I have cut up deer 1 hour after kill and some 3-4 days after, no difference in taste for me. However 3-4 days they get
More tender. The big rutting buck I shot a few years ago was cut immediately and tasted great.
I've taken multiple deer with the sst including my biggest buck. just surprised i guess. maybe i didn't hit there. just weird 2 years in a row i have shot a deer, they go down, then get up and run off.
not happy with hornaday sst slugs right now. i shot a doe last night at 415 ish, 50 yards and i hit her in the shoulder. (same thing happened last year) she hits the deck. i get up once dark to give her time and i hear footsteps running up the hill. i leave and come back this morning. follow blood over 300 yards and obvious muscle only hit. now i know it was a bad shot but i believe any well built slug should go through a shoulder blade. i will now try hornaday interlock slugs.
Going to get my dads buck scored from 2008 as a suprise for him. He's not one to care about size but I think he will like knowing. First question how do i get it officially scored? And secondly what does everyone think he scores. This is a hell of a deer for 7s Broome county.
Just saw top 5 biggest buck of my Life and almost tagged it with my car at least 10 point Probably pushing 22-24 inch spread huge tines chasing a doe. Then a mile down the road a 6 point doing the same thing.