Last venison steak of last season.

[Blackfork]

Cooked in an iron skillet with garlic, onions and olive oil, low heat. Couple of the bacon-wrapped backstraps. Had a martini to start and a little salad and toasted bread with it. Cooked them with the redhead while we talked in the kitchen and then ate at the table in the evening light here in September Texas.

I wish I could conjure up the last Japanese soldier to handle my Type 44 carbine, the last Swede to have the M38, the last Swiss issued my K31s, the last Argentine to fire my 1909 7.65 carbine, the last GI to carry my M1 or the M1 carbine and all sit down to see where their rifles are. I shot deer with all their guns, and a couple more, last year. This last steak of the season came off one of them. Sure like to meet them and reassure that their guns are, for the time being, in good hands, in Texas. I bet they would be shocked.

Going to take the K31 to the Vintage Rifle Championship in Temple, Tx later this month. Unless I shoot the M38 and it's better. I'd take the Type 44, but it doesn't feed reliably from the mag well and there is a rapid fire string on the course of fire.


All of these guns were made before I was born, the ammo made before the deer were born. The guys they were made for are long since in the grave probably. All of us intersected at a deer last year. It's a pretty international group.

This next year the 1903A3, the P17 and a Krag are up to start. Plus a Chilean 7X57 carbine. Maybe some more steaks to come.

 

[Lambo119]

amen.

 

[Kimber1911_06238]

when does deer season open in Texas? I get to go archery deer hunting on September 15th can't wait

 

[Geno]

Cooked in an iron skillet with garlic, onions and olive oil, low heat. Couple of the bacon-wrapped backstraps. Had a martini to start and a little salad and toasted bread with it. Cooked them with the redhead while we talked in the kitchen and then ate at the table in the evening light here in September Texas.

Very cool. That reminds me, I am getting low on boar.

 

[eliphalet]

Elk back strap for the barbie this evening. mmmgood

 

[Gunbabe]

Question...

Hope you don't mind the question but if you have properly taken care of your deer meat and froze it right away how long is it good for? My husband says I should throw out the very last two ground deer meat we have from last year but then until he goes hunting I have to buy store bought meat. EWWWWW!!!!!! Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[emerson]

Hi LeAnn,

From research I've done I've found that game meat such as venison should be stored for approximately 8 months, while rabbit and birds can be stored for up to a year if properly packaged and in a deep-freeze.

From experience, I know we have used a foodsaver to package pork and beef and the meat tasted pretty good up to two years out when its stored at about -10F in our manual-defrost upright.

I think a lot of the degrading of the meat's flavor and texture has to do with how well its packaged for storage in a freezer. I don't have good luck with the freezer zip-lock bags, or with just aluminum foil, but two layers of heavy-duty butcher paper works well for me.

Hope that helped a bit.

 

[Marlin 45 carbine]

depends on how well the meat is wrapped. if not badly freezer burnt then just trim off the bad areas. I'm down to my last roast, from the top haunch/backbone area. I think I'll eat it this weekend. the season is open in parts of SC already so maybe some fresh coming up.

 

[Geno]

No, it's fine.

The boar that I hunted in March of 2006, and which I had vacuum sealed, is still very tasty. The greater matter is how it was packaged. I prefer to vaccum seal all meats. In additon, it helps to store these sealed packages in brown paper bags (BPB), although the BPB is not needed. A last factor that can effect the meat's quality over time, is temperature and especially with auto defrost. I hate auto defrost, because it allows for temporary temperature drops to thaw the frost...not good for meat.

Doc2005

 

[Gunbabe]

Thanks

Thanks for all the help and options. I think we should invest in a foodsaver as well. The freezer bags never work well enough for me. It is cheaper in the long run to process your own meat but not if you end up having to throw it out. Thanks again.

 

[eliphalet]

From research I've done I've found that game meat such as venison should be stored for approximately 8 months,

found some in a back corner that was 4 years old it was fine didn't even have a freezer taste. So 4 years was OK I have ate 2 years old plenty.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

If it's wrapped properly and kept cold enough in a non-frost-free freezer, it should be fine for at least 2-3 years. I've eaten stuff at least 3-4 years old as well and it was fine. However, anything that is cured or has salt in it will not last quite that long. Anything like that I try to lick up inside a year.

BTW, if there are any Western WA staters out there looking for a good place to have some sausage made, PM me. I didn't have time this year to make my own, so I took a load in to a place North of Everett and just got it back. It is some of the best Salami and Pepperoni sticks I have ever eaten. It's a good way to go through a lot of deer meat real quick.