A question for folks who butcher ...

[pine nut]

It will help avoid hair on the meat if one slides the knife in and under the skin so the skin is cut from inside to outside.  It does not cut nearly as much hair loose from the skin and it preserves the edge of your knife longer too.

[DesertDude]

Let me ask this, If your doing your gutting and skinning close to the walk in cooler, can you wash the meat down before you put them in the cooler?

[LKH]

Yes, I have had butchers take a pressure washer to animals we have brought in for clients.  

When you cut your own meat, you end up taking a layer off before you cut, so most everything gets removed.  

I have boned or quarted a bou, Dall sheep, and a Rocky Mt. Goat in the field this year.  Believe me, its impossible to keep them perfectly clean.
Unfortunately, I didn't kill any of them.

[VA Bowbender]

It's always a good idea to wash the carcass inside and out. At least get the blood out of the cavity.  I always tell people to treat their harvest the way they would want their grocery meat deptartment or butcher to treat it.  You wouldn't buy steaks from the store coverd in blood and hair, so get out the hose and wash it off.

[PAPA BEAR]

pressure washer ?  whawhawhatttttttt????  :eek:        :D