To gut or not to gut?
05-04-2004, 01:00 PM
#81
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 808
RE: To gut or not to gut?
Fieldmouse, I hear where you are coming from, but you are not right. I know that your big argument(IMO) is the hypocracsy of you not using parts of an animal, when the majority of hunters do not use everything on an animal. But there really is a difference of usefull consumed goods vs relative consumed goods. As stated in a previous post, if you do not use the front shoulders, that is fine. But give them to someone who will. With your 20 plus years of hunting, you must know many that will find use of the usefull consumed goods.
05-04-2004, 01:04 PM
#83
Dominant Buck
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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RE: To gut or not to gut?
ORIGINAL: wihunter402
Then why shoot bambi and waste the meat? You are not into bow hunting you are into bow killing. If you don't get that huge one that you are after then you just feel you have to KILL something. If you were into bow hunting and didn't like the meat and want this huge one then you would wait for him. If you don't fill any tags so be it.
I didn't shoot a deer last year with a bow. I passed up several does and bucks. I too wanted to get the big one. Do I regret not filling my tag? Hell no. I let my son and nephew fill their tags for the freezer.
It's not my fault I don't care to eat deer anymore. I'm purely into bow hunting. There isn't anything wrong with that.
I didn't shoot a deer last year with a bow. I passed up several does and bucks. I too wanted to get the big one. Do I regret not filling my tag? Hell no. I let my son and nephew fill their tags for the freezer.
Where did I ever say I wasted a deer? I have never wasted a deer! I said I don't care for the shoulders on the small ones as do many people I know. I enjoy making jerkey and sausage to give away. I still owe a few people some with only a hind qtr left in the freezer. Where was it said that I shoot to just fill tags? I pass up on killing deer just so I don't have to deal with the carcus.
I'm unethical if I leave a little meat on the bone. You can include yourself in that catagory if you fail to eat the heart and liver. After all your wasting it.
05-04-2004, 01:05 PM
#84
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Connellsville, PA
Posts: 840
RE: To gut or not to gut?
Well Just for the record myself and a very good hunting buddy of mine Have even ate deer balls before. Not only do we utilize and eat the heart, liver but we also eat the deer balls from time time. If you have never tried it you should. I still cant believe that some people would actually waste any part of a deer.
05-04-2004, 01:11 PM
#85
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 19,137
RE: To gut or not to gut?
Here's where.
I like many people quit messing with the shoulders. Shoulders and necks have too many tendons for the meat you get out of them. If you want more meat just shoot another deer
For them, not worth the effort. Feed the critters. If you want more meat shoot another deer.
05-04-2004, 01:13 PM
#89
Dominant Buck
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RE: To gut or not to gut?
ORIGINAL: Charlie P
Really if your buddy can cut one up in 15 minutes. He should be to gut one in about 30 seconds.
Really if your buddy can cut one up in 15 minutes. He should be to gut one in about 30 seconds.
Charlie I don't hunt with that person but he did help me with a deer last year when I was pressed for time. If all I really want was the qtrs, shoulders and back straps you don't need to gut it. You don't loose much only four things. Loins,ribs,heart and liver. Loins are very tender but are very small on a small deer.
Mommasboy is right I could still donate it and get maybe the $15 tax break.
05-04-2004, 01:14 PM
#90
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern WI
Posts: 1,766
RE: To gut or not to gut?
Where did I ever say I wasted a deer?
I said I don't care for the shoulders on the small ones as do many people I know.
Maybe just start your own website for you and your poacher buddies. Call it poach-n-waste.net. You can see you really are not wanted here.