RE: Help with first deer???
What to do after you kill a deer, that' s a good question. First let' s start with see one, than shooting it. If it get' s up shoot it again. If not give it time to die and trail. Trailing can be fun in the fall, since all the leaves had red in them. Finding the blood trail and tracking your deer. Always try to see which direction they went after the shot was made. It makes it easier to find. Some people wait 1/2 hour to track some other time, I use my judegement. Than when you find it dead, it' s not miller time yet. You have to gut it. Make sure you have a good knife and don' t hit the gut sack. This is the fun part and it needs to be done. Keep the heart and liver, I put in a ziplock bag. The heart can be pickled and the liver fried in butter and onions. You will need to tag the deer. I usually cut a hole in the ear, place the facts on the tag, and stuff into ear. Next you have to get the deer out of woods and into a truck. In the winter I use a sled in the fall, it' s drag with a rope than lift it in bed of pickup truck. Drive home and take pictures if desired. Hang in shed or place on ice in gut cavity. Remove tenderloins and backstraps. Commence skinning and quartering, than cut up quarters, legs front and hind. Than cut them into steaks and roasts, place in bag in freezer. Grind cubes into chuck add pork chuck and freeze. Eat and eat some more. Ummmmmmm good....
This is the abreviated version, happy trails....
Tom