Thanksgiving Deer Hunting

OK who went hunting over the holiday? I got a doe and a spike. Two turkey and a coyote.
Anyone have a good coyote recipe? They still taste like $hit. LOL
I missed 2 doe, neck shots at 285yds. Guess I,m getting old lol
I wanted 2-3 100# pigs but they never come in when you want one
No one wants to shoot the doe and spikes.
A game biologist told us to harvest a lot of doe and all the spikes.
We agreed to not shoot any buck under 10pts.
This is our second year so we will see if we can grow some good bucks in 4-5 years.

good hunting & sounds like good wildlife management

does & spikes are good eating

i suppose you need to find an asian with a dog recipe for the coyote

Admin wrote:

i suppose you need to find an asian with a dog recipe for the coyote

That is just fukkin wrong JD. Damn funny but fukkin wrong.

The indians eat dog, they might have a recipe but I would have to be damned hungry to try it, lol. Those Texas deer are great eating, a little on the puny side tho. There's alittle yearling white tail in my yard every night, I'm thinking about busting him with my 17. Turkeys are epidemic here, sis across the road has 100 in her yard all the time. I think I am going to pop a couple smaller ones and see how they smoke in the Brinkman.

turkeys must like that west side of the state.

Only turkeys I know of round here are teh ones that were bought.

Got a shitload of pheasants though.

pheasants---yum yum---and lots of fun to hunt also


sounds like a roost in your yard JB---can't go wrong with a wild turkey--i have never shot one--but seeing those things fly is amazing

If you want the best Tasting turkey around, do the beer butt turkey on the smoker
I spray him with olive oil (and it has to be olive oil) then sprinkle on Lowrys
and Garlic powder. You have to violate the turkey with a tall Boy beer.
I like to use charcoal in my little Brinkman smoker and ad some pecan wood.
We have done it at our deer lease using all Mesquite and its just too much smoke.
If ya'll like his one ( and you will ) I'll give up my sugar cured smoked ham recipe

Admin wrote:pheasants---yum yum---and lots of fun to hunt also


sounds like a roost in your yard JB---can't go wrong with a wild turkey--i have never shot one--but seeing those things fly is amazing

A couple good shots of wild turkey don't hurt either.

They have the seasons all screwed up here...for deer and elk, you only get to take a female the first week of season...unless you're under 15, and then you can shoot whatever... the rest of us have to shoot a browtine'd bull or buck, so no young ones, and no doe's or cows. So the results are... we have a herd of about 50-75 elk that come in to the haystack and eat... mostly cows or calves, and young bulls... but the big bulls (as usual) stay out of sight. Same with the deer. Their theory is that one male can service so many females...well, that's true, but the damned females eat as much as any!!!!
JH

JH--i am thinking "screw the crown"---Robin Hood rules apply--if you are feeding them, it seems a harvest is in order

Around here farmers can shoot them by claiming crop damage. The farmer's family can pop them also if the farmer doesn't hunt. There are locals that eat venison pretty much year round.

Admin wrote:JH--i am thinking "screw the crown"---Robin Hood rules apply--if you are feeding them, it seems a harvest is in order

X2, don't need no stinkin license

If I liked wild meat, it'd be tempting! Beef's too easy and I have enough of a personal grudge against cows that I really enjoy seeing one on my plate! My best friend is a game warden, so gotta behave a little. haha...

i can relate to the cow thing

my gramps was tight with the game warden--he was known for stocking private ponds--the fish came from various local rivers--they had coffee every morning--gramps was the courthouse maintenance guy--i remember some of the rather convoluted conversations--i also remember a couple of times when the warden snuck up on us in his canoe, he just wanted to know if gramps needed help with the seine, since i was kinda light in the ass those days

Perry's good about calling before he comes out... he knows about the wolves around here and is a good guy....but I don't wanna put him in a bad place. He has a job, and I'd feel terrible about making him do it. The other game warden (Frank) lives only a few miles from here, and he's also got cattle...great guy again..and I'd like to stay on the "right" side of them. But what they DON'T know........


JH

I ain't actually poached anything since I was a kid, but I ain't above it either. I don't eat much beef that doesn't come from my sisters, don't eat that feedlot stuff much since it all gets ral-grow and is fed genetically engineered corn. I would like to get an elk but ain't a legal resident. Antelope is pretty good eatin and we have plenty of those. You just have to know how to harvest one right. Lots of people won't eat it because they had bad experiences. I tell them a cow wouldn't be fit to eat either if you chased it around, then gut shot it.

Just finished my favorite supper, Chicken fried backstrap, homemade mashed potato's, gravy and cream corn with a salad. I can barely move lol

i deciding (a)i hope u puke--cuz i'm jealous or (b) pick "a"

JD, Now thats just not right. Just to show I harbor no ill feelings this close to Christmas I'm going to have the same exact meal tonight. Just for you. Merry Christmas

i know, but, the devil made me do it---and it's one of my favorite meals, too---enjoy every bite--when things get right and they will--i am gonna come down and go with you one time--merry christmas back at ya

at least i am honest

Thanks for the warning, lol
It looks like it will be next year but your always welcome.
You and yours have have a great Christmas, I already have. Charles

After spending Christmas day inside my gf was getting cabin fever and suggested we drive to my deer processer in Tye Tx. just the other side of Dyess AFB in Abilene and pickup my two deer. We left at 6:30 am yesterday and returned home with the meat at 2pm.
Its a 450 mile round trip, stopped to eat breakfast, lunch and once to gas up.. Made a lot better time than I thought I would. Then my son came by and got half the meat LOL