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Post by radio on Oct 4, 2014 20:17:54 GMT -5
Fresh butterflied backstraps of venison and fried taters, country style
Played hooky from the shop today and went hunting instead. We had a cold front move through last night and the temp this morning was a balmy 34°! I had to scrape ice off the truck windshield!
Froze my butt off in the stand, but it paid off! My very first ever with archery methods. I'll spare the details on the forum, but if you want the scoop, PM me
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Post by orrum on Oct 4, 2014 20:20:48 GMT -5
We want the scoop!!
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Post by radio on Oct 4, 2014 20:25:20 GMT -5
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 4, 2014 21:11:56 GMT -5
Man,way to go dude! Congrads! Love backstraps!
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Post by orrum on Oct 5, 2014 4:51:55 GMT -5
Way to go dude and thanks for the scoop!
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Post by radio on Oct 5, 2014 8:08:07 GMT -5
Thanks :-) I actually made the initial post from the stand minutes after I took the shot. It's been many, many years since I had that much adrenalin pumping!
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Post by jamesp on Oct 5, 2014 9:54:19 GMT -5
Radiohood gets his first. Did they make you take a bite out of the heart ?? Real hunters use a bow, about 100 times more challenging, congrats Radio. Am in deer wonderland here. Many an hour spent hunting my little farm. A long 30 acres with several thousand acres surrounding it. Lots of property line to hunt and 300 acres that I have hunted for 25 years next door. But most deer are taken within 200 yards of the house. My best buck 100 yards away. Got big deer, but not as common like your Missouri. Population high so last year the limit was raised to 10 does but 2 larger bucks so they would quite killing the small ones. I am a farmer so i can kill them all year w/permit. I know you are a chef. so I must tell you that the summer deer eating browse have much sweeter meat here than winter deer eating acorns. No cropland here, but a lot of timbered land generating a lot of saplings for browse. Guessing that crop fed deer must be real tasty. Congrats again on the bow kill. They say it is addictive. Me just a lowly rifle hunter. But I do hunt on the ground and smoke in thickets to raise the challenge of beating the wind and creating the closeness factor. awaiting the next bow deer, keep em posted Radio.
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Post by roy on Oct 5, 2014 10:04:53 GMT -5
way to go Arlin !
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Post by radio on Oct 5, 2014 10:29:58 GMT -5
Radiohood gets his first. Did they make you take a bite out of the heart ?? Real hunters use a bow, about 100 times more challenging, congrats Radio. Am in deer wonderland here. Many an hour spent hunting my little farm. A long 30 acres with several thousand acres surrounding it. Lots of property line to hunt and 300 acres that I have hunted for 25 years next door. But most deer are taken within 200 yards of the house. My best buck 100 yards away. Got big deer, but not as common like your Missouri. Population high so last year the limit was raised to 10 does but 2 larger bucks so they would quite killing the small ones. I am a farmer so i can kill them all year w/permit. I know you are a chef. so I must tell you that the summer deer eating browse have much sweeter meat here than winter deer eating acorns. No cropland here, but a lot of timbered land generating a lot of saplings for browse. Guessing that crop fed deer must be real tasty. Congrats again on the bow kill. They say it is addictive. Me just a lowly rifle hunter. But I do hunt on the ground and smoke in thickets to raise the challenge of beating the wind and creating the closeness factor. awaiting the next bow deer, keep em posted Radio. Nah, I was hunting alone, besides the heart was sliced up pretty good by the broadhead. I got a Doctors slip for a crossbow exemption last year, but didn't have one to hunt with. Crossbows are not legal here in Mo unless the Doc fills out a form and it gets sent to the Dept of conservation. The acorns have been falling for a couple of weeks, but they mainly eat white oak acorns first which are sweeter than red oak and the others. She was well fed and very fat! I'm sure you know this, but you need to cut away any fat in deer meat as it is nothing like beef and actually has a nasty flavor Sounds like yo have a little piece of deer heaven there! It is very, very difficult to get permission to hunt private land here. Too many inconsiderate folks in the past didn't respect the land or the farmer, plus lots of guys with plenty of money pay up to $15 per acre for exclusive hunting rights on really good farms. I live in the hilly S.W part of Mo and very few row crops here. Mostly fields and woods, so our deer are smaller than other parts of the state that are level and raise beans, corn and such I'm saving my "any deer" archery tag until the bucks start cruising around chasing does during the rut. I will also hunt rifle season, but this arrow flingin' stuff is addictive!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 12:05:16 GMT -5
congrats!
