On another post, I told about field dressing deer, suspending them on a pole and carry them back to camp (sometimes over a mile!) whole!
I don't care if an east Texas deer in those days only field dressed +/- 80 pounds. The weight swinging on a tote pole would eat into a shoulder.
By the time we made camp, I was one worn out soldier! LOL!
It brings to mind, what parts of a deer would you consider worth keeping if you knew you had a considerable hike with a dead deer?
Hind quarters
Fore quarters (what isn't blown to smithereens!)
Backstrap
Loins
Pelvis
I don't normally keep the ribs and neck unless I want the meat to make sausage or chili or it's a large deer. On smaller deer, i just don't find there is enough meat on the neck and ribs to be worth the effort.
Nor do I keep the heart or liver. Health wise, nobody in the family can eat them and I don't fish for catfish anymore.
What parts are you willing to haul a mile or more?
I don't care if an east Texas deer in those days only field dressed +/- 80 pounds. The weight swinging on a tote pole would eat into a shoulder.
By the time we made camp, I was one worn out soldier! LOL!
It brings to mind, what parts of a deer would you consider worth keeping if you knew you had a considerable hike with a dead deer?
Hind quarters
Fore quarters (what isn't blown to smithereens!)
Backstrap
Loins
Pelvis
I don't normally keep the ribs and neck unless I want the meat to make sausage or chili or it's a large deer. On smaller deer, i just don't find there is enough meat on the neck and ribs to be worth the effort.
Nor do I keep the heart or liver. Health wise, nobody in the family can eat them and I don't fish for catfish anymore.
What parts are you willing to haul a mile or more?
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