why do people pack out hooves

[welkin]

Ok granted it's not very much weight at all, and dogs like them. But if you're not going to give them to your dog, I just don't see a reason to not cut them off, it takes barely any time at all

 

[mike.adams.467]

The lower leg that is covered in hair and nothing else? There is zero meat there. Nothing but bone and hooves

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You ever watch a bull piss down his leg when he's rutting?

 

[fisherman983]

You ever watch a bull piss down his leg when he's rutting?

Yes.. and I mentioned piss in my first post.

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[mighteywhitehunter]

I see a lot of pictures on here from packouts with hooves sticking out of the top of game bags. Is there any reason to not cut off the lowest part of the quarters at the joint by slicing the ligaments? Just seems like more weight and there's no meat down there to speak off. I guess more bones more making broth/stock but doesn't seem worth it to me.

I bring 1 or 2 out from each animal as a treat for the dog.

Other things I have done with them is to dry them out with the hoof at a 90 deg angle and make them into a hat/coat hanger.

 

[Taudisio]

So you pack the bones out then give them to your dog instead of making bone broth?

Yes. Boning out takes me too long in the woods. I give him scraps while I cut, toss him a bone, and freeze the others for him or families dogs when they come to visit. The lower leg never comes home with me if the animal is quartered in the field.