freezer meat... :)

[Magwa]

well not to big this year spent 20 days hunting 2 bucks that i never got a chance at so with one day remaining i took a nice fat forked horn to put in the freezer, 168 grain barnes ttsx like a laser.........

 

[sketch]

That thing looks like it has some meat on it nice shootin !!

[shepp]

Muley?? Racks just cost more money and don't cook well!

[Magwa]

Yep Mule deer, i tried to get on two monsters for almost 3 weeks just could not get it done....

[shepp]

Yep Mule deer, i tried to get on two monsters for almost 3 weeks just could not get it done....

They don't get that big being stupid :) some day maybe I'll shoot a big buck, till then freezer meat it is. Made venison steak tacos to night mmmmm-mmmmm

[seasprite]

Way to go Magwa, <thumbsup>  I just got back from the field putting up my deer stand and putting out a game camera hopefully I'll have some pics of potential candidates for the freezer, season opens in 2 weeks here.  

[Magwa]

That is oh so true... I have been fortunate to have taken a few big deer in my life and i have made a lifelong commitment to hun ting mule deer but every once in a while a white tail or moose get in the way lol;;

[unforgiven]

Great collection brother Mike.

[Rsquared]

That's a good looking room there Mike. Especially the encased flag.

[shibiwan]

Man that looks so good.... been ages since I had venison like this:

 

 

 

Venison with spring onion and ginger on sizzling hot plate (Chinese style)

Edited November 3, 2013 by shibiwan

[survivalshop]

Nice .

 

All the hunters I talk with are always into "The Big Buck " they want to shoot . I have never been one of those types & hunt for meat . Nothing wrong with it , if you want bragging rights , but my belly has always came first. I will shoot a meaty small racked buck in a heart beat.

 

I hunt in Ohio , which is shotgun or muzzle loader only , sure wish I could take one of my AR's to hunt . I'm jealous.

[Magwa]

The Flag is My Fathers from his military funeral 30 year Navy man....Yeah I am a meat hunter too first and formost but only with mule deer have i always enjoyed the challenge of trying to get on the big ones, mostly it is a phyical challenge you first have to get where they live and this time of year that means snows and tough going but i love it.

 

Man that plate full of food looks goooooooooooooooooooooooooood! had backstraps sweetmeat squash (out of the garden) and salad last night on my way to find a elk this am. last day....

[98Z5V]

Get that elk, brother!

 

I remember your father's flag coming up once before - 3 decades of service is amazing. 

[Magwa]

he was a amazing man did 30 years in the Navy retired out at 48 years old ,became a LEO and worked at that till age 55 then hired on with the FAA as a crash investigator and finished out he career there then played golf every day till he passed in 1995, fought in world war 2 and Korean war and was sunk three times.....his last ship the CVS Wasp was my first ship right before they moth balled her.....

[sketch]

11/11/13 respect ^^^

[BLKSHEEP]

Nice deer Magwa!  I've got a couple questions though...#1 which taste better Mule deer or Whitetail deer? People have told me that Elk is better tasting than the deer?

#2 which of the 3 are the most weary and hardest to kill , I'm referring to old wise bucks (if there were equal herd sizes of course) ? <munch>

[Magwa]

Deer out here are what they eat, there is no sage brush in this part of the state so the deer and elk all eat the same food. Most people complain of the taste of Mule deer is like sage brush well there in none here and they taste like elk and they are bigger so you get more meat for the bang..... they live in different country than the white tails do but they do overlap in places  I will see both species while hunting....

 

  A big mature MD lives in very tough steep terrain he is hard to hunt because of where he lives, his eyesight is second to none and his best defense id distance. A WT buck can live in your back yard and you never see him so they both are hard to hunt but for different reasons

 

Elk can be hard to hunt or very easy depending on where you find them the big bulls are pretty savy about not being caught out in the open but all in all they are not hard to hunt just hard to find as they only live on about 10% of the country you are hunting where as deer can be all over the country....

 

best to eat in my book  ELK, Moose, MD, WT,  the reason I do not hunt WT deer is they taste so strong in the rut I have shot deer that the dogs would not eat.... never had that happen with MD.....

[shepp]

I've only had WT from wi, I would say of "deer" elk trumps all. I had moose once I think, don't remember it.

And great expiation on they are what they eat!

[98Z5V]

 A big mature MD lives in very tough steep terrain he is hard to hunt because of where he lives, his eyesight is second to none and his best defense id distance. A WT buck can live in your back yard and you never see him so they both are hard to hunt but for different reasons

 

Elk can be hard to hunt or very easy depending on where you find them the big bulls are pretty savy about not being caught out in the open

The real reason for the difficulty is because...

 

All these bastards are FDE.  God made them that way.  Hard as hell to spot, because it's the perfect color.  Kinda like rabbits and squirrels, too.

 

I'm just sayin'...  <lmao>

[Magwa]

LMAO no Chit they are a bugger to see even when they are standing right in front of you .....