Rib Meat...............

[arrowflinger]

Just wondering. Most of the deer I have killed, I won't even bother. To much work trying to get it all cleeaned up to turn into burger. I'm not sure about an elk.

[jackelope]

into the grinder it goes.
i am probably going to be in an area where i'll have to pack my animal out on my back this year if i kill one, so i may have to reconsider that, but thats SOP for the last several deer we've all taken. i don't spend the kind of time the old guys i hunt with do picking every ounce of meat off, but i get them pretty clean.

[boneaddict]

Damn magpie would starve to death on my carcasses.

[Michelle_Nelson]

I get my carcasses pretty clean.  The only thing I don't mess with a whole lot is the meat between the ribs.  That is mainly on deer though.  Elk on the other hand I may have to reconsider.  Than again you can always make rib's in the crock pot.  It's not to bad.

[billythekidrock]

Every last scrap goes into the burger pile.

[Wea300mag]

If it comes out whole just about everything gets used, if I have to pack it out 5 miles only the quarters and backstrap come out.

[ICEMAN]

Usually into the grinder pile.  But on a few scrawnier deer it did get wasted. Not often...

[Shadow Cat]

Or it goes on my grill as bar-b-q. 

[jackelope]

you bbq deer ribs?
is it good? i've thought about it, but never done it.

[singleshot12]

I do not waist a scrap of meat if I can help it.I even safe the bones for soup stock.And any blood shot meat my dogs get.
It shows more respect for the animal,and seems to help your odds of getting another deer the following season.

[bucklucky]

On deer I take the whole carcass after we bone all the good meat off (everything bot usually between the ribs) and cut the bones with a bandsaw  into chuncks to feed my dogs. They love it and its very good for them. Raw meat and bones is the best food you can give your dog. Nothing goed s to waste at all. But elk I do take the rib meat. Now that I think about it I usually do take the rib meat off my deer. Peperoni meat.

[billythekidrock]

you bbq deer ribs?
is it good? i've thought about it, but never done it.

Very good.
We used to boil ours first to tenderize them, but it also boiled out the flavor. Now I cook deer ribs in the slow cooker.

[jackelope]

curiosity peeked.
seasonings? cut them up individually or leave as a small rack?
how's it work?

[billythekidrock]

We will leave on all the meat we can except neck meat. Then cut down from spine to belly about every second rib. Then chop them in about 8 inch sections.

When boiling we used to salt/pepper/spice (love Johnny's) and also used a bay leaf. Then on the bbq we would add the bbq sauce. I a crock pot I use cream of mushroom soup and Johnny's.

[LongTatLaw]

Im with billy on the BBQ ribs. The only complaint is that I do my own butchering... mostly with a hatchet...lol   so ribs are hard to squeeze into a gallon sized zip lock. Space can be an issue but Ive been known to take the ribs off of 12+ in one season in the south.

I dont waste a gram of meat up to the ears and down to the...errrr   elbow...lol

I even take the skulls off of does or bucks not worth a taxidermy mount and do my own boiled euro mounts... and have had doe hides tanned. NO WASTING ANIMAL FOR ME!