Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Canada How is your season going ?

Mine is going great.

Blessed, in fact !

Hanging, skinned & gutted - GRAPHIC

Well, I have to say the fresh bear loin (back strap) was absolutely delicious !

Pan seared in cast iron, 4 minutes a side & 6 minutes in a 300*f fan force oven, to an internal temp of 162*f, cover & rest for 10 minutes.

Thin sliced & served over mashed turnip (lots of butter, cracked black pepper & full (33%) cream.









Then, same + scalloped taters, sautéed veges & pan gravy.





Also had Thai red curry bear, that was amazingly good, but forgot to take pictures.



Just got 50lbs of Jalapeno cheddar Bear smokies back. Delicious !

OK, onto deer (rifle) opener. It was kind to us too.

Lots of dry does, does & fawns seen in the morning sit.

I let 2 small bucks walk & Deb saw a good one, but never got a shot.

4pm Saturday afternoon, I heard a shot from Joes direction, in the opposing 1/4 section.

Small buck, forkhorn, but good solid body.

Meat for the pole.

At 5:45, with the light fading, something made me lightly pull down my right side window.

Good deer, on hinds, licking a high branch !

Then the ensuing nightmare of shifting gear, setting up & shooting left handed out of the right side window, all without spooking the deer.

By the time I got back on the deer, he was quartering to me & knew the gig was up.

25-06 barks, good solid hit, deer hunches up & runs.









POA was just inside facing shoulder, to exit behind opposite shoulder.

You can see a tiny exit, mid body, slight blood leak.

Back story, had some issues getting my normal 115gr SST's shoot consistently & with no time left to dick around, I went to my usual fall back, 117gr Federal Fusion.



Bone & ribs going in, top of heart, lungs & creased the liver & 2 ribs going out of the cavity, found under hide !

Shank side, to show integrity of shank.





Hung, gutted, skinned & cleaned up.

Butcher & vacuum pack on Thursday night, 'cause we leave for Europe on Wednesday evening.

Throw some grouse into the mix !

I do like seeing game on the plate, especially when its done right. Great pics.
Grouse has become an all to rare treat around here.

Nice going Paul. My harvest is more like this.

Paul;
Good evening to you sir, I'll dispense with my usual salutation as I see you're all doing just fine!

Hearty congratulations to you and your good wife for the grand season you're having. It's nice to see families that hunt together and you all have put in the effort so its good to see you reaping the rewards.

I too very much enjoy the food photos, so thanks for those as well.

We're in a bit of a down cycle for both mulies and whitetails out here and while we've put in a lot of hours together and had grand times together afield, thus far our daughter and I have only a couple rabbits to show for the season.

Thanks again sir and all the best to you all in your remaining hunts.

Dwayne

Dwayne, you, and Paul are two good eggs.

wabigoon;
Good evening to you sir, I hope all is well with you and your fine family tonight.

You've always been very kind to me wabigoon and for that I'm grateful and say thank you very much.

That is by the way, a nice a looking herd as I've seen. They look to be mostly Black Angus to me, is that correct?

The Angus strains have certainly come to the forefront out west here in the last couple of decades. Used to be way more Hereford crosses but slowly it's gone to Angus strains as far as I've noticed.

Thanks again sir and all the best to you all this fall.

Dwayne

Thank you !

Game meat & fish are a huge part of our diet.

Astonishingly, we are both quite healthy !

Richard,

T-bones on the hoof, are never a bad thing !!

Really enjoyed the ones we shared this summer.

Thanks Dwayne,

Hoping you & the ladies get r done too !

Well Richard, Dwayne certainly is !

Venison back strap 30th Anniversary supper;






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But, most of all, it's about this !

I think I just gained ten pounds. After the calves are fed I need to get back in the combine.

Thanks for taking the time to put this thread together. GREAT job on the fine pictures.

Thanks LBK !!

Anticosti this year ?

If so, hope you have a blast, & post the good stuff, as always.

Yes, however they have a case of CWD in the western part of Quebec Province. Maine, NH, Vermont, Massachusetts have put a ban on bringing deer pars back without the meat being de-boned. I am bringing several knives with me so I can do my own if powers to be say they won't. All up in the air. Thanks for asking. Be pretty hard to top this one. FINE post for reading and looking.