I dont think anyone is implying we play Indian here and even keep the eyeballs, Im just shocked that the BEST piece of meat available in the deer is thrown with the scraps is all. Not looking down on anyone, just shocked.

I didn't ask why not process a small shot up shoulder (buckshot irrelevant here), i asked why not process a shoulder hit DEER?


Its like heating up a nice toasty poptart only to eat the edges...the best part is in the middle!

Okay....I won't leave this thread alone just yet.

No, NEW, you can eat the intestines and the eyeballs if you want, more power to you.

But it seems to me that the MINIMUM amount of the animal that should be reasonably attempted to be retreived for HUMAN consumption is that amount that is REQUIRED by law, at least in the three states where I hunt.

Are you suggesting that we should PICK and CHOOSE which game laws we are going to abide and which ones we aren't? If so, please enlighten me as to what other MINIMUM STANDARD game laws we should ignore and replace/substitute our own standards for in their place.

No one nor the law is referrring to damaged or tainted meat that is deemed not suitable for human consumption. Again most laws (and I can find more if you want) use words as "a reasonable attempt...."

sweet meat what i label mine as as well

I take it back, I wont say it's LAZY per say, but as mentioned earlier, effort vs reward is too much to leave them, even if you have multiple deer a year. They just dont last long enough to not take.

New,

What most people on here are saying Is don't waste what you shoot.

Always.

the only thing that i found, is i usually take the tenderloyns, however, if you make a mistake gutting the deer, they seem to absorb the gut taste quickly, ive cooked them before and myself and others spit them out because the tasted like guts, thats why, im super careful when i field dress a deer... but sometimes you just plain goof up.... but yes they are good when not tainted...

Agreed, all I'm saying is plenty gets wasted by average hunters all the time whether it be ribs, necks, or scrap meat off of shoulders/hams. It seems to be the inner loins not getting used bothers more than if someone says they might not use every ounce of meat off a ham, neck, shoulder, etc.

Why is that?

I love the inner loin. I butcher all of our own deer, so we take all the little goodness out. Their small, but oh so tasty.

To answer you highlighted question(not that I even should considering what it implies, but I'll humor you), I don't live or hunt in the three states you mentioned and in searching the VA/NC game laws I haven't found anything similiar(yet) but if I do I will surely follow them and would advise others to do the same. That being said, laws are open for interpretation, say for example I shoot a deer in the morning and don't recover it until that afternoon and the temps while not warm are not freezing or cold. I may feel that the inner loins are not fit for my consumption as they have been lying inside the body cavity with the rest of the inner organs, you may feel that they are fine. That is fine, difference of opinion. What is the definition of "fit for human consumption"? What's fit for you I might not want. I processed a half dozen of my owndeer last year, 10 or 12 in 2006 and about 18 in 2005 and I am in noway saying that I left all of the inner loins behind but there were a lot of deer I did butcher without gutting(for whatever reason) and I don't consider it anymore wasteful than feeding the ribs/scraps to the dogs. I still process way more meat off of every deer than every other hunter I hunt with and if I don't have time I take them to Central Meats and have them do it(yes they waste a lot of scrap meat there, omg).

The point I was trying to make earlier is many don't use the ribs, neck, and scrap meat and that is just as wasteful if not more wasteful(quantity wise) than the inner loins. But people are saying "well it's not in the laws as a minimum" so what, that's ok? If yal say so, I just think it's a double standard. If Jeff didn't use some of his inner loins or fed his dog a shoulder I still know he proceesed and used a lot more venison than most and much of it went to very needy causes. And I'd be willing to bet that some that have posted on this very thread/site wasted more meat than a couple of inner loins in their hunting careers, hell probably last season for that matter. jmo

If I have to chucka inner loin this season I'll make sure to inform you so you can call the VDGIF and let them know of the "Game Law Violation"(in New Mexico anyway)and get me put on their top ten list.