jjb4900

I have no problem killing an animal behind a fence, animals are animals and they die one way or another to feed us...........if it's free I'll kill whatever you offer me....if I pay $5000.00, give me a Buffalo or another animal with a lot of meat, but I won't call it hunting or consider an accomplishment...hell, I paid thousands of dollars to go to Newfoundland to hunt Woodland Caribou and did nothing with it other than eat the meat, if you doubt me, I'll send you pictures of the rack that I nailed to my shed, or what's left after the Squirrels have been chewing on them for the past few years......but either way, I kill animals for the meat and nothing else.

well there you go, that answered more of my question then your first response.........

didn't really answer my question which was asked in total honesty, but at least you got the chance to promote your agenda........very nice.

this never gets old, especially on this site.

or an early primitive BP season between archery and rifle.........that'll really get the dander flying.

just because meat's old doesn't mean it's bad.........right Pygmy?

actually, I totally understand why some guys hunt big mature bucks and am not at all baffled by why they do it, nor do I think anyone else is......and I'll even go as far as to commend those who hunt for that reason....and it's really not a matter of them being quick to shoot YOUR deer, its a matter of them hunting for whatever reason they do so and whatever opportunity presents itself they take......I totally understand your reason, so why so hard to understand another's reason for doing something different?

this question has been on my mind for quite some time, why is it that there aren't any deer farmers that raise Mule Deer? maybe they do and I just never saw it......if raising deer is such a big industry why doesn't this exist? I would think it would be an untapped resource in the Eastern U.S. if it's possible.........totally honest question.

I bought the ebooks for my Kindle, seemed they were much cheaper...but if you don't have one that's not much help.

roughly half, give or take, don't give any out to non residents...if I counted correctly.

good book as well, but I found the background noise to be a bit distracting.

I know that someone mentioned these "random" surveys are set up by extremely intelligent people, but after the first youth hunt I received a survey to fill out regarding it, I find it hard to believe I was randomly selected to fill out a survey about a hunt that my son and I successfully participated in...of course we sent back a positive review...I don't know of anyone who didn't participate that got one to fill out, does anyone else?

I think that's were they need to tread very lightly, any major changes too quickly could drastically effect hunter participation.....there's no question that there are areas that would have little effect on hunter satisfaction with the implementation of AR's because they probably see numerous shooter bucks that exceed the AR limit and they offer greater opportunities to obtain DMP's based on a high deer population...other areas, not so much.

well, if that's their plan then great......I believe it needs to be broken down and looked at on a smaller scale as opposed to statewide. I wonder how closely DEC has studied the bucks that are now being killed in that original cluster of AR zones, are they nice mature bucks or just bucks that have eeked their way into what is considered legal and nothing more?

and you probably accomplish that every year without being told what to shoot and because of what you have to work with and how you manage..........I don't see how the DEC expects that to be accomplished on poor, unmanaged public land that offers the deer nothing in the way of decent food except maybe every other year IF there's a good acorn or Beech nut crop.

I'd rather spend my money lounging at a swim up bar at a Jamaican or Mexican resort 2 or 3 times a year than investing it in chasing the giant mystical whitetail..........I can satisfy my hunting needs for next to nothing a few miles from home on public land and will continue to do so until I can't for one reason or another.

I think frost free sucks all the moisture out of the freezer creating a drier atmosphere and creating no frost...........not so with the other type.

I still find it hard to believe that some guys are totally baffled that other hunters are perfectly satisfied shooting any deer whether it be a spike, doe or big 10pt, and are just as excited regardless of what it is.......and look forward to doing the same thing year after year with no regrets.........it's a frigging animal for Christ's Sake!!!! no different to many than a rabbit, turkey, goose, duck or anything else they hunt and kill for enjoyment or whatever it is they get out of it.

I say one of those guys swaps a hunt with you, you go to their big buck producing property and they come down to your hunting land......we'll see what happens after a week long hunt.

I've never seen the need to mix it with anything prior to freezing, if the recipe calls for it I'll do it after I defrost the venison and just before cooking..........and going back to the pork fat issue, ever see how they make proscuitto......yikes!

Actually, you can take the absolute worst hunter set him up in a prime location with a good population of nice bucks, tell him exactly what to do and eventually he'll get one, thousands of guys who kill big deer on guided hunts prove that.............on the other hand, we can set you up with the best sneakers, best basketball, put you on a great court and you'll still fail.

pork fat rots in the freezer?......I have to say that's the first time I'm hearing that.

only if it helps my chances of tagging a deer, purely experimental..........no way I would enjoy it, or so I hope.

I read both his books, very good reading in my opinion. I like the fact that his shows focus on the experience and the food it provides....

as was I.....