SO for those of you that hunt, how is the season going so far. In the NE most of the deer seasons started this week. My son and I each got a doe on opening day. Heading out this Saturday to try for the elusive Buck that we’ve seen but couldn’t get a shot at.
Got about 60 ibs. of organic free range venison in the freezer so far, after giving some of the kill away to some needy friends who aren’t working this season.
How’s everyone else doing.
Friends of mine use deer meat as currecy lol. I have some rainbow trout in my freezer from the summer to trade for some yummy venison roasts when they get back.
Have you ever tried cooking venison with bacon? Learned this one at my buddies camp a few years ago.
Take bite sized venison chunks and roll them up in a a strip of bacon and poke a peice of uncooked spagghetti through it to keep it together. Cook over a fire or bbq. Easy. The peice of spaggetti is alot better than a toothpick cause you just pop it in your mouth and not worry about chewing on a chunk of wood. My boy and I are sighning up for a course to get our F.A.C. and hunting license soon. I love fishing, but I want another excuse to get outside and away from things. Plus it’s a great source of protein and Ontario is fucking lousy with deer right now.
Anyone who is against hunting should read your second paragraph closely. People are in need right now and these acts of kindness on your part should not be overlooked. It can really help a family out in need.
Good luck on getting that buck hedo.
Love the planning, love the hunt, love taking down deer. Don’t mine the cleaning… ok, I might not be telling the truth here. Got to a point where I just make jerky outta the whole thing, even the backstrap. Does save a few bucks on the grocery bill.
I’ve been pretty lucky on my ranch this season. I haven’t shot yet, but I’ve been watching a few bucks running does. There are two bucks that my feeder-cams have picked up multiple times but I haven’t had enough light to take a shot.
There is a freak buck running around that has barbed wire wrapped into his horns. He looks pretty wicked. I’ll post pictures if I can get him.
Later in the season, I’ll be taking two does for sausage and dried meat. The dried meat is great for snacks throughout the year.
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
Friends of mine use deer meat as currecy lol. I have some rainbow trout in my freezer from the summer to trade for some yummy venison roasts when they get back.
Have you ever tried cooking venison with bacon? Learned this one at my buddies camp a few years ago.
Take bite sized venison chunks and roll them up in a a strip of bacon and poke a peice of uncooked spagghetti through it to keep it together. Cook over a fire or bbq. Easy. The peice of spaggetti is alot better than a toothpick cause you just pop it in your mouth and not worry about chewing on a chunk of wood. My boy and I are sighning up for a course to get our F.A.C. and hunting license soon. I love fishing, but I want another excuse to get outside and away from things. Plus it’s a great source of protein and Ontario is fucking lousy with deer right now.
Anyone who is against hunting should read your second paragraph closely. People are in need right now and these acts of kindness on your part should not be overlooked. It can really help a family out in need.
Good luck on getting that buck hedo. [/quote]
Thanks for the kind words Mr. Bond.
Lot’s of folks don’t like to ask for help, and wouldn’t accept 20 ibs. of ground beef and a few roasts, but are happy to take some “extra venison” off your hands if you know what I mean.
[quote]Paste42 wrote:
I’ve been pretty lucky on my ranch this season. I haven’t shot yet, but I’ve been watching a few bucks running does. There are two bucks that my feeder-cams have picked up multiple times but I haven’t had enough light to take a shot.
There is a freak buck running around that has barbed wire wrapped into his horns. He looks pretty wicked. I’ll post pictures if I can get him.
Later in the season, I’ll be taking two does for sausage and dried meat. The dried meat is great for snacks throughout the year. [/quote]
Sounds tasty. I met a guy at the deer butcher shop last night. He had a doe processed into bologna and summer sausage, the whole thing. Said his kids eat the bologna for lunch everyday.
Have to say it was pretty darn good.
Lately people in my area have been dealing with this problem.
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I’ve been hard at it since late Oct. Had a monster 12 pt with in 60 yds four times in the same morning. i can shoot 60 yds with my bow when practicing but didn’t want to risk a bad shot and wounding him. After that I haven’t seen too much at all. Gotta get some meat in the freezer so I am not gonna be so picky. My dad killed a big bodied 6pt and my brother killed a really nice 8pt. I am on a 5 yr dry spell as far as bucks are concerned. Getting real frustrated!!!
