Hunting And Fishing Thread!?!

[Rafter H BBQ]

Way to fill them tags Rafter H BBQ !!
Hot here to but headed out anyway after big bucks again today…..

Thanks Timber II , hope you tagged one!

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Justin, Nice job!, Those critters will fill a freezer or two. :)

Thanks CM, it sure is nice to stock the freezer up a bit!

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

HECK YEAH!!

Thanks Charles, appreciate it buddy!

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

That's awesome Justin!

Ryan

Ryan, thanks buddy… much appreciated!

 

[doubles shooter]

My 12 year old grandson is boning out the last of the 2 deer donated to us by friends. I have 57 years in the woods, but heart problems sort of put hunting on hold for me, but friends have given us a few deer knowing the family loves venison. Lincon has been cutting deer with me since he was 5 and is quite skilled. He is also an experienced sausage maker. He keeps telling me that doing our own food prep is "Satisfying". Last night he said he would like to set up a shop someday and cut deer for others. I love his attitude.

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Very nice Justin that should hopefully give your family meat for awhile beef prices are crazy and I've read gonna get a lot worse

Thanks Jerry, I have heard the same on beef prices. We are super thankful to have some elk in the freezer.

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

I haven't hunted for many years. But when I did, there was a small, local grocery store in Winthrop, WA, where the butcher would process folks deer at night after close. He charged to $100 to cut steaks & roasts, grind the rest with some beef tallow, and wrap everything nicely in white butcher paper. Then it would be waiting for you the next day, frozen, in a cardboard box. (As I said, this was some time ago, 1980's-90's.)
That caused me to wonder how many places like this are left where you can get game processed? We had a small butcher shop outside of Edmonds, WA that would do this too, but he closed down at least 30 years ago.

We have multiple here in SE ID! So where we have ours cut up is a true Mom and Pop butcher shop. They don’t advertise, but most locals take their game to them.

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Awesome Justin, been warmer than usual here too. My season starts Wednesday, so we'll see how it goes with no snow

Thanks John, best of luck my friend… hope you can get one down.

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Looks like success and a great time Justin! And some great meals in the near future. Congrats!

Keith

Thanks Keith, meat in the freezer is always a good feeling.

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Gorgeous Elk, great meat, congrats!

Thanks John, we love wild game meat… and elk is some of the best!

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Finally gonna get so.e time in the woods come first weekend of December.
Gonna go enjoy the quiet solitude of a stand or house the 6th, 7th and 8t.
I sure do hope it cools back down by then.

And who knows, might even take a deer or hog.

Enjoy John and hope you get some meat along the way.

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

The 6.5 Gredel strikes again! Last night our oldest daughter pulled the trigger for the 3rd year in a row making it 3yrs, 3 shots, 3 deer. Her younger sister was with this time learning. Now tonight we will see if she can repeat her sister's luck.
Hunting has been tough going this year with low deer numbers but these girls have been sticking it out and going every chance we get. Got a great story out of it and smiles all around.

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Awesome!! Congrats to your daughter, sounds like she knows how to shoot! And good luck to your younger daughter, I’ll bet she has success as well! Love seeing the kids out hunting, thanks for sharing.

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

My 12 year old grandson is boning out the last of the 2 deer donated to us by friends. I have 57 years in the woods, but heart problems sort of put hunting on hold for me, but friends have given us a few deer knowing the family loves venison. Lincon has been cutting deer with me since he was 5 and is quite skilled. He is also an experienced sausage maker. He keeps telling me that doing our own food prep is "Satisfying". Last night he said he would like to set up a shop someday and cut deer for others. I love his attitude.

Sorry to hear of your health issues! But always awesome when you live in an area that folks help each other… that is awesome!

And good on the Grandson, he had a great teacher, looks like he enjoys it and that would be a great side gig to cut game during hunting season.

As a side note, my son expressed interest in doing that… not trying to be discouraging at all, but as I told my son… when you do that you will be busy when folks find out and you provide a quality service… then you have to plan out time for you to hunt and spend the time outdoors that you enjoy. Our butcher friend does this and has expressed trying to find time for himself to get out and enjoy his hunting. Again, like I told him… not trying to be discouraging, but just realistic.

Again, nice to have some meat in the freezer.

 

[ajbert]

Looked out the backdoor to see how the two deer hanging in a tree were doing. Everything looked fine until I realized the doe didn't have her drawers on (I use two elk quarter bags for deer). I looked a around and saw a young bobcat laying on the ground almost under the doe. Grabbed a .22 and fired a couple of shots to scare it off. Right then and there I decide I needed to get the deer in cooler and put them in the garage. Problem was that it was a wee bit too cold to do it then. Walked the dog, ate some breakfast, went to church and got on it when I got back.

That little bobcat was laying again under the doe! Two more shots to scare it off. Gather up my knives and coolers and came back inside to warm up a bit. Fired up the Blazer to use the winch to get the deer down. As I got to the tree the bobcat was there again. Yes, I had the .22 on my hip. Two more shots again.

Got the deer cut up and in the coolers. The doe got nibbled on a little on the front and back side of one of the hind quarters. Found my bag partly buried under pine needles and dirt with a big stick laying across it. I thought that was odd but it wasn't torn to shreds like I thought it would be. Just a few smallish holes torn in it so it will be washed and use again next year.

First time in over 3 decades of hunting of having a critter go after something hanging like that. Sure, ravens poking out the eyes. Bears are already hybernating now, but never any coyotes or mountain lions.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

My 12 year old grandson is boning out the last of the 2 deer donated to us by friends. I have 57 years in the woods, but heart problems sort of put hunting on hold for me, but friends have given us a few deer knowing the family loves venison. Lincon has been cutting deer with me since he was 5 and is quite skilled. He is also an experienced sausage maker. He keeps telling me that doing our own food prep is "Satisfying". Last night he said he would like to set up a shop someday and cut deer for others. I love his attitude.

This is just so cool...

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Around me, beef fat is basically non-existent, it has to be purchased and is well over $4.00/lb. My best friend's son-in-law found that out with a deer he killed and had me process it for him. The only beef fat he could find was $4.49/lb. Most processors around here don't add it to burger or add very little because they have to buy it, too...

 

[chilerelleno]

Looked out the backdoor to see how the two deer hanging in a tree were doing. Everything looked fine until I realized the doe didn't have her drawers on (I use two elk quarter bags for deer). I looked a around and saw a young bobcat laying on the ground almost under the doe. Grabbed a .22 and fired a couple of shots to scare it off. Right then and there I decide I needed to get the deer in cooler and put them in the garage. Problem was that it was a wee bit too cold to do it then. Walked the dog, ate some breakfast, went to church and got on it when I got back.

That little bobcat was laying again under the doe! Two more shots to scare it off. Gather up my knives and coolers and came back inside to warm up a bit. Fired up the Blazer to use the winch to get the deer down. As I got to the tree the bobcat was there again. Yes, I had the .22 on my hip. Two more shots again.

Got the deer cut up and in the coolers. The doe got nibbled on a little on the front and back side of one of the hind quarters. Found my bag partly buried under pine needles and dirt with a big stick laying across it. I thought that was odd but it wasn't torn to shreds like I thought it would be. Just a few smallish holes torn in it so it will be washed and use again next year.

First time in over 3 decades of hunting of having a critter go after something hanging like that. Sure, ravens poking out the eyes. Bears are already hybernating now, but never any coyotes or mountain lions.

I'd shot that Bob Kitty and had his nice winter pelt tanned for a sofa throw.