Originally Posted by
vabyrd
Get some Dexter-Russell boning knives. It's what your grocery store butcher uses. Great blades, high carbon, good edge, plus you can get a 6" boning knife for about $15 on ebay. Hats off to a fella taking the dirty work. Quite frankly nothing ticks me off more than a "hunter" (and I mean quote!) that won't learn how to process their own meat. I don't care what the excuse is, hunting is from scouting to the pan. Knuckheads will spend weeks tweaking a stupid load for their rifle, but won't educate themselves on how to make steaks, roasts, and loin. Maybe I'm nuts, but the best part of the hunt is when its all over and I'm sitting at a table with a glass of merlot, a piece of venison, and good company. And for crying out loud, the guys that make jerky out of everything....What??
It's a shame that most posts are about the best caliber and scores rather than the real reason for hunting.
My thoughts exactly!! You can't imagine how many hunters out there have never done it or even watched someone else do it. In my mind the only people worthy of the name "hunter" are the ones who can handle to job after the deer is on the ground. In some parts of the country they don't even gut them by themselves. They take them to the butcher guts and all! I totally agree with you on the jerky part also. It's a complete waste of venison in my opinion. You can buy meat for .89 cents a pound and make jerky out of it, why use venison?