This is a well-fed stag ha ?
When I started bow hunting back in the mid 70s, there were no dear around for miles.
I had to drive a 100 miles or more just to try and hunt, and when you did get one, they could taste quite gamey from wild food sources.
Now their every where and feeding on good farm grown grains and clovers, around here, and to me anyway, taste better than some, if not most beef.
I'm sure you could harvest one that could have a strong game taste, but It's been many many moons since I have.
But then again I'm older, and tastes have changed, and I could eat the north end out of a south of a south bound skunk.
It sure is good hunting now and days.
We must be about the same age. We had very few deer around here when I started hunting but I didn't have the option of hunting somewhere else. I just hunted the family farm every year and would get a deer about every three years. My grandmother would soak some meat in water with a tiny bit of vinegar to remove the wild taste and it worked very well. Just thinking of her tenderloin with biscuits and gravy has the saliva running down my shirt front!
The deer here are the same. No wild taste. And the pop. is out of control We Just a cough a way from a bad disease problem. But game and fish dont do shit. But let me stagger down the beach AND BAMM jail.The onley place I feel safe is in my yard. I'll fight for that.When I started bow hunting back in the mid 70s, there were no dear around for miles.
I had to drive a 100 miles or more just to try and hunt, and when you did get one, they could taste quite gamey from wild food sources.
Now their every where and feeding on good farm grown grains and clovers, around here, and to me anyway, taste better than some, if not most beef.
I'm sure you could harvest one that could have a strong game taste, but It's been many many moons since I have.
But then again I'm older, and tastes have changed, and I could eat the north end out of a south of a south bound skunk.
It sure is good hunting now and days.
Guess what I had for supper ?
Brown beans and deer tenderloin . It was goooood .
I like to let my deer hang for about four days if the weather is cool . This takes out the game taste . Beef is hung to age for 2 day for every 100 pounds of hanging weight .
You can make a pretty good cooler out of an old AC unit and some plywood. It holds the temp down about 20/25°F. My brother used three sheets of plywood to make a three sided box and a tarp for the top and door. Throw it up quick, knock it down faster and hides the game from prying eyes.You need to check out boboro's deer cooler. I need to build one like it. My buddy used to have an egg farm and we'd hang our deer in the egg cooler. It does make a big difference. The meat seems to be more tender too. No more egg cooler now though. I need to do like Boboro and build a cooler.
Redfield is leopolds more affordable brand that they make right here in the USA with the same lifetime warranty. I buy em to save a buck and am happy with the quality
Redfield is leopolds more affordable brand that they make right here in the USA with the same lifetime warranty. I buy em to save a buck and am happy with the quality