step by step instructions starting with field dressing and continuing all the way through to packaging.
Video Series:
Handling Harvested Game: Episode 1,
Field Dressing
Handling Harvested Game: Episode 2,
Hanging & Skinning
Handling Harvested Game: Episode 3,
Deboning
Handling Harvested Game: Episode 4,
Cutting, Grinding & Packaging
Free handling harvested game workshops are held every year in September by Purdue Extension. If you would like to attend any of the available workshops please contact
Jonathan Ferris, Wayne County Extension Director, or
Dave Osborne, Ripley County Extension Director. Feel free to view the
Purdue Extension Calendar or the
Purdue Extension-Forestry and Natural Resources’ Calendar for future scheduled workshops.
Other resources:
How to Score Your White-tailed Deer, video, The Education Store, Purdue Extension Resource Center
White-Tailed Deer Post Harvest Collection, video, The Education Store
Age Determination in White-tailed Deer, video, The Education Store,
How to Build a Plastic Mesh Deer Exclusion Fence, The Education Store,
Bovine Tuberculosis in Wild White-tailed Deer, The Education Store,
Maine Hunting License and Rules, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
More resources with Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and Purdue Extension:
Indiana Deer Hunting, Biology and Management
Food Safety & Handling Take-Home Tips (80kb pdf)
Deer Tips 1:
Scouting
Deer Tips 2:
Practice
Deer Tips 3:
Clothing
Deer Tips 4:
Hunting Private Lands
Deer Tips 5:
Location, Location
Deer Tips 6:
Etiquette
Deer Tips 7:
Tracking
Deer Tips 8:
After the Harvest
Deer Tips 9:
Final Thoughts
Deer Processing 1:
Skinning
Bob Cordes, Wildlife Biologist
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Brandon Fields, Meat Science Manager
Pig Improvement Company (PIC)
Rod N Williams, Engagement Faculty Fellow & Associate Professor of Wildlife Science
Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources