deer hunting

[Rooster Cogburn Jr.]

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Could you PM me some of your recipies? I use the ground meat just like hamburger. But I have trouble with the roasts, and especially the steaks. How do you make them stay tender and moist? They always end up dry for me.

Or maybe we could start a venison thread in the recipe section.

My Grandma says to fry the steaks fast to keep it from getting dry and tough. She also beats it with a meat tenderizer first. I beat everything but the backstrap/tenderloin. I put salt and garlic pepper on mine then roll it in flour then fry it on med high heat for about 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Comes out great. Also I have some seasoning I bought at Bass Pro shop. I think it's Hickory Seasoning. I love using that too. If you can get that, it's all you need.

 

[GaNewChick]

My husband hunts, I have no desire to sit in a tree in the heat nor the cold! However, we do have a cam mounted in the backyard and have been taking pictures for the last 4 to 5 years. I have thousands of pictures. I'm going to start a blog and post nothing but deer pictures.

Here are a few:

Twins nursing a few years ago:

And a few from this year: He is going to let the big one walk (11 pointer) they eat corn about 40 feet off of the back porch.

And BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Ewww, you need to trap those coons! Make some ear muffs outta them.

I am always hopeful for some venison in the freezer but since moving to Vermont I have only killed one deer. My area is slim pickings.

I am going to go do a red stag-estate shoot to fill my freezer later this year.

 

[wombat]

I have read (dont know if its true...) that there are some places back east that have 50 deer per square mile or more!!

I grew up and hunted in Wisconsin. Deer were plentiful, but not excessive.

Now I live in Maryland, and deer here are like over-sized rats that look kinda like Bambi. A lot of farm land is being cleared by developers, so the deer have no place to go. We often had about twenty in our back yard in the mornings after the farms south of us were replaced with a 20,000 person McMansion village. They seem to have thinned out a bit this year, though ... either moved on or got hit by cars, I suppose. We used to be a lot more "country" where I live ...

 

[Rooster Cogburn Jr.]

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You're welcome to over and help me thin mine out.

 

[Rooster Cogburn Jr.]

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You're welcome to over and help me thin mine out.

 

[Rooster Cogburn Jr.]

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I grew up and hunted in Wisconsin. Deer were plentiful, but not excessive.

Now I live in Maryland, and deer here are like over-sized rats that look kinda like Bambi. A lot of farm land is being cleared by developers, so the deer have no place to go. We often had about twenty in our back yard in the mornings after the farms south of us were replaced with a 20,000 person McMansion village. They seem to have thinned out a bit this year, though ... either moved on or got hit by cars, I suppose. We used to be a lot more "country" where I live ...

They also die of disease and starvation when over populated

 

[wombat]

I imagine we lost some to starvation when the farms were developed, but I think more of them got bagged by Land Rovers and Ford Excessives out on the highway near our house. I was seeing a new carcass every few days for months after the last of the farms near us were cleared. Sad ... I'm trying to talk the wife into moving further from "civilization", but she's from around here ...

 

[chickenlittle32]

My DH just started hunting last year...he shot a young doe. I haven't shot an animal yet. (dunno if I can, yet) When he's in the stand, my 3 boys and I are in a ground blind. DH is letting my 12 yr old shoot a deer this year before he shoots one. I definitely want to try turkey hunting. It's exciting to sit in the woods and just enjoy nature.

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

Awesome shots of the deer

My DH loves turkey hunting - he says it is far more exciting than deer hunting. He walks around with a turkey call in his mouth all the time - I will ask him something and he will look at me all serious and yelp at me with his call like he is answering