#1761040 - 02/02/10 06:49 AM
Is it really about the meat?
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Setterman
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Is the meat and food values the sole reason you hunt?
Simple answer for me; NO, I can afford to go to the grocery store and do not depend on the deer I kill each year for food.
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#1761044 - 02/02/10 06:51 AM
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#1761054 - 02/02/10 06:54 AM
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Wes Parrish
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No --- it's "really about" everything, including the meat, the trophy, the total experience, the etc., the etc. And all deer are trophies to me. Some are better trophies than others, like that mature doe was a greater challenge and trophy than a younger one.
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#1761057 - 02/02/10 06:55 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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sole reason? no
main reason? yes. you can't buy venison in a grocery store.
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#1761068 - 02/02/10 07:02 AM
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never has been...........but it's nice to know that I could provide meat for my family, if need be.
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#1761069 - 02/02/10 07:03 AM
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sole reason? no
main reason? yes. you can't buy venison in a grocery store.
I agree.
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#1761083 - 02/02/10 07:13 AM
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sole reason? no
main reason? yes. you can't buy venison in a grocery store.
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#1761114 - 02/02/10 07:36 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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With welfare lines and food stamps available, no one should have to hunt for food. Legal or otherwise.
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#1761127 - 02/02/10 07:45 AM
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Right_Tackle74
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I prefer the taste and benefits of Venison over Beef anyday. And Ingle's and Wal-mart don't sell Deer.
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#1761134 - 02/02/10 07:48 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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vabuckbuster
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Of course not.
If it wasn't for being able to use most of the deer for jerky I would have to re-evaluate deer hunting for myself. At least find someone who liked it better than me.
I like the tenderloin, but the rest is mediocre at best. I know how to fix it ten ways to sunday, all the tricks to take out the gamey taste. But it still don't hold a candle to beef and never will as far as I'm concerned. working up a deer proper is a heck of a lot of work for something that's just ok.
Throw on top of that the cost
license and tags 80.00
if you pay for sloughter 55.00 per deer
gas back and forth hunting 75.00?
shells, arrows and misc per year. 100.00? not to mention if you buy a new gun or bow
and the work....the scounting...getting up at 4 in the morning and going all day on 4 or 5 hours sleep. the cold, the rain.
The meat is just a byproduct of hunting. But I'll always use it. You CAN make it taste good...but for me that's the deal...you have to MAKE it taste good. For me it aint naturally good
If it were only about the meat I'd just buy a beef every year
For me hunting is just plain fun
Edited by vabuckbuster (02/02/10 07:56 AM)
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#1761135 - 02/02/10 07:49 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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#1761145 - 02/02/10 08:00 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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No
If it was for the meat I would go hungry most of the time
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#1761147 - 02/02/10 08:02 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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rukiddin?
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But it still don't hold a candle to beef and never will as far as I'm concerned.
x2,...I don't think I have had anything that can touch a good rib-eye off of a grain fed beef....mmmmmmmmmmmm
x3, As long as there is a grocery store that sells, beef, chicken, pork, fish. I'm not goin to eat it.
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#1761160 - 02/02/10 08:11 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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Simple answer is NO. I can come home empty handed and still consider it a great hunt.
I would love to shoot a wall-hanger but most years do not. I have taken small bucks, does and even once taken a nice 11 pointer that is on the wall.
The money I have invested in archery equipment, guns, ammo, camo, tree stands, time in the field cost me way more than simply going to the local grocery store. Heck most times deer processing alone cost more than buying meat from the store.
Just my 2 cents.
JP
Edited by JayP (02/02/10 08:12 AM)
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#1761164 - 02/02/10 08:15 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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But it still don't hold a candle to beef and never will as far as I'm concerned.
x2,...I don't think I have had anything that can touch a good rib-eye off of a grain fed beef....mmmmmmmmmmmm
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#1761174 - 02/02/10 08:22 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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No. I take the tenderloins and either donate to hunters for the hungry or have it made up into summer sausage. I'll take my grass feed beef over venison any day.
