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[Deerthug]

Karpteach, on 18 February 2012 - 11:28 AM, said:

My gut piles are definitely minimal.LOL

DEERTHUG- I've thought about taking the intestines for kokoretsi but worried about the spoilage! Besides I usually don't kill anything! This years very unusual for me! Maybe the forum has given me luck????

I agree about spoilage. Better left to the Hasapi to do it. You're preaching to the choir-I too came out empty handed this past season. I'm hoping to turn my luck around with some birds this May.
Oops just re-read your post. You did kill one this past season. I forget easily at my age. LOL!

Edited by Deerthug, 18 February 2012 - 11:57 AM.

[Karpteach]

First go the eyes then the ears and eventually the mind! All of the I'll effects of growing old!

[magnumhunt]

ive tried all, but greeks eat pretty much anything, hehehe to each their own

[Dom]

magnumhunt, on 18 February 2012 - 05:03 PM, said:

ive tried all, but greeks eat pretty much anything, hehehe to each their own

Not only greek's im italian and also eat most every thing.Liver and onion's are very good,also liver is good for you it is a very good source of iron.

[nyantler]

I'm not much for deer liver, but I have a friend that makes this liver pate that is incredible..  spread it on a cracker and it is delicious!

[ants]

I tried it before but didnt care for it. Now the liver stays on the pile. The heart is good though. I know a guy (old woodchuck) that makes some kind of soup out of the LUNGS!! No thanks

[WNYBuckHunter]

I love the heart, but dont eat any kind of liver. I too, cant get past the filtering thing. All internals besides the heart stay in the woods.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

The heart is my favrite but I love Liver and onions too. I thik many people over cook it and that really turns it into a pastey weird texture. I know I will get greif but I have to eat my meat at least pink....all kinds.

[Fantail]

I think I have seen one to many pictures of deer liver fluke. Or associate it with the look & smell of a gut pile. It's funny I occasionaly like liverwurst with onions. But that's a cold sand. I might be willing to try deer liver, cooked right, but that would have to be a good frackin day.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Mmmmmm, makes me want to eat one.....

http://www.michigan....26639--,00.html

[landtracdeerhunter]

Culver, pink meat is no good for you.

[NYBowhunter]

The first I do when we get back to camp after harvesting a deer is cook the liver up with onions, wine and vinegar...yummy, Us italians eat anything thats not tied down....lol..I have not heard of anybody here mention eating the brain, I have eaten it and its not bad, but my father loves it.

[2GRIT]

Very interesting to read all the responses. Now for the reason I posted in the first place. A few years ago I was checking my trail cam and stumbled on a very fresh, coyote killed, adult whitetail doe. I moved my trailcam to the site of the kill and started getting pics immediately after setting it up of the coyotes eating her. This went on for 4 or 5 days and then the turkey buzzards and crows moved in by droves. After the seventh day, the carcass was reduced to a bag of bones and hide. The critters had eaten every scrap of meat, all the entrails, even the gruel from the stomach. The coyotes, and likely other carnivores, were chewing on the bones because there was literally no meat left. BUT, lying right next to the carcass lay the liver, fully intact, untouched by even the buzzards. I was amazed that they wouldn't touch it. I have owned a slaughterhouse for almost 20 years and know what a bad liver looks like. This one had no spots; nothing stood out to me that was obviously wrong. I have never liked liver although some of the responses actually sound tempting to try. I love to tell this story to people who tell me they like liver.

[Deerthug]

NYBowhunter, on 21 February 2012 - 07:36 PM, said:

I have not heard of anybody here mention eating the brain, I have eaten it and its not bad, but my father loves it.

Funny you mentioned the brain. Us Greeks fight over lamb brain after the whole baby lamb is slowly roasted on an outdoor spit on Greek Easter!. But not this Greek!  Blech!!!

[landtracdeerhunter]

Thats strange that nothing touched the liver. We've had some damaged livers, that we wouldn't trust consuming. Out it goes in the gut pile, nothings left, ever.

Edited by landtracdeerhunter, 22 February 2012 - 05:58 PM.

[Rev Ev]

I'm a big fan of liver.  I can't tell a diffrence between it and beef.  I've had deer heart, but it was a one time thing to try it out.  I didn't care much for it, but it could have been how it was prepared.  Never tried kidneys.

[Pygmy]

I love deer liver.. In my opinion it is much milder in flavor than than beef liver.

Sautee it in bacon  grease with lots of onions... LIVIN' LARGE...!..

I also love the heart, sliced about 1/4" thick, floured and  browned up in butter...

I have heard that kidneys are good, as long as you boil the piss out of them...

[erussell]

Liver and hearts are guts and get left in the pile for the coyotes. Im not that bad off that I have to eat the guts too.

Edited by erussell, 23 February 2012 - 02:36 AM.

[sweet old bill]

first to be cooked is the liver and then of course the next day lunch is the back straps....

[WNYBuckHunter]

erussell, on 23 February 2012 - 02:35 AM, said:

Liver and hearts are guts and get left in the pile for the coyotes. Im not that bad off that I have to eat the guts too.

I used to think the same thing. You really should try the heart. Culvercreek convinced me to try it, and now its my favorite piece of meat. Ive tried it a couple of ways, the first is sliced thin, and sauteed in butter, garlic and onions. The second was similar, but I added a little red wine and let it thicken into a nice sauce. The third way was slicing it up like a bell pepper and pickling it, then eating it on Italian bread with a little butter.

Now my stomach is rumbling just thinking about it....