Bartcephus
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Boys, I don't think they are refering to the cost of the corn, but the price of the Game and Fish Commission citation for "baiting" 
2010 Hunting
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buck12
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Venison vs. Beef: The controversy ends
From the U.S. Venison Council
Controversy has long raged about the relative quality and taste of venison and beef as gourmet foods. Some people say venison is tough, with a strong "wild" taste. Others insist venison's flavor is delicate. An independent food research group was retained by the Venison Council to conduct a taste test to determine the truth of these conflicting assertions once and for all.
First, a Grade A Choice Holstein steer was chased into a swamp a mile and a half from a road and shot several times. After some of the entrails were removed, the carcass was dragged back over rocks and logs, and through mud and dust to the road. It was then thrown into the back of a pickup truck and driven through rain and snow for 100 miles before being hung out in the sun for a day.
It was then lugged into a garage where it was skinned and rolled around on the floor for a while. Strict sanitary precautions were observed throughout the test, within the limitations of the butchering environment. For instance, dogs and cats were allowed to sniff and lick the steer carcass, but most of the time were chased away when they attempted to bite chunks out of it.
Next, a sheet of plywood left from last year's butchering was set up in the basement on two saw horses. The pieces of dried blood, hair and fat left from last year were scraped off with a wire brush last used to clean out the grass stuck under the lawn mower.
The skinned carcass was then dragged down the steps into the basement where a half dozen inexperienced but enthusiastic and intoxicated men worked on it with meat saws, cleavers, hammers and dull knives. The result was 375 pounds of soup bones, four bushel baskets of meat scraps, and a couple of steaks that were an eighth of an inch thick on one edge and an inch and a half thick on the other edge.
The steaks were seared on a glowing red hot cast iron skillet to lock in the flavor. When the smoke cleared, rancid bacon grease was added, along with three pounds of onions, and the whole conglomeration was fried for two hours.
The meat was gently teased from the frying pan and served to three intoxicated and blindfolded taste panel volunteers. Every member of the panel thought it was venison. One volunteer even said it tasted exactly like the venison he has eaten in hunting camps for the past 27 years.
The results of this scientific test conclusively show that there is no difference between the taste of beef and venison...
I probably should be embarrassed but I can relate to much of this. Especially the part about saw horses and a sheet of plywood.
doall
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He almost didn't get this one. A little higher or further back, then you could've went after him.
EddieWalker
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Blood on the ground,couldn't find the deer tonight
good Luck in the morning...it happens
there are some people that would not even bother looking...
if there's water nearby (pond, lake, creek or stream)...they look for mud when they're hit and still able to move.... again, good luck...
Well,hes one of the few ones that gottaway,looked this morning,his blood trail stopped[or it stopped for me anyways],,was in to big a hurry,shot him[bow] to head on,shoulda been more patient and waited for him to turn more broad side,,,but than again,don't think he would have.
History now,,this is why I like bow hunting,nothings a done deal,,,till you see him laying down. Probably ranks right up there with golf[not that I play golf],,just more blood
History now,,this is why I like bow hunting,nothings a done deal,,,till you see him laying down. Probably ranks right up there with golf[not that I play golf],,just more blood
Well,gun season starts in wv tommorow,,had a pretty good bow season,,after the first day of gun season its all luck,,deer have been hunted with bow,,many killed,than when the guns start blasting they are running for their lives.
