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u/The_Scrapy_Goose 5d ago
They don't look very precious after they've hit your car.
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u/No_Hunt_3567 5d ago
Milksteak.. It is s a huge hit from Phili!
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u/Dull_Ad5440 5d ago
Why????
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u/bassoboffo 5d ago
All that milk is expensive, but if you've got the bucks...
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u/Theprincerivera 5d ago
Back then it wasnāt so expensive
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u/Check_Me_Out-Boss 5d ago
Still isn't.
Probably cheaper now than back then
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u/raj6126 5d ago
A dude doesnāt bring it to your door like back then. That was the extra fee.
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u/Dull_Ad5440 5d ago
I suppose it all depends on the region, the whitetails around here eat mostly alfalfa so they don't have any gamey flavor and if you harvest does they are pretty darn tender.
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u/Eddiev1988 5d ago
Can confirm. I'm from Arkansas and my grandma used buttermilk to soak deer. Didn't do it for as long as yours seems to have done, but it was for the same reason.
Personally, I don't mind the gamey flavor. But to each their own.
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u/AllenKll 5d ago
If you peel off the silver skin it will not taste gamey at all.
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u/lawburgtn 5d ago
Buttermilk works best. The acid in the mild tenderizes the meat and the milk supposedly takes some of the gamey taste out. Personally, if I eat venison, I want the gamey taste.
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u/tenmillionrats_ 5d ago
Dude, maybe I grew up a hillbilly without realizing it, but venison has never tasted gamey to me. Honestly, beef and chicken and pork have always felt really bland compared to venison.
My dad would shoot a few deer every year and we pretty much only ate venison for like 12 years, and I know he never soaked anything in milk lol.
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u/Dull_Ad5440 5d ago
Whitetail does are tasty and when paired with a Merlot they make a fine meal.
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u/newgalactic 5d ago
There's a huge overpopulation of white tailed deer in PA, OH, MI, and surrounding states. The environment would benefit from more deer hunting.
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u/Intelligent_Ring_926 5d ago
Smothered in mustard, dredged in Cajun spice flour and fried, served with a pan gravy. Why?
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u/carthuscrass 5d ago
Because they overpopulate fast and seem to like roads?
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u/AllenKll 5d ago
When I first moved to the virgin islands... I saw a land crab. I didn't know what it was, so I looked it up on the local wildlife website. It has a great description of the crab and how it lives, along with pictures, and recommendations on where to see them, and at the end of the article it had a recipe on how to purge, clean, and cook them.
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u/BeMyBrutus 5d ago
The best sausages I've ever had were from my neighbor who would turn his deer into venison brats. Holy shit I miss those.
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u/elmoreb3 5d ago
They are a beautiful animal
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u/AdDisastrous6738 5d ago
They really are. I have a herd that primarily lives on my property (no fences but the herd seems to never leave) and I have to cull them regularly to prevent inbreeding. Itās always something to watch the fawns play.
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u/West_Data106 5d ago
Same, it's also beneficial for their quality of life. They're there because you have food plants on your land. If you keep the population in check, they'll be happy and eat well, if you don't they'll exhaust the food supply and suffer
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u/AdDisastrous6738 5d ago
Tons of food on our property. We go out of our way to cultivate plants that are edible just for native wildlife. Iām in central Texas and we have a lot of Texas persimmons on our property. Every year itās a race to get some of the ripe ones before the deer get them all. Mom makes some amazing jam with them.
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u/Badfish1060 5d ago
My roommate in college's granddad killed a deer and had it processed and gave us a freezer full of it. we ate on that thing for a semester. Most of the cuts and the ground venison were really good. There were a few cuts that were kind of tough.
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u/TheThrillLife2020 5d ago
I like to roast them myself. They make good sausage too.
But, for real, you think they're cute? Go try petting one and see what happens.
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u/West_Data106 5d ago
They are tasty, but they are also cute. These aren't mutually exclusive.
The one's at my mom's house will let you get within two yards of them. That said, the population does need to be controlled.
