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Old 12-10-2021 | 06:05 PM
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Anyone with a good tag recipe?? Looking like I may need one.....

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Old 12-10-2021 | 06:27 PM
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Were you trophy hunting or just not seeing a lot of animals?
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Old 12-11-2021 | 12:24 AM
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This is what I put on mine. It makes everything taste good.
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Old 12-11-2021 | 04:19 AM
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We got a nice layer of snow and I was looking for a freezer doe. With only 3 days left of our ML season I was thinking that I needed to figure out a good recipe for tag soup since I wasn't seeing much other than 3 spike bucks which are protected here in western Vt. I left a stand late morning and was still hunting my way back to the truck. Quiet walking made me take a longer way back and when I came around a bend in the logging road I saw 2 doe eating in a blowdown just ahead. I picked the biggest one and filed my tag. Good thing because I bought some sausage mixes that would have been a constant reminder of my bad season. The only other deer I killed was one that caused $5600 damage to the front of my GMC truck on the way to hunt in early morning during rifle season and there wasn't much left of it since I took it out at 55 mph.
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Old 12-11-2021 | 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by elkman30
Were you trophy hunting or just not seeing a lot of animals?
Neither. Pennsylvania has antler restrictions. Seen lots of deer. Haven't seen a legal buck. Saw maybe 5 little bucks. Saw 40+ deer one day and not a legal buck in the bunch.

Finally broke down this morning and shot a doe though about 10am.

I'll keep that spicy ketchup in mind for next time!

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Old 12-11-2021 | 02:23 PM
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Jake, the September 2021 issue of American Hunter has an article titled "10 Ways to Eat Your Tag." Maybe that will help?
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Old 12-11-2021 | 02:46 PM
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You already followed the recipe I would have give, pop a doe.
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Old 12-11-2021 | 05:51 PM
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This is something I'm starting to think about. I bumbled my way to a missed shot this morning. Last day is tomorrow.
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Old 12-11-2021 | 06:11 PM
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A nice fat doe is one of my favorite foods. Had tenderloins, onions and mushrooms for supper. I have yet to find a decent recipe to make antlers palatable...lol
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