VeeshanVault

I love venison and elk. I can eat that all the time if I had to. Make sure to thoroughly wash our tree loving friends before eating however

i don't hunt, but i do enjoy venison.

MMmm, so many choices.......



Elk is one of the better all-around wild meats available. Very, very lean and very rich.

Most of the list makes fine eating if you take time with preservation and preparation.

I have a buddy who claims cougar is the finest table meatn in existence. Keep telling him I live in the Show Me state!

I prefer cow, so I voted other

Deer... almost voted Hippie, but the taste is too "gamey" and the texture too stringy... not to mention the strange colors i see right afterwards.

Most of us that live or grew up in the south have eaten squirrel I am sure. I remember as a child asking "I just ate what???" Those cute little tree rats sure are fun to shoot though

Rattlesnake is also tasty.

Canelek wrote:Most of us that live or grew up in the south have eaten squirrel I am sure.

speak for yerself! i mean i have kinfolks in the country, but i never have heard tell of any body eatin squirrels.

Shit, must be just me then... or maybe it is an Arkansas/Mississippi thing.

Canelek wrote:Shit, must be just me then... or maybe it is an Arkansas/Mississippi thing.

i'm sure most of the residents of those 2 states have indeed eaten squirrel...or worse, nutria.

Hmm. I wonder what Fear Factor contestants prefer...

What I always hated bout eating squirrel and rabbit was the stray buckshot you didnt find while cleaning them... but managed too after biting in. Ow.

I had squirrel once.. it was okay.

I prefer venison out of all the game meats... I had some venison meatloaf once that was deeeeeeeeelish.

MILF hunter here

Peppered Deer Jerkey and Elk Jerkey are tasteeee!

Squirrel isn't bad. Squirrel and rabbit take a hell of a lot of preparation, though. Go figure, rats is tough to cook.

Other.

Hippie steaks get you high.

Venison can be really good if prepared correctly, but nothing can beat pheasant that is done with rice and mushrooms.

I eat women

Samoseus

I LIKE T'RUN ME OVER SOME ARMEDILLER N'EAT THAT. *spit*

kyoukan type-R wrote:I LIKE T'RUN ME OVER SOME ARMEDILLER N'EAT THAT. *spit*

ROFL!

Druids!

I remember that game. Wasnt it raid over moscow?

Holy cow,

Is that the cockpit of the Top Gun original Nintendo game?

OUCH talk about firing up long forgotten memories.

kyoukan type-R wrote:I remember that game. Wasnt it raid over moscow?

Looks like a screen cap of the NES Top Gun game.

oh nm then!

How the hell my brain remember shit like that?

I haven't seen that image since 1987 or so. Yet when I saw it, I immediately recognised.

thats crazy

Thank god for Adex, I thought I was the only one!

pheonix > sparrow > sidewinder

I had a bitch of a time landing the fucking plane back in the day
7 times out of 30 I made it...

Speaking of addictive Nintendo properties, anyone else remember that music that would be playing during Mike Tyson's punch out when Little Mac was jogging down Newyork after you won a championship?

Phesant is a fucking pain in the ass. Getting all that shot out of a small bird sux. I've heard birds are fun to hunt, but not my bag.

Deer is good. The fat white-tails in the PA are quite tasty, the ones in FL are more gamey because of the scrub the graze on. Good for sausage and chili.

Yeah, shot is a pain to remove from small birds. Try a heavier load(turkey or something) in a smaller guage, like 20, 16 or 28. Harder to hit with a smaller pattern, but les shot to clean out. My Dad used to go to Iowa once a year when I was a kid and he would bring back several.

Thow it in a crockpot with some BBQ sauce and it is damn good!

I used to hunt outside of San Antonio, TX for quail, duck and Havelina. I miss those days...I need to meet someone in CA that has ample huntable land and doesn't mind me tromping around for a few days

Roadkill Stew is best in my book. Right up there with mystery meat sandwiches mmm mmm good

I don't mean to brag, but I can make a mean weedrat stew.

Armadillo isn't too bad actually, got to clean and ice them down pretty quick or they get funky though. Possum, racoon, and just about anything else that has 4 legs or wings is pretty good if prepared right (I know a lot of bubbas ). Most critters have a taste based on what they eat, coyote and bobcat are both pretty nasty. So are deer that live in salt marshes full-time.

Deer is good, doves would be second for me.

I like Dove hunting =) Ya gotta look for the fence that catches that first morning sun, line up with it and wait, then BOOM, 40 in one shot =) Barely enough for a plate full.

