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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: BsB on August 01, 2014, 08:20:00 AM

Title: Meat hunters
Post by: BsB on August 01, 2014, 08:20:00 AM: What do you figure? 40lbs? at most 50lbs? First buck I've seen stroll through this year at work. (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F08%2F01%2Fu9y7azar.jpg&hash=053a4c14d45cd227484bd6a0de0804433cecc169)

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Title: Re: Meat hunters
Post by: irishevox on August 01, 2014, 08:27:40 AM: is that on Lopez
Title: Re: Meat hunters
Post by: BsB on August 01, 2014, 08:29:51 AM: Quote from: irishevox on August 01, 2014, 08:27:40 AM
is that on Lopez
Snoqualmie.

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Title: Re: Meat hunters
Post by: irishevox on August 01, 2014, 08:35:08 AM: got ya... looked like the construction place on lopez
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Post by: h20hunter on August 01, 2014, 08:46:25 AM: I think you may have 40 or so lbs hanging....maybe 20 or 25 of consumable meat and even that may be a stretch.
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Post by: headshot5 on August 01, 2014, 08:54:16 AM: :yeah: Not a whole heck of a lot, but better than nothing. :tup:
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Post by: Jonathan_S on August 01, 2014, 09:02:42 AM: Tough to say, I think he weighs more than a feed bag though - I'd guess close to 60 lbs. I think you'd be lucky to get over 20 lbs of meat.

I might have shot that buck when I was 11-12 years old but not anymore thanks.
Title: Re: Meat hunters
Post by: irishevox on August 01, 2014, 09:51:47 AM: i would pass on that.... unless it was the last day of the season and didn't want tag soup
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Post by: TheFewTheProud on August 01, 2014, 10:11:14 AM: Thats a skillet deer
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Post by: CP on August 01, 2014, 10:20:30 AM: He looks tender, and there's more meat there than a pheasant or turkey. :EAT:
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Post by: Stein on August 01, 2014, 10:26:29 AM: 60 pounds is about the smallest a blacktail deer will be at one year according to a study done in CA.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CEcQFjAJ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnrm.dfg.ca.gov%2FFileHandler.ashx%3FDocumentID%3D47371&ei=4szbU_GxM-bCiQKy84HoBw&usg=AFQjCNF7k9ez0cQqDHRPE0--dDrc8BDsIg&sig2=Tj16gvNlpI322SUHIt7m_g&bvm=bv.72197243,d.cGU&cad=rja (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CEcQFjAJ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnrm.dfg.ca.gov%2FFileHandler.ashx%3FDocumentID%3D47371&ei=4szbU_GxM-bCiQKy84HoBw&usg=AFQjCNF7k9ez0cQqDHRPE0--dDrc8BDsIg&sig2=Tj16gvNlpI322SUHIt7m_g&bvm=bv.72197243,d.cGU&cad=rja)
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on August 01, 2014, 10:32:47 AM: Put out a bucket of corn and fatin him up! :tup:
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Post by: 4fletch on August 02, 2014, 12:32:15 PM: Looks like 2 of my dogs would weigh more than him
Title: Re: Meat hunters
Post by: lokidog on August 02, 2014, 12:41:06 PM: Quote from: Stein on August 01, 2014, 10:26:29 AM
60 pounds is about the smallest a blacktail deer will be at one year according to a study done in CA.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CEcQFjAJ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnrm.dfg.ca.gov%2FFileHandler.ashx%3FDocumentID%3D47371&ei=4szbU_GxM-bCiQKy84HoBw&usg=AFQjCNF7k9ez0cQqDHRPE0--dDrc8BDsIg&sig2=Tj16gvNlpI322SUHIt7m_g&bvm=bv.72197243,d.cGU&cad=rja (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CEcQFjAJ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnrm.dfg.ca.gov%2FFileHandler.ashx%3FDocumentID%3D47371&ei=4szbU_GxM-bCiQKy84HoBw&usg=AFQjCNF7k9ez0cQqDHRPE0--dDrc8BDsIg&sig2=Tj16gvNlpI322SUHIt7m_g&bvm=bv.72197243,d.cGU&cad=rja)

