Let's Talk BBQ
Cured Meats & Food Preservation => Cured meats & Food Preservation => Charcuterie: Ham, Bacon, Sausage, etc. => Topic started by: TentHunteR on January 18, 2018, 12:44:30 PM
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I've been doing a lot hunting this year for the first time in years! Now that I've lost some weight (still losing) and am feeling better, I decided I was going to do what I needed to get a hunting license and go hunting.
Well, my friend, Joe, and I went out on opening day of muzzleloader season (about a week and a half ago), and I finally got a deer!
I though it was a doe when I shot it, but it turned out to be a young button buck, about 95 lbs.
I've made this pic as "everyone-friendly" as possible.
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Click here for a full pic of the deer - Viewer discretion advised! (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jnsMg76GbeJ4_9cHGUtwZjetaAXq-X59lSIokNpYMZ1PFSVP7njWqOGZ_E5XA5o_7iTi7Onr-aPeS_pXDvlqZQdTx5nP18F8McBDzxZjTM7EZZXmhfQpM7uOYLEBiJ-LO1-Ktt7UIqCmgqoFpC4brs2dxBKtumKK0NN88yf7KGgc1qPF1g9ABSdfO_tTM5_OkxQkRfitm7-Z9JfyTADy7pdLcFnUxFAl0ujUVTzUsxsE-12GYQ7ab8EO_sSgmO6kMZ73bn2sZ7PzJav60d7xEqCHmWTFmXDhJEjkYxoTC7sUyQZvBv8ffYAld7JDLiWXCr1NT49GuxjeYCA0PUf4mbjq02C89X4ewTt1lYcFJxe81MUgbJ10lglSULATpaf8oomR0cO4wJCGUgF8ERubYTqiIEgrvetSjOnCGxSv0KRpSP83hq6vP1aue6BcbQXX38iZL1r5Qec1dhHSM4NN-BqXY4QtRBNZmQsUilXqytfROyIPuMmeP10MBow6b8joTUTEv-9dPdf8dImBzGsS7yf9aV6B2hRtEdHBpZbMxK0w-VD-Xw3K3s_WPLhQlhqgDuKs1SqqSsoaO95634_mU7Lo28sME-i7e8odYKA=w576-h768-no)
We got it back to his garage and got it skinned and quartered out so I could get it home and finish processing it myself. This is one of those times when I'm glad I already have a good grinder, stuffer, etc., so I can do the processing myself instead of paying someone else to do it. Most places charge $75 - $100 per deer.
We ended up with a couple of sirloin tip roasts, a pack of round steaks (mostly top round), the eye of rounds, I kept one backstrap whole and butterflied the other to cut into steaks, and the rest was cut up for grinding.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ckB4BXWxDNYcbdS0fuePijB569Ogl0NaXiRIG1-rMDh0BbHCx76mWMiSiG5CRojDuL5YWD0pBoNtGS32e299d6YHVej_Y4vVIsE6-AP2J1vXQBZ0VPMozm7-KpkzgBp6BvjF1GepyN5ciI-kxTELXXqS7Xb8yighS2yMweWUamBV2ejiyKVCTsmMe7lLFWUcLozMylvyACe8PyOjxDTrqIiOWFWlWAMym1tKu-_P7kT6L14QeLUzXmnVyg_C1RbCCsyY9OLl0dOH1IvN_XqCHUlyUn9Z3reMAeMushWP1R4wcluuVzN6_Q6_vbMFn7oNBaBYgWo9mC4LZzQ8jFSYduFtZcSLOFe-K6Q2TqVZmZlXq7FLvIn-q1rR169lapbSVKlN414-IoQT798dX5vBfKokYHCl9ZxtC8vo43gy7lnVbG2CiaZWJQCiFP_Jb3sRx4OqBwQWvvpOzz8xsJHQ742wJuYeyBKnd6v8_eH0HVjgNwWgMdegkis7dHxQfLQ_KASgnXyUKtWqYfqIP5pfS3tkPaWP1b6hoCEgR6lyA11rr-klnWcBluiT-AM8NzWAbTVDs_TYg2beiN1kvFUYjVraOHsWnktW9MbdZXk=w740-h545-no)
I stopped by the butcher and picked up about about 6 lbs of very fatty pork trimmings (a couple jowls and fatty ends of pork belly) to mix in for grinding.
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We ended up with just under 20 lbs of ground venison.
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I've already utilized some of the ground venison for sausage, which I'll post later. 8)
And I'm not done hunting. Bow season is in, in Ohio, until Feb 04! ;)
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Couldn't see the picture of the deer but the meat looks good. I love deer burgers and sausage. Good luck on getting more this season.
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Oh deer, that looks good...............gonna be good eats
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Yum ! ! ! Wish my GF would eat venison.
BD
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Very nice. A 95 pounder in our deer camp might get you some ribbing
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couldn't see the deer pics either, but the ret looked good.
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See if the pic is visible now. I could see it fine, but updated the links just to be sure. Weird. ::)
Very nice. A 95 pounder in our deer camp might get you some ribbing
That weight was a conservative guestimate after being field dressed, etc. Based on the meat yield it's not too far off, though. Either way, it wasn't as big as I was hoping for, but when you're shopping for venison in Nature's grocery store, you take what comes your way. ;) :P
When I first saw it, based on it's size and no visible antlers, I thought it was a lone yearling doe. It wasn't until we turned it over that we saw it was a young buck... okay, more like 95¢ :D
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See if the pic is visible now. I could see it fine, but updated the links just to be sure. Weird. ::)
Very nice. A 95 pounder in our deer camp might get you some ribbing
That weight was a conservative guestimate after being field dressed, etc. Based on the meat yield it's not too far off, though. Either way, it wasn't as big as I was hoping for, but when you're shopping for venison in Nature's grocery store, you take what comes your way. ;) :P
When I first saw it, based on it's size and no visible antlers, I thought it was a lone yearling doe. It wasn't until we turned it over that we saw it was a young buck... okay, more like 95¢ :D
We have all been their buddy. Every deer is a win
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