Jack.....I've purposely NOT prepared a shoulder hit small deer for human consumtion. No regrets.

Sparrow:

I'll not field dress a gutshot deer.....or one in which one of the wounds is in the intestinal area. I've foregone field dressing when I've made a morning recovery in questionable temps.

Like I said.....I have no regrets or apologies Ifeel I need to make for my actions. I'll put these animals meat to use as I see fit. I also shot a VERY small doe last year that I didn't prepare the shoulders for our use.I cooked them on my pig cooker and my dog had a feast, though.

Anyone who KNOWS me knows I am very generous with th emeat I harvest. My grandfather also raised cattle, growing up (500 head at any given time)....and he ran the stock yard and abbatoir in my home town for 40 years. The process isn't obtrusive to me, at all. I make a decision on what to take....and live with it. I sleep just fine.

The only time I might not take them is if the deer has been gut shot. Once that meat is tainted, it's no getting that taste out.

I also like Jeff, don't gut many of my deer for such a small piece of meat. I take the shoulders, high quarters, back strap and that's it. I will agree that it is a good cut, but to me it's not worth the hassle of gutting. Now if I knew a method of getting them out with out having to remove the guts and such I might be inclined to do so.

Your original post to this thread does notconvey anything about leaving thembeause the meat mightbe damaged or tainted, but rather effort vs reward. But keep on spinning.

They never see the freezer with the deer I kill. Matter of fact they are lucky to not be in my stomach within an hour of taking them out

I don't need to spin ****, jack.....or justify anything with you (or anyone else).

No spin needed......as I'll take whatever I want.....wenever I want to take it. if you don't like it....you can pound sand.[&:]

YEA! If I want to be wasteful with the best cut of meat in a deer, so be it...leave me alone. I kill alot of deer each year, so it is ok, settle down.

I kid, I kid....it makes me no difference what you consume Jeff. I'll gut every deer I kill, just as I'll get the 4 quarters and backstraps and tenderloins out of every deer I get. Whether I am generous and donate/share the meat or not, I will still put it to good use.To each his own.


Out of curiosity, how come you didnt bother with cleaning a small shoulder hit deer to eat? Does this mean you didnt bother getting any meat from it?

I call the innerloins the two pieces inside the cavity...under the spine...towards the rear of the deer. Looks like tenderloins, but so soft you could squeeze with your fingers. Makes great venison good at breakfast.

You are right in regards to me. I forgot whoI was conversingwith. I've never seen you to bewrong on any subject yet,so I am sure thisone is no different.

But as far as deciding as to whether or not you want to go the trouble of guttting a deer for two pieces of meat the size of a banana, each......... well you might want to check into the game laws a little more before publicly stating so.

With this post I'll leave this thread alone as this is ridiculous to keep arguing something so stupid as whether or not to take the tenderloins of a game animal. Kinda like arguing whether the sun rises in the east or not.

Now, I think I'll go have some tenderloins for lunch. Yummy.

This thread cracks me up, in the interest of not being wasteful I am assuming that most people that are critical here are using all the deer. Necks, ribs, stew meat cut from thehard to reach spots, etc. Hell don"t forget the heart, liver, tongue, orskin.A filipino friend of mine makes deer rinds out of the skin andswears they are the greatest thing on earth, I wouldn't know because I just wastethat part. Whatever I don't want I give away, whatever I don't see fit to process I feed my buddies hunting dogsor other random critters. What about the ham/front legmeat from the bend/knuckle to the hoof? There's a couple of small banana sized strips of meat there and I'm sure all you guys are using those every time, right? I mean that would be part of the 4 quarters.

I see...... we only have to use the meat the game book says, then you are not being wasteful and lazy, even though you could technically use almost every other part of the animal you want, the "book" doesn't say you have to.


Why wouldn't you process a small deer shoulder?

7mm or heavy buckshot damage.

Ever seen a shoulder that a broadhead stuck into and then the deer ran 100 or more yards with with the broadhead in there working, it's real nice.