Date:     9/30/02
Contact:  Richard D. Willey (864) 656-3090;rwlly@Clemson.edu
           Libby Hoyle, (864) 656-5713; lhoyle@clemson.edu 
Writer:   Susan Bedingfield (864) 656-3876;sbeding@clemson.edu

Extension video on proper field
dressing available to hunters

     CLEMSON   Hunting season has begun, and hunters are once again
faced with the an age-old question:  "Once the game has been harvested,
how do you safely get it dressed and to the processor?" 
	Thanks to two Clemson Extension specialists, a new video is
available that shows a quick, safe way to field dress, skin and quarter
whitetail deer.
	"Whether this is your first year hunting or you've been hunting
for 20 years, you will find this video educational and worthwhile,"
said Rick Willey,Clemson Extension 4-H natural resources specialist.
 	About 30 minutes long, the video is narrated by Charles Ruth,
deer project supervisor with the South Carolina Department of Natural
Resources, who demonstrates a unique skinning and dressing technique 
that he perfected during his previous work at a commercial deer hunting
plantation. 
	The video also includes a segment on the field dressing of
whitetail deer. 
	Hunters need to be especially mindful of time and temperature. 
	"A hunter only has two hours before the meat could begin to 
spoil, especially early in the season when the weather is still hot,"
said Libby Hoyle, Clemson Extension foods and nutrition specialist. 
"This video helps hunters be prepared, so they can quickly get the meat
on ice and then to the processor."
	The video sells for $12.50. For more information or to order 
the video,contact the Extension office in your county.  To order 
online, go to www.Clemson.edu; take the Public Service Extension link
to PSA publications. Order number for the video is Tape 7780.
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