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#1761176 - 02/02/10 08:23 AM
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Most "meat hunters" use this title as an excuse to kill anything that walks. The so called "meat hunters" I know couldn't kill a racked buck if they had to. JMO
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#1761189 - 02/02/10 08:28 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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Most "meat hunters" use this title as an excuse to kill anything that walks. The so called "meat hunters" I know couldn't kill a racked buck if they had to. JMO
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#1761192 - 02/02/10 08:29 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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I actually really enjoy eating deer meat, I think it tastes good and health wise its hard to beat venison. To me its really all about the hunt and experience the meat is just a by product. I shoot does for the freezer and bucks go to donation.
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#1761222 - 02/02/10 08:41 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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Is the meat and food values the sole reason you hunt?
Of course not. Meat at the grocery store is much cheaper.
HOWEVER, for me, the meat is an INTEGRAL part of the hunting experience. I take pride in not only the successful hunt but also in the butchering, processing and cooking of the meat produced by the successful kill. Without processing and eating of the animal killed, the value of the hunt would be greatly diminished.
Now would I stop hunting if I could not eat the animal killed? That's a tough question I really can't answer.
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#1761267 - 02/02/10 09:02 AM
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Now would I stop hunting if I could not eat the animal killed? That's a tough question I really can't answer.
I could,and did..keep hunting that is.For medical reasons I had to stop eating it,fortunately I have several friends who don't hunt but love deer meat so it worked out in the end thankfully.
So absolutely not,it's not about the meat,there so much more to it than that...
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#1761268 - 02/02/10 09:02 AM
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SHOOT NO! I DONT GIVE A CRAP ABOUT THE MEAT! I HUNT TO KILL BIG MATURE BUCKS TO PUT ON MY WALL PERIOD.I DO KILL ALOT OF DOES BECAUSE IT IS NEEDED.I LIKE PUTTING THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TOGETHER IN ORDER TO INCREASE MY ODDS OF KILLING A MATURE BUCK AND I LOVE LAND MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS SPENDING TIME IN THE WOODS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
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#1761272 - 02/02/10 09:03 AM
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Sorry for the caps, i am too lazy to erase my post and start over
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#1761280 - 02/02/10 09:05 AM
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Is the meat and food values the sole reason you hunt?
Of course not. Meat at the grocery store is much cheaper. HOWEVER, for me, the meat is an INTEGRAL part of the hunting experience. I take pride in not only the successful hunt but also in the butchering, processing and cooking of the meat produced by the successful kill. Without processing and eating of the animal killed, the value of the hunt would be greatly diminished. Now would I stop hunting if I could not eat the animal killed? That's a tough question I really can't answer.
I agree. I have worked really hard over the years trying all the tricks on making the meat tastier, more tender etc.....and I've tried 100's of recipes, and I think I've got it about as good as I can make it, and it still falls short of being able to say it's really good. But like you say I do still see the meat side of it as part of the hunt, and would never consider wasting it.
I guess if it did taste like a big ribeye...deer might just be on the endangered list, so maybe it's better they don't
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#1761287 - 02/02/10 09:09 AM
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Absolutely NOT!
I too am fortunate enough to not have to rely on the meat for subsistence. I do however enjoy it very much, as does my entire family, and we eat a lot of deer, some years 5 or more. There is much more involved however, its who I am, its how we evolved, its ME!!! Hunting is a big part of my livelihood!
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#1761291 - 02/02/10 09:11 AM
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I love deer hunting its like having a family member, i am lost with out it. If i could not sit in a treestand in the fall and winter i think i would go crazy. It is relaxing their is nothing to worry about, no Boss to tell you what to do, no wife to tell you what to do, and i sit and think of nothing but God and this beautiful country he has blessed us with. The harvesting of the deer is a bonus whether it be for the meat or the trophy in my eyes. God Bless!
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#1761311 - 02/02/10 09:20 AM
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#1761336 - 02/02/10 09:30 AM
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Not for the meat. For the overall experience. If the grocery sold venison, I would only buy it if it was farm raised.
