meat in the freezer

[Mini Horses]

So many here that we have a doe season. Hunters got a few on my road a couple days ago. We had herds!! They need to get more. Of course, can't hunt at night.

 

[tortoise]

Nice! We aren’t allowed to get does here but the meat is so much nicer than bucks, I wish we were. What’s the limit for you down there?

They're practically begging people to harvest does here in WI. I think we get 3 anterless tags per buck tag and there is an additional doe season too. I'm fussy on the details since DH takes care of it. If DH gets a choice he harvests does and fawns. Fawns are good eating!

 

[Chic Rustler]

Do you process yourself? My only gripe with venison is the silver skin. I spend a lot of time triming a lot of it away. It's tedious, and requires a very sharp thin bladed knife. I know no better way, so I might not be doing it right or wrong???

Although I will say thin sliced venison, diced onion, diced green peppers, salt, black pepper, fry until done in a little butter. Then add to a omelet with a couple fresh eggs from the coop and a little cheddar cheese. Breakfast doesn't get much better.

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

i got a guy who does the processing thats 5 mins from the property. he charges $80 a deer. we get all steaks and hamburger. nothing special.

 

[Mini Horses]

Most all our deer are fed corn and p-nuts, p-nut hay....farmer crops and leftovers. Winter wheat they get, too.

 

[Medicine Woman]

Sometimes our critters get corn but mostly I think they come around to escape the 4 wheelers and hunters from other properties. I guess that’s a blessing for me. Kinda like money in the bank.

 

[tortoise]

Well done! What is your process between now and the freezer? Looks too warm to hang outside there?

 

[CrealCritter]

I like the deer this time of year, their coat is beautiful as opposed to spring and summer. I have yet to successful tan a deer skin with hair on. I always seem to make it so thin and soft, that I can tear it with my hands, obvious not good.

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[CrealCritter]

this is a special property that managed by geologist and game wardens directly. it has its own tags and they survey and issue tags every year that must be filled. MLD is the term. i dont get all the tags, my father in law farms the property so we get to hunt it. they give him 2 does and a buck or 3 does, but we may get more if no one else fills the tags. they are particular about the buck harvest. they want to have a bunch of trophy bucks i guess.

the regulations for normal hunting are different for each county. i think my county gives us 1 buck and 1 doe but its archery only so i dont hunt in my county. some counties are bucks only or have specific times when you can get a doe. i still dont know all the regulator rules.

Do you process yourself? My only gripe with venison is the silver skin. I spend a lot of time triming a lot of it away. It's tedious, and requires a very sharp thin bladed knife. I know no better way, so I might not be doing it right or wrong???

Although I will say thin sliced venison, diced onion, diced green peppers, salt, black pepper, fry until done in a little butter. Then add to a omelet with a couple fresh eggs from the coop and a little cheddar cheese. Breakfast doesn't get much better.

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

 

[R2elk]

i hunt for the freezer. we get one buck a year tho and save the horns sometimes.....but it takes 5 deer to keep us in red meat for the year and thats with eating chicken 3 nights a week. weve been out of venison since early december so im REALLY hunting for the freezer now.

Besides collecting antlers which do have a lot of uses, I really do prefer buck meat to doe meat for the taste. The does need harvested to control the population in this rime of shrinking habitat.

Fawns are exceptionally good eating.

 

[CrealCritter]

i got a guy who does the processing thats 5 mins from the property. he charges $80 a deer. we get all steaks and hamburger. nothing special.

That's a bargain though 👍

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