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| My suggestion would be to add sweet potatoes and brown rice, then feed to the dogs. I don't do deer meat. Not in stew, not in casserole, not at all. We don't hunt either. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | TXBO - 2013-12-06 9:28 AM CYA Ranch - 2013-12-05 11:29 PM TXBO - 2013-12-05 10:28 PM Itsme - 2013-12-05 4:57 PM If your deer meat is "gamey" tasting its one of two things. The deer wasnt properly handled after it was shot or you are over cooking it. ....
Yep. Gamey venison was either not cleaned properly or had bone fragments taint the meat. Over cooking won't make it gamey, just dry, chewy and tasteless.
Once thawed it looked like a filet mignon. I'll treat the meat very carefully just for you. If I don't like it I'll package the rest up and send it to you.  |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | kmcsunshine - 2013-12-06 11:08 AM My suggestion would be to add sweet potatoes and brown rice, then feed to the dogs. I don't do deer meat. Not in stew, not in casserole, not at all. We don't hunt either.
I have 2 catahoulas that were drooling as they watched me clean the meat last night so if I don't like it I'll feed it to them. Deer season is in full swing and my son loves to hunt both rifle and bow so I better figure out how to prepare it before he drags home the next victim. The deer are really thick around here so the more that get killed by a hunter is a few less that people hit on the highway, eat the hay, wreck trees etc etc. |
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| CYA Ranch - 2013-12-06 11:11 AM Once thawed it looked like a filet mignon. I'll treat the meat very carefully just for you. If I don't like it I'll package the rest up and send it to you.
Make sure you come back and let us know how it turned out. I hope you enjoy it. |
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| HotbearLVR - 2013-12-06 9:46 AM Griz - 2013-12-06 5:21 AM Okay, what about the heart? I had a guy at work bring me one yesterday. I had planned to boil it then maybe deep fry? Any suggestions? The heart is delicious. The texture is a bit more firm, but not tough. Slice thin, salt and pepper, dust it with flour, and fry it in butter and a dash of corn oil. Great for football games.
YUM! Thanks for the info! I plan to try it this weekend! |
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| CYA Ranch - 2013-12-06 11:15 AM... Deer season is in full swing and my son loves to hunt both rifle and bow so I better figure out how to prepare it before he drags home the next victim. The deer are really thick around here so the more that get killed by a hunter is a few less that people hit on the highway, eat the hay, wreck trees etc etc.
If that's the case, somebody should really learn how to do a boneless butcher instead of sending to a meat processor. It's not that difficult and ensures that you get your meat.
Backstraps are the best but you should also get two of each of these from the hind quarters:
Top round
Bottom round
Eye of round
Top sirloin
Sirloin tip.
They all make nice roasts or steaks. You could eat really well for little money. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | What I have found is almost any cut of venison can be tender and delicious, assuming the fat and fascia has been trimmed. You can slice off a "steak" from almost anywhere and it is tender and delicious. Good venison can literally be cut with a fork. I love the unique flavor too. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I'm a freak of nature and get nervous about trying new things...food that is. I'll give it a whirl tonight and let you all know how it turned out. |
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| DD2012 if that roast was medium rare I'll kiss your arse on main street and give you half an hour to draw a crowd. That is rare in my book! Ha!
I like a good deer roast, but it needs to be slightly more done than that. :) Course - bacon makes everything better so I may have to try that. I think my husband ended up grinding up his entire deer (and it was a nasty, smelly big buck) so I see lots of homemade pepperoni and summer sausage in my future. My husband makes THE best summer sausage. |
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| brlraceaddict - 2013-12-06 11:52 AM
DD2012 if that roast was medium rare I'll kiss your arse on main street and give you half an hour to draw a crowd. That is rare in my book! Ha!
I like a good deer roast, but it needs to be slightly more done than that. :) Course - bacon makes everything better so I may have to try that. I think my husband ended up grinding up his entire deer (and it was a nasty, smelly big buck) so I see lots of homemade pepperoni and summer sausage in my future. My husband makes THE best summer sausage.
Pucker up
I'll be there in a bit
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Location: Georgia | I like to let my deer chops rest in cold, salt water for about 2 days before I will cook them. I make sure to rinse them a few times throughout the day and change the water. This pulls a lot of the blood and gaminess out, also helps tenderize as well. If the loin is whole I will slice into 1in cuts and then butterfly them. I beat an egg and season my flour with a little sea salt, course ground black pepper, and garlic. I dip my chops in the egg wash then flour and put in a super hot cast iron skillet with olive oil. Super crispy on the outside and the meat is so tender it can be cut with a fork. Deer meat is our favorite around the house. Even my 2 year old loves it! |
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| DD2012 - 2013-12-06 9:54 AM
brlraceaddict - 2013-12-06 11:52 AM
DD2012 if that roast was medium rare I'll kiss your arse on main street and give you half an hour to draw a crowd. That is rare in my book! Ha!