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#1761463 - 02/02/10 10:43 AM
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store-bought meat is full of steroids and other chemicals. we haven't bought meat(other than a little pork) since we have been married.(23+ yrs)
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#1761499 - 02/02/10 11:04 AM
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no its not the only reason but it is a big reason I hunt.I also enjoy time with family and friends but I will shoot a lot of deer each year for the meat and don't care what anyone wants to say about it.
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#1761527 - 02/02/10 11:22 AM
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Of course not.
If it wasn't for being able to use most of the deer for jerky I would have to re-evaluate deer hunting for myself. At least find someone who liked it better than me.
I like the tenderloin, but the rest is mediocre at best. I know how to fix it ten ways to sunday, all the tricks to take out the gamey taste. But it still don't hold a candle to beef and never will as far as I'm concerned. working up a deer proper is a heck of a lot of work for something that's just ok.
Throw on top of that the cost
license and tags 80.00
if you pay for sloughter 55.00 per deer
gas back and forth hunting 75.00?
shells, arrows and misc per year. 100.00? not to mention if you buy a new gun or bow
and the work....the scounting...getting up at 4 in the morning and going all day on 4 or 5 hours sleep. the cold, the rain.
The meat is just a byproduct of hunting. But I'll always use it. You CAN make it taste good...but for me that's the deal...you have to MAKE it taste good. For me it aint naturally good
If it were only about the meat I'd just buy a beef every year
For me hunting is just plain fun
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#1761534 - 02/02/10 11:27 AM
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Is the meat and food values the sole reason you hunt?
Of course not. Meat at the grocery store is much cheaper. HOWEVER, for me, the meat is an INTEGRAL part of the hunting experience. I take pride in not only the successful hunt but also in the butchering, processing and cooking of the meat produced by the successful kill. Without processing and eating of the animal killed, the value of the hunt would be greatly diminished. Now would I stop hunting if I could not eat the animal killed? That's a tough question I really can't answer.
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#1761550 - 02/02/10 11:37 AM
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Its not about the value of the meat...much cheaper to buy prime cuts at the grocery store and beef tastes better
But every bite of venison, I cherish much more than beef because of the effort put into it. I didnt get a deer this year, but Zeek was gracious enough to pass one on. I enjoyed butchering that deer and with every bite, it brings back memories of hunting camp.
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#1761553 - 02/02/10 11:39 AM
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Its not about the value of the meat...much cheaper to buy prime cuts at the grocery store and beef tastes better
But every bite of venison, I cherish much more than beef because of the effort put into it.
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#1761562 - 02/02/10 11:47 AM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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store-bought meat is full of steroids and other chemicals. we haven't bought meat(other than a little pork) since we have been married.(23+ yrs)
For two decades I had a severe allergy to preservatives used on beef. The only red meat I ate was venison. Those preservatives are no longer used on beef so I can now eat it, but honestly I prefer the taste of venison. I do like a good beef hamburger, but I could care less about beef steak. In addition, wild game is certainly more healthy than domestic meats with their unnaturally high fat content.
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#1761565 - 02/02/10 11:49 AM
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Most "meat hunters" use this title as an excuse to kill anything that walks. The so called "meat hunters" I know couldn't kill a racked buck if they had to. JMO I know plenty who have killed big bucks so don't act like you are a better hunter than meat hunters. 
I couldn't agree more bsl. In fact, several self-proclaimed meat hunters I know are actually very successful ex-trophy hunters. They accomplished that goal and moved on.
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#1761591 - 02/02/10 12:16 PM
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Most "meat hunters" use this title as an excuse to kill anything that walks. The so called "meat hunters" I know couldn't kill a racked buck if they had to. JMO I know plenty who have killed big bucks so don't act like you are a better hunter than meat hunters.
You're a joke, dude. It's funny how some of you guys perceive others to be through a computer monitor. If you would READ what I posted I said "The so called "meat hunters" I know....". I was not referring to anyone on this site, as I don't know them or you and really don't care to. Only speaking about the ones I know and the ones I know are sub-par hunters. Anyone that knows me, personally, would get a kick out of your comment about me thinking I'm a better hunter.
