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Deer/Venison
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muskymojo said:20 lbs of venison summer snausage ready for some smoke! I did 5 lbs each of garlic, mild, hot, and nuclear.
I couldn't find my wooden dowels that I use to hang snausage, so I used some bamboo garden stakes.
Oh hell yes! What kinds of pepper did you use in them?
I used smoked congo red powder in the mild and hot, and smoked douglah powder in the nuclear.Hybrid Mode 01 said:
There was about 1/2 pound of each left after stuffing, so I mixed it all together and cooked it. I'm thinking the douglah one is going to be pretty brutal, because the mix of all 4 is too hot for most people to eat.
Thanks. Smoked powder in venison summer sausage sounds delicious. My brother got two deer this year, so I'm looking for ideas for him.
found this gem on imgur and thought i'd share it here
G.I.P.
I have had the best luck when I take NO scent into the woods.
Although I will admit some of the doe in estrus scents will indeed work and work really well. I have found that if you stake out a main trail and make an attempt to not add anything that is not there when you are not, your odds are just as good in getting a deer.
My odds increased 100%, twice this year.
Although I will admit some of the doe in estrus scents will indeed work and work really well. I have found that if you stake out a main trail and make an attempt to not add anything that is not there when you are not, your odds are just as good in getting a deer.
My odds increased 100%, twice this year.
I took some hair off of a spike today with my .243. Almost had fresh backstraps.
We have shotgun zones and rifle zones here. I've been using my muzzleloader with a scope when I hunt in shotgun zones (which is legal here) because it's much more accurate than any shotgun I own. It's also more accurate, and can reach out farther than the slug guns with rifled bores a lot of my friends have. The only downside is only having one shot, but I don't mind only getting one shot when I'm confident it will go where I want it to.
"You dont need 10 bullets to kill a deer"muskymojo said:
Heh, I just had to quote that.
Back on subject though. Yeah, and I have considered muzzle loader here as we have a muzzle loader season as well as a shotgun and hand gun season. My preferred firearm is a center fire rifle though. But Illinois politicians are afraid a rifle fired at a deer in rural Illinois will some how travel to the higher populated big cities. Here is the Dunbacratic ideocracies, (I know these are not real words but they fit) I can hunt squirrel with a 30-06 shooting at them from the ground into their elevated positions in the trees, yet I cannot shoot at deer on the ground from an elevated position in the tree.
So I keep hunting my venison with a bow where everything has to be good or you get busted by the deer. Having a deer get to within 5' of you is really a trip. And I am getting really good at staring down a deer that thinks he sees me.
Lots of new venison in the freezer as I have completed butchering and vac sealing the small buck. I am aging the larger on in the fridge just a little longer. Fridge is at about 35° and all seems to be going well. I the weather make some corrections in the next month I may go out again. One can never have too much venison. Oh, BTW those back straps are some of the finest I have ever had. so tender and juicy you would think someone already chewed them for you.
I dropped a 3x2 blacktail today with the .243. Backstrap for dinner tonight! Our season ends Nov 30th and I have 2 tags left, only have next thursday through sunday to fill them due to work.
Man alive is this one tough! The backstrap I cooked tonight was really tough, gonna have to make a whole lot of jerky and stew meat.
I need to look at the deers teeth to see how old it is. I have always noticed a difference between deer taken in august and deer taken during the rut. I ate the tenderloins tonight and they were even a little chewy......