The longest-ever recorded kill by a sniper in combat

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

I'd rather have deer sausage now than just about anything else......or jerky. As for thawin deer steaks out and frying them....ugh....the smell

[Northern Rancher]

We eat 12-15 a year ourselves and no we never get sick of it-both Shauna and Ty are awesome cooks. The secret to good wild game is to trim ALL the fat and bone out of the meat. we usually cut the backstraps out for frying or barbequing then grind the rest for sausage or mix some baconends in it and make hamburger out of it. That first archery doe gets gobbled up pretty fast here in the fall. Ty's hunting buddy is the sausage maker(well one of several) in town so we eat alot of deer sausage too.

[RoperAB]

I always debone the meat and trim the fat. Still I cant stand the smell of deer meat anymore.
I also in an effort for varity used to make it into jerky myself. Haha Now Im sick of jerky. Haha Reminds me of those two years when thats all we had to eat!
The trouble with getting it made into sausage is that its so expensive to get made up you might as well just buy beef or pork sausage.
Honestly deer meat is only really good for dog food. I rough cut it up into about 25 pound pieces. Freeze it and use it for dog and cat food. I just give it to them raw.

Whats your favorite venison?
#1 for me is moose
#2 would be elk or antelope

You know its funny because I had always heard that antelope tasted like old sagebrush and jack rabbits. But that one that I had was really good.

[Mike]

I think antelope is better than white tail too! Never had it until last year but it's surely a lot more tender and a lot less stringy.

[Faster horses]

Antelope killed in June...now that's the very best!!!!!!!

[Northern Rancher]

Sounds like you need a new cook lol.

[Ben H]

Here in Maine,
Your normal hunting license gets you 1 tag for a buck (white tail) and 1 tag for a bear. You have to apply to a particular district to get drawn for a doe. The same goes for Moose, it's a lottery. Although you can pay more and get more chances. It's detailed at the Maine Department of Fisheries and Wildlife website. I describe moose as tasting like lean beef. The one I shot in High School was young, 600 pound (gutted).

They tried to ban hunting bear over bait and with dogs 2 years ago, it didn't pass.

[RoperAB]

Black bears are a real pest. Especially up north. They destroy so much crops. Kill a lot of calves as well. Funny about that though because we have lots of them down here but they never bother the calves like they do up north. They also break into wooden grain bins.
The biggest problem up north is that there are just to many of them and they are really hard on the moose.
Mule Deer is the worst venison. Much worse than whitetails. You know a big part of it is shooting old bucks during the rut.
Moose meat is about the same as beef if its a younger bull. Its the same deal with Elk. A 2.5 to 3.5 year old bull is a lot better meat than an older bull.

[fulton]

Getting off the subject a little, but have any of you read the book written about Carlos Hathcock. Think its called Marine Sniper-93 confirmed kills, or something like that. There is also a follow up book, can't remember the name. Both are very good. He used to hold the record for longest sniping kill. Talks about most of his shots being around 800 to 1,000 yds. shooting a 30-06 with 180 grain bullet. I believe the rifle was russian made and the scope was an 8 power. Again, both books made for very good reading. Roper if you ever need a hunting buddy, and are willing to take a South Dakotan with you, I live for elk hunting, and definately want to try black bear hunting!

[Northern Rancher]

Sheesh alot people eat deer at our place and don't even know it's wild game. Poor tasting wild game is either not taking care of it right inthe field or else poor preparation.I've never shot a buck yet that you couldn't eat mulie or whitetail. I've got too little girls are pretty finicky eaters and they vacuum up mule deer along with the rest. as far as moose a young dry cow is the best eating for sure. Black Bear backstrap is pretty good eating too-the odd bad bear might take the odd calf but not on our place to my knowledge-I've seen them drinking at one end of the dugout while cows were at the other-a poor berry crop usually makes for some bear troubles. The biggest bear I everr shot was wrecking bins-tracked him by the piles of barley he was crapping out-nice colour phase squares right at 7 feet. BMR has got one of the biggest black bears I've ever seen mounted in his house-sweet deal.

[Big Muddy rancher]

That big bear was shot by my son in law with a bow at 12 yards. It's in the Boone and Crockett.

[Ben H]

I read that article, that was crazy.