When I saw the title I was sure you were smokin' a brisket! This is an order of magnitude more fun. It must be very satisfying to see the meat thru from harvest to the plate, and every step in between. No more honest food anywhere. I think it makes you respect the animals more this way. Nice work!
Now off to the link!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 12:08:43 GMT -5
So in 24 hours your thread is 9 pages deep!! wowzers. I'd love to see the pics but I am not a member of that forum. Bummer!
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Post by jamesp on Oct 5, 2014 12:19:45 GMT -5
Same game here, all that you mentioned. Many people loose about hunting their land though. Inconsiderates are making an impact though. Got the fat advise, it will soil flavor. Hill deer often smaller and wiser. good for the challenge. Deer vary, a small doe can be a trophy in wilder conditions where deer are very cautious. Hunting crop borders is like cattle hunting. N. Georgia mountain deer are super cautious.
Heart shot eh?, remind me not to make you mad. Cross bow legal here to all as of a few years ago.
This S Fulton county rated top 5 out of 168 counties every year. The pollution from the Chattahoochee river flowing out of Atlanta sets a nitrate/phosphate fog making a rich foliage that the deer eat. Growth rates exaggerated, it is a 20 mile X 4 mile stretch that is influenced. Strange. And for that reason $15-25 is a going rate here. Plus close to Atlanta where the money folks are.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 12:23:51 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Oct 5, 2014 12:52:31 GMT -5
Lease charge per acre Scott. 50 miles from here it can be cheap $5/acre, $3 and cheaper further from Atlanta. Since the bow has been allowed in urban areas the Atlanta city kills have started to become some of the finest deer in the whole state. The rich guys living on the river in Atlanta hunting their back yards and park fringes are scoring well. I go up to the airport and hike the woods under the fly zone around the river bottoms and find huge rubs. Scary deer. I like to see their signs. Take photos and share them w/my buddies, teasing them. Lot of that area is gang banger territory, odd mix, trophy deer and gangstas.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 13:24:42 GMT -5
wow! That is an expensive lease for sure. In Cali the ranches are huge, but the pig leases for $2-3/acre/year. Still 5000 acres at $15,000 a year is a lot of dough to go shoot a few pigs and turkeys.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 5, 2014 13:33:41 GMT -5
Some are managed meticulously basically growing livestock. Would not hunt one of those if paid to. always preferred a wild setting. Budweiser, Jeff Foxworthy, Busch etc have serious investments it time and money developing their deer herd. Most of the time one of us poor Bubbas from S. Fulton county gets a 170 class white tail and takes the show. Little guys usually win the show in the deer hunting arena. makes it all fun.
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Post by radio on Oct 5, 2014 14:06:49 GMT -5
wow! That is an expensive lease for sure. In Cali the ranches are huge, but the pig leases for $2-3/acre/year. Still 5000 acres at $15,000 a year is a lot of dough to go shoot a few pigs and turkeys. I knew a guy in Ca that went in with 10 or 12 buddies on a lease like that over by hwy 5 in the Diablo range. I went squirrel shootin' with him one time and had a ball!
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Post by radio on Oct 5, 2014 14:09:09 GMT -5
So in 24 hours your thread is 9 pages deep!! wowzers. I'd love to see the pics but I am not a member of that forum. Bummer! I'll try to get a couple to upload on here soon. Family forum and all, I didn't want kiddos seeing Bambi taking a nap
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Post by sandsman1 on Oct 5, 2014 15:58:30 GMT -5
radio its all a part of life if they still think hamburgers grow on a bush its time they learn the truth hahaha show me the money shot
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Post by jamesp on Oct 5, 2014 16:25:46 GMT -5
cool
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