Yeah, sure... guess they've never weighed an island deer. As H2O said, maybe 25 pounds of meat. Not a shooter for me as an adult doe here would provide more meat.
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Post by: wapiti hunter2 on August 02, 2014, 01:05:42 PM: There is also quality. I shot a small spike on the last day a few years ago. Best venison I have ever eaten. My guess, 30-35 lbs total.
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Post by: Icdeadelk on August 02, 2014, 05:09:21 PM: Back when my brother and I used to hunt the islands around here we would measure our dear in freezer gallon bags after boning out.
That one might make 3 bags
Last day and I would smack em. :cue:
Title: Re: Meat hunters
Post by: northwesthunter84 on August 02, 2014, 05:47:39 PM: That is what I am use to calling a crockpot deer. Usually got one or two of those a season in Illinois. The meat should be tasty, but with the one deer limit I would wait.
Title: Re: Meat hunters
Post by: pcal on August 02, 2014, 06:38:26 PM: I like to see the youngsters. I see lots of them during most hunting seasons and even if that is all I see,I don't shoot them, use up the hold back meat in the freezer from previous seasons. I have taken enough of them before the 3 point rule in past years as that was all there was out there. In the last 5 seasons I have taken all 4x4 or bigger so there is no reason to shoot a smaller buck.I have hunting buddies who have taken 3x3's that had 29" spread,scoring 155,weighted 300#s so that would qualify as a meat deer, but this youngster need some growing time. This is not a meat deer for 3 more years!!!!!
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on August 02, 2014, 07:14:29 PM: Hey ...you seen the price of ground meat lately :yike: Looks like some good burger to me :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: tgomez on August 11, 2014, 10:04:15 PM: That deer needs time to grow! He's got 17-22#s of meat on him. And on top of that he is no challenge to hunt. With that being said if it's a first deer, or a last day deer, makes for a few good meals. I'd pass if it were me, just too little.
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Post by: WSU on August 11, 2014, 10:10:11 PM: I just made some Korean BBQ out of a yearling and it was fork tender! Not a ton of meat but he would be tasty.
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Post by: Mike450r on August 11, 2014, 10:24:01 PM: Ain't shot one like that in many years, August bucks are a few packages of meat shy of an October or November buck, this one included. He is a baby but a little more "meat" in a few months than now.
Title: Re: Meat hunters
Post by: huntingbaldguy on August 14, 2014, 04:21:15 AM: My 100 lb spike last year is the best venison i've ever tasted, but 50-60 lbs almost wouldn't be worth cleaning.
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Post by: Bean Counter on August 14, 2014, 04:52:01 AM: Let him walk and I will respect you for it. :tup:
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Post by: Jonathan_S on August 14, 2014, 08:46:05 AM: Quote from: Bean Counter on August 14, 2014, 04:52:01 AM
Let him walk and I will respect you for it. :tup:

:yeah:
Title: Re: Meat hunters
Post by: rittem1 on August 14, 2014, 10:29:14 AM: Yet to get my first deer and even I would pass on him as he stands. I just wouldn't want him to be my first. Maybe on the last day of extra buck in mid November after days of hunting and not seeing any other shooters I would feel differently :dunno:
Title: Re: Meat hunters
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 25, 2014, 03:16:17 PM: I saw a whitetail spike that looked just like this a few weeks ago. He stood there and looked at me with those big eyes.

My wife whispered, "just shoot it, then you can be done for the year" (I had already tagged and elk and bear)

I drew back and put pins on him but just couldn't do it. He was too cute and dumb so I can honestly say - once again - I will not shoot a buck like this.
Title: Re: Meat hunters
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on September 25, 2014, 03:39:00 PM: I've passed a bunch of yearling bucks. I've also killed two, one whitetail and one mule deer. I probably wouldn't kill him, but if legal, I might.