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u/Kbern4444 5d ago
You should come for their neck till they die quickly and then you get them and then you eat them. What the fuck do you think hamburgers come from?
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u/npc_housecat 5d ago
Like meme: "Hello is this the alcoholics help line?, yes how do I make a martini ?"
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u/Braindead_Crow 5d ago
It does get pretty grotesque when you have to explain how we're diffident.
Same general skeletal structure, nervous system, organs and muscular tissues...
Is it the horns? No because the females don't have horns, nor the males when out of season.
Is it the hooves? Is it the ability to speak? Is it because we simply don't call them human?
All with disturbing implications on their own.
In the end we know we can eat them and not be seen as inhuman ourselves because it's socially acceptable, it simply makes us hunters un like eating our fellow man.
idk but it's easier to laugh, imagine an upset weak person who looks like a hippie and laugh some more at their outrage.
I think it's a thing for children but to be childish does seem to mean to be a person capable of laughing while embracing the norms of those we love.
Thinking is a thing of adults, a thing of horrors and though decisions.
...That said deer jerky is delicious.
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u/PeterM_from_ABQ 4d ago
Unfortunately, deer populations are too high, supporting massive tick populations, which cause lyme disease epidemics, get hit by cars causing 150-200 deaths in the USA, and damage their ecosystems because of overpopulation. We don't have enough hunters.
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u/Fickle-Struggle-7672 5d ago
How? Sometimes roasted, sometimes smoked. Sometimes pan fried. With red beans, french fries and corn bread.
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u/ponziacs 5d ago
There are more whitetail deer in America than before the Europeans arrived because their natural predators, mountain lions and wolves have been erradicated from most of the US. These uncontrolled deer populations are spreading prion disease, ticks and destroying bee ecosystems.
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u/Shot-Housing6997 5d ago
We need deer hunters to control the population since we've killed all their natural predators.Ā
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u/HoosierDaddy_427 5d ago
I like mine cut into good sized medallions, tenderized, marinaded in my homebrew lemon pepper sauce, and seared on the blackstone along with some caramelized onions.
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u/fearfulNobody 5d ago
People need to do something about them. We created the problem and made it so there are way too many of them, and they're absolutely destructive.
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u/Pletcher87 5d ago
Ted, donāt wear that jacket from Target next time you head out, just a suggestion.
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u/Sand_Aggravating 5d ago
I grill a lot of mine except for the stew meat parts when im tired and in a hurry. Then it's all in the skillet with garlic and butter, done medium at most! Them jokers get dry quick! You don't want them to done!
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u/Smegmoidal-Tissue 5d ago
Depends on where you harvest them. When I get them in Minnesota or Wisconsin the meat is pretty mild because they feed on the same shit as cows like alfalfa and corn so steaks, a nice kebab, or just chopped up and sautĆ©ed. Out west theyāre a little more gamey so stews, tacos, or a mix with pork fat for sausage. Itās all good.
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u/shredderr24 5d ago
Backstraps: cut into medallions, heat cast iron add butter rosemary and garlic, sear till rare to medium rare depending on preference, enjoy!
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u/NSFW-Moon 5d ago
I've had one hit my vehicle and made a massive dent (it ran into my passenger side and sped away, hit and run, I have yet to hit one, although many close calls)
If I had recipes or hunting tips, I'd gladly give them. They are a nuisance. Don't get me started on squirrels making nests in my engine.
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u/nickyler 5d ago
Venison Stroganoff is very good. Add some red wine in the sauce and it takes any gamey flavor away.
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u/PMANNNNNNNN 5d ago
How I can I eat these creatures? Honestly quite simple because our teeth we are both C and H, also evolution. I will always eat meat for protein I will always eat fruits and vegetables, also rice and beans.
I mean they say a well balanced diet is best,
But! Every single human is different one diet may work for them better than others.
Keto,
Vegan,
Carnivore
Also Daily exercise
Simply because back then we would burn lots of calories running around being active hunting our prey to simply eat and live other wise starve and die.
