any other hunters around?

[srm775]

havent tried bear hunting yet......im on the wrong side of the state......been meaning to drive over and stay with friends and give it a try.....now that my sis has moved that far west maybe the wife wont complain bout the cost of gas so much if i combine it with a visit ....havent run into anyone who eats them though the guys i know give the meat away....have you tried it?

Yeah ... it's actually a fairly lean meat (considering you cut a several inches of fat off to get to it). Not nearly as lean a venison, but leaner than beef. It's pretty good, but you can't over cook it or it turns really tough and loses a lot of flavor.

If you have sausage made out of it, have them mix it with pork and pork fat. The meat itself just isn't marbled enough to make for a good sausage.

 

[FireBrewer]

Of course, we do still buy some things (like flour and items we can grow here) but it feels great to be somewhat self-reliant. I always think that there isn't anything more "organic" than a deer than I shot and processed myself. Not a feed lot animal, but a natural source of meat.

Amen! In times where the cost of food is going up (like everything else) and emphasis is being placed on organic foods and "free-range" animals, it's nice to see people figuring out what hunters have known all along.

I buy ground beef, steak, chicken, etc at the store just like everyone else but if I kill a deer, process it and eat it, at least I know it was treated humanely (I won't take a bad shot no matter how bad I want it), no growth hormones were used, and the surface and butchering tools were CLEAN.

 

[nyer]

Nope. Here's mine:

(my friend is a horrible photographer)

an upclose shot

When I finally get to move to Florida (4 lonnnggg years away) this is a sport I want to try. I fish as often as possible and I love deer hunting. I mostly bow hunt and I switched from a shotgun to a muzzleloader two years ago.

 

[jmooney]

Upland birds (pheasant, grouse) for me.

 

[RoaringBrewer]

Hunted for a while when I was younger (teens) and after a 7-8 year hiatus I am getting back into it at 26. Picked up my PA license and migratory bird stamp yesterday...

Plan on hunting duck, doves, squirrel, rabbit, pheasant and turkey... Also, heading out for a buck and doe, as long as I get approved for an 'anterless permit'. Should be a good time.

And yes, I eat everything I kill... even squirrel 'wings'. Mmmmm...

 

[fifelee]

the drawings are finally done here in MT.......grand total for special draws are a speed goat tag for both the wife and i and my oldest stepdaughter has pulled a special youth cow elk tag for her first year hunting......add that to the "A" deer tag all three of us already have......2 doe tags(though, in theory we can prolly buy 18 doe tags between the three of us if the quota is anything like the last few years)........dang....think i need to buy a couple more freezers we will be busting our rears to get Kate that elk though and may not have much time to do much but fill the speed goat tags since their season starts 2 weeks before deer & elk......

I didn't draw anything special this year, but will do the normal running around for elk and deer. Used to do a speed-goat/deer trip in you neck of the woods around Fort Peck but my hunting mates moved away.

 

[SuperiorBrew]

Fish all summer about 3 days a week average and some ice fishing in the winter.
I mainly hunt turkeys, deer, geese. I did draw a bear tag, that starts this Wednesday. Also drew a Kansas Whitetail tag for late November.