I got my deer!!!!!

[ButterBean]

Got this one at 3:50 p.m. last day here too! Normally I drive 7 hours North West to a 1/4 section I own ..this one...in my backyard...round trip...17 minutes! Rut here started 3 weeks later than usual. Been a strange season!View attachment 516765

That a Brute, Congrats Skippy

 

[Carsyn.22]

Well then, I'll have to do some dedicated coyote hunting this winter maybe. You know, I've never actually hunted them. I have shot one or two over the years opportunistically, but never made a point of hunting them. Perhaps it's time. I image that 75 grain at 4000+ would pop them nicely

Sorry to hear ya struck out, better luck next year

I often go out after them a couple of times a winter when the cabin fever gets to me, probably try to go a little extra this year. It's really fun when you have an on day, though I tend to get a higher percentage of off days due to my calling skills or lack thereof.

 

[skipglo]

That a Brute, Congrats Skippy

Thank you my Brother! Not the greatest horns...but a stud of a Deer! Should be able to get a roast...or even 2

 

[Calvin45]

Thank you my Brother! Not the greatest horns...but a stud of a Deer! Should be able to get a roast...or even 2

does putting an entire hindquarter into the oven at once mean it's still just "one roast"?

 

[skipglo]

does putting an entire hindquarter into the oven at once mean it's still just "one roast"?

Only if you put it on a spit in the barbeque! Isn't that how everyone does it ?

 

[Jon Bischof]

does putting an entire hindquarter into the oven at once mean it's still just "one roast"?

That's how we do it. I'm still working the first Buck's hindquarter. I will eat from it again tonight. We oven roast it and when I slice it up, I cut out the big bone and give it to my worthless dog, Peter.

 

[Calvin45]

That's how we do it. I'm still working the first Buck's hindquarter. I will eat from it again tonight. We oven roast it and when I slice it up, I cut out the big bone and give it to my worthless dog, Peter.

What did this poor dog do to warrant such resentment?

 

[victor3ranger]

Thank you my Brother! Not the greatest horns...but a stud of a Deer! Should be able to get a roast...or even 2

Dang sure a heavy weight

 

[41Magnum]

Congrats on a great deer!

 

[Calvin45]

@HammerBullets figured I'd tag you as well, great product

 

[Sealesniper]

Congrats on the buck, but the Northern Lights are the trophy to me. Got to get the wife up there to see them.

 

[Calvin45]

Well I got it all processed now. A lot of years I prefer to let the skinned out deer hang for 1-2 weeks but this year it's been freakishly warm out for here, and my uncles garage was a tad warmer than I felt comfortable letting it hang that long in. I'm glad I brought it home last night to trim it up in no rush…because I don't want to drive out of town for days now if I don't have to. It's raining. That is so wrong for this time of year where I live. It is raining, 0. Celcius or 32 farhenheit and it's RAINING. this feels colder than -20 and bone dry out…but now it's just starting to snow, and the road will be a suicidal skating rink for a while now.

It still got 5 full days hang time, definitely past any rigor mortis and plenty tender.

Took my time trimming as much meat as I could off the bones, going between ribs and everything. I trimmed as much fat off as I could as well as connective tissue. Saved the backstraps and tenderloins and maybe three "roasts" of sorts haha. Everything else I turned into hamburger. He had a decent haul of meat, not the hugest buck ever but definitely "full size" - I weighed all the meat after and I got 59 pounds of hamburger and 20 pounds of "roast/backstrap/tenderloin".

Not complaining about 79 pounds of completely boneless meat after thorough fat and connective tissue removing.

I've already eaten the tenderloins…

A nice pile of hamburger

 

[Baker Alvin]

Congratulations!

 

[brquail]

Great job on your successful hunt! Even though the season was tough, it's awesome that you're happy with the deer and how well the Hammer Hunter 75 grain performed at 4150 fps. Impressive results and a clean takedown.