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#1761638 - 02/02/10 12:46 PM
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Most "meat hunters" use this title as an excuse to kill anything that walks. The so called "meat hunters" I know couldn't kill a racked buck if they had to. JMO I know plenty who have killed big bucks so don't act like you are a better hunter than meat hunters. You're a joke, dude. It's funny how some of you guys perceive others to be through a computer monitor. If you would READ what I posted I said "The so called "meat hunters" I know....". I was not referring to anyone on this site, as I don't know them or you and really don't care to. Only speaking about the ones I know and the ones I know are sub-par hunters. Anyone that knows me, personally, would get a kick out of your comment about me thinking I'm a better hunter.
Ok whatever.i didn't sat you were talking about anyone on this site.I'm just tired of all your useless garbage you keep posting.It seems like you believe you are right and everyone else is wrong.Every post you make is just rude in general.Go back to the other thread and start bashing twra again.
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#1761719 - 02/02/10 01:31 PM
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Ok whatever.i didn't sat you were talking about anyone on this site.
You're right, I was just clarifying, a lot of guys take stuff personal on here.
I'm just tired of all your useless garbage you keep posting.
Don't read it. Pretty simple.
It seems like you believe you are right and everyone else is wrong.Every post you make is just rude in general.
Are you saying I'm not entitled to my opinion? Your post to me wasn't rude?
Go back to the other thread and start bashing twra again.
I just posted on it. Come check it out! 
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For me it is both the enjoyment of hunting and for the meat. My family loves venison. For the first several years we were on a tight budget with 3 kids...so I hunted for meat on my farm, the only meat my wife bought from the store was lunch meat and chicken. We also had a hog slaughtered every year. So yea back then it was "about the meat" Today I am fortunate enough, where I dont depend on hunting, as my only means for food. But when I ask the Lord to help me provide for my family it sure is nice to open a freezer right now and see 7 deer, 2 hogs 39 rabbits 12 pheasant and about 40 pounds of fish fillets waiting.
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#1761967 - 02/02/10 03:31 PM
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#1762362 - 02/02/10 06:32 PM
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dont say anything about rifles not wearing out after only 1 season
I have got to try that!
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#1762747 - 02/02/10 08:23 PM
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Is the meat and food values the sole reason you hunt?
Simple answer for me; NO, I can afford to go to the grocery store and do not depend on the deer I kill each year for food.
No. It's all about the "horns."
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#1762774 - 02/02/10 08:30 PM
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With welfare lines and food stamps available, no one should have to hunt for food. Legal or otherwise.
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#1762782 - 02/02/10 08:32 PM
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Most "meat hunters" use this title as an excuse to kill anything that walks. The so called "meat hunters" I know couldn't kill a racked buck if they had to. JMO OH boy,Flipper,post your big buck again Where is Flipper?Havent seen him on in a while.
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#1762936 - 02/02/10 09:12 PM
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For me its not about the meat or the racks. Don't get me wrong, I love both. Hunting is something I have done since being a small child and having my father teach me about the great outdoors.. I have killed more time, than I have deer but I wouldn't change a thing, JMO.
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#1762972 - 02/02/10 09:24 PM
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No, never really have liked the meat. I keep very little from my kills, but my brother and his family love the stuff. The one or two I kill each year, I have processed for him. If I didn't have someone to take the meat, I would have to learn to like the taste, because I am not going to let the meat go to waste, and I sure ain't gonna quit hunting!
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#1762987 - 02/02/10 09:28 PM
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dont care for the meat that much
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#1762993 - 02/02/10 09:30 PM
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#1762995 - 02/02/10 09:30 PM
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I can't believe so many on here don't like the taste of deer meat.I think some people have never had it cooked right.I can't see much tasting better than a good backstrap.I have cooked it for a lot of people who had never tried deer and they loved it.
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#1763033 - 02/02/10 09:45 PM
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With welfare lines and food stamps available, no one should have to hunt for food. Legal or otherwise.
