I have tried doing it myself, but... I tend to be wasteful, when for $125 I could just let an expert do it effortlessly.
Who Likes Venison?
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Jalapeño cheddar deer sausage is delicious
I am going deer hunting tomorrow with my brother. Well, he does the hunting and I keep both my pipe and the camp fire smouldering, a billy on for tea in case he turns up back in camp. And I help carry out the venison of course. 4 days of chain smoking in the wilderness, can't wait. I love venison, and one of my top 3 meat eating moments was around the same camp fire another year when the deer just shot had its heart cut into 10mm thick slices and fried in a pan over the open fire.
Many moons ago a pal of mine regularly gave me a hunk of fresh venison for free. He told me he'd hit the critter whilst driving through Thetford Forest (in Norfolk) and for years I believed him....until I happened to spot his guncase in his car 
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BTW, venison sausages are the bee's knees.
Regards,
Jay.
.BTW, venison sausages are the bee's knees.
Regards,
Jay.
Venison heart sauted in butter was always the first treat cooked after the hunt. We did our own processing; a lot of roasts for the crock pot, trimmings for chili and burgers. Tenderloins would be wrapped in bacon and slow roasted in the oven.
Absolutely. I also like wild boar, rabbit, squirrel, duck, goose, and dove. And frog legs!
You got it wrong my friend. We don't act like we like the game meat as an excuse to hunt, rather the wonderful meat, prepared correctly, is part of the reward for a successful hunt. Along with great memories.
You got it wrong my friend. We don't act like we like the game meat as an excuse to hunt, rather the wonderful meat, prepared correctly, is part of the reward for a successful hunt. Along with great memories.
Farmed venison from New Zealand is very tasty at my favorite, local restaurant. Wild venison from Monteque Island? Too gamey for my tastes.
Had a friend back in college. She was a die hard vegetarian. When out to west, and came back after 3 years. Turn into a deer hunter and worked at butcher shop. She can dress a deer really good.
I like it best made into deer sausage - yum.
Yes game is quite expensive here, but almost the best meat you can get, with a distinct flavour. Ok, if you’re preparing meat
you should be able to cook anyways.By the way does anybody like mutton?
Reminds me of a caution way back in the day when I was doing some teaching at U of I when in grad school - “Sheepdogs don’t eat mutton!” Well he had his opinion ……..
When I became a teenager I learned from somebody how to properly field dress a deer. I used to really care about killing a deer, but as I got older I cared more about making sure the children, and now the grandchildren of all the old neighbors that helped us fifty years ago when my father died kill a deer.
Deer probably taste better when you can afford all the beef and pork you want.
My father knew not to try and butcher old dairy cows, but his pigs were delicious. Several times a year he’d take me to the locker plant in Humansville with a fat hog to butcher, and I’d stand around with the grown ups watch the hog killed. The farmers trusted the butcher they’d get their hog back, but it was sort of a custom to verify their hog was killed, in their presence.
A .22 short in the right hands will drop a 200 pound hog in it’s tracks.
When we’d get the meat my father always had me go take some to the renter and the hired hand. We always took bacon, sausage, ham, and roasts,,,,,never ribs or other such poverty cuts.
Pork ribs were scraps when I was a kid.
Deer probably taste better when you can afford all the beef and pork you want.
My father knew not to try and butcher old dairy cows, but his pigs were delicious. Several times a year he’d take me to the locker plant in Humansville with a fat hog to butcher, and I’d stand around with the grown ups watch the hog killed. The farmers trusted the butcher they’d get their hog back, but it was sort of a custom to verify their hog was killed, in their presence.
A .22 short in the right hands will drop a 200 pound hog in it’s tracks.
When we’d get the meat my father always had me go take some to the renter and the hired hand. We always took bacon, sausage, ham, and roasts,,,,,never ribs or other such poverty cuts.
Pork ribs were scraps when I was a kid.
I'm a West Virginian, but a rather unorthodox one; though I enjoy the outdoors on occasion, I was always more a bookworm and indoors kinda guy. Hell, I haven't hunted squirrel in years. And it's been so long since I hunted a deer that I scarcely can remember how to even dress one. I'm almost ashamed to admit it. In WV, the first day of deer season is practically an unofficial holiday; the absenteeism in schools and workplaces on such a day is astronomical. Even so, hunting always felt like work to me, and I was never much good at it.
That all being said, when prepared right, venison is damn good. Someone here said to put it in a crock pot, and he knows what he is talking about. Deer jerky is also a wonderful treat. People hunt deer here so often that I rarely have need to hunt myself. At work especially, someone is always offering up sausage, jerky, etc. But stew is my favorite.
That all being said, when prepared right, venison is damn good. Someone here said to put it in a crock pot, and he knows what he is talking about. Deer jerky is also a wonderful treat. People hunt deer here so often that I rarely have need to hunt myself. At work especially, someone is always offering up sausage, jerky, etc. But stew is my favorite.
I agree venison stew is the best I have ever had for sure.
Deer jerky is good when seasoned right. I grew up fishing, hunting rabbit and squirrel. My mom made an awesome rabbit and squirrel gravy. I got into hunting with bow for a short stint.