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Posted: 11/27/2015 9:24:19 AM EDT

I hear these yahoos say "I want a deer for their freezer". I guess there could be many interpretations. Usually I see some people shoot a nasty ass "8 pointer" that already stinks, ride all over the county showing aunt bubba while it rots more, take it to a processor where it "aged" and rots more, pick it up two weeks later frozen, stick it in the freezer where it rots more and gets freezer burned, then 2 years throws it out in the yard where his damned old shiteater will not even eat it. Knowing all along his wife has no idea how to cook it.

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:30:08 AM EDT

[#1]

Is this a lame attempt at a rant

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:30:47 AM EDT

[#2]

Um,wut? I am in my blind looking for a big ol stinky buck as I type. Why you hate meat OP?

My food eats your food.

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:31:04 AM EDT

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Not a fan of hunting I take it.
That's ok. It's not for everyone.

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:33:38 AM EDT

[#4]

Usually it means they'll shoot the first thing they see, even if it's 55 lb. button buck.

Then they wonder why they don't see many bucks out there.

They use the line that they "have to feed their family", like some big noble cause to save their family from the brink of starvation. If you're THAT poor, you'd be better off taking a second job or applying for food stamps!

We shoot mature does for the freezer and hunt mature bucks.

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:34:42 AM EDT

[#5]

This thread is fuckin stupid.

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:34:55 AM EDT

[#6]

I didn't know they had yahoos in TN

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:35:12 AM EDT

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Usually it means they'll shoot the first thing they see, even if it's 55 lb. button buck.

Then they wonder why they don't see many bucks out there.

http://i.imgur.com/MLGZbSh.jpg

We shoot mature does for the freezer and hunt mature bucks.

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MMM wild veal.

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:35:36 AM EDT

[#8]

You sir seem highly knowledgeable and cutting edge. May I subscribe to your newsletter?

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:36:14 AM EDT

[#9]

I don't think that most of the guys I know who want venison for their freezer fit your description.

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:37:52 AM EDT

[#10]

You People are hilarious...always good for a laugh

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:40:02 AM EDT

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MMM wild veal.

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Usually it means they'll shoot the first thing they see, even if it's 55 lb. button buck.

Then they wonder why they don't see many bucks out there.

http://i.imgur.com/MLGZbSh.jpg

We shoot mature does for the freezer and hunt mature bucks.

MMM wild veal.

Yep, tastes real good too. Around here though, they go around 100lbs.

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:41:17 AM EDT

[#12]

wat?

mine is ground into burgers and hot dogs. i skin them as soon as i can and get them to a processor.

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:43:58 AM EDT

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Talk about a nasty stinky 8 pointer, have you ever been to a farm and checked out the cows, pigs, chickens?

I passed on a fork and 2 spikes. One of the guys we stay with asked at what point in the week would I take it and I said never. If people would stop shooting baby bucks they would be more mature ones to shoot. I think you shouldn't be able to shoot anything that's not at least outside the ears.

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:48:12 AM EDT

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OP describing self?

The only "stinky" deer I ever had was way back when I just started hunting and did not have the proper skills to gut n' cut and process the meat properly, along with proper aging.

Now all of my venison is a wonderful delicacy , and yes, I like having a deer (or two or three) in the freezer for pulling out in rotation with store bought meat.

And a real man doesn't depend on his wife to cook his meat.

Posted: 11/27/2015 9:49:39 AM EDT

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In the unlikely event some of you hunters haven't heard of the QDMA, check it out. Lots of good info, even if your property holdings are small, or non-existent.

Posted: 11/27/2015 10:00:26 AM EDT

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Usually it means they'll shoot the first thing they see, even if it's 55 lb. button buck.

Then they wonder why they don't see many bucks out there.

They use the line that they "have to feed their family", like some big noble cause to save their family from the brink of starvation. If you're THAT poor, you'd be better off taking a second job or applying for food stamps!

http://i.imgur.com/MLGZbSh.jpg

We shoot mature does for the freezer and hunt mature bucks.

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I am a shoot the first thing you see kind of deer hunter.

I just can't sit still long enough, or have enough time to big buck hunt.

I love filling up the freezer too, but I would never use the argument of having to feed the family, people that do that are stupid.

I could easily spend the same amount of time at work as I did in the treestand, and time spent processing and just go buy packaged beef at the butcher.

