Originally Posted by
rbduck
Is it me or are those deer really small?
Ron
Compared to the up North, yes. But the doe(not the one I shot) is considered a big doe down here in TN. Our doe usually don't get over 130 lbs.
Originally Posted by
Scottdnramember
MC, If your deer herd is anything like ours, I think that shooting these 3 in one sitting (hunt) is not only fine, but what difference does it make over shooting one one day the others over other days? The Limit is the Limit and filling doe tags is not only legal its part of good game management. Nothing much better than does for the freezer, especially small ones. Sorry if that hurts any feelings but its like a fish that is a “Good Eatin’ Size”.
This year we've had an outstanding amount of deer on our farm. Which I think has a lot to do with us not hunting my land any last year. If I had barely been seeing deer this year I wouldn't have even thought of shooting the first doe. I'd like to see more nice bucks but I can't complain considering we have a huge 150+ 10 pointer runnin around. I saw him but couldn't get a shot and my dad missed him. Other than that I've seen one other mountable buck and 3-4 young bucks with nice racks that will be big next year.
Originally Posted by
Scottdnramember
I also get the shooting of a small buck with obvious genetic flaws or one with weird rack to get it out of the gene pool. About the only thing I’d say is, you have a bit more good meat on those necks that is really good in the grinder with the shoulders. You can usually get two nice pieces from the bottom of the neck that run almost to the head and two more ok ones from the spine on up to the head.
Like you I think the meat on the ribs is so full of junk that it is best to feed your foxes with them. If I ever ran into anyone who liked them, I would gladly supply them! HA.
I'm kinda glad he took that deer out because I've seen about 6-7 different spikes this year and I'm hoping they aren't from him.
We ended up giving my dads best friend the bigger does meat because he has given us a lot of deer over the years. And as far as not getting the neck meat, I don't cut them up but I'll tell my dad to look into it next time
