Deer Down!!!

[DJ Carroll]

Nailed a small seven pointer this morning around 8 am

My buddy paul shot a huge ten pointer

The .270 shot like a champ!

 

[Ashley Phillips]

Nice, what did it weigh?

 

[DJ Carroll]

mine went 130 dressed out and his was almost 185 even after we quartered it out and decapitated it it still took two of us to lift the carcass, and as you can tell Paul aint no small guy lol . . . I gave him huge props it was a very big mature buck

 

[HotShot_Anthony]

Nice job dude...that's some good eatin right there.

 

[Terry Campbell]

DJ nice going.........

 

[DJ Carroll]

thanks guys,

 

[tomtucson]

Congrats!

Every deer is a good deer my grandfather always said and its really true out here. You really have to work for them here in the desert. This deer is from last year and I never weigh them but me and my buddy both guessed 90 lbs - and thats a good whitetail out here! Headed out day after thanksgiving.

 

[HotShot_Anthony]

Tom...you need to hit the attachment button to post the pictures you have on your pc....if you want to host them online and link that, then you would use the

 

[tomtucson]

If someone had one second to point me to how to post pictures that'd be great and I could show of this deer. Thanks.

 

[tomtucson]

Really showing I have no clue about boards - What / wheres the attatchment button?

 

[tomtucson]

Congrats!

Every deer is a good deer my grandfather always said and its really true out here. You really have to work for them here in the desert. This deer is from last year and I never weigh them but me and my buddy both guessed 90 lbs - and thats a good whitetail out here! Headed out day after thanksgiving.

 

[DJ Carroll]

Tom why do you hang em that way? doesn't it make it harder to quarter out?

i cut the spot between their back legs and hang em up i skinned and quartered my deer out in about 15-20 min

 

[IndyExterior]

DJ you must have filled that tag in less than 2 hours into the season. Good job.

I missed bow since thankfully we are busy with work. We will start our firearms season next Sat. We usually pay to process most of our deer but this year we decided to buy the additional gear and butcher them all and make our own sausage. With tags at $24 and processors charging $85 it's starting to get pricey filling the freezer. With family we will do maybe 6-8 deer total. We are blessed with big corn fed deer. Seems like we have quite a few hunters on here so I wondered if anyone had any good sausage recipes to share. I like brats and Italian but always looking for recipes or brands of sausage mix. I've found plenty of mixes online but no reliable reviews. You hate to waste that much work and venison on a big batch of sausage.

 

[The Cleaner]

I took this one out at 200 yards, using my Socom 16.

 

[tomtucson]

DJ, I don't know - They been hangin in that porch like that since before I was born - Thats my grandparents house, now mine. They peel and quarter easy enough that way but maybe upside down is better? Man, these desert deer are some of the gamest animals you can hunt, the percent of filled tags is so low.

And man are they tough! Know what a jumping cactus is - THEY EAT THESE

http://www.terragalleria.com/pictures-subjects/cholla-cactus/picture.cholla-cactus.usaz33442.html

 

[DJ Carroll]

MUCH MUCH easier Tom , , , next time make a cut where there Achilles tendon is put a stick through there and hoist them up
start on the hind quarters and get the fur started then most of the time you can just pull the hide straight down. get your back straps,
MMMMM BACK STRAPS

and cut off what you want fomr the hind quarters! the best way to take care of that game taste is getting it on ice quick, i see alot of guys hang them in barns for long periods of time not me, i took my deer at 8:01am on opening day (Rick yes i did fill my tag fast) field dressed and up in the barn by 9 quartered out and in a cooler by 10 . . .made jerky today lol

Here is my jerky marinade

Rick im not much on sausage, i just use bass pros lil kick and throw in some garlic powder and some other stuff

i'll share my my jerky recipe though if you guys want it . . . it taste good its like a cross between sweet and peppered flavor

 

[Michael T]

DJ, Let have the jerky recipe. That jerky is looking good. What kind of dryer do you use? IMO hunting is about processing your own meat also. The only time I have something processed in when I have buck sticks made. I just dont have the equipment to do it myself. But I do my own sausage, link and patty.

 

[DJ Carroll]

this is for 2lbs of meat

1 TBLS liquid smoke
1.5 TBLS GARLIC POWDER
1.5 TBLS PEPPER
1 TBLS OF CANNING AND PICKLING SALT
1 TBLS ONION POWDER
1 CUP SOY SAUCE
1 CUP WORCH SAUCE
1 TSP HICKORY SALT
AND IF YOU LIKE IT A LIL SPICY LIKE ME I USE EMMERALDS MIX TO SPICE IT UP A NOTCH *BAMM*

1/8'' MEAT STRIPS

PUT IN DEHYDRATOR OR BAKE IN OVEN UNTIL TOUGH

ENJOY FELLAS

 

[taselton2]

Way to go fellas, it's on in Ga they are chasing big time. I'm home now but will be back in it soon. I saw about 20 bucks in 3 days fighting, chasing, and grunting. This rut is going to be a good one.

 

[Spencer]

MUCH MUCH easier Tom , , , next time make a cut where there Achilles tendon is put a stick through there and hoist them up
start on the hind quarters and get the fur started then most of the time you can just pull the hide straight down. get your back straps,
MMMMM BACK STRAPS

and cut off what you want fomr the hind quarters! the best way to take care of that game taste is getting it on ice quick, i see alot of guys hang them in barns for long periods of time not me, i took my deer at 8:01am on opening day (Rick yes i did fill my tag fast) field dressed and up in the barn by 9 quartered out and in a cooler by 10 . . .made jerky today lol

Here is my jerky marinade

Rick im not much on sausage, i just use bass pros lil kick and throw in some garlic powder and some other stuff

i'll share my my jerky recipe though if you guys want it . . . it taste good its like a cross between sweet and peppered flavor

Amen, I always keep mine on ice for a week before I double wrap and freeze it. This is a pic of the little stuff we kill down here. They live off palmetto berries and acorns. That is about all they have to eat!!