Posted: 11/27/2015 10:03:42 AM EDT

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Talk about a nasty stinky 8 pointer, have you ever been to a farm and checked out the cows, pigs, chickens?

I passed on a fork and 2 spikes. One of the guys we stay with asked at what point in the week would I take it and I said never. If people would stop shooting baby bucks they would be more mature ones to shoot. I think you shouldn't be able to shoot anything that's not at least outside the ears.

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Meh, I don't see the appeal of it. Sure it's fun one someone gets something with a decent rack, but putting antler restrictions in place would tank the conservation aspect of it, no one would be buying licenses.

I have said in the past though that every 5-10 years they should do a antlerless only season, our doe to buck ratio is way out of whack.

Posted: 11/27/2015 10:08:59 AM EDT

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Talk about a nasty stinky 8 pointer, have you ever been to a farm and checked out the cows, pigs, chickens?

I passed on a fork and 2 spikes. One of the guys we stay with asked at what point in the week would I take it and I said never. If people would stop shooting baby bucks they would be more mature ones to shoot. I think you shouldn't be able to shoot anything that's not at least outside the ears.

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that is how the majority of our county's in Texas are. Antler restrictions limit you to (1) one buck of 13" or greater spread (Outside the ears) and one Spike. Our max is 3 bucks via tags a season.

ETA: Some counties allow doe's to be taken from opening season to the end of Thanksgiving weekend and some only allow the taking of doe from Thanksgiving day to the end of the weekend only.

Posted: 11/27/2015 10:12:01 AM EDT

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What the fuck is going on in here?

I used to take mine to a processor, and get sausages with cheese and all that shit made.

Now a days I process it up myself.

Posted: 11/27/2015 10:14:26 AM EDT

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Why don't people like you just shut up?

So sick of people complaining about what deer people shoot, what weapon they used to shoot it, who processed the deer, what cuts the deer was processed into, etc. If you want to hunt, hunt. If you want to shoot a doe, buck, button buck, monster, yearling, who CARES?

Posted: 11/27/2015 10:16:50 AM EDT

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Why don't people like you just shut up?

So sick of people complaining about what deer people shoot, what weapon they used to shoot it, who processed the deer, what cuts the deer was processed into, etc. If you want to hunt, hunt. If you want to shoot a doe, buck, button buck, monster, yearling, who CARES?

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But mah big buck....you shot him 3 years too early.

Posted: 11/27/2015 10:17:00 AM EDT

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Join date.... Post count....

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Posted: 11/27/2015 10:17:57 AM EDT

[#23]

cedar hackers

Posted: 11/27/2015 10:19:31 AM EDT

[#24]

Pics of yahoo's wife?

Posted: 11/27/2015 10:32:49 AM EDT

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I am a shoot the first thing you see kind of deer hunter.
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Usually it means they'll shoot the first thing they see, even if it's 55 lb. button buck.

Then they wonder why they don't see many bucks out there.

They use the line that they "have to feed their family", like some big noble cause to save their family from the brink of starvation. If you're THAT poor, you'd be better off taking a second job or applying for food stamps!

http://i.imgur.com/MLGZbSh.jpg

We shoot mature does for the freezer and hunt mature bucks.

I am a shoot the first thing you see kind of deer hunter.
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Me too. I want a head for the wall, but I only want one. I have a lot of years of hunting left in me, eventually that first deer will be a big buck. Until then I'm happy with the first legal animal that comes in range.

Posted: 11/27/2015 11:03:27 AM EDT

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I hear these yahoos say "I want a deer for their freezer". I guess there could be many interpretations. Usually I see some people shoot a nasty ass "8 pointer" that already stinks, ride all over the county showing aunt bubba while it rots more, take it to a processor where it "aged" and rots more, pick it up two weeks later frozen, stick it in the freezer where it rots more and gets freezer burned, then 2 years throws it out in the yard where his damned old shiteater will not even eat it. Knowing all along his wife has no idea how to cook it.

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Or one might shoot it

Have the tenderloins grilled with onions, mushrooms and butter at deer camp:

Bring it home, skin it, quarter it:

And make awesome fresh sausage to eat all year.

While drinking beer from the kegerator in the shop:

Usually times 3-4 deer a year.

It sounds like the people you know are doing it wrong.

