Skin A Deer – Tailgate Deer Processing

Every November when the rut kicks in and either-sex days open in many counties, there are deer processors across Georgia that fill up and are not able to take any more deer. A deer hunter should know how to quarter a deer and get that meat in a cooler.

Here, Scott Hodges shows us on video how to take down a deer in about 20 minutes without hanging it from a gambrel and without field-dressing it. All you need is a tailgate, a knife and a cooler.

Scott’s video blog Southern Reflections With Scott Hodges appears regularly at gon.com.

Scott Hodges, of Byron, owns Southern Reflections Taxidermy and has long been a GON contributor. If you have ever attended an Outdoor Blast show, you likely ran into Scott as he manned the Wall of Fame display with some of Georgia’s best bucks.