ARperson
Member
Let me start by saying I'm so proud of my hubby. We finally got out hunting again this year (well, mostly just him, I'm pregnant so I stayed in the warmth this year) after a couple of unsuccessful years. He goes out about 7am just as it starts getting light. I figured he'd be coming back in around 10am and as I saw him walking the field around that time I figured he was justing doing some stalking as he made his way up to the house. Then I see him stop, wait, and then sit down for about 5 minutes. Now he's moving AWAY from the house. What! Poof! I see what looks like dust cloud from a vehicle near him (never put it together that he's shooting the muzzleloader since I never heard the shot). I think nothing of it and within a few minutes he's walking back up to the house. Darn, I think, nothing again this year.
Then he opens the door and asks, "wanna help me dress this thing?" I asked what he got. He replied, "Buck." How big, my next question. "Oh, a small one, not a very big rack. I thought when I first saw it that it was a doe," came his reply. My first thought was "crap, a button buck, I hope he's legal! Imagine my surprise when we get down (all the way to the end of the property line!) there and see this nice-size buck with a largish rack (6 or 8 pointer, do you count the little tines near the skull?) Anyhow we got him dressed (maybe 85-100lbs dressed) and cleaned out and taken to the processor.
This was hubby's first deer ever. And he got a good-sized buck. Yay! (No pics since we forgot to take the camera.) And he didn't think he could do it.
So here are my questions:
1. How much meat can we expect from a deer that size?
2. What kind of cuts does your processor offer?
3. How long after field dressing do you take the deer to the processor (Or if you do it yourself, how long do you wait to start processing)? Do you "age" it before you take it to the processor?
THanks.
Can't wait till next year when I can get back in the game.
Then he opens the door and asks, "wanna help me dress this thing?" I asked what he got. He replied, "Buck." How big, my next question. "Oh, a small one, not a very big rack. I thought when I first saw it that it was a doe," came his reply. My first thought was "crap, a button buck, I hope he's legal! Imagine my surprise when we get down (all the way to the end of the property line!) there and see this nice-size buck with a largish rack (6 or 8 pointer, do you count the little tines near the skull?) Anyhow we got him dressed (maybe 85-100lbs dressed) and cleaned out and taken to the processor.
This was hubby's first deer ever. And he got a good-sized buck. Yay! (No pics since we forgot to take the camera.) And he didn't think he could do it.
So here are my questions:
1. How much meat can we expect from a deer that size?
2. What kind of cuts does your processor offer?
3. How long after field dressing do you take the deer to the processor (Or if you do it yourself, how long do you wait to start processing)? Do you "age" it before you take it to the processor?
THanks.
Can't wait till next year when I can get back in the game.