Hunting widow's

[judy]

I have never hunted. Growing up in NYC, there are no live animals to hunt anyway. It's way easier to hunt down a McDonalds.

Our hunting season started today too. I've seen a lot of deer lately. I guess people will be eating well this winter. My feelings about hunting are not reality based living up here. I just keep my mouth shut and hope that it helps people to have enough food for the winter.

[Gina]

Originally Posted by judy

I have never hunted. Growing up in NYC, there are no live animals to hunt anyway. It's way easier to hunt down a McDonalds.

Our hunting season started today too. I've seen a lot of deer lately. I guess people will be eating well this winter. My feelings about hunting are not reality based living up here. I just keep my mouth shut and hope that it helps people to have enough food for the winter.

Like you Judy I agree, I see deers from time to time for humans have invaded their habitat. Sad .. at night when I go down dark roads I am always afraid to hit one.. I have seen a few killed on the road....

Janet I don't think I could eat rabbit, my parents liked it growing up in the country.. I guess it is what you get used to...

[gja1000]

My hubby and sil went hunting this weekend, but didn't shoot anything. I go some also, but not as much as them. Our season goes from Nov. 1 to the end of January - so they have plenty of opportunities.

Janet, venison is GREAT - the key to good venison is how you handle it just after it is shot. My husband's father working in a meat packing plant all his life and my hubby knows how to properly field dress and process venison meat. Our venison tastes fantastic. And believe me, I have had the stinky awful tasting venison my brother in law used to have - NASTY!

We grind some up for hamburger - we have tenderloin, we cut some up for chicken fried steaks and then we have some made into summer sausage. Our freezer is always stocked with venison and I never have to buy beef - although I do buy a beef roast from time to time.

My mom was just like you -said she didn't like venison because all she had was my brother in law's nasty stuff - so I had to really coax her to try my hubby's. She's now a convert and cannot wait for the first meal of tenderloin or chicken fry!

Oh, I do hunt occasionally, but I really prefer to watch the deer from the stand! My 12 year old granddaughter got her first deer when she was 9.

[2tiredmom]

Gayle thanks for that. We have a freezer full of deer and it's like you said it's the way it's done. And the way you cook it. We also buy other meat pork and some beef like steaks but other than that we eat what we kill. It does help with the food bill.

[DianaB]

We have a lot of hunters around here and a few of the men in our family hunt but deer hunting is something that my husband doesn't do. He likes to go pheasant hunting but his favorite things to hunt are ducks and geese.

I've had deer meat too. Some I've liked and some I haven't. I have heard that it's all in how it's dressed.

[judy]

I was in and out of local stores yesterday. There were so many men dressed in their camouflage outfits! I bet that even if a man doesn't hunt, he still wears the outfit so he looks macho, and fits in.

Some of them are army camo and some are the newer ones with leaves and so on on them.

[Marilyn]

Camo is the fashion of choice around here this time of year. I even attended a camo wedding a couple of weeks ago, no joke. The bridesmaids were in brown and olivine satin dresses and the men wore camo ties with their tuxes. The centerpieces on the tables were an oak log split in half with grass and cat-tails sticking out of a hole drilled in the top of the log. There was camo sheer fabric draped around the bride and groom's tables at the reception.

My hubby is not a hunter, so we're really not into the hunting season thing. Our new son-in-law is a hunter, but don't know if he's gone this year or not. Our daughter, his wife, is not into venison at all, so don't know how they will handle it. Will have to ask them when they are here in a couple of weeks.

I've never tasted good venison. All I've ever tried tasted very gamey. The only way I will eat it is mixed with pork or beef in heavily seasoned sausage.