tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post4707658061935423243..comments2024-03-28T16:53:39.313-05:00Comments on PawPaw's House: VenisonPawpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-68652548059995067542010-11-25T07:37:25.801-06:002010-11-25T07:37:25.801-06:00Morning, Tom.
No, I shot that doe with the .30-06...Morning, Tom.<br /><br />No, I shot that doe with the .30-06. I used a 150 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip over a stout load of Reloder 19. The bullet was traveling about 2600 fps when it hit her, 140 yards from the stand.<br /><br />The processor sells the hides. <br /><br />I'll probably wind up with 50 lbs of wrapped meat. Any time you slaughter an animal, a good rule of thumb is that it's half meat and half waste.Pawpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-50017759657656711572010-11-23T10:17:43.983-06:002010-11-23T10:17:43.983-06:00My compliments to your sister for having a big hea...My compliments to your sister for having a big heart, but the food chain will not be denied. <br />Were you using the .243 that morning? How long was the shot? Do you use the hide for something or does the processor keep it? How much meat do you figure ends up in your freezer?<br />Sorry for all the questions from a city boy. :-)Flintlock Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05871342081430501023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-30717780219385891312010-11-22T05:00:48.200-06:002010-11-22T05:00:48.200-06:00Hey, Rivrdog. Good to hear from you.
Here in Lou...Hey, Rivrdog. Good to hear from you.<br /><br />Here in Louisiana, our whitetail are smaller. (or maybe our scales are more accurate) I don't know if it's climate, or genetics, or diet, or something else, but that doe is fairly representative of the population we're seeing in central Louisiana. She's a nice doe, in good fat and healthy. Her stomach was full, so she was getting plenty to eat.<br /><br />Occasionally, you'll find bigger deer in these parts, but a standard buck will weigh about 150 lbs around here. However, sometimes you see a big buck. Just last week, in the northwest part of Rapides Parish a guy killed an old buck, about 8 years old, and when I saw it the scales were "pegged" at 300 lbs. Big deer.<br /><br />Oh, and Anonymous is my little sister. She's on the deer's side.Pawpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-21597594516889417072010-11-22T00:15:39.895-06:002010-11-22T00:15:39.895-06:00Hey, Anonymous, that doe fulfilled it's destin...Hey, Anonymous, that doe fulfilled it's destiny, which was to serve a higher order as part of the FOOD chain.<br /><br />100#? That's a whitetail? I thought they generally ran about 50# heavier than that in does, and the males 180-220#.<br /><br />Out here, we have smaller Blacktail, which I've shot as small as 60#, but we also have Mule Deer, and the last buck I got dressed out at 185.Rivrdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685083857476811667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-19591440569375222892010-11-21T00:21:29.969-06:002010-11-21T00:21:29.969-06:00Mmmmm....venison stew.....Mmmmm....venison stew.....Termitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-56703875547904809372010-11-20T21:35:27.833-06:002010-11-20T21:35:27.833-06:00Patty says: I should know by now just to pass ove...Patty says: I should know by now just to pass over your hunting posts. I'm happy for you, but sad for the doe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-41773451048152202262010-11-20T19:46:37.375-06:002010-11-20T19:46:37.375-06:00Nice one Paw!Nice one Paw!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-19925800603001058402010-11-20T18:00:35.201-06:002010-11-20T18:00:35.201-06:00Yes!!!Yes!!!Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-65959567472779832602010-11-20T17:57:34.082-06:002010-11-20T17:57:34.082-06:00Congrats! Looking forward to Joey doing the same (...Congrats! Looking forward to Joey doing the same (I love venison)Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690497902669871770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-77887304792477272252010-11-20T17:56:49.049-06:002010-11-20T17:56:49.049-06:00Congrats!
I have been out a little here in the fr...Congrats!<br /><br />I have been out a little here in the frozen north and seen nothing but tracks and red squirrels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com