How much venison do you guys eat??
12-03-2006, 08:04 PM
#11
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pirate on the river Saskatchewan
Posts: 2,167
RE: How much venison do you guys eat??
Not much at all. usually keep a half for a bit of dry cure sausage but everything else goes to my neighbor. Get an elk each year and we raise beef so how much meat do ya need.[8D]
12-03-2006, 08:09 PM
#12
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 7,208
RE: How much venison do you guys eat??
I've shot 5 so far. Kept 3 for my girlfriend and myself, gave 2 to my parents(who in turn give meat to my brother and sister) If I get any more they will be donated to HSH. Of the 3 I kept, a lot of that meat will be randomly given away to friends/coworkers. Just today I cooked up some roasts and shredded them and dumped BBQ sauce on em and took em in for the guys at work.
12-04-2006, 08:15 AM
#14
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: How much venison do you guys eat??
My wife won't eat it, that's fine. I take all the meat I get from my buck each year and have bologna made, I love it. It usually lasts me from one season to the next at around 75 chubs. I give it out to the landowner, guests and friends as well.
I currently have about 5 chubs left and I haven't taken this years deer to the butcher yet. MMmmmm good stuff.
If I want a steak, I throw a Porterhouse on the grill.
I currently have about 5 chubs left and I haven't taken this years deer to the butcher yet. MMmmmm good stuff.
If I want a steak, I throw a Porterhouse on the grill.
12-04-2006, 08:19 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,704
RE: How much venison do you guys eat??
1 deer is not enough to last the year in my house but 2 is plenty.
Friends and family also enjoy the venison so I share the wealth whenever possible.
2 deer a year seems to be my limit anyhow.
Friends and family also enjoy the venison so I share the wealth whenever possible.
2 deer a year seems to be my limit anyhow.
12-04-2006, 08:21 AM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 102
RE: How much venison do you guys eat??
I usually shoot 3 to 4 deer a year. We butcher beef also so we have all the burger and steaks we can eat and the wife won't eat deer over beef. I just make lots of jerky and sausage when the season is over; everybody loves that stuff so it doens't last long. I've got 3 to work on from this year once the holidays are over.
12-04-2006, 08:27 AM
#18
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location:
Posts: 21,043
RE: How much venison do you guys eat??
It's my first season to even have this to think about!!
The first deer I took this year was 172 lbs on the hoof. I processed him completely at home....and it put some meat in my new floor freezer (I was confident enough to purchase a floor freezer before the season started). the little piebald I shot wasn't too big....so I had him ground up into burger. The doe.....I had done into sausage. The last buck I donated to a family of 14 that I know of. The butcher donated the processing fee.....and I was going to throw in a gift certificate to the meat center, too. The butcher matched my $$....and all was well.
I've given sausage to a few co-workers......ground venison to family.....and we're eating backstraps, tonight, for the third time since I took my first. We've also had tacos, spaghetti.....and I'm liking the sounds of the manwich thing. My son also used a roast to do a school home economics project....and it turned out great!
I think I'm gonna keep it at 3 in our freezer.....and see how it goes. I might keep more, next year.....or less. We'll see. I can honestly see us going through those 3 in less than 9 months.
Jeff
The first deer I took this year was 172 lbs on the hoof. I processed him completely at home....and it put some meat in my new floor freezer (I was confident enough to purchase a floor freezer before the season started). the little piebald I shot wasn't too big....so I had him ground up into burger. The doe.....I had done into sausage. The last buck I donated to a family of 14 that I know of. The butcher donated the processing fee.....and I was going to throw in a gift certificate to the meat center, too. The butcher matched my $$....and all was well.
I've given sausage to a few co-workers......ground venison to family.....and we're eating backstraps, tonight, for the third time since I took my first. We've also had tacos, spaghetti.....and I'm liking the sounds of the manwich thing. My son also used a roast to do a school home economics project....and it turned out great!
I think I'm gonna keep it at 3 in our freezer.....and see how it goes. I might keep more, next year.....or less. We'll see. I can honestly see us going through those 3 in less than 9 months.
Jeff
