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.

 

[huntsman22]

The reason folks pack out lower legs is because they're not in tune with the Injun spirits and legends of the past. An old injun told me you remove the legs and tie them together and hang them pointed to safety. That's so when the spirit of the animal see's his feet hanging there, he can put them on and run to safety in the ever-after, for all eternity.......grin

 

[TopherDave]

What cracks me up more than the bone debate is the retards running around scrambling to get their meat cold. If it’s warm, or going to be warm, have a plan ahead of time! Personally, I pack a deep freeze and a little 1500W generator. I’m that A-hole at the trail head running a generator all night, chilling my meat down so we can keep hunting.
I was just listening to a podcast about some antelope hunters losing a day of hunting trying to find a butcher to store their game. They had great big toy haulers and 5th wheels. Got money for that but not a lil deep freeze and generator?
I think too many guys over prioritize their rack/antlers and don’t put enough focus on the meat care. They just drop it off at the butcher and “call me when it’s done” attitude. Is that really hunting?

 

[Fireflyfishing]

Good question. Here’s how my bag looks on a pack out…
I do like to pack quarters out bone-in for structure and less meat loss when aging. Way easier to hang bone-in.

 

[Ross]

Biggest reason for me to cut them off in the field, is when packing you don’t have another 2ft sticking up that will catch on every limb, brush, tree, etc and your center of balance is lower without that antenna sticking way over your head, along with the extra no need weight. To each their own.

 

[5MilesBack]

They just drop it off at the butcher and “call me when it’s done” attitude. Is that really hunting?

Of course not. The hunting was over right before the trigger was pulled.

I've hauled some, and left some. But I know a guy here that loves them for his dogs. And this is a guy that does a lot of small engine/appliance repair stuff for free, just because he enjoys doing that. So I don't mind bringing them home for him.

 

[np307]

If I'm hunting my home state I leave them for the dog to have. Not enough weight to matter for me. Hunting out of state I remove them because of transport rules.

 

[MallardSX2]

Because they are retarded. Plain and simple. Buncha retards see influencers doing it and they follow suit because they don't possess enough brain cells to think cognitively.
Its gross and disgusting. Dirty hairy legs covered in piss makes no sense to me but to each their own.

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This.

 

[KenLee]

Always figured it was similar to dudes showing off their huge white women. Every inch is a trophy to their loser ass.

 

[hoooogan]

For those that give the legs/hooves to their dogs, do you just cut it off at the joint and chuck it to them? Or do you skin it? I brought home the legs from my buck and they've been chilling in the freezer. Just been busy and haven't gotten around to figuring out what I should do before giving it to my pup.

 

[Ron.C]

I'm nowhere near as picky when I shoot a blacktail, but when I shoot an elk or big bear nothing goes on by back that doesn't need to be there and will only be discarded at home. I do from time to time carry out some hide for fly tying buddies but have no need for hoof/lower legs so they are removed.

When I started hunting away from roads, I was guilty of hauling too much that was trimmed out later. Some of life's lessons just need to be learned.

 

[HunterGatherer]

Its gross and disgusting. Dirty hairy legs covered in piss makes no sense to me but to each their own.

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My wife says the same about me when I get home from hunting…

I’ll pack the lower legs, detached, on the rare occasion I kill close to an access point. There’s a whole batch of bone stock there. I get that the point of the thread was about all these guys leaving them attached , sticking up way over their head but there is an actual use for the bones.

 

[Glendon Mullins]

Perhaps this is why?? While you all are on the internet arguing about a few extra ounces, and calling people names, the people packing out their elk feets are making them into fancy ashtrays, and smoking their newports and doobies in freakin style, who's the restards now!!!

 

[MuleyFever]

...who's the restards now!!!

 

[MuleyFever]

I leave them on sometimes if the road is close. If its a ways to walk then I have mostly just deboned the meat.

 

[Glendon Mullins]

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