Deer!

[samb.]

Going out in the morning. I wish I didn't pass on the buck opening day, oh well live and learn.

[Geno]

My 12 year old son shot a nice buck today. He's deadly with his 6.5 Grendel!

[Toddstang]

My 12 year old son shot a nice buck today. He's deadly with his 6.5 Grendel!

Nice!

[Rem700]

Congrats to your boy!

[Whootsinator]

My best friend, known him longer than anyone who isn't family or a family friend, decided he wanted to learn how to take a deer from the woods to the table totally by yourself. We finally found time to make it happen this afternoon, sitting in a stand for five hours or so without seeing anything but a dog run through the woods. There's still legal shooting light but we decide there isn't enough light to take a shot anymore at the distances we have, and call it...

On the way back he sees a big doe staring at us across the field maybe 40 yards away. It stares at us and stares at us, as we talk in normal voices and make no attempts to stay quiet or slow. He brings his rifle up, a 700 in .30-06 w/ 6x scope, and says he doesn't feel comfortable with the low light. I take his rifle, take a knee, decide I can see plenty well enough, cycle the bolt to chamber a round, and drop it where it stood. High shoulder/spine shot, took out both lungs and the spine. The lungs were shredded but there was no blood in the trachea, mouth, or outside of the nose so we know it died instantly or nearly instantly without even another breath. We took off as much meat as we could (quarters, backstraps, tenderloins, neck and rib meat). I wish we could have let it hang a day or two, but it wasn't practical.

For the first deer he watched me gut, helped skin, and helped trim the pieces from the neck/ribs to be ground up. Next time he'll do the gutting with guidance and do more of the butchering. It was great to show someone with interest how to make it all happen.

[Mike]

Had three of them get hit in my 12 hour shift yesterday.

[Niceguy]

Had three of them get hit in my 12 hour shift yesterday.

71 looks like a slaughter house. WK Parkway did Sat also.

[Whootsinator]

Anyone ever eaten deer liver? I think I'll try it out tomorrow. I saved the heart too, not sure what I'll end up doing with it yet.

[Whootsinator]

I wasn't willing to mess with the liver. Once I cut into it there were a few spots I thought might be liver fluke and the liver had retained a TON of blood. It wasn't deep red or purple like liver should be, it was solid black from the blood.

I did fry up the heart though. Trim it very well, and don't overcook it. It takes likes 30 seconds on one side and about 15 on the other. Mine was overcooked just a tiny bit and waaay too salty. I salvaged it with good toast and a nearly-saltless onion gravy. Heart on toast, top with gravy. It's pretty delicious, and one heart can feed two, or three if you have something else to eat with it.

[ChickenLady]

I wasn't willing to mess with the liver. Once I cut into it there were a few spots I thought might be liver fluke and the liver had retained a TON of blood. It wasn't deep red or purple like liver should be, it was solid black from the blood.

I did fry up the heart though. Trim it very well, and don't overcook it. It takes likes 30 seconds on one side and about 15 on the other. Mine was overcooked just a tiny bit and waaay too salty. I salvaged it with good toast and a nearly-saltless onion gravy. Heart on toast, top with gravy. It's pretty delicious, and one heart can feed two, or three if you have something else to eat with it.

It makes great dog treats.

[ProCroation]

New phone. Finally got Tapatalk straightened out to upload pictures so here we go.

My friend at work got this in early bow season this year.

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[ProCroation]

My brother got this last weekend

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[ProCroation]

Same buddy as above shot this doe. She flinched just as he was releasing his arrow. Just barely grazed her neck with a mechanical broadhead. Still dropped her within 75 feet. Some guys have all the luck lol.

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[Geno]

Same buddy as above shot this doe. She flinched just as he was releasing his arrow. Just barely grazed her neck with a mechanical broadhead. Still dropped her within 75 feet. Some guys have all the luck lol.

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Lucky works!

My brother in law shot at a doe once. She jumped the string and only creased her back barely drawing blood. She ran to about 70 yards in a field and stopped. He wasn't sure of the initial hit so he let another arrow fly. He had pins to 55 yards. The second arrow barely clipped the femoral artery above the Achilles tendon. It was a conventional broadhead and the doe didn't even flinch or run. Within a minute or so she fell over. Bled out!

[ProCroation]

Same buddy as above shot this doe. She flinched just as he was releasing his arrow. Just barely grazed her neck with a mechanical broadhead. Still dropped her within 75 feet. Some guys have all the luck lol.

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Lucky works!

My brother in law shot at a doe once. She jumped the string and only creased her back barely drawing blood. She ran to about 70 yards in a field and stopped. He wasn't sure of the initial hit so he let another arrow fly. He had pins to 55 yards. The second arrow barely clipped the femoral artery above the Achilles tendon. It was a conventional broadhead and the doe didn't even flinch or run. Within a minute or so she fell over. Bled out!

wow that's incredibly lucky. My dad used to have a deer hunting vhs tape where a hunter hit a doe in the femoral artery and she limped maybe 10 feet and fell over. Incredibly messy sight lol.

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