Am I really done?
12-01-2008 | 04:36 PM
#11
Fork Horn
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RE: Am I really done?
If you need some help thinning out the herd, I'll be glad to help ya
. Out of 8 sits last week I seen 3 deer. Granted I've killed 6, I can't buy a deer here in the last week. The orange army surrounds my properties and the deer are on edge.
. Out of 8 sits last week I seen 3 deer. Granted I've killed 6, I can't buy a deer here in the last week. The orange army surrounds my properties and the deer are on edge.
12-01-2008 | 06:11 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
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From: Central Kansas
RE: Am I really done?
ORIGINAL: Vito1
First, kudos to you for donating the meat instead of wasting it. Can the person you give the deer to pay for processing? Seems like a small price for all that venison. The price for processing in my area averages about $60/deer. Not sure what it is by you. If I didn't/couldn't hunt, I would gladly pay the $60.
First, kudos to you for donating the meat instead of wasting it. Can the person you give the deer to pay for processing? Seems like a small price for all that venison. The price for processing in my area averages about $60/deer. Not sure what it is by you. If I didn't/couldn't hunt, I would gladly pay the $60.
12-01-2008 | 06:30 PM
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RE: Am I really done?
ORIGINAL: davidmil
I'm done, because I still have a cold and the season ends Sunday. Besides that, I have 2 in the freezer. More than I need. Last night our power went off for several hours. I started going into my panic mode about loosing it all.4 or 5 years ago we were without power in Maryland for 7 days and I did loose it all.
I'm done, because I still have a cold and the season ends Sunday. Besides that, I have 2 in the freezer. More than I need. Last night our power went off for several hours. I started going into my panic mode about loosing it all.4 or 5 years ago we were without power in Maryland for 7 days and I did loose it all.
I've already thought of that, if the need arises...I have plenty of power to keep the freezer nice and, well frozen.
12-01-2008 | 06:53 PM
#16
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RE: Am I really done?
ORIGINAL: ksfowler
Is that all, i guess our butcher has a nice monopoly going because it is around 300 dollars to have one processed (he is the only one in the area). i process them my self it only takes around 4 hours to have him deboned and turned into various types of sausage and jerky.
ORIGINAL: Vito1
First, kudos to you for donating the meat instead of wasting it. Can the person you give the deer to pay for processing? Seems like a small price for all that venison. The price for processing in my area averages about $60/deer. Not sure what it is by you. If I didn't/couldn't hunt, I would gladly pay the $60.
First, kudos to you for donating the meat instead of wasting it. Can the person you give the deer to pay for processing? Seems like a small price for all that venison. The price for processing in my area averages about $60/deer. Not sure what it is by you. If I didn't/couldn't hunt, I would gladly pay the $60.
12-01-2008 | 07:01 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
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From: Norman OK USA
RE: Am I really done?
Ya know, what I've started doing? I skin the deer and cut the meat off in the largest possible chunks that I can... then (because I don't have a meat slicer) out comes the electric filet knife. The big chunks turn into 1/4" thick strips and into the 24 hour marinade they go. From there they go into the dehydrater ($20 at Wal Mart) 5 hours later I have jerky. 40lbs of meat yields about 10lbs of jerky, it's much easier to store and you can even eat in the turkey blind
12-01-2008 | 07:06 PM
#18
Giant Nontypical
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RE: Am I really done?
I can't imagine taking a critter that I killed to someone else to prepare so I could eat it...
All men need to know how to skin and butcher game...They also need to know how to cook it...
btw...If you are out of freezer space, there is always canning...
All men need to know how to skin and butcher game...They also need to know how to cook it...
btw...If you are out of freezer space, there is always canning...
12-01-2008 | 07:07 PM
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RE: Am I really done?
ORIGINAL: Dubbya
Ya know, what I've started doing? I skin the deer and cut the meat off in the largest possible chunks that I can... then (because I don't have a meat slicer) out comes the electric filet knife. The big chunks turn into 1/4" thick strips and into the 24 hour marinade they go. From there they go into the dehydrater ($20 at Wal Mart) 5 hours later I have jerky. 40lbs of meat yields about 10lbs of jerky, it's much easier to store and you can even eat in the turkey blind
Ya know, what I've started doing? I skin the deer and cut the meat off in the largest possible chunks that I can... then (because I don't have a meat slicer) out comes the electric filet knife. The big chunks turn into 1/4" thick strips and into the 24 hour marinade they go. From there they go into the dehydrater ($20 at Wal Mart) 5 hours later I have jerky. 40lbs of meat yields about 10lbs of jerky, it's much easier to store and you can even eat in the turkey blind
He put in 41 lbs and took out 8.something...so he said. That amazed me.
12-01-2008 | 07:12 PM
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From: Norman OK USA
RE: Am I really done?
ORIGINAL: TEmbry
every ounce of meat I cut from my two deer this year besides the tenderloins and backstraps....went to jerky. I used a buddy's slicer and froze the slices though, haven't got around to marinating and dehyrdrating yet.
He put in 41 lbs and took out 8.something...so he said. That amazed me.
ORIGINAL: Dubbya
Ya know, what I've started doing? I skin the deer and cut the meat off in the largest possible chunks that I can... then (because I don't have a meat slicer) out comes the electric filet knife. The big chunks turn into 1/4" thick strips and into the 24 hour marinade they go. From there they go into the dehydrater ($20 at Wal Mart) 5 hours later I have jerky. 40lbs of meat yields about 10lbs of jerky, it's much easier to store and you can even eat in the turkey blind
Ya know, what I've started doing? I skin the deer and cut the meat off in the largest possible chunks that I can... then (because I don't have a meat slicer) out comes the electric filet knife. The big chunks turn into 1/4" thick strips and into the 24 hour marinade they go. From there they go into the dehydrater ($20 at Wal Mart) 5 hours later I have jerky. 40lbs of meat yields about 10lbs of jerky, it's much easier to store and you can even eat in the turkey blind
He put in 41 lbs and took out 8.something...so he said. That amazed me.