We used to load up with saltrock. You dont kill as many, but they are prespiced=)

Oh and does salmon count? cuz my favorite hunting trip was heading down to the boat dock in Siletz with a rowboat and a gillnet. Making a turn accross the river and pulling it up with the truck. Was all good fun till that damn state police crashed the party

Never had problems cleaning shot from pheasant. It is not what I would call a small bird. I do use larger shot (usually a 5 or 6) and have gone to steel as it is definitely more environmentally safe. If I can't find the exact shot I want, I generally will use the copper turkey loads.

Kilmoll ... PM me if you wish I have some great suggestions on shot loads, and different types of shot if you want to not use lead for environmental reasons - steel just blows... period..

As far as meat - I LOVE venison and eat it year round (usually bag 3 each hunting season, and w/ no kids that's a lot of meat!). As far as squirrel, i've had it several times, but you do have to kill several to make a meal, and they are a PITA to clean out if you want to be careful and save as much meat as possible (which I always do).

Aside from that, elk is very very tasty, and probably my favorite, but living in the NE, I don't get that much opportunity to eat elk.

Pheasant is great, IF cooked properly, if not it can end up gamie (sp?) and tough, like a mix between duck and chicken of sorts. However if cooked properly (I have a crock pot recipe with apple cider and beer which comes out wonderful) it can be a delicious meal once you get all the bb's cleaned out.

Just hang up the scattergun and break out a bow.

Makes tree rat (squirrel) quite a challenge, but no more shot problems!

Fallanthas wrote:Just hang up the scattergun and break out a bow.

Judo points will flat out mess up a squirrel, I don't like to eat the stringy little buggers, I don't shoot them.

Hey Canoe, what calibre do you recommend for deer? I want to get a new rifle before next hunting season so I can come up there and hunt with you

Yep, judos work great! Add a heavy aluminum arrow and you don't have to replace ammo very often, either.

Not had much luck bunny hunting with a bow, although not for lack of trying. Very hard to get an arrow down into that ground cover.

As for stringy, you have to cook the living hell outta squirrel, after a suitable soak in icy saltwater to remove some of the gaminess. They are tasty, but it takes more work per ounce of meat than just about anything else.

Really depends where you're hunting Cane...

Out by me you never really get a shot longer than 150-200 yards, with 90% of the shots coming under 80 yards, so I prefer a larger calliber "brush buster" of sorts. Any of the more common calibers work well, .308, 30-06, 30-30, 8mm etc etc and you won't break your bank using one. My personal favorites are the 350 rem magnum or the 356 winchester (which is what I use), but they are a bit harder to come by and a little pricey.

If you're out west, or in other parts up here where you are going to have longer shots, a .270 or 6.5 mm is more suited as they have a much flatter trajectory and much more accurate in the 200-350 yard range or so.

Just note that this is for whitetail/mule hunting... when you start getting into Elk, Moose, etc etc it's a whole different story.

I live in Oregon and when I goes huntin with the boys, my weapon of choice is a 50cal tripod mount from the back of the 4x4.

A good hunting tactic is to send Jethro to the other side of the draw, with a truckload of 22 inch truck tires. After I gives the signal, He commences to rolling the tires down the hill. Then I takes a bead on the road, and Obliterates anything that comes accross it. By the time Jethro gets back, we gots a truckload a trophies.

Yeah, I was thinking 30-06, .308, etc as well simply due to the cost. I love to target shoot as well, so I don't want to have to take out a small loan to pop off 50 rounds at the range.

I heard the Ruger mini-30 Ranch Rifle is a good one and uses 7.62. Considering I will most likely need a scope as well, I don't want to spend too much for a quality rifle.

Oooo, how about can the rifle and go Killer style with either of these handcannons:

Ruger .480
Desert Eagle .50

BLAMMO!

Handcannons is good up close and personal, but for the blow-a-hole effect ya gotta have POWDER. The more powder the better IMO. The perfect weapon to hang in your back window is a 300 win mag. The best TreeRat killer. Skins, dresses and tenderizes

Is the 300 an expensive round? I made that mistake with my S&W 1006 10mm pistol. They aren't really that much more than say a box of .45, but man is that ammo hard to find!

I hav'nt bought a round in years. I would rather not count on a round from the store. Reloads are the only way to go.

My Dad does it right. Fill the casing to the top with POWDER tap it twice on the bench fill it again, then press and crimp.