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Nephew popped this old girl last Sat. She was a big doe


I told him he had to tag it and take it, I was not babysitting his deer. People even family abuse you when let them hang deer in your walk in.

Had a church deacon I let hang two in the cooler, he went crappie fishing 3 days in a row and left his punk does in my cooler. Little Cool Bot just running it’s heart out. Fook that, I pulled them and drove them to his house. He in there sittin on his ass watching TV.

That’s it.

Anyway, this doe, probably 100 lbs dressed. He couldnt find a processor that day, they are all overwhelmed.

Him and step dad got it up in their garage and hacked off the big muscle groups and packed it on ice. Work out your own salvation. Your deer aint my problem. Let them hunt here but have your own plan is what I told him ahead.

They were in a rush so I doubt every mouse scrap got saved.

SW MO here, usually get +/- 30 lbs. from the average doe. they go 90-130 or so here, live weight. Killed a monster doe a couple years ago. Shot her in the head, dropped her literally in her tracks, bullet went through the head and into her back, hit the paunch. Sister in law and her husband wanted a deer, so they got one. Loved it, said they got 45 lbs. of meat out of her. Shot a yearling once, won’t do that again. All the work for 10-15 lbs. of meat. Screw that.

Buddy of mine killed a doe this morning just outside of Kansas City. He said it will go close to 200 lbs, by the pics I believe him. Killed her and her fawn to fill his rifle antlerless tags and then killed a nice 8 point that evening with his crossbow.

I need to set up a cool bot in my walk in.

LG with electronic frost sensor has been trouble free for 9 years so far.

I have a 25kbtu for 7x8x9H

Yeah. I have been thinking about your set up.

My walkin has a rail in it and everything. Just the compressor and evap-condensor are from the 60s and ruined.

A cool bot would probably be perfect.

Slum any chance you post a pic of you setup?

Looked that up.

25kbtu is a serious ac unit. 600 or 700?

Fraction of the price of a refer unit.

That is the fugliest doe ever. Looks like a CWD poster child! I would have let it walk right on by.😂

Style point for the turrets, though. Must have equipment for timber goats in TN! 😂

I do have a good scale in the garage. I average 45%(+/-3%) of the field dressed weight of most whitetail deer here in VA. (Not including heart and liver that I keep - if not ruined) Bucks on the higher end and does on the lower. I do strip all the useable meat and trim off all the fat to get those averages.

I hammed and strapped for a long time when I cooked a lot of muscle cuts. Now with young kids in the house, I make a lot more burger and sausage to stretch it out and because they like it more than steaks or roasts.

Just made a 25# batch of boudin sausage this evening with the hearts and livers. The kids like it and I can use an extra 3-4# of each kill...

She does look like someone done beat 'er with an ugly stick.

Interesting... turned two hundred pounds of venison into thirty pounds of chicken.


....Shes a Witch!!

nice doe

Neck roasts are great eating. I always skin to the base of the skull and take out as much meat from the neck as possible.

Wow - took venison in and got chicken back! Such a deal . . . .

Yup, I agree.
After getting the same "service" from all of the processors around here, I finally hunted with my uncles. One of them was the head of the butcher shops for A&P. We'd process our own and I'm fortunate to have been taught a useful skill. It's always fresh now and tastes much better. To heck with bloodying up the car and wasting time with driving across the county to a check in station.

For me hunting alone on foot, its usually easier to take a new tarp or heavy mil sheet of plastic in the woods. Quarter them and pack out. Cool till firm and process ASAP. Some like to let them ripen, but I like em fresh.
The butcher knives are on the second generation now.
The best things my uncles left me were hunting, butchering skills and good memories.

Hahaha!
Them stinkin processors were always pulling a new one on me. LOL!


Poultry...paltry.... i am the product of the pubik skools. I'm trying to add new words to my vocabulary.

Thanks for the replies. One of my buddies in Washington state has a nice Cabell grinder that we used when I lived back there but I have not invested in one. I got 30# back from my doe so that sounds pretty normal.

That reminds me of the time I meant to get the big beer cooler from Sheetz when they gutted the store for remodeling. They were offered to me and I said I didn't have space at the time. Wish I had that thick insulation and freezer units now......for Free. A walk in like yours comes in handy.

I'm still looking for back shoulders