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I usually slice it about 1/4" thick, dust it in flour and fry it butter. My Mom always used to simmer it in water with salt, pepper and a bay leaf and then let it cool in its own broth. Then she would slice it fairly thin and make sandwiches with mayo and coarse black pepper. I have taken many deer heart sandwiches into the woods with me over the years. My favorite lunch opening day of PA season is a deer heart sandwich from one I have killed previously in NY. It just seems like a fitting lunch when one is hunting deer.

Thanksgiving in July. Roasted half of the jake I shot on opening morning. Sat in a brine overnight then rubbed with garlic and herb butter (rosemary, thyme, and sage). Next time i'll do the breast and thighs separate. Half a bird is way too much for just me and the wife. Came out great though!!!

Wind direction would be great help.. but pinch behind house is a good spot to start esp if they have dog or hunt themselves. I would then walk the creek looking for crossings. They either bed or will use side hill benches for travel, find where one narrows and you will have another pinch point to scout and hunt, entrance routes will dictate where you can put stand based on wind direction.. To often we want to hunt the best sign only to spook and scent up the area and ruin it before we can hunt properly.. it's the most overlooked problem I see most hunters do, it may have great sign but if you can't get there without spooking everything out its worthless to spend time there, better to have better access over less sign and get your game while they are unaware

Without knowing wind direction, food sources, bedding areas , sign ,observed travel of deer and such , going just on the 30 seconds I looked at the pic. Id try the pinch point between the bend in the river and that house.

Nah. I'd like to try call one in and shoot one though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have been shooting Rage 2's for the past few years . The farthest I have killied a deer is 35 yards . They are deadly . I will admit that a blade can pop out of the rummer O ring . I always double check when I have an arrow nocked . I have a bunch of Muzzys that I havn't shot and should try them out sometime . As far as the cost of the Rage broadheads , I look at it as an investment in my kids inheritance !

Have a wonderful day !! Maybe we'll see you over on the " beer thread " later with a birthday brew

Ok you're all wrong it's amazing but don't ever cook it.... Take it while it's still warm from the fresh kill.... Use your knife chop till it's like coarse ground beef add mayo lemon juice mustard capers chopped red onion hot sauce salt and pepper.... Mix.... Eat raw spread on toast Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Checked one of my cams quick behind the house. Here's two of my fawns. Glad to see they are still around. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I wish I had a place nearby where I could catch bullheads in decent numbers. I LOVE catching and eating them ! They are also one of the easiest fish to clean if you know the right way to do it.. Youtube has lots of videos showing several quick and easy methods.

It is really good! Sautee in some garlic and onion and any other spices you like and it's tasty! If you never tried it you are missing out.

Last night's beer. Not awful. Camp Wannamango is much better. Worked 12.5 hrs today and no energy left. Had a Mic Ultra with dinner tonight. Now time for bed.

Filled up a Cooler With corona cans for My Softball game. I've had so many I keep hitting Return when I try to hit the space bar

Thought the same, until i said what the hey and tried it. Im glad I did cause it was pretty good. I defiantly prefer regular meat as of now, but I don't think ill be turning the heart sway from now on.

I love deer heart. It's a bit mineraly like liver. As mentioned, slice it thin ( not super thin ) and fry it up in some butter with fresh garlic, and onions if you choose too. There are a ton of recipes out there. My favorite way to cook it is pan fried with just some fresh garlic and butter.

i have a few times - just sliced it and fried quickly in a pan - tasted great

Stopped and dropped a bunch of dough at the beer supply before I headed home. I have a bunch of new stuff to try. Here is the first. Not bad at all but a bit more hop would improve it. Pretty refreshing though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

7600, you are my HE-ro...!! When I grow up, I want to be just like YOU..!!

Got ya all beat! Busch in the yard! LOL

Shrimp and mango quesadillas, with jalapeños , garlic , onions , cilantro and lime juice

Man took the wife and kids wife's sisters kids and in laws to Alma pond tonight I swear you could have caught bullhead on a bear hook we caught them on anything and everything. Must have caught 50 or more between us all....Now for my complaint....man I hate catching bullhead lol good night tho Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

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Good for you Law. My workout is only 20 minutes with a 42" rider and 1/3 acre lot. The walk to the shed is gruelling though.

Are putting in a food plot(s) and option ? I "think " there's some stuff you could still plant but could be wrong. Someone will chime in with correct info

Fried egg, cheese, arugula, some sort of herb aoli on a brioche bun. Side of potatoes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hitting a big pig roast at around 4 or 5.,,,open bar and the wife is driving

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I got zapped by one when I was five years old and I remember it like it was yesterday, it hurts like a #!*#!*&$@!

Thanks everyone. Big plans for the day. My daughter's soccer team is having a car wash and bake sale so we are working that from 11 to 4. It's not in the woods but at least it's outdoors. Then we have a graduation party across the street from 5 til I can stumble home. Free food and free beer for my birthday, woohoo!!!

