ORIGINAL: jackflap
original:NEW61375
see...... we only have to use the meat the game book says, then you are not being wasteful and lazy, even though you could technically use almost every other part of the animal you want, the "book" doesn't say you have to.
Okay....I won't leave this thread alone just yet.
No, NEW, you can eat the intestines and the eyeballs if you want, more power to you.
But it seems to me that the MINIMUM amount of the animal that should be reasonably attempted to be retreived for HUMAN consumption is that amount that is REQUIRED by law, at least in the three states where I hunt.
Are you suggesting that we should PICK and CHOOSE which game laws we are going to abide and which ones we aren't? If so, please enlighten me as to what other MINIMUM STANDARD game laws we should ignore and replace/substitute our own standards for in their place.
original:NEW61375Why wouldn't you process a small deer shoulder?
7mm or heavy buckshot damage.
Ever seen a shoulder that a broadhead stuck into and then the deer ran 100 or more yards with with the broadhead in there working, it's real nice
No one nor the law is referrring to damaged or tainted meat that is deemed not suitable for human consumption. Again most laws (and I can find more if you want) use words as "a reasonable attempt...."
To answer you highlighted question(not that I even should considering what it implies, but I'll humor you), I don't live or hunt in the three states you mentioned and in searching the VA/NC game laws I haven't found anything similiar(yet) but if I do I will surely follow them and would advise others to do the same. That being said, laws are open for interpretation, say for example I shoot a deer in the morning and don't recover it until that afternoon and the temps while not warm are not freezing or cold. I may feel that the inner loins are not fit for my consumption as they have been lying inside the body cavity with the rest of the inner organs, you may feel that they are fine. That is fine, difference of opinion. What is the definition of "fit for human consumption"? What's fit for you I might not want. I processed a half dozen of my owndeer last year, 10 or 12 in 2006 and about 18 in 2005 and I am in noway saying that I left all of the inner loins behind but there were a lot of deer I did butcher without gutting(for whatever reason) and I don't consider it anymore wasteful than feeding the ribs/scraps to the dogs. I still process way more meat off of every deer than every other hunter I hunt with and if I don't have time I take them to Central Meats and have them do it(yes they waste a lot of scrap meat there, omg).
The point I was trying to make earlier is many don't use the ribs, neck, and scrap meat and that is just as wasteful if not more wasteful(quantity wise) than the inner loins. But people are saying "well it's not in the laws as a minimum" so what, that's ok? If yal say so, I just think it's a double standard. If Jeff didn't use some of his inner loins or fed his dog a shoulder I still know he proceesed and used a lot more venison than most and much of it went to very needy causes. And I'd be willing to bet that some that have posted on this very thread/site wasted more meat than a couple of inner loins in their hunting careers, hell probably last season for that matter. jmo
If I have to chucka inner loin this season I'll make sure to inform you so you can call the VDGIF and let them know of the "Game Law Violation"(in New Mexico anyway)and get me put on their top ten list.