I like a good deer roast, but it needs to be slightly more done than that. :) Course - bacon makes everything better so I may have to try that. I think my husband ended up grinding up his entire deer (and it was a nasty, smelly big buck) so I see lots of homemade pepperoni and summer sausage in my future. My husband makes THE best summer sausage.
Pucker up
I'll be there in a bit
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| TXBO - 2013-12-06 10:38 AM
You got your freezer full of birds, addict?
TXBO - not really. We've been eating them like crazy. Pheasant strips, Melt in your mouth pheasant in the dutch oven, chicken fried pheasant, hard to build up the freezer. We've got a new year's eve bird hunt planned though so hopefully we'll get the freezer full again. I can't think of a better way to ring in the new year - a good shotgun, a good bird dog, and hunting pheasant! Oh, found a nice little O/U but not sure if it has the right chokes in it for what we would use it for. Testing it out though. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | brlraceaddict - 2013-12-06 12:59 PM TXBO - 2013-12-06 10:38 AM You got your freezer full of birds, addict?
TXBO - not really. We've been eating them like crazy. Pheasant strips, Melt in your mouth pheasant in the dutch oven, chicken fried pheasant, hard to build up the freezer. We've got a new year's eve bird hunt planned though so hopefully we'll get the freezer full again. I can't think of a better way to ring in the new year - a good shotgun, a good bird dog, and hunting pheasant! Oh, found a nice little O/U but not sure if it has the right chokes in it for what we would use it for. Testing it out though.
Pheasants are usually thick as heck around here. We had a reallllllly loooooong winter last year with snow cover until May 1 so it wrecked a lot of nests and eggs. The out of State hunters were disapointed to say the least. |
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| brlraceaddict - 2013-12-06 12:59 PM TXBO - 2013-12-06 10:38 AM You got your freezer full of birds, addict?
TXBO - not really. We've been eating them like crazy. Pheasant strips, Melt in your mouth pheasant in the dutch oven, chicken fried pheasant, hard to build up the freezer. We've got a new year's eve bird hunt planned though so hopefully we'll get the freezer full again. I can't think of a better way to ring in the new year - a good shotgun, a good bird dog, and hunting pheasant! Oh, found a nice little O/U but not sure if it has the right chokes in it for what we would use it for. Testing it out though.
Sweet! What is it? Does it have fixed chokes or do you need to buy new removable chokes? |
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| CYA Ranch - 2013-12-06 1:02 PM Pheasants are usually thick as heck around here. We had a reallllllly loooooong winter last year with snow cover until May 1 so it wrecked a lot of nests and eggs. The out of State hunters were disapointed to say the least.
I saw where the forecast was down in SD this year. Next year let me kill some of your birds and I'll teach you to do a boneless butcher. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | TXBO - 2013-12-06 1:06 PM CYA Ranch - 2013-12-06 1:02 PM Pheasants are usually thick as heck around here. We had a reallllllly loooooong winter last year with snow cover until May 1 so it wrecked a lot of nests and eggs. The out of State hunters were disapointed to say the least. I saw where the forecast was down in SD this year. Next year let me kill some of your birds and I'll teach you to do a boneless butcher.
You can come kill some birds but I have no desire to do the butcher. The child might be up to it, but not me. |
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| CYA Ranch - 2013-12-06 1:02 PM
brlraceaddict - 2013-12-06 12:59 PM TXBO - 2013-12-06 10:38 AM You got your freezer full of birds, addict?
TXBO - not really. We've been eating them like crazy. Pheasant strips, Melt in your mouth pheasant in the dutch oven, chicken fried pheasant, hard to build up the freezer. We've got a new year's eve bird hunt planned though so hopefully we'll get the freezer full again. I can't think of a better way to ring in the new year - a good shotgun, a good bird dog, and hunting pheasant! Oh, found a nice little O/U but not sure if it has the right chokes in it for what we would use it for. Testing it out though.
Didn't make the trip this year for that reason.
Guy that we have hunted with for years called us and told us that the numbers simply did not support us driving 19 hours.
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | DD2012 - 2013-12-06 1:17 PM CYA Ranch - 2013-12-06 1:02 PM brlraceaddict - 2013-12-06 12:59 PM TXBO - 2013-12-06 10:38 AM You got your freezer full of birds, addict?
TXBO - not really. We've been eating them like crazy. Pheasant strips, Melt in your mouth pheasant in the dutch oven, chicken fried pheasant, hard to build up the freezer. We've got a new year's eve bird hunt planned though so hopefully we'll get the freezer full again. I can't think of a better way to ring in the new year - a good shotgun, a good bird dog, and hunting pheasant! Oh, found a nice little O/U but not sure if it has the right chokes in it for what we would use it for. Testing it out though. Didn't make the trip this year for that reason. Guy that we have hunted with for years called us and told us that the numbers simply did not support us driving 19 hours.
Your friends were right. My cousins come from Denver each year. They didn't have a good hunt but always come no matter what just to see the family. My son hunts with them and brought down the only birds of the weekend. He gave them the birds he shot. I see more pheasants now with our cold weather and the snow on the ground. The ones that are left are coming out of hiding. |
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