Playing with venison.

[Streck-Fu]

I had the opportunity to go hunting for the very first time a couple days ago. I have been wanting to learn for a while so that I could teach my sons. unfortunately, there is very little public land within a reasonable distance and I didn't know any one that would let me hunt their property.

Until I was invited by another parent from my sons Scout pack to go hunting with him. His family hunted a friends property in southern Indiana (Brown Co.) with about 50 acres available.

The below buck crossed in front of my stand after about 45 minutes in the stand. I was very lucky in that he paused after passing behind a few trees where I had a very narrow shot at him. I hit him near the back of the shoulder blades and he dropped instantly with only a little twitching for a moment.

We processed it and look to have about 60lbs of meat.

So now we get to practice cooking with venison. We will celebrate with the backstraps tonight and make some sausage while keeping most of it in larger cuts for more cooking options later.


Just for the hell of it, the other picture show my view from the stand with the arrow indicating where I shot the deer.

[Gypsy]

My brother used to live in Brown Co, had a beautiful place in a private wooded area.

Congrats on your kill! My coworker keeps promising me some venison...

[Team Sergeant]

Good shot! My first deer was taken almost the same way except I took it high in the neck, in front of the shoulder. It dropped like a rock and not even a twitch.... Made most of it into deer hamburger, did a lot of great chili!

[Streck-Fu]

Thank you both.

I feel very thankful for the opportunity to hunt with an acquaintance and for the deer.

The backstrap was damned tasty....

In tradition of this thread, we seared them in cast a cast iron pan, finished in the oven at 400 for about 7 minutes. Litghtly seasoned with a touch salt and pepper.

[Sohei]

Congratulations on a successful hunt and meal.

Very nice buck indeed and a great shot.

[Stobey]

Originally Posted by Streck-Fu

So now we get to practice cooking with venison. We will celebrate with the backstraps tonight and make some sausage while keeping most of it in larger cuts for more cooking options later.

Strck Fu, if you've a taste for German food and you have a nice venison rump roast, you might want to try your hand at Sauerbraten. Absolutely delicious. I've included 2 recipes below. (With this dinner my mom used to make a large bread dumpling; but you can also try the venison w/potato dumplings.)



Kate's easy German Sauerbraten:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Kates-E...e7=Home%20Page

OR

Traditional Sauerbraten:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Traditi...10=1&e7=Recipe

Potato Dumplings:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Potato-...10=1&e7=Recipe

Enjoy your venison!

[Streck-Fu]

Nice! I will pass that to the Executive Chef (wife) for discussion. We were looking for recipes for the roasts.

In your experience, have you had to alter the cooking times for venison as compared to beef?

[Stobey]

Myself, I have not had to, especially with the Sauerbraten. The "brine that you are marinating it for 3 days has vinegar in it, so that should begin to start breaking down proteins in the meat. If you marinate the roast for at least 2, but preferably 3, days, when the roast is cooked it should have the texture of a post roast cooked in a slow cooker. That's the best way I can describe it. When the meat is served,it will practically break apart.

Good looking buck! Nice work. I didn't get a good look at the rifle you used. Can you tell me what you used to bag this bad boy?

[Streck-Fu]

Originally Posted by Stobey

Good looking buck! Nice work. I didn't get a good look at the rifle you used. Can you tell me what you used to bag this bad boy?

Remington 1100 with a 21" barrel and bead sight with a shot at ~60 yards. Ammo was Winchester Super X 1oz slug.

[Stobey]

Thanks, Strek Fu. The Rem. 1100 is an autoloader shotgun. (Just reminding myself.) Could not see that in the original picture. (We can only use shotguns here in NJ, w/either 00 buckshot or slugs. No deer hunting rifles allowed!! ) Hope you enjoy your venison. I'm jealous! Deer hunting w/shotgun starts here 1st week in Dec.

[Streck-Fu]

Yes, you are correct that it is an autoloader. No traditional rifle cartridges here as well. However, Indiana has define that handg un cartridges may be fired from a rifle. Yet they the dimensions of the permitted cartridges so that a variety of wildcat rifle cartridges have been developed to fit those dimensions. Look into the .358 Hoosier for an example.

[alelks]

When I read the title of this post I thought of this:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=935_1384778668

[Stobey]

Love that video! Have to send it to my cousin in Belgrade, MT. BTW, from what I saw the young elk was not really being aggressive. (I have seen aggressive bull elk when they are older and evenly matched.) This guy looked like he just wanted a sparring partner.