The Hunting Thread

[Wonkie]

Originally Posted by Mblake81 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You then store them in a freezer.

Dahmer-style?

[BallzDeep]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thank you guys for opening my eyes and mind to something outside of my own experiences. The internet is a wonderful place!

Do any of you butcher your own kills or do you all have a guy for that?

Do you sell any of the carcass, if not how do you store it?

Any part of the animals that aren't used - what happens to them?

We field dress ourselves. I'm not the best at it to be honest but can do it. Typically you want to field dress yourselves just to make sure no bacteria from the wound is in meat. The longer it sits, the worse. If you can load it up fast enough and you have a meat processor that is close by, you can drop it off but they will charge you more.

You can get the skulls acid washed or they use some crazy bug that eats the flesh clean and you can sell the skull or pelts. You can also sell them stuffed but the real profit is from the meat itself. If you like to eat actual free range meat and have meat for a good 6 months, if you eat it pretty often.

Anything left over is left out for mother nature to takes its course. Coyotes or some other animal will eat the guts, and pick clean til there is pretty much nothing left but the bones. Any animal you shoot down, will automatically become food for another animal.

[Baler]

I have a guy for $60 he will butcher my deer and make nice clean cuts or ground/hotdogs.
Venison cheese hotdogs are so good.

Turkey I do myself. I try to save as much as possible. Most of the feathers get messed up. I pluck it in the field. Stuff like the liver and heart are totally worth saving. Wild turkey taste way better than farm raised in my opinion.

I also fish. when im not shitposting.

[Zeboim]

I'm near Austin as well myself, I have no lease of my own but I have a buddy with one in West Texas and one near College Station. Whitetail deer and Hogs. Venison sausage is fantastic. I like to shoot a Deer and Hog, and get them mixed in the sausage. Wonderful stuff. Venison backstrap when pounded and chicken fried is absolutely amazing. Makes good jerky too. Hog backstrap is also good for this. The thing with a Hog is you want a smaller one - the big ones are disgusting and fit for nothing but coyote bait. Some ranchers will pay you a bounty for coyotes.

People that don't dress and clean their kills don't deserve to hunt, honestly. I've always been of the opinion that you owe the animal at least that much courtesy. If it's cold you can gut/skin and hang the meat overnight to get a bit of extra flavor, but honestly probably best to just get it in the cooler. Dump the rest of it, nature will take care of it.

As far as guns, I prefer a .243 for a shot at the base of the skull. Permits are easy in Texas at least. I've done some hunts elsewhere and it can be trickier. Elk hunts require a lot more money/equipment/luck. I've got some heavier guns but mostly reserve those for larger stuff.

[BallzDeep]

If full auto's your thing and you don't want to fork over 20-30K. Binary triggers can pretty much achieve almost what your looking for. It fires on pull and release. Takes a bit to get used to but if you are riding the trigger reset you can fire them pretty quick.

[Baler]

For those who think full auto is not a hunter thing. Go to texas and go 1 on 1 with a wild boar. Those fuckers will shred your god damn legs open and mercilessly gash your face till you die a slow painful death.

Yes an animal is just as viscous as a crazed person.

I understand aus has an issue with kangroo population. automatic could be a solution .

Edit: I do no condone sport hunting or killing any creature for no sound reason. But it's proven that there are invasive species. No that isn't a comment on humans you ill minded folk.

[Chortles Snort|eS]

interesting thread
i passed the opportunity to go hunting with a bunch of rednecks i befriended during my country lake house days
sounds like i may have missed a good time

[Patriam1066]

Originally Posted by Chortles Snort|eS [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

interesting thread
i passed the opportunity to go hunting with a bunch of rednecks i befriended during my country lake house days
sounds like i may have missed a good time

Hog hunting is no joke and definitely something to try at least once

[PieOats]

Originally Posted by Patriam1066 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hog hunting is no joke and definitely something to try at least once

In Texas, there is a long standing tradition of hunting hog with feral dogs and knives.



FnCK!NG GROSS


*waddles off with a soured look*

[BlackBellamy]

Originally Posted by PieOats [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In Texas, there is a long standing tradition of hunting hog with feral dogs and knives.



FnCK!NG GROSS


*waddles off with a soured look*

In Tennessee I know I guy who will climb a tree with a knife and wait. Then when a nice boar wanders by, he will jump out of the tree and stab that animal to death.