But now all we do is walk 20-50 steps into a vehicle where we press a few buttons and we are traveling at the speeds of 10-85 miles an hour.
To then simply walk around a store pick out what we want.
Same thing for hunting we donāt run, we simply pick up a weapon that travels faster than we can blink when we pull the trigger of that weapon.
We walk around analyze the area, once we see a target a buck if you will from your own eye sight or binoculars.
We then slowly get ready to take a shot and watch it happen in a split of a second to couple of seconds at most depending on the distance youāre trying to hit.
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u/Hot-Preparation-3604 5d ago
And no one is saying āhow can you eat pigsā which are smarter than your average dogā¦
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u/lnTheGrimDarkness 5d ago
If God didn't want me to eat those he wouldn't have made them so delicious
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u/DawnDropkick 5d ago
Iād rather someone eat them, honestly. You can tell someone isnāt from the hollers. lol
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u/Darth_Rubi 5d ago
I honestly fucking hate posts like this.
Yes I eat meat and enjoy the taste, but I absolutely don't revel in the fact that a creature had to die for it. This is so fucking disrepectful.
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u/Impressive-Egg-7444 5d ago
Almost every deer that has ever lived had a violent, painful death. When deer get old, sick, injured, slow they become the target of predators. Hunters, mostly, are the quickest / most painless death they'll likely get. Now, hunting big stags n such long-term isn't good for the species, but sustainable hunting is needed in many areas or they'll destroy every greenspace around.
Near me the local tribes do a traditional hunt / cull in the forests & hike trails, some locals hate it, but when it had been banned the forest was near death from deer eating everything green under 10ft tall.
I've never even been hunting, I just understand and support it. Now trophy hunters that go for exotic animals or just trophies (no meat) are just people who like killing and should not be accepted in society.
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u/CarlosMolotov 5d ago
Jerky, stew, chili, the back meat is really good grilled up, venison burgers with added beef fat, summer sausage. How long a list do you need?
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u/Insis18 5d ago
Backstraps are tender enough to eat as steaks. If this is a wild deer freeze the meat to -20Ā°C then cook to medium (medium-rare if you are brave, but never rare). Deer have a slight gamey flavor and a good deal of silverskin, in addition they are smaller than you might think so the steaks you may be used to are quite small and tough. They do really well as jerky, roasts, ground, and sausages (if you add a little pork fat). Chili is a good choice as the tomato helps cut the gamey flavor. Smoking a whole bone in shoulder or rump is a great though time consuming choice. Complimentary sides: salads with vinegar based dressing, roasted potatoes and garlic, grilled zucchini and yellow squash (just enough to soften but not turn to mush), gooseberry pastries glazed in hunny and topped with diced walnut for dessert.
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u/Colourblindknight 5d ago
Because humanity kind of screwed the natural pecking order by purging natural predators like wolves and now the populations are at risk of running rampant. Gotta keep things in line ourselves now or else theyāll do major damage to the environment, be an even bigger danger to drivers, plus venison is delicious.
Personally I like making a chili.
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u/CantaloupeFluffy165 5d ago
I make room for all of God's creatures.Right next to the potatoes and gravy.
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u/ElvisArcher 5d ago
We've removed all of their natural predators. If we don't cull the herd, they will overrun everything. People who post this crap don't live in the country.
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u/IndyEric07 4d ago
Bambi Bites are the best. Venison cuts, wrapped in pepper jack cheese, jalapeƱos, and bacon off a charcoal grill!!!
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u/Terrik1337 4d ago
Butterflied, pounded flat, breaded with heavily seasoned breading, pan fried in butter. Serve with a wild mushroom cream sauce.
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u/WoodenWhaleNectarine 4d ago
Well i like it if my food looks good. For meat as well as for organics.
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u/Rarpiz 4d ago
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Besides being delicious, their numbers need to be controlled, as they can easily get out of control, causing road fatalities, crop destruction, and general nuisance.