I disagree.. We used to make too much for food stamps by less than 100 bucks.. but had to work 2 jobs a peice to pay the bills. So yes, we had to hunt to eat.
Since 07, we got ourselves out of a fix. Now I can just hunt for the fun of it.
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#1763047 - 02/02/10 09:53 PM
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Most "meat hunters" use this title as an excuse to kill anything that walks. The so called "meat hunters" I know couldn't kill a racked buck if they had to. JMO OH boy,Flipper,post your big buck again Where is Flipper?Havent seen him on in a while. Flipper got to go back to work.
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#1763048 - 02/02/10 09:53 PM
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No, but the meat is an added benefit. Can I go buy Kobe' beef cheaper than what I've spent on hunting supplies, PROBABLY YES!
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#1763208 - 02/03/10 01:00 AM
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the only reason i even started deer hunting was somebody fed me some.
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#1763214 - 02/03/10 02:28 AM
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I love deer meat and I love everything about hunting. I enjoy being at the top of the food chain and eating the beast of the land
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Kinda funny. When the kids were at home we ate 6-8 deer a year. I do all my own butchering. I have never killed a deer JUST for the meat. I could buy meat. I killed them because they walked by me and I wanted to. Now the kids are gone and the wife quit eating red meat. I didn't kill a deer this year. Let three walk the only morning I hunted. Now, it is not about the meat, never was. It isn't about anything. It is called hunting. I love deer meat, always have...been eating it 60 years and don't care if I ever eat another piece of it. Now caribou is a different story.
Why do y'all persist in arguing about this crap. Who cares. Grow up. Just go hunt.
Meat hunter, trophy hunter...who the he11 cares. It costs me not one dime to deer hunt. But truth is, today, I'd rather have a hamburger.
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#1763272 - 02/03/10 05:53 AM
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Why do y'all persist in arguing about this crap. Who cares. Grow up. Just go hunt.
Meat hunter, trophy hunter...who the he11 cares.
Pretty much straight to the point... There are a few other topics on here that falls under that statement... Just go hunting and enjoy the opportunities that you are given.
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#1763360 - 02/03/10 07:01 AM
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Well said Wes!!No --- it's "really about" everything, including the meat, the trophy, the total experience, the etc., the etc. And all deer are trophies to me. Some are better trophies than others, like that mature doe was a greater challenge and trophy than a younger one.
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#1763401 - 02/03/10 07:21 AM
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I haven't noticed anyone arguing on this thread. It was a simple easy question. No judgements made on my behalf, nor should anyone else judge someone based on what they said here. I was curious to see how big the meat factor was with hunters.
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#1763436 - 02/03/10 07:47 AM
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Depends on how empty my freezer is!
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#1763454 - 02/03/10 08:04 AM
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No, but I do like it when I make a chilli, spagetti, stroganoff or stew with venison and dont have to buy it.
I also like to pull out a log of summer sausage for snacks or when needing a steak a little elk.
It supplements my diet and makes eatting cheaper and therefore I can spend more money on stuff and land to kill me animals.
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#1763526 - 02/03/10 08:45 AM
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Sole reason and simple answer is no.
I do enjoy eating deer and will let my wife take some doe for the freezer. She enjoys killing anything so I leave the doe killing to her. Our deer population is not to thick. So the sole reason to kill doe is meat but not our sole reason to hunt.
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#1763538 - 02/03/10 08:47 AM
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I haven't noticed anyone arguing on this thread. It was a simple easy question. No judgements made on my behalf, nor should anyone else judge someone based on what they said here. I was curious to see how big the meat factor was with hunters.
i agree .sometimes bowriter gets worked up.I just thought people were talking about the question which is why it was brought up.
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#1763605 - 02/03/10 09:15 AM
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When I was in college and on a budget barely making ends meet, part of it was about the meat.
For a few years after that, it was about the horns.
Now it's about leaving the herd in better shape than I found it. Sounds corny, I know, but I actually enjoy the management aspect of hunting more than anything else at this point in my life. I rarely eat the meat since I've started elk hunting- now with elk it IS about the meat!
