sharing the meat
- Thread starter fogducker
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Its different with everyone I hunt with and the situation. Sometimes I'll take a buddy out deer hunting so he can put meat in the freezer. He can take it all. I'm there just to help out and for a good time. I don't usually have a hard time filling the freezer these days so I'm not going to worry about a couple deer plus if feels good to help out a buddy fill his tag. Bears are not worth splitting up as far as I am concerned, they are easy to get and not much work involved so keep em all if you want. Elk and Moose are different usually its split evenly between whoever was involved.
However if its my deer tag and someone is with me I will always offer them half. I don't expect them to have the same outlook as myself. Same with Bears if it's mine you can have as much as you want makes no difference to me. If you don't want it I'll use it.
However if its my deer tag and someone is with me I will always offer them half. I don't expect them to have the same outlook as myself. Same with Bears if it's mine you can have as much as you want makes no difference to me. If you don't want it I'll use it.
beretta boy
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- Orillia, Ontario
We ( 6 of us ) do an equal share - for those who want it. Two of the guys just want a roast or two as their families don't enjoy venison (go figure) ... they get their reduced share. The balance is divvyed up as equally as possible as to cuts & packages, 4 ways ... with a bonus to the shooter. Tenderloins. Shooter(s) always get the tenderloins. Hearts & livers to whomever wants them. Everyone's happy !
death-junky
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- Moose Jaw SK
we divide it all up with the grope thats there at the time.
talk to ya all later
Riley
talk to ya all later
Riley
Even share
We usually share all game evenly, but this year, three out of four of us in camp got a deer, and we wanted to each give a 1/4 to the partner who went deer less and were going to do it, but he asked for only about 1/8 of each deer 'cause his wife claims she can't digest mule deer meat.
And I'm very fortunate this year, I went out on an LEH hunt with one of our hunting partners and he got a big cow elk.
I didn't ask for it, I' d have been happy with a hindquarter, but he gave me half.
We usually share all game evenly, but this year, three out of four of us in camp got a deer, and we wanted to each give a 1/4 to the partner who went deer less and were going to do it, but he asked for only about 1/8 of each deer 'cause his wife claims she can't digest mule deer meat.
And I'm very fortunate this year, I went out on an LEH hunt with one of our hunting partners and he got a big cow elk.
I didn't ask for it, I' d have been happy with a hindquarter, but he gave me half.
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Going to bump this instead of making a new thread. I want opinions on the following.
Backstory, we do the equal split with group of very differing enthusiastic levels, and hunting participation levels, with some guys basically sitting back waiting for tags to be filled, but are otherwise nice guys.
I have access to a camp in a better area and am considering it, but with a change to the meat split, instead of excluding the “nice guys” altogether.
A hunter fills a tag, that’s his meat. If nobody volunteers to tag share afterward and hunter wants to continue and is successful, tags are drawn at random, that following meat would be split 50/50 between successful hunter (already tagged out) and the tag holder. If multiple people volunteer their tag, draw to decide.
Basically the dead weight “nice guys” would be limited to 1/2 a deer if someone fills their tag, but still be welcome to join, and encouraged to participate if they want more..
Edit to add. I don’t think anyone is an ####### enough to go home with a deer or more while someone else went home with an unfilled tag. We have a hunting buddy who’s been unable to attend due to health problems, he still receives meat every year.
Backstory, we do the equal split with group of very differing enthusiastic levels, and hunting participation levels, with some guys basically sitting back waiting for tags to be filled, but are otherwise nice guys.
I have access to a camp in a better area and am considering it, but with a change to the meat split, instead of excluding the “nice guys” altogether.
A hunter fills a tag, that’s his meat. If nobody volunteers to tag share afterward and hunter wants to continue and is successful, tags are drawn at random, that following meat would be split 50/50 between successful hunter (already tagged out) and the tag holder. If multiple people volunteer their tag, draw to decide.
Basically the dead weight “nice guys” would be limited to 1/2 a deer if someone fills their tag, but still be welcome to join, and encouraged to participate if they want more..
Edit to add. I don’t think anyone is an ####### enough to go home with a deer or more while someone else went home with an unfilled tag. We have a hunting buddy who’s been unable to attend due to health problems, he still receives meat every year.
Nothing ruins a good camp than rules....in our camp we share all the meat taken...ive heard of some camps that who ever shoot the game its his/hers
how do you,s do it?
I am not familiar with 'Hunt Camps' in Ontario either.
Last month went hunting with a co-worker and his 10 yr old son .
I didnt have a tag due to a government employee strike ...
Buddy shot a deer with his son present and that was good enough for me.
I was able to shoot a few grouse with my custom single shot semi automatic 1100, but that is another story for another day.
Any group I’ve party hunted with divide the meat equally. If people don’t pull their weight in one way or another they aren’t invited back. Our issues have always been in regards to where the meat is going to be processed and what is being done with it.
LittleRiver
New member
My son and I split the deer between us. So I got a doe this year gave him half and he shot a forkhorn a couple days later and I got half of his . We process the meat together. At least this way we get some deer meat as we usually have different schedules so if only 1 of us tag out we at least get 1/2 a deer
Anyways back to Jimbobob08. I assume you are in Ontario or some other jurisdiction where party hunting is allowed?
During many years of deer hunting in Ontario, it has been exceedingly rare that everybody in the deer camp shoots a deer, or that everybody even sees a deer. Sometimes, one hunter shoots more than one deer, generally because of dumb luck, ie right time and right place. What has always seemed fair to me, and which I wrote almost 20 years ago!!! is that everybody present on the day a deer is shot shares equally in the meat from that deer. We discuss all this before the hunt starts so there is no question about sharing the meat. I did have an experience some years ago with a guy whose son shot two deer in two days and the guy said both deer were theirs exclusively, despite the agreement. I never hunted with that greedy me-firster again, and would not do so.
But never mind what I think, what do YOU want to do? If it pisses you off that some guys in camp get meat without doing their fair share of hunting/chores/etc, then maybe you should move on. For me, I would not............
Doug
During many years of deer hunting in Ontario, it has been exceedingly rare that everybody in the deer camp shoots a deer, or that everybody even sees a deer. Sometimes, one hunter shoots more than one deer, generally because of dumb luck, ie right time and right place. What has always seemed fair to me, and which I wrote almost 20 years ago!!! is that everybody present on the day a deer is shot shares equally in the meat from that deer. We discuss all this before the hunt starts so there is no question about sharing the meat. I did have an experience some years ago with a guy whose son shot two deer in two days and the guy said both deer were theirs exclusively, despite the agreement. I never hunted with that greedy me-firster again, and would not do so.
But never mind what I think, what do YOU want to do? If it pisses you off that some guys in camp get meat without doing their fair share of hunting/chores/etc, then maybe you should move on. For me, I would not............
Doug
