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The woods is echoing non stop with gunshots for the last 10 or 15 minutes. Guessing goose hunters, have some near others far, pretty insane the barrage of gunfire. If my neighbors weren't awake they are now. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

It was a short walk made it by 4:45. Here's hoping something comes out, I've about forgotten what deer look like. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Don't expect to get the mileage that your diesel gets the 6.4 likes its fuel.

Yeah I missed the weight. I can see why he had the diesel. Not sure he could replace the current truck he has now without spending a lot more than a beefy tranny rebuild.

Would 4:30pm be too late to get in stand? I have a stand that I have a camera next too but by the time I get home it will be about 4:30ish. I'm going to pull the camera card either way but figured if I was going to be pulling the card I might as well hunt the stand next to it.

Word of advice, when you find something act quick. My sister has lost out on several houses because they dragged their feet putting in offers in that area. Good luck with your search for a home.

I hang mine and age them hide off but wrapping in the cheese cloth/game bag. In the fall when temps don't drop low for long periods at a time I don't dare leave the hide on. Usually I will age mine 3 days temps permitting. No doubt, my grinder doesn't clog though. The plates will usually clog before the grinder. The pork fat usually makes a mess of the knives. The grinder is from the 50s weighs about 150lbs. and is 220V.

Do you hang yours without the hide before butchering? I'm just curious because when you do the silverskin turns hard and comes off easily almost like filleting a fish like you mentioned. Have you tried removing the silver skin before removing the meat from the deer? Obviously there are some times when you have to do it after removing a chunk. The 8" knife is purely for removing the meat from the bone. The 2" blade in the video will took him 4 to 5 swipes before actually getting the meat removed from the bone. Like I said 1 swipe and less than 2 seconds and it's off with the larger blade. Also it's a lot easier to follow that bone with a longer blade and not trying to bury half your hand into the meat searching for it. The 4" you use would be fine long as it keeps an edge, I have found the longer blade keeps an edge better. Everyone has their own way of doing it, my father in law cut meat for 30 years and minus the burger he can have an entire deer butchered and trimmed and bagged in less than an hour where it takes me about 3x as long. I used to be able and play dumb and he would take over and I would just bag and seal that doesn't work anymore. And no matter how hard I try when we hang deer next to each other and "Race" he always ends up finishing way before me and he makes it look effortless.

This is how I do mine, but I remove all fat and sinu before removing any meat.

Not a bad video but 3 things, he shouldn't be recommending. First the size of the blade. I use an 8" scimitar style blade for removing meat. He takes many short strokes with his knife where I take one stroke and the meat is off the bone. The longer blade allows you reduce your cutting time. I use my 6" semi flexible boning knife to remove the sinu on the exterior of the meat. Do this while hanging and it will save you from trying to hold a slippery piece of meat down on a cutting board. Also the bigger knife allows you to get your hands away from each other. I don't have huge hands but trying to manuever around the hind quarters with my hands close together is cumbersome and likely to cut yourself easier. 2nd remove the front shoulders and continue to remove the back strap up to the neck. Stopping early at the back of the front shoulder wastes the last 3 inches of backstrap. 3rd The connective tissue he continues to reference isn't connective tissue. The connective tissue is the stuff they zoom in on at 5:01, don't grind that or leave it on the meat to eat. You won't be able to chew it and plug up your grinder. The muscles in a deer are different than those in a cow being that they are not grouped as one they are more smaller pieces of muscle you could say. I would recommend taking the pieces as one big chunk and tying together with butchers twine when doing roasts. Your meat will dry out quickly being that the fat isn't impregnated in the meat like beef if left in long thinner strips than larger round chunks.

I'm so doing this on a beam. So it can double for pulling motors.

Usually takes me from hanging to freezer about 3 hours. I like to trim all fat and sinu while hanging. Once trimmed I take cuts for what I want them to be. I'll take the loins package as they are for steaks/grilling. The backstraps cut into 1-2lbs chunks used for roasts or steaks. Hind quarters the same. Shoulders, neck and lower hind quarters thrown into bin for burger/processed snacks. I'll grind the following day adding pork to make up 1/4 total weight. Usually our 1st deer (approx. 110lbs. field dressed) will yeild about 70lbs. of meat. I'm really picky and take every little bit I can get. My buddy leaves a lot of meat and yields only 40lbs. from the same sized deer.

Story of my life, kids had croup last week guess who has a nasty cough now? Yup dad has it now. Going to make hunting hard. I wish they made molasses flavored cough drops I would be all over those during deer season.

Always be above the branch and never on a ladder. I learned the hard way like you mentioned, I figured because I was on the back side of the tree the branch couldn't get the ladder. Well it got just one side of the ladder tipped me clean off it from. I tied the ladder to the tree at the top and the chainsaw to the top of the ladder. I was only 12' up but still hit the ground hard but no injuries other than my ego. Last time I have trimmed off a ladder. I have put tree steps in the tree and used a harness I got from one of my stands or just take the whole damn tree down. I much prefer the 2nd option.

Why not get the 1500 with the ecodiesel? Look for an ecodiesel with a lower geared rear end.

Nice work! I have one like that, the guy cut the head off a Thompson straight upright and re attached with its chin tucked ears back just looking all sorts of pissed off.

No doubt, I'm sure there are deer that are that big. I haven't seen one in person but I have to believe they are out there. My sister saw one just outside of my hometown that was easily 200" She got 2 pictures of it. I never heard of anyone shooting it and it was not a high fence deer but in an area that does not allow hunting due to no weapons allowed (fire dept. property) and too close to housing development.

You're right what was I thinking.

I am usually in stand no later than 30 minutes before sunrise. I always seem like I'm in a hurry when there is sunlight.

You need to remove some circumference you only do 2 and base. base between g1 and g2 (browtine and g2) between g2 and g3. 160 is about right.

Been up 25' to keep from being skylined. The uphill side didn't seem bad but the downhill side would give you vertigo looked 50'!

I love my true talker. I've had it for years and have grunted in a good amount of deer with her. They were clearanced one year so I bought 3. Don't know if I will ever need to buy another one.

I was thinking 160s tough to tell from that angle to see how long those main beams are. If they are past the 24" mark you're looking at a 160s deer easy.

Looks like it is healing nicely, head wounds always bleed like a stuck pig. She'll be back at it. I use my lead sled when targeting in more than 1 gun just to keep the old shoulder from getting bruised. I'm not a recoil pansy and don't flinch even if it does hurt but the lead sled makes it nice, especially for the wife although she doesn't use it with the .243. The .270 for the first time "surprised" her and prefers the lead sled at the range with that taking multiple shots. What is the recoil like with the 7mm-08? Shooting my first real gun I didn't get scoped but with my father's 1100 12 gauge and slugs at the ripe age of 10 I punched myself in the nose. Got a bloody nose and couldn't see anything because my eyes were watering so darn bad. I did get scoped by my step dads .30 cal M1 carbine as a kid can't remember the age but had a black eye for a few days.

Raining in 8W no deer in the fields on the way into work this morning, must be bedded up still.