[Homestead] deer hunting

EarthNSky erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Wed Dec 10 17:13:48 EST 2008



Lisa K.V. Perry wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:32 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
>> I was thinking about this last night, actually, that while I have missed
>> maybe 2 opportunities to hunt, that really, I've done pretty good to get
>> out there and watch and wait. Our season opened in October and closes
>> the first week of January..there's a limit of 12 and I believe this year
>> they can all be does.  That makes it easy for people like me who don't
>> see well to get something in the freezer. :)
> 
> 
> It turned out for us that a boy on youngest son's soccer team has been
> learning to hunt w/ his Grandpa, we invited them over. The first deer was
> theirs and we observed them prepare it for processing. That was tough, but
> it was the reality of eating meat. The second and third were ours. They
> didn't want much meat anyway.
> 
> Both deer are in the freezer now but taking out one to pressure can tomorrow
> with a friend who is joining me (bringing over her own venison) for an
> impromptu holiday deer canning party. We may sample my homemade Irish Cream
> liqueur just to make sure it that it tastes good. Tonight we're eating
> venison stew (w/ my own tomatoes, potatoes and onions--need to learn to grow
> carrots).

That's cool.  I am hoping that if I don't get something, that someone 
will *share the wealth* with us.  That's my kind of socialism/bailout.

B
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“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to 
hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda	



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