How Much do you eat??
 

How many deer do you consume in a year?

Ok, not trying to start a debate, just curious... Wife called and she's cooking up some deer steaks w/ potatoes and beans tonight for dinner and got me thinking about how much deer we alleat per year. YES I'm assuming if we kill it, we grill it...

For my family of 3 (for now) we eat deer in some form or other atleast once a week, usually twice, sometimes more. So that pans out to 2-3 deer per year.

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We eat 2-3, ourselves.

I have neighbors that I give some select cuts to.

I donated 5 to a needy family (of FIFTEEN)in '07. I donated 3 to them in '06.

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My boys are getting big enough now that they are really starting to pack away the groceries.. Our freezer is starting to get low.. we have almost eaten 1 bull elk and 2 whitetail bucks ...season can't come fast enough!

We eat a lot of elk.. 4-5 times a week min.. whitetail we make a lot of burger and sausages/ breakfast sausages etc out of .. we it it1-3 times a week. Especially when we are off for the summer (wife and both teach) and we eat three squares here at home daily..

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I should also note that deer size does matter somewhat...

In GMMAT's case he should have put 0-1 [8D]

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Ihave a family of 4 and we eat venison a lot, I voted 3-4 deer per year. Sometimes more and sometimes less just depending on how good the year was!!!! Also remember these are Texas deer they are smaller than the deer in the midwest.

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Usually around one. I give away alot of meat to friends at work.

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Im not a vegitarian but I dont ever eat deer because I never kill any.;)

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Now that's just mean!

OK....I did give away the hams to my across the street neighbor from a doe fawn I killed, last year.....lol. I got a really nice note...saying it was awesome!

On the hoof weights of the three we kept were likely 100#'s, 110#'s and 200#'s. What that translates to in available meat to be consumed......your guess is as good as mine! I know the backstrap I cooked Sunday was YUMMY!;)

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LMAO!!

We eat 2 to 3 midwestern deer a year;)We Love it!

Dan

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I put 5 or more - we eat a lot of deer burger and substitute it for beef in almost everything

I also give away deer to friends and people in need,

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It’s just the 2 of us, so we only eat 1.5-2 ourselves. I give a lot to the rest of my family and neighbor. A lot also gets dealt out as jerky or shredded bbq (if we go to a picnic).

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I would eat it more if I could. It helps that the wife and kids love it, too.We have been happy with the perch we have been eatinglately, though.

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The wife very rairly eats meat so right now it is just me eating the deer. I personally eat about 2 deer a year (an average of a 1 lb package every 2 days, or about 180 lbs of venison).

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Generally 2-3 deer per year. Most of which is ground into burger and some steaks....plus a few roasts. We would probably eat more, but when your on a lake in Ontario all summer you tend to eat a lot of fish!

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2-4 deer per year...

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You can't go wrong with awesome tasting fish from Canada. Best tasting fish around, clean, cool water!!

As for myself I usually only get one tag in the zone I hunt so if I'm lucky enough to get a deer we eat it up very quickly. There's been years where I've been able to shoot a couple deer so thats always nice. On the average though its normally one.

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Aw quit Braggin!! Best thing I liked about Ontario was the fishing!!:D

Dan

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I have a 15 year old boy that is 6'3 250lbs, a 12 year old boy that is 5'7 140lbs and a wife that gets the grill going as soon as I drive up so we have back strap for dinner that night. Needless to say, my family can go thru some deer. I need at least 5 deer per year to keep me in venison all year and even then I will run out of steaks before March.

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Two teenage boys and a wife who REALLY knows how to prpeare it.

About 6-7 per year does it for us.

We had 7 last year.gave one to family. It's July and there's no sausage left, two packages of loins, 1 roast and about 4-5 packs of burger and we have two months to go!!!

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For the past X years I've only tagged my buck and haven't shot a doe until last year when I got a tag to help out Matt (Rick James) with his doe population. I made both that big doe and my buck into bologna (minus a few select cuts for the grill). The bologna I have made is in high demand and I enjoy making sure some people get some. If I want a steak, I throw a Tbone on the grill, if I want burger, it's from a steer. (RJ) Tell your dad I still have him in mind for some of this fine, fine bologna.

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That bologna is that good Rob? Details if you may on how your butcher does it.

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Oh that it is, that it is. My wife will not touch bologna except that which my butcher makes for me. There is a waiting list to get on that list which I have been for years. I keep my landowner stocked and his wife won't eat any other than it. It's so MMMmm MMMMmm

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You lucky **** Rob!! Its hard to find a butcher who makes good bologna these days. Usually if the woman of the house likes it, its damn good stuff then!!;)

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3-4 for me and my family. I get 5 tags,6 if you count mule deer. I have yet to tag out. Maybe this year! That freezer was a great investment. I do give a small amount away to friends and family but not much.

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Between my father and I, 3 deer is about perfect for us. He has a large freezer at his house so I store all of my meat there are refill every few weeks. Basically. One deer is turned into beer sticks and sausage, 3/4 into ground and the rest into steaks and roasts. Most of my friends think Im crazy for eating deer (Chicago suburb guys) but I tell them, "I didn't go to a store and buy my meat, I earned it and it tastes a lot better knowing that!"

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Usually 2 deer per year is just right. Put 3 in the freezer last year and as of last week we've been eating venison alot more! It's just over 2 months until season starts and we have to empty the freezer.

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My parents and my family of 5 we go through at least 5 deer in a year.

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this year my family put 4 away:D. I think I will have some tonight do to reading this post and making me hungry.

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Me too, because the whitetail and bear hunting sucks. ;)

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Usually one for me and the wife, if I get a second one it usually gets used by my parents and brother. My family usually bucthers a steer or two, so that supplements the venison.

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I like to have 2-3 in the freezer every year and then I make it a mission to make sure it's all cleaned out by hunting season.

I am the only one who eats it and I think I need to ease up on the processed stuff a bit (bologna, sausage,jerky etc) and get back to good ol' grilling and roasting.

I've been on a roll of marinading and grilling up the rest of the doe I shot in IL last year and holy crap is it good.[:-]

I've eaten 4 steaks and a whole backstrap in the last few days with tenderloins thawing and another 2 pack of steaks.Those IL does are gonna be in trouble this year.;)

And no way is anyone going to get me to say that Rob's bologna tastes good. [:o]

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Yep!! That's for sure!! Makes the Fishing seem even better;)

Dan

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2-3 per year for my immediate family, that does not include my mother and father, who eat 1-2 more.

But the real question is, who is going to start a thread on favorite venison recipies? Sausages, ground meat, steaks, whatever.

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I eat some when ever some one is kind enough to offer me some. lol[&o]

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i my self could eat prolly 3-4 a year... im a cheapo an when i got deer burger in the freezer there will be no burger bought at the market... but seein how i only got one deer last year i had it gone in a month...lol....

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Dang,i wish i would get that much meat off of a PA deer.

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well i plan to eat as many as i can kill which in Indiana could be 300 plus
i can get 2 for my deer license then 2 bonus doe tags per my county's limit.
so i hope i get four
then if i can get my dad or brother to hunt with me another 4

I want to be eating deer as my primary source of meat in the next few years i hate the store bought meat

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My mom and little sister hate the taste. I'm the only one who really likes it butmy dad will eat it too. we got a few lb's last year from my uncle.

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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.