Over thanks giving break my dad and I got a 6 pointer(technically 8 but they were broken)… It was my dads shot but he missed low and took out his legs. It was to dark for us to track it, but the next day after the morning hunt… I found its trail. Sad part was that it was still alive… it always bothers me when they suffer. Moral of the story… don’t miss
Would have had a yearling as well from the morning hunt but I went all righteous and was hesitating whether I should shoot it or not(I generally shoot anything and everything but the night before my dad had to go tell me this long story that got be other messed up in the head). Long story short after 20 min I took a shot that was 3 feet to high. In all seriousness first miss in 6 years, I was depressed.
When we were processing the meat we noticed the buck we shot got his ass kicked… a few holes from antlers and several large bruises. So we need to find that deer, he has to be a big one. In the end we came out with 97 pounds of meat all packaged.
One thing I’m curious about… how many of yall actually process the deer yourselves or butcher a lamb etc… from time to time. It seems like now a days less and less hunters actually know what to do once they’ve shot something other then gutting it… Pulling a trigger is only half of it.
Oh, we went bow hunting this season for the first time as well… saw quite a few doe’s and a spike but we didn’t trust ourselves enough to let one fly.
[quote]Amiright wrote:
Over thanks giving break my dad and I got a 6 pointer(technically 8 but they were broken)… It was my dads shot but he missed low and took out his legs. It was to dark for us to track it, but the next day after the morning hunt… I found its trail. Sad part was that it was still alive… it always bothers me when they suffer. Moral of the story… don’t miss
Would have had a yearling as well from the morning hunt but I went all righteous and was hesitating whether I should shoot it or not(I generally shoot anything and everything but the night before my dad had to go tell me this long story that got be other messed up in the head). Long story short after 20 min I took a shot that was 3 feet to high. In all seriousness first miss in 6 years, I was depressed.
When we were processing the meat we noticed the buck we shot got his ass kicked… a few holes from antlers and several large bruises. So we need to find that deer, he has to be a big one. In the end we came out with 97 pounds of meat all packaged.
One thing I’m curious about… how many of yall actually process the deer yourselves or butcher a lamb etc… from time to time. It seems like now a days less and less hunters actually know what to do once they’ve shot something other then gutting it… Pulling a trigger is only half of it.
Oh, we went bow hunting this season for the first time as well… saw quite a few doe’s and a spike but we didn’t trust ourselves enough to let one fly.[/quote]
When we hunted from a camp a few years ago we butchered it ourselves. I’ve got the space and skill to do it at my home, but I have a butcher real close by who offers the service. He vacuum packs it up for you, labels it and generally does a fantastic job compared to me. 24 hr. drop right into his fridge. Benefits of living rural I guess.
I have always hunted with a rifle in PA. Also hunted archery season. This year I had a chance to hunt in a county that was shotgun only on the farms I had permission to hunt. Used slugs for the first time. I have a Mossberg and I bought a rifled barrel and low power scope for it. It shoots good groups to 100 yds. which is where I zeroed it in. 12 ga. sabot slug hits like the fist of God, I’ll tell you that.
Shot an sntelope this year but didn’t draw for muleys and no time to hunt elk.
Have been hunting on weekends since Oct. 31st. Have seen plenty of yearlings, and a few doe’s but haven’t shot at them yet, waiting for a buck. Late Muzzleloader starts Dec 12th here. I’ll probably go ahead and shoot the first thing I see just to put some meat in the freezer and worry about hanging some antlers on the wall later. This is my first year hunting.
During Sept. muzzleloader season we had three buck deer tags and one bull elk and two cow elk tags and two bear tags. We filled all three buck tags with Mule deer bucks, but nada (nothing) on elk. I’ve killed bulls the last two years muzzleloader but with a cow tag this year we didn’t find them in our area. Nothing on bear either, we were hunting at about 9.000 to 10.000 feet and the bears were all in the lower private land around 7,000 to 8,000 ft. due to the abundant chokecherries along the streams. The year before bears were thick up high.
For the first Antelope regular rifle season I guided my dear old dad to nice 14 and half inch (horn) buck. That’s not ultra trophy, but highly respectable. I am currently trying to fill my late season Antelope doe tag. Had no luck this last Saturday, but I am heading out one more time.
I’ve also been out predator calling (coyotes, fox, bobcat) a few times but will really get into that serious from here till March.
I’m either hunting or shooting every other weekend. It’d be every weekend, but I have to keep the peace with the wife.
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