Happy B-Day, hope you are out enjoying nature!

I think you are both right. When bucks rub saplings they tend to get those antlers twisted up into the stems and like to rip the hell out of them, this can cause both sides of the rub area to get torn up. This is typical early season when velvet removal is the primary goal along with frustration release. Antler shape will make a difference as will the bucks attitude at the time and personal preference on the type of tree that is rubbed. Some bucks like small saplings that get tangled into the antlers, other only rub small trees 1-4 inches this can be any age group. I find a tree larger than 6-10 inches and my heart starts to race, above 12 inches and I am going after that deer. Large bucks do rub saplings and small trees but I rarely see small bucks rub large trees and when they do they tend to only because a larger buck did it previously like at sign posts. Smaller bucks do much less damage than a mature buck and tend to stick to smaller trees and saplings. Mature bucks rub more than younger deer. 1-2 years old. Rub lines are great to determine travel direction, bedding or staging area's and possible food sources. Sometimes you can determine size if the rub is right. Larger deer tend to have rubs higher up on trees and will rub larger diameter trees than small bucks they can rub low but a small deer can't rub as high. Sign posts are a good indication of multiple deer and a good spot to scout for a mature deer. While this is a good place to hunt during pre-rut the rut time is better to key in on doe. Larger bucks tend to avoid narrow trees they can not get their antlers around when traveling, they can leave scrape marks on the ground when rubbing low and tend to rub larger trees than smaller deer are capable. They also have more frustration and anger and larger necks so the trees they damage are usually torn up with bark removed completely on one side. Each deer just like people are different so these are general guild lines. Some bucks have antlers that are not capable of rubbing large trees due to shape and other just prefer to beat up small trees and saplings regardless of how old they get. Most of this info is from experience and knowledge learned from reading. One thing is for sure, we are fascinated by the antlers and the rubs made by them. We are not really hunting deer, we are just preserving the forest from these horrible creatures who kill saplings and trees just to sharpen their antlers. O and they eat all that poor vegetation! Don't worry Vegans we will take care of this issue as best we can! Anything to help out!

Happy Birthday! Hope your day is spent with friends, family and all the good stuff!

My sister in law would make a stir fry with deer heart and serve it over egg noodles, it was great. If she hadn't divorced my brother I probably would have the recipe.

The boss has this in the fridge at the company B&B not bad. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Comfort food with a twist. Stuffed peppers with enchilada sauce. Was goooood!

I'd offer up my floor tile installation skills but I've already shown my hand a few months ago. Regardless TC, she's coming along great!

Muzzy and Rage broadheads are probably machined in the same place now they're both owned by the same company. I think all the work is done out of Wisconsin. The real ones aren't made in China. The guy steering the ship for the parent company FeraDyne is supposedly an avid bowhunter. They're not made in China.

I wouldn't pay for "real" rages in a million years, cost is ridiculous. It's not my fault they bought every celebrity in the industry

Spend some time on the archived pages of Trapperman.com. There is a lot of really good free info there.

For the moment in my humble opinion this is the best beer on the planet

I did start a siphon with 2 - 75 foot lengths of 1 inch plastic pipe on July 2nd. A friend will check on siphon in a couple of days. Do not think I will have a plug problem. I stuck the ends of pipe into an old egg crate and covered with some scrap window screening and floated out to spot where it needed to be , then sunk the crate by shooting out the balloon float with 22

7mm strikes me as a caliber that hunters out west use to deal with the long distance shots they are more likely to take out there. I find that any shot beyond 200yards is not the norm for hunting here in the Northeast, and as such, something like 7mm might be an overkill, though there is certainly nothing wrong with that. Personally, I use .308 150gr Federal Soft Points. I find this grain and make put more than enough energy on target within the distances I'm likely to take a shot. And, in the off chance that I need a little more reach, there are grains and makes that perform easily out to 700-800 yards (not that I would ever see myself taking a shot of that distance in NY). I also target shoot quite a bit, so my inclination to use .308 is also motivated in part by the ammo's availability, cost, and established history and loading data. I know a few other, more traditional hunters, who prefer 30-06 since they view it as a jack-of-all-trades cartridge, capable of taking down most game that inhabit North America.

I've said it before and I'll say it again F@ck Mondays!! Feelin good now

Woolys girl and I playing a round I mean playing around

Me and my beers all strapped in and waiting for deers tonight...

Never saw nor had this one before. Orange peel , lemon flesh and blood orange juice. I'd revisit

Train ride home beer. First time trying this one, not bad. "Mermaid" made me think of Pygmy! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pool side lager.

Last night's beer. Good but like Citradelic better. Tonight's choice. Very good amber ale, malty. Tried this Saranac IPA on the 4th. Not bad