Slob hunter or poached deer?

[NOCK NOCK]

You do not know what happened either, so you could be standing up for a slob hunter. JMO
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, flies like a duck, its probably a duck.


Yes RT that's a deer testicle, and yes I ate it.   Thanks for the tip....I'll try the cut you suggested next.

[Boss .300 winmag]

You do not know what happened either, so you could be standing up for a slob hunter. JMO
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, flies like a duck, its probably a duck.


Yes RT that's a deer testicle, and yes I ate it.   Thanks for the tip....I'll try the cut you suggested next.

So what did that taste like? I wonder if they are juicer in the rut? 

[300rum]

I can honestly say I have wasted every single Buck and Bull nut I have had a chance to waste. 

[NOCK NOCK]

You do not know what happened either, so you could be standing up for a slob hunter. JMO
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, flies like a duck, its probably a duck.


Yes RT that's a deer testicle, and yes I ate it.   Thanks for the tip....I'll try the cut you suggested next.

So what did that taste like? I wonder if they are juicer in the rut? 

1st time I have tried them. very little taste

[coachcw]

I have seen complete wasted animals from guys that waited over night to recover, how hot was it? Maybe he took what he could handle. I will say not very many hunters take every once of meat. Not nearly as bad as guys that make poor shoto and don't follow up on them. Not ideal but all creatures will benefit from it  both that hunter and the scavengers. Want to rant focus on the waste of road kill 

[Smokepole]

When I was a kid, we raised cattle, pigs, chickens, ducks and turkeys for meat.  I remember my dad sawing pork chops by hand with his meat saw, and grinding scraps into burger.  I was always there helping him.  Dad did a very professional job butchering, and as a kid I was amazed at the pride he had in his work.  He used the entire animal - even the fat was saved for making burger from game or homemade soap.  He taught me to be respectful to the animals and not waste them needlessly.

Hunting with dad was much the same.  He kept his knives sharp, guns clean, and camp was ship shape.  He taught me ethics.  Gun safety.  Respect to other hunters.  Dad butchered his game animals cleanly, never wasting.  His venison was the best, because he took a lot of pride in his work.  He stripped the carcass clean.

Today, I say a prayer in thanks every time I harvest a game animal.  The opportunity to hunt and harvest in our pristine public lands is a true blessing.  I hope most of you will not take it lightly.  My dad is gone now... but I carry his lessons with me. 

Here's a photo of Dad and his last buck.  He was about 76 years old & ate every scrap of rib meat off the critter before he died.    

[TangoU]

When I was a kid, we raised cattle, pigs, chickens, ducks and turkeys for meat.  I remember my dad sawing pork chops by hand with his meat saw, and grinding scraps into burger.  I was always there helping him.  Dad did a very professional job butchering, and as a kid I was amazed at the pride he had in his work.  He used the entire animal - even the fat was saved for making burger from game or homemade soap.  He taught me to be respectful to the animals and not waste them needlessly.

Hunting with dad was much the same.  He kept his knives sharp, guns clean, and camp was ship shape.  He taught me ethics.  Gun safety.  Respect to other hunters.  Dad butchered his game animals cleanly, never wasting.  His venison was the best, because he took a lot of pride in his work.  He stripped the carcass clean.

Today, I say a prayer in thanks every time I harvest a game animal.  The opportunity to hunt and harvest in our pristine public lands is a true blessing.  I hope most of you will not take it lightly.  My dad is gone now... but I carry his lessons with me. 

Here's a photo of Dad and his last buck.  He was about 76 years old & ate every scrap of rib meat off the critter before he died.    

Right on.  Just about the best reply in this whole thread.   

[castie2504]

I try to save every bit of deer meat off every animal I get but I am still learning how to process my game more efficiently every year. Let's hope whoever left all that meat on that deer learns to appreciate the gift of this animal's life and try to use the whole animal.

[Jonathan_S]

I try to save every bit of deer meat off every animal I get but I am still learning how to process my game more efficiently every year. Let's hope whoever left all that meat on that deer learns to appreciate the gift of this animal's life and try to use the whole animal.

Do you scrape the meat out of the cheeks?  What about the saddle meat that clings to the hide?  That's good meat.

I'm just messing with you   

Let me be one of the few to say, "I do not take every single useable ounce of meat from a carcass..." 

[boneaddict]

Nice post Smokepole.

[Jonathan_S]

 

Indeed, stud buck too.

[pianoman9701]

Great post, Smokepole and agreed. I took everything off my animal this year including the rib meat. We at the balls, the liver, the heart. Forgot the tongue and I didn't save the hide because my Havalon knife made Swiss cheese out of it. That was a disappointment as it was that really nice reddish-brown young blacktail color. I'll do better next time with the hide.

[Smokepole]

Thanks.  When I wrote that post, my kids were eating what was left of venison liver & onions dinner.  They loved it.  I don't think they would go for the nutz.  That's one thing I haven't tried.   

[pianoman9701]

Thanks.  When I wrote that post, my kids were eating what was left of venison liver & onions dinner.  They loved it.  I don't think they would go for the nutz.  That's one thing I haven't tried.   

They're kind of tasteless without breading and deep frying. The key to cooking deer nuts is that you have to start by boiling the pi$$ out of them! Yuk yuk! 

[Band]

I didn't save the hide because my Havalon knife made Swiss cheese out of it.

Isn't that like telling the officer "I was just driving along when all of a sudden my Chrysler hit the guy in the crosswalk"?