deer hunting

[mycountrycabin]

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where do u live in NC ,where i hunt ur lucky to even see A deer

dillon in rockingham NC 28379

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

We have shot deer out of our back door. It was season and early one morning we saw them at the edge of the woodline and shot a doe. You can shoot deer on your own property as long as it is in season.

What really gets me about hunting is when people shoot a deer and cut out the tenderloin and leave the rest to rot in the woods. I can't stand to see that even though wildlife eats on the carcasses, it is still a waste of life IMO. The tenderloin is just a small portion of all the meat on a deer. We even keep the ribs! I use every part of a deer that I can..even the hide, the horns, the brains, and the sinew...the dogs get whats left and that isn't much....



I PMd you some recipes warmfuzzies -

 

[Equus5O]

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I messed up the quoting ....

I don't believe that shooting out your door is hunting. Again, I don't hunt. But, to me, hunting involves the stalking, and waiting, etc. Shooting from your balcony or door is opportunistic; "It was there, and I had a good shot, so I shot it." I'm not implying that it's illegal, merely that it doesn't fit my description of hunting. That's just my description of hunting. My husband shot his 8 point last year from our sons play house. He sat there, and waited. To me, that's no different than using a blind. We saw the pictures of the buck from the trail camera, and the playhouse was the best place to get the best opportunity.

Our neighbor butchers his own meat, but if he's killing deer on our property, and if it's off-season, that's poaching. We may hunt on our own land, but we don't butcher our own meat. So, the deer has to be checked in and butchered off site. That requres a hunting license. We follow the rules.

 

[warmfuzzies]

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Thanks!! I found a marinade for venison, I put it in yesterday and we are having it tonight. I will let you all know how it is!

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

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I messed up the quoting ....

I don't believe that shooting out your door is hunting. Again, I don't hunt. But, to me, hunting involves the stalking, and waiting, etc. Shooting from your balcony or door is opportunistic; "It was there, and I had a good shot, so I shot it." I'm not implying that it's illegal, merely that it doesn't fit my description of hunting. That's just my description of hunting. My husband shot his 8 point last year from our sons play house. He sat there, and waited. To me, that's no different than using a blind. We saw the pictures of the buck from the trail camera, and the playhouse was the best place to get the best opportunity.

Our neighbor butchers his own meat, but if he's killing deer on our property, and if it's off-season, that's poaching. We may hunt on our own land, but we don't butcher our own meat. So, the deer has to be checked in and butchered off site. That requres a hunting license. We follow the rules.

We do stalk hunt. My DH hunts on the ground the majority of the time. Then he has a few select trees he waits out of. We don't bait up deer with corn or anything. We dont' use blinds or any fancy hunting supplies. He finds their tracks/signs and finds them. We live mainly off deer so our main goal is to get the freezer as packed as we can so we will have food all year long. When one presents itself in sight of the house we will take the opportunity to shoot it and use it. Now, that was the only time we have ever had that happen but if the opportunity comes up again and we are in need of meat then we will take the deer. We have to because that is what we live off of. We eat rabbit, fish, turkey, and dove too but you know there isn't as much meat on them as a deer. We have a big family to feed all year so if we can get a deer out of the back door and need the meat then we sure will get it. It is survival - not just a game here with us.

And we completly follow rules too - my DH has a hunting liscense. Here, hunting and wildife are taken very seriously.....



.....and I am a wildlife rehabber and wildlife protection and rules are very important to me -

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

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Thanks!! I found a marinade for venison, I put it in yesterday and we are having it tonight. I will let you all know how it is!

Marinade - Send the recipe to me - I love trying new things

 

[Cetawin]

Yup bowhunter here. I shoot a traditional recurve. Although I have never been in a stand so I get the thorns and such no matter trails cut or not.

 

[warmfuzzies]

How far can you shoot with a recurve bow? I'd like to try it sometime.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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LOL Adam and I need to come to your place! We both got our hunting licenses half way through the season last year and went hunting numerous times. One time we went hunting on a preserve more towards the mountains, Adam was the only one to see a deer. Adam heard rustling in the leaves behind him, turned around and there was a small doe 20ft from his back. He went to lift his rifle and the doe took off. No venison for us.

We've spotted a few deer tracks on the land next to us, it's due to be developed into a ton of houses. We're hoping to get a deer feeder and feed the deer onto our property. Adam and his family have lived here for years and have never actually seen a deer. *sigh*

-Kim

 

[Equus5O]

Chicksnhorses,

You're feeding your family. I don't disagree with that. You're not claiming that you pay high taxes, and therefore you're entitled to do whatever you want. Your family needs food, and food is standing out the back door ..... You do what you need to do to feed your family.

Our neighbor feels entitled. He pays high taxes (so do we), and he feels that gives him the right to do what he wants. He's a retired police officer. He knows better. He trespasses, and claims "That's what neighbors do." If another local sees him on our land, he'll say "Mitchell told me I could hunt here." No; Mitchell never gave him permission to hunt here. He doesn't shoot off of his bedroom balcony because he needs to. He does it because it's there. Honestly, he shoots nearly anything that moves.

I guess I wouldn't have so much of a problem with his "hunting" practices if it didn't involve trespassing on our property. He really didn't see a problem with allowing his son to set up a tree stand and hunt on our land, without our permission. My husband was out hunting, and just wandering around on our land (about 44 acres). He happened to look up, and see the neighbors kid in the tree. What if the neighbor newbie hunting kid had shot my husband, because he saw something moving in the brush? You can bet the kid would have hightailed it home, and I would have been wondering where my husband was when he wasn't at the dinner table.