Hunting - not for sport/fun

**smokey the elder** · 11-21-2011, 01:20 PM

I have no problems with people hunting, especially if they are willing to share. Better venison in the pot than all over my car.

**sparks19** · 11-21-2011, 03:43 PM

I, obviously, have no issue with hunting for food. I don't like hunting for antlers. if you aren't going to use it for food, leave it alone. I enjoy wild game. While I don't think I could hunt (too much waiting around, up too early, and there is no way I could clean it myself lol) I definitely appreciate that hubby can and will and puts delicious food on the table.

**Asiel** · 11-21-2011, 08:44 PM

I envy those that have hubbies who can hunt and have a freezer full of wild game. I was as glad mine wasn't a hunter because things weren't too strict before and we had a few accidental mishaps where people were killed so I was glad he wasn't wandering the bush.
I would rather be eating wild game than be eating the junk they have on the shelves today though. No harmful antibiotics or hormones . Tastier too in my opinion.

**Alysser** · 11-21-2011, 09:08 PM

If there weren't hunters in NJ, we'd have an EVEN bigger deer problem then we already do. I, too, believe that every part, if not all parts of the animal should be used. However, alot of people I know are in it for the sport as well as for food. They do both. Like I said, New Jersey had a huge deer population problem. Ask my brother, he got into a huge accident thanks to a 4 point huge buck. Sometimes, they have a bear season as well depending on the population up north.

I never understood why people always said 'if you can't kill your own meat don't eat it' or whatever. That's one of the absurd things I have ever heard. I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but if you eat meat from a butcher or that comes from a farm (especially huge commercial farms) and are against hunting (even for food), well you might be surprised at what you find out.

**dukedogsmom** · 11-23-2011, 12:48 PM

I don't mind hunting as long as it is for the meat and not the ego. Last night I made some delicious deer meat chilli that my brother in law gave us.

**Bonny** · 11-25-2011, 06:37 AM

There are two deer season here starting next week. I have seen sick deer on my hikes due to over population. There was a doe with three fawns running around our area this summer. The dogs ran into a buck in rut two weeks ago. That was a hair raising experience. It took me over half an hour to get the dogs rounded up. The wild meat from wild animals like squirrels, rabbits, raccoon, deer, elk, bear, etc., is very lean & healthy. We all wouldn't be hear if our ancestors hadn't of found wild game to live on. All of the people that I know that hunt do it out of necessity.

**IRescue452** · 11-25-2011, 06:09 PM

I like hunting for antlers-lol. In the winter when the deer shed them naturally. They don't need to lose their lives to lose their antlers.

**Karen** · 11-26-2011, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by IRescue452

I like hunting for antlers-lol. In the winter when the deer shed them naturally. They don't need to lose their lives to lose their antlers.

Do you ever find them? I know some critters eat them up for the protein!

**Scooter's Mom** · 11-26-2011, 12:51 PM

DH and his dad went dove hunting today. Hoping they bring home plenty for lunch. They are tasty.

Hardly worth the $$ DH is spending in gas and wear/tear on the car to drive down to where the hunting spot is, but it will also give him time with his 70 year old father that he doesn't get very often anymore. It's well worth it. Plus, my father in law makes yummy fried dove (I mentioned that earlier in the thread), which is my favorite of the wild game meats.

**dukedogsmom** · 11-26-2011, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by Scooter's Mom

DH and his dad went dove hunting today. Hoping they bring home plenty for lunch. They are tasty.

Hardly worth the $$ DH is spending in gas and wear/tear on the car to drive down to where the hunting spot is, but it will also give him time with his 70 year old father that he doesn't get very often anymore. It's well worth it. Plus, my father in law makes yummy fried dove (I mentioned that earlier in the thread), which is my favorite of the wild game meats.

How does he keep it from having that gamey taste? I've only had it once and didn't like it because it tasted too wild.

**Scooter's Mom** · 11-26-2011, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by dukedogsmom

How does he keep it from having that gamey taste? I've only had it once and didn't like it because it tasted too wild.

I don't cook it, but from what I know - he soaks it in cold water, lets it out, soaks again, etc - repeats until when he soaks them the water doesn't go pink with blood. Once you get the bloodiness out, the gamy taste should be gone.

**sparks19** · 11-26-2011, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by Scooter's Mom

I don't cook it, but from what I know - he soaks it in cold water, lets it out, soaks again, etc - repeats until when he soaks them the water doesn't go pink with blood. Once you get the bloodiness out, the gamy taste should be gone.

yes this ^^^^... hubby adds a little salt to the water when he does it. I heard milk is also good to soak game in to help with the gamey flavor

**Taz_Zoee** · 11-26-2011, 08:58 PM

My uncle and cousin have always hunted ever since I can remember. While I never really ate too much of what they got, I'm not against it. I am against the "trophys" he has displayed in his house. They just creep me out.

When I was growing up out in the country we raised cows, pigs and chickens to be butchered. We always had a full freezer (or two) of meat. I watched plenty of these animals be butchered. Yet I grew up and I am a huge animal lover. I am not a vegetarian. But at this point in my life....I'd rather not see my meal alive before I'm going to eat it. I would never make it on the show Survivor. And I can't stand to see the lobster tank at the local Chinese restaurant.