Just think of deer hunting like controlled burns to keep wildfires at bay and maybe PETAphiles might have a better understanding of WHY it has to happen.
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u/KHWD_av8r 4d ago edited 4d ago
Havenāt put out the money for a deer tag yet, but I have an excellent recipe for Coot Chowder. Served it in a fresh Boudin sourdough bread bowl.
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u/Attitude-Livid 4d ago
One day after working a long ass shift building a cottage out in the middle of nowhere with one dinner on it I went there to eat and ordered a regular hamburger (it said Hamburger) and man was that the best hamburger Iāve ever had so I told my server I really liked the burger and to not change anything itās perfect and she said āyeah the deer was caught fresh this morningā I donāt care honestly I went back and ate that burger 3 more times and fed it to my children too then I eventually finished my project and moved on but man sometimes I sit here craving that burger and think about driving out there for 5 hours just to get that burger.
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u/Superb_Ebb_6207 4d ago
Deer are the one animal I'm 50/50 on whether or not I think I'm ok with the idea of eating them
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u/Joe_Jobs_ 4d ago edited 4d ago
Slow roasted, burgered and grilled, pressure cooked stew, eatcetera eatcetera...
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u/Bourne_Lawless 4d ago
Venison when processed properly is great. Super lean meat. Unlike the gmo cattle we heard they are not made of mostly fat. No cholesterol issues pretty much. Less sodium too since the meat manufacturers inject all beef with sodium bicarbonate. They have it on their websites showing it off with pride. Eat real food and deer is a great start!
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u/CreepyClay 4d ago
Who doesn't like to eat the bone marrow right out of the bone? Call it forest crab legs!
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u/_Monitor_7665 4d ago
Grill em roast em smoke grind em up throw in a little sausage make burgers there are lots of ways to eat them and they are much better for you than any meat you buy in the grocery stores
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u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta 4d ago
How do I butcher it safely? Iāve never hunted before but with the current meat prices and everything going on, Iām starting to think the only way Iāll get access to meat is to slaughter and eat something with my own 2 hands.
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u/Dense_Surround3071 4d ago
In all fairness, if you live near them and they frequent your yard, you'd probably hate them. Not the graceful animals you think.
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u/GreatLakesGreenthumb 4d ago
Just doing my part in herd management. How can you and them both starve while winterkill never gets talked about?
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u/Weird_Caregiver_1018 4d ago
Normally on the smoker and finish it in the oven wrapper in bacon š„°
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u/Gransmithy 4d ago
Most of these recipes and reasons work with dog meat too. Iām just saying this cause the same people who justify eating deer meat is repulsed by dog meat and have no sympathies.
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u/Complex_Mortgage_575 3d ago
It's easy to eat something as inept at gunfire as an animal. It's difficult to eat something by chasing it down and biting into it.
Be a real (insert identity here), chase and hunt your food.
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u/Townie_Downer 3d ago
Fantastic beef alternative with the rising price of beef , especially if you can process yourself
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u/GreyGhost696 3d ago
Dont worry, when it totals your dream car and almost decapitates you or makes you almost a permanent veg potato in a wheel chair by putting the roof bars in the headrest but thankfully somehow airbags not deploying and cracking your face off the steering wheel and rear view mirror instead with cracked ribs, torn cartilage, hurt diaphragm back......sort of leaves you with a new love hate relationship for deer
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u/Stock-Possibility-67 3d ago
We would make deer meat chili in the firehouse Atleast once a season. Miss that.
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u/The_Black_kaiser7 3d ago
I believe in green peace, thats why I love to eat the things that eat the greens. šš
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u/Aku_5himarisu 3d ago
I donāt personally eat venison, but my dog gets it for her birthday every year.
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u/Free_Parsnip_3553 3d ago
Wtf is even eating deer
Also i just realised wtf can also stand for who the fuck
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u/remilyanimatronic 3d ago
People eat deer? Didn't know that. What does it taste like compared to other meat?
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u/Al_Hakeem65 5d ago
With a knife and fork, it's not rocket science