Posted on 10/29/2015 8:50:51 AM PDT by w1n1
im there with you - but - I was fortunate enough some years back to get 3 one year - I didn’t eat store meat for a year and half....I lost 60#
Yeah. The deer I shoot are all acorn fed. The tallow stinks...and the longer you age it the more it stinks..I trim all meat of all fat because the tallow stinks. I hear deer out far west that eat sage brush are stinky too. I have eaten Maine moose and it was as fine as corn fed beef. Moose and elk are grazers. Whitetail are browsers and the meat is different.
Some 30 years ago I told the old German local butcher I aged deer and he said DONT. I went from my way to his and never looked back. The difference of the quality of the meat was remarkable.
Thanks.
Psst.. it’s best to let your Sicilian side be ‘right’.. I wish we could ranch Elk i n TX.
wow that’s pretty cool. I hope you see one you like one day and have it as a trophy. Believe me I’m not PETA lol. They get shot in the head. No pain. that’s it. we actually have a deer problem on Staten Island can you believe it. I think they did get hunters to kill them. well I’m 47 and finally shot some guns last month. It was great. Maybe hunting might be on my bucket list.
2 years ago my three boys all tagged out by 9AM opening day. 2 does and a nice buck. I don’t shoot does anymore.....I’m waiting for a wall hanger....I let my boys fill the freezer.
I have no problem shooting does....it is good for the species. But I don’t take more than we will eat. So I let them shoot the meat deer.
Soak it in milk for 5 mintes before cooking.
Here on Long Island there were no deer where I live 10 years ago... Now they are all over...moving west toward the city from the east end farms. I dont hunt here. Too many regulations and limitations. I travel 5 hours upstate. Nice peaceful hunting experience there.
Three major things for white tail:
1) When skinning, remove as much hide and sub-hide fat as possible.
2) After the gutting, CONTRARY TO MOST ADVICE, we spray the inside with a solution of 50/50 water and white vinegar. A vinegar is used to kill off bacteria and is an old butchers trick. Pat dry any excess, allow to hang and dry overnight.
3) prior to serving, soak overnight in milk with a pea sized spot of baking soda and a fair amount of salt. It will draw out a good portion of the game taste. Discard the soak and rinse the meat prior to cooking.
I did the same thing with fish till I couldn't afford the boat and tackle any more.........LOL!
BFL
Cariboo best meat there is, beefalo is next imo.
She said “I didn't know you people hated animals”.
That is the difference between being raised in a hunting family and a non hunting family.
Brine the meat before your cook it.
Should have asked her about her leather shoes, belt and handbag. Anyway, the tears were fake. Liberals are contemptuous liars, period.
We’re having deer steaks for dinner today. We’re not sure about NC deer . . this is the first one since we moved here from SC . . but if they taste anything like SC deer, it will be delicious. Hubby killed it instantly with his new Bow.
I would think it was awesome and I’ve never hunted
sounds like a good time.
I did the boat thing then and do it now. The difference being is I did all the work myself on the boat motor and trailer and friends chipped in for gas. That was the 60s-70s. Now I don’t repair anything myself anymore and pick up every charge for my boat. It truly is a hole in the water you throw money into. I love fishing though.
You might like to go out deer hunting with your camera. Sit in a deer blind at sunup or sundown and the wildlife you would see would excite you like you can’t imagine. You would not have to kill anything but if you are in bear country, I’d have someone with a gun in the blind with you.
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