Posted: 11/27/2015 11:06:42 AM EDT

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Or one might shoot it

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Have the tenderloins grilled with onions, mushrooms and butter at deer camp:

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Bring it home, skin it, quarter it:

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And make awesome fresh sausage to eat all year.

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/20151110_182628_zpsi5oxjvhb.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/20151110_182628_zpsi5oxjvhb.jpg</a>

While drinking beer from the kegerator in the shop:

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Usually times 3-4 deer a year.

It sounds like the people you know are doing it wrong.

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I hear these yahoos say "I want a deer for their freezer". I guess there could be many interpretations. Usually I see some people shoot a nasty ass "8 pointer" that already stinks, ride all over the county showing aunt bubba while it rots more, take it to a processor where it "aged" and rots more, pick it up two weeks later frozen, stick it in the freezer where it rots more and gets freezer burned, then 2 years throws it out in the yard where his damned old shiteater will not even eat it. Knowing all along his wife has no idea how to cook it.

Or one might shoot it

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Have the tenderloins grilled with onions, mushrooms and butter at deer camp:

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/20151107_1803461_zpsffoijbaf.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/20151107_1803461_zpsffoijbaf.jpg</a>

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Bring it home, skin it, quarter it:

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/deer2015_zpsfhmvqihj.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/deer2015_zpsfhmvqihj.jpg</a>

And make awesome fresh sausage to eat all year.

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/20151110_182628_zpsi5oxjvhb.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/20151110_182628_zpsi5oxjvhb.jpg</a>

While drinking beer from the kegerator in the shop:

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/20151110_182637_zpsk5a3cfdq.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/20151110_182637_zpsk5a3cfdq.jpg</a>

Usually times 3-4 deer a year.

It sounds like the people you know are doing it wrong.

Other than hanging it wit the head up

. I can agree with this

Posted: 11/27/2015 11:16:14 AM EDT

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Other than hanging it wit the head up

. I can agree with this

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I hear these yahoos say "I want a deer for their freezer". I guess there could be many interpretations. Usually I see some people shoot a nasty ass "8 pointer" that already stinks, ride all over the county showing aunt bubba while it rots more, take it to a processor where it "aged" and rots more, pick it up two weeks later frozen, stick it in the freezer where it rots more and gets freezer burned, then 2 years throws it out in the yard where his damned old shiteater will not even eat it. Knowing all along his wife has no idea how to cook it.

Or one might shoot it

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/20151107_161646_zpsutrrlrdp.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/20151107_161646_zpsutrrlrdp.jpg</a>

Have the tenderloins grilled with onions, mushrooms and butter at deer camp:

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/20151107_1803461_zpsffoijbaf.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/20151107_1803461_zpsffoijbaf.jpg</a>

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/deer20153_zps2nizskru.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/deer20153_zps2nizskru.jpg</a>

Bring it home, skin it, quarter it:

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/deer2015_zpsfhmvqihj.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/deer2015_zpsfhmvqihj.jpg</a>

And make awesome fresh sausage to eat all year.

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/20151110_182628_zpsi5oxjvhb.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/20151110_182628_zpsi5oxjvhb.jpg</a>

While drinking beer from the kegerator in the shop:

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/20151110_182637_zpsk5a3cfdq.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/20151110_182637_zpsk5a3cfdq.jpg</a>

Usually times 3-4 deer a year.

It sounds like the people you know are doing it wrong.

Other than hanging it wit the head up

. I can agree with this

What difference does it make? Head up/down. I hang them by the neck the day I shoot it and cut it up the next.

EBR

Posted: 11/27/2015 11:16:28 AM EDT

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I've had other people say that to me. We've always just done it that way because that's the way we were taught. I am going to try hind legs high next year on one of them to see if it is really that much easier to butcher and skin.

Posted: 11/27/2015 11:18:45 AM EDT

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I've had other people say that to me. We've always just done it that way because that's the way we were taught. I am going to try hind legs high next year on one of them to see if it is really that much easier to butcher and skin.

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I like hind legs because I feel it's easier to process them, get all done and you have to quarters left on the hanger, take them over the meat table, saw the legs off and done. Always seems easier to skin them that way too.

Personal preference though.

Posted: 11/27/2015 11:22:38 AM EDT

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What difference does it make? Head up/down. I hang them by the neck the day I shoot it and cut it up the next.