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#1763963 - 02/03/10 11:16 AM
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I'm not worked up. In fact the meds are working pretty well. But this about the 20th thread on this subject in the last few weeks. We just keep rehashing the same thing...meat/horns...age...1-2-3 bucks etc.
Why can't we talk about women and sex?
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#1763989 - 02/03/10 11:25 AM
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Why can't we talk about women and sex?
Assuming anyone is gettng any. Bsk would be first to throw in the towel. 
Oh gosh! dude that was so funny!
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I can still talk about it. I haven't lost that much of my memory. In fact, just this morning, I asked Jeanne, where the *&^% are my socks.
She then pointed out, I was wearing them.
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#1764066 - 02/03/10 12:07 PM
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Meat is part of it.Healthy meat is alot of it.
I really think it is something in our blood.A survival instinct from caveman days. When people were hunters and gathers.The same instinct that makes us plant a garden when you can go to the store and buy veggies.
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Why can't we talk about women and sex?
Assuming anyone is gettng any. Bsk would be first to throw in the towel.
What are "women and sex?" Sounds familiar... Perhaps something from my long distant past... 
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#1764181 - 02/03/10 12:51 PM
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I really think it is something in our blood.A survival instinct from caveman days. When people were hunters and gathers.
I couldn't agree more. In fact when asked by non-hunters why I hunt, instead of giving a complicated answer about managing the herds and conservation, I tell the truth; I hunt because it answers some sort of ancient drive I have to hunt and provide. I can't put it into words, but I know personally doing the hunting, killing, butchering, cooking and eating myself is the only way to scratch that ancient itch, and nothing (short of sex--another ancient instinct) feels better or more deeply satisify. Nothing feels more "right" than hunting and providing.
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#1764193 - 02/03/10 12:57 PM
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I really think it is something in our blood.A survival instinct from caveman days. When people were hunters and gathers.
I couldn't agree more. In fact when asked by non-hunters why I hunt, instead of giving a complicated answer about managing the herds and conservation, I tell the truth; I hunt because it answers some sort of ancient drive I have to hunt and provide. I can't put it into words, but I know personally doing the hunting, killing, butchering, cooking and eating myself is the only way to scratch that ancient itch, and nothing (short of sex--another ancient instinct) feels better or more deeply satisify. Nothing feels more "right" than hunting and providing.
you are right. ans it's a good thing we can scratch this itch, (as opposed to the sex itch)!
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I agree with you on that WestTn Huntin'man!
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There are days I just want to kill something.
Anything.
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Why do y'all persist in arguing about this crap. Who cares. Grow up. Just go hunt.
Meat hunter, trophy hunter...who the he11 cares.
Pretty much straight to the point... There are a few other topics on here that falls under that statement... Just go hunting and enjoy the opportunities that you are given.
BW, tell us how you really feel...LMAO
But you know ...Your right....
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Your damm right it is. Ain't nothin like country livin and it does not get any more country than huntin to put good food on the table.
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I kill what my family will eat, but I wouldn't go so far to say that's what it's all about. I just plain enjoy hunting.
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#1764850 - 02/03/10 04:33 PM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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Robert Soules
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Registered: 11/06/09
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Loc: Tennessee
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I agree with Stik. I have the money to buy groceries for my family but I like the taste of venison & so far Publix ain't stocking it...
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#1765140 - 02/03/10 06:36 PM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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elauwit
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Registered: 12/01/07
Posts: 8256
Loc: Near Bull Run
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Why do y'all persist in arguing about this crap. Who cares. Grow up. Just go hunt.
Meat hunter, trophy hunter...who the he11 cares.
Pretty much straight to the point... There are a few other topics on here that falls under that statement... Just go hunting and enjoy the opportunities that you are given.
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#1765229 - 02/03/10 07:02 PM
Re: Is it really about the meat?
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vabuckbuster
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Registered: 10/01/08
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Loc: Virginia
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There are days I just want to kill something.
Anything.
There are days I think a man would feel better if he could just kill something. legally of course!
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