Processed fat boy today….

[redblood]

And was amazed at sheer amount of fat on this deer. It had a full 1,5" of fat over the backstraps and the kidney fat looked like it was sprayed in out of a can. Also, both front hooves were cracked. Thought that was odd for such an obviously healthy critter

 

[Squirle hunter]

Looks like your burger won't be dry.

 

[poorhunter]

I've butchered four deer this year so far (two does from the porch and a spike from a friend, plus my 8pt) and all of them have more fat than any deer I remember down here in Tennessee. Nothing to eat out there but old dead grass in hay fields right now so they will need all the fat they have.

 

[redblood]

This is where cropland meets ridges. Hes the fattest ive seen

 

[RockMcL]

I make lube for patch/ball/bullets with deer fat/tallow and bees wax. I have enough from the buck I just processed to make a few years of lube for me & my sons. Crazy fat deer.

 

[Gravey]

Now you know why he maxed out your scales.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

And was amazed at sheer amount of fat on this deer. It had a full 1,5" of fat over the backstraps and the kidney fat looked like it was sprayed in out of a can. Also, both front hooves were cracked. Thought that was odd for such an obviously healthy critter

Crazy amount of fat on that deer! Will make good burgers.

 

[double browtine]

I haven't seen fat like that on a deer in 20 years!

 

[Cheshire]

And was amazed at sheer amount of fat on this deer. It had a full 1,5" of fat over the backstraps and the kidney fat looked like it was sprayed in out of a can. Also, both front hooves were cracked. Thought that was odd for such an obviously healthy critter

It takes a lot of soybeans to make that much fat

 

[redblood]

Most of the cropland was corn, but he did one 40 acre field in beans. But plenty of beans across the road

 

[redblood]

Sent his incisors off to deerage.com. Should have a definitive age in 90 days

 

[Newt]

Wow

 

[74MOPAR]

The one my son killed was like that, most I've ever seen.

 

[megalomaniac]

Crazy amount of fat on a buck

 

[PossumSlayer]

Cold weather cometh?

 

[dewclaw]

Nice deer! Cracked hooves can mean that he is an EHD survivor if I remember correctly. I've killed several like that through the years.

 

[redblood]

Nice deer! Cracked hooves can mean that he is an EHD survivor if I remember correctly. I've killed several like that through the years.

Thats what i was thinking. But ive never seen a bigger healthier deer in my life. So i guess there are no lasting effects

 

[bloodtrailing]

Did you have a big acorn crop?

 

[CHRIS WILSON]

The doe I shot back during archery season had a surprising amount of fat on her. It was reminiscent of deer I'd taken around agriculture fields in the past. She'd definitely been eating good somewhere.

 

[redblood]

Did you have a big acorn crop?

No. My farm has virtually no oaks. But there is lots of ag in the bottoms and thick ridges and hillsides. I think the biggest thing is that he was just very mature