EBR

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I hear these yahoos say "I want a deer for their freezer". I guess there could be many interpretations. Usually I see some people shoot a nasty ass "8 pointer" that already stinks, ride all over the county showing aunt bubba while it rots more, take it to a processor where it "aged" and rots more, pick it up two weeks later frozen, stick it in the freezer where it rots more and gets freezer burned, then 2 years throws it out in the yard where his damned old shiteater will not even eat it. Knowing all along his wife has no idea how to cook it.

Or one might shoot it

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/20151107_161646_zpsutrrlrdp.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/20151107_161646_zpsutrrlrdp.jpg</a>

Have the tenderloins grilled with onions, mushrooms and butter at deer camp:

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/20151107_1803461_zpsffoijbaf.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/20151107_1803461_zpsffoijbaf.jpg</a>

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/deer20153_zps2nizskru.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/deer20153_zps2nizskru.jpg</a>

Bring it home, skin it, quarter it:

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/deer2015_zpsfhmvqihj.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/deer2015_zpsfhmvqihj.jpg</a>

And make awesome fresh sausage to eat all year.

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/20151110_182628_zpsi5oxjvhb.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/20151110_182628_zpsi5oxjvhb.jpg</a>

While drinking beer from the kegerator in the shop:

<a href="http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dhaagensend/media/20151110_182637_zpsk5a3cfdq.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a507/dhaagensend/20151110_182637_zpsk5a3cfdq.jpg</a>

Usually times 3-4 deer a year.

It sounds like the people you know are doing it wrong.

Other than hanging it wit the head up

. I can agree with this

What difference does it make? Head up/down. I hang them by the neck the day I shoot it and cut it up the next.

EBR

Personal prefernce I guess , after skinning the head is the first thing I get rid of before I start a cuttin

Posted: 11/27/2015 11:23:41 AM EDT

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I like hind legs because I feel it's easier to process them, get all done and you have to quarters left on the hanger, take them over the meat table, saw the legs off and done. Always seems easier to skin them that way too.

Personal preference though.

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I've had other people say that to me. We've always just done it that way because that's the way we were taught. I am going to try hind legs high next year on one of them to see if it is really that much easier to butcher and skin.

I like hind legs because I feel it's easier to process them, get all done and you have to quarters left on the hanger, take them over the meat table, saw the legs off and done. Always seems easier to skin them that way too.

Personal preference though.

Posted: 11/27/2015 11:45:50 AM EDT

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I have to say that hanging head-up sure hasn't hindered us in any way. I have a sink in my shop, so we can rinse off any hair that gets on the quarters while skinning before we bone it out.

I've skinned and quartered 150+ pound deer by myself with the setup shown in well under an hour, and it's a lot quicker when there's two of us.

Posted: 11/27/2015 11:50:40 AM EDT

[#34]

When an 01 member with sub 1000 post count trolls, pay attention. He probably knows what he is doing.

Posted: 11/27/2015 11:53:02 AM EDT

[#35]

Never post while fuck-witted.

Posted: 11/27/2015 11:55:18 AM EDT

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But mah big buck....you shot him 3 years too early.

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In those three years that buck is more likely going to wind up as someone's unwanted hood ornament

Posted: 11/27/2015 11:56:09 AM EDT

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Ha....

I processed my last doe right there in camp. Less than an hour after it died it was in baggies in the cooler.

Steaks, roasts, and stew meat. Separated and ready for the freezer and I was back in my stand for the afternoon hunt.

OP- do you go to the grocery store and spend $200 on meat and then waste it? Then why would you think we do that?
Cause meat is fucking expensive and wasting it is not high on anyone's list.

Posted: 11/27/2015 12:01:13 PM EDT

[#38]

This is now a deer up vs down processing thread

Posted: 11/27/2015 12:04:02 PM EDT

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But mah big buck....you shot him 3 years too early.

In those three years that buck is more likely going to wind up as someone's unwanted hood ornament

You could always take him home, feed him for three years getting him big and strong. Then kill.

