Filled some antlerless whitetail tags this fall, the latest with a button buck. Made this Venison Bourguignon. It’s delicious, meltingly tender and quite literally, it is @Bambistew
Shot a trophy whitetail fawn last week and cut it up and weighed the meat.
About 4lb for 4 bone in shanks
About 6lb for the 2 bone in front quarters
7.5 lb boneless from hindquarters
2lb neck roast
3lb trim/grind
1lb femurs for stock.
I’d bet a hair under 20lb of boneless total.
Since you grew up hanging out in a butcher shop, this isn’t really for you. But If you’re skinning the whole critter (aka not the gutless method) I’ve found the details of these guys skinning process has really helped reduce hair issues, particularly how they start the hocks before hanging and...
I like this recipe and it has oven directions too. I usually do 200 and pop the door open slightly so there is airflow. You want to dry, not cook the jerky. Keep your eye on it, when it looks and feels like jerky (dry, pliable, not brittle) it’s done.
https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/beef-jerky/
This wounded warrior caught no less than 200 fish on a real bender of a trip this last spring. It was pretty when I tied it, with a white rabbit strip. But it's even prettier now in retirement!
Glad I found this thread. I did a lot of fly tying when I was younger, and whip up a few hair/feather jigs each winter in the off season. Thankfully I remembered to snag a few deer tails this year, as I'd forgot the last few. Bucktail jigs are walleye candy.
I don't have a time estimate, but like others, by leaving some work for myself later I save time on the front end if time is limited. For example, I have no problem pulling out a cut out of the freezer and doing a bit of trimming before cooking and that silverskin/fat provides some protection...
This conversation reminds me of the poetry of American philosopher Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges.
"I'm going a hundred down the highway,
if you do the speed limit get the f*ck outta my way.
I'm DUI; hardly ever caught sober,
and you's about to get ran the f*ck over!"
Get Buck Buck Moose, too (his Venison book). It's really well written, and a fun book to page through and read. You'll be eating like a king in no time.
If you want to eliminate the guesswork on how to cook venison, head over to Hank Shaw's website (of course there are other great ones but his is best in my opinion) and follow his venison recipes to a tee. I say venison recipes because beef cooks differently, it's fattier, etc. Once you do a...
if it’s tough it wasn’t in long enough. Crock pots are different, animals are different, etc. Stick a fork in and twist it, if it shreds easily you should be good. Or if its bone-in it can be falling off the bone. Time will make it submit!
Did your recipes have some fat added? Birria I thing...
My friend once told me about a deer drive where all the deer would run out the draw one way, but this big old buck would pop out the other way where no one could shoot. A later time they had someone hang back in case that deer did that again and he spotted it army crawling like you described...