How Much do you eat??
07-08-2008 | 09:18 PM
#41
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RE: How Much do you eat??
2-3 yr. My kids love the stuff. I make an outstanding steak sandwhich w/the loin straps. Sausage, jerky, stew, ground. It's amazing when u actually have to go out & buy beef. I can't get over how expensive it is.
Besides, nothing say "I love you" to your family than venison which costs about $20/pound. Camo, bow set up, gas, vehicle decked in camo/stickers, boots, license, time off work, you get the picture.
Besides, nothing say "I love you" to your family than venison which costs about $20/pound. Camo, bow set up, gas, vehicle decked in camo/stickers, boots, license, time off work, you get the picture.
07-08-2008 | 09:23 PM
#42
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RE: How Much do you eat??
We HAVE to have four, fully mature deer each year or we run short. I'd prefer to kill five and be able to host a few grill-out sessions with friends if necessary.
07-09-2008 | 08:44 AM
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RE: How Much do you eat??
thats the way to do it good for you
i had 25 hens in nc led eggs twice the size of store eggs shells where good and hard
had to sell them when i moved
i had 25 hens in nc led eggs twice the size of store eggs shells where good and hard
had to sell them when i moved
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There are only two of us so I voted 1-2 deer/year. We also eat a lot of chicken since we raise/butcher our own meat chickens. Plus with a core group of 50 laying hens of varying ages, we butcher the older ones every year to make room for younger hens. Add to that a couple of wild turkeys and some wild rabbit and dove thrown in for good measure that means just a little supplemental pork and beef from the store once or twice a month.
There are only two of us so I voted 1-2 deer/year. We also eat a lot of chicken since we raise/butcher our own meat chickens. Plus with a core group of 50 laying hens of varying ages, we butcher the older ones every year to make room for younger hens. Add to that a couple of wild turkeys and some wild rabbit and dove thrown in for good measure that means just a little supplemental pork and beef from the store once or twice a month.
07-09-2008 | 09:28 AM
#44
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RE: How Much do you eat??
Getting down to the last of the 5 deer I butchered last season. We could easily go through more between just the two of us.
(I also happily scrape up roadkilled deer for the dogs.)
(I also happily scrape up roadkilled deer for the dogs.)
07-09-2008 | 10:57 AM
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RE: How Much do you eat??
once year dad and i put 4 in the freezer. no joke by spring gobbler season we were packing for camp and we were dang near out...sometime in the summer we ran completely out..
thats only 2 of us eating it. but, we would have steak and eggs for breakfast...chops or sausage or steak for dinner...bologna or summer sausage for snacks...we ate it all the time...
this year i put 2 in the freezer...dad had one practically polished off in no time...i had to go doe hunting just so i could have some venison lol...dad will put a hurtin on it....he foots the bill...i do the work lol. he took the last few years off and i been providing the deer...this year hes gunna start back up i believe...
thats only 2 of us eating it. but, we would have steak and eggs for breakfast...chops or sausage or steak for dinner...bologna or summer sausage for snacks...we ate it all the time...
this year i put 2 in the freezer...dad had one practically polished off in no time...i had to go doe hunting just so i could have some venison lol...dad will put a hurtin on it....he foots the bill...i do the work lol. he took the last few years off and i been providing the deer...this year hes gunna start back up i believe...
07-09-2008 | 11:21 AM
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RE: How Much do you eat??
I usually take2-3 deer a year. Right now for our family of two we eat around one to two deer a year. I usually donate at least one deer a year to hunters feeding the hungry. This past February we gave away 1800lbs of ground venison in 5 minutes!