Posted: 11/27/2015 12:06:13 PM EDT

[#40]

Whatever the subject there's always folks who will denigrate others who don't do it their way. I hunt for meat and trophy hunt. I hunt for meat because venison is the most healthy available meat for me. Since I get to spend a lot of time hunting, mostly with crossbow, my standard for a trophy is higher than most. I don't begrudge the guy who has a limited time to hunt taking a smaller buck than I would shoot. It would be nice if nobody would shoot anything less than 3 1/2 year old bucks but if that were the case many would never shoot a buck. I spend a lot of time in the woods and know enough about hunting that in the course of the season I'm likely going to get an opportunity to have a 140+ class buck on the ground so that's my standard. It's a personal thing for me, I take pleasure in spending time out in nature and satisfaction when I get a nice buck.

Posted: 11/27/2015 12:43:46 PM EDT

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Not sure of the reason for the hostility toward
hunters today here on GD.

Earlier, it was duck hunters; now deer hunters.

I take one or two deer every season. I hunt

ducks and geese as well....and yes, the meat

goes into the freezer.

After that, it goes into the oven, skillet, or stewpot

and helps feed my family.

I am not poor. I am also not lazy. I am willing

to invest the early hours and the long days to be successful.

One of these will be in my freezer by next week. Since venison

is the only red meat I eat, I will probably kill another one

before the season ends.

A whole lot of folks here have no idea what they're missing; and I suspect,

never will. Their loss.

Posted: 11/27/2015 12:51:57 PM EDT

[#42]

OP is clueless.

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Posted: 11/27/2015 12:53:46 PM EDT

[#43]

My buddy gave me some elk and deer meat. Ten or eleven pounds of it. Man that stuff was great.

I really wish my son was in better shape so I could hunt. I keep buying points in four different states thinking next year will be better and I'll hunt. But when it comes time to apply for tags, there is no way I could leave everything to my wife.

Posted: 11/27/2015 12:54:08 PM EDT

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Not sure of the reason for the hostility toward hunters today here on GD.

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"Men" with vaginas.

Posted: 11/27/2015 1:00:04 PM EDT

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I hang head up so that any blood will drain out, rather than collect in the chest cavity.

I have heard that a plus to hanging head-down is that if you are leaving the deer out overnight, camping or even in your backyard, the hindquarters are in the air and less vulnerable if dogs or a bear find your deer.

Nowadays my deer just lays horizontally in my hitch hauler until it gets to my processing guy.

Posted: 11/27/2015 1:09:08 PM EDT

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I hang head up so that any blood will drain out, rather than collect in the chest cavity.

I have heard that a plus to hanging head-down is that if you are leaving the deer out overnight, camping or even in your backyard, the hindquarters are in the air and less vulnerable if dogs or a bear find your deer.

Nowadays my deer just lays horizontally in my hitch hauler until it gets to my processing guy.

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Yeah, it is nasty if you leave one hanging for a few days then cut the head off to congealed black blood.

I usually process mine before they even have time to cool though, so it's a non-issue. Even if we don't get them processed I will at least it get skinned, quartered and washed and sitting on the meat table with plastic over for the next day.

Posted: 11/27/2015 1:11:04 PM EDT

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Outside was perfect hanging temperatures around here.

Posted: 11/27/2015 1:13:16 PM EDT

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Not sure of the reason for the hostility towardhunters today here on GD.
Earlier, it was duck hunters; now deer hunters.

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Where is the duck bashing thread?

Posted: 11/27/2015 1:15:08 PM EDT

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Usually it means they'll shoot the first thing they see, even if it's 55 lb. button buck.

Then they wonder why they don't see many bucks out there.

They use the line that they "have to feed their family", like some big noble cause to save their family from the brink of starvation. If you're THAT poor, you'd be better off taking a second job or applying for food stamps!

http://i.imgur.com/MLGZbSh.jpg

We shoot mature does for the freezer and hunt mature bucks.

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You're doing it wrong.

Shoot the youngest, tastiest animals you can find. Fuck shooting some old ass grisly buck encased in almost 2" of fat. Give me tender tasty meat.

Posted: 11/27/2015 1:15:56 PM EDT

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The up-down thing has been done to death. I plan on trying the head-down way just to see if it is easier, but damn, it isn't like skinning and quartering one hanging head-up is difficult.

As for shooting them "too early," even when they get 4.5 years old or older, the racks are not impressive where I hunt. This one was a tad over 200 pounds field dressed with 10-points. Not an impressive rack

This one was almost 200 dressed (for reference, I am 6-1) and again, not a monster rack.

You don't eat the antlers.

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