Anyone else eat this?
12-12-2008, 06:01 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Anyone else eat this?
When I was little long before I started hunting my dad would always cook a breakfast after he killed a deer. This would consist of eggs, hashbrowns, and what I just always thought was tenderloins or round steaks from the deer. After a few years of eating it my dad finally informed that I was actually eating the heart of the deer.
I was at first disguisted by it, and it took me a few more times of eating it before I could actually enjoy it again. Now that I have gotten used to the taste and the fact that I am actually eating heart, I thourghly enjoy it. We never use a heart shot deer, or one out of an old mature buck. However this little breakfast has become almost atradition the next morning after a successful hunt.
I have not met any other hunter around here other than my dad that will do this...just wondering if anyone else here digs in on a little deer heart every now and then?
I was at first disguisted by it, and it took me a few more times of eating it before I could actually enjoy it again. Now that I have gotten used to the taste and the fact that I am actually eating heart, I thourghly enjoy it. We never use a heart shot deer, or one out of an old mature buck. However this little breakfast has become almost atradition the next morning after a successful hunt.
I have not met any other hunter around here other than my dad that will do this...just wondering if anyone else here digs in on a little deer heart every now and then?
12-12-2008, 06:06 PM
#2
Boone & Crockett
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RE: Anyone else eat this?
I used to save the heart and liver for my grandfather but after he passed away, I started leaving it behind. He used to stuff and back the heart. I never tried. it.
12-12-2008, 06:12 PM
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RE: Anyone else eat this?
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
Been eating heart all my life!! Allot of people I know eat the heart, It's damn near the best part of the deer If you ask me.
Been eating heart all my life!! Allot of people I know eat the heart, It's damn near the best part of the deer If you ask me.
12-12-2008, 06:14 PM
#7
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RE: Anyone else eat this?
ORIGINAL: Jasonlester
Never had it. If I ever figure out how to fix itI may try it. I have had the liver when my grandfather used to make it...it was great....
Never had it. If I ever figure out how to fix itI may try it. I have had the liver when my grandfather used to make it...it was great....
12-12-2008, 06:14 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Anyone else eat this?
ORIGINAL: Illinois Buck Hunter
Must be something about you recurve hunters because that what the old man always packed into the woods with him lol.
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
Been eating heart all my life!! Allot of people I know eat the heart, It's damn near the best part of the deer If you ask me.
Been eating heart all my life!! Allot of people I know eat the heart, It's damn near the best part of the deer If you ask me.
12-12-2008, 06:37 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Anyone else eat this?
ORIGINAL: Illinois Buck Hunter
All I do is cut it out of the deer and let it soak in water in the fridge over night. The next morning I take it out clean it out really good and cut it into steaks. Throw into some flour and into the skillet and ready to eat.
ORIGINAL: Jasonlester
Never had it. If I ever figure out how to fix itI may try it. I have had the liver when my grandfather used to make it...it was great....
Never had it. If I ever figure out how to fix itI may try it. I have had the liver when my grandfather used to make it...it was great....