Spring deer meat?

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On my way home from the night shift this am, saw a guy smoke a big doe this am, pure head shot. Couldn't resist taking her home. Got her all cleaned, was in pretty good shape, twins on board:( What's this deer going to be like for eating? Anyone have experience with venison this time of year? There wasn't an ounce of fat on her. Thanks.
 
I'm gonna assume the person was treaty... either way, who would hunt any animal during the breeding season? More clarification on the story is required for an intelligent response....:(
 
upnorth said:
I'm gonna assume the person was treaty... either way, who would hunt any animal during the breeding season? More clarification on the story is required for an intelligent response....:(
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no clarification needed , as i read it , buddy saw someone Smoke,( ie hit a deer with a car) as in road kill !! So buddy stopped and grabbed the deer, took it home and dressed it out and so on ;) on second read could be a head shot as in bullet too , but i bet it was a road kill :)
 
I'm wondering about the taste of a deer that's had all it's fat reserves depleted and has lived on the sparce and dry vegitation available during the winter. Am I wrong to think it's likely to be more gamey tasting???
 
I think it may well be more "gamey" tasting. Only one way to find out for sure .... light that BBQ! After letting the meat hang for a week at least, providing you have a cool 3-4 degree place to hang her.
 
if it was vehicular, i wouldn't want to eat it , UNLESS he got it field dressed, withing say the first 20 minutes and bled it out, and then you'd still prob lose the "hit" area. . Pure head is hard to fathom on a road kill there would still have to be more damage, if rifle bullet, well then , how on earth did he come by a poached deer, unless as already stated the shooter was native, and then still what is a non native doing with the meat ? still illegal !
 
I smoked a yearling deer about 10 days ago with my work truck, also a head shot. I left it there, it was all skin and bones, hips and ribs sticking out. I'm not one to waste meat, but this one didn't look like it would have been very good eating, in fact I'm sure it would have been downright nasty, sorta like chewin on cedar bark.
 
i came real close to geting some spring deer meat also this year. , but i did not want to go to jail. lol... (was shed hunting , had my .22mag on me. so i shot them with the cam. (there was 6 of them there , but by time i got out the cam 2 was left for me to take a pic of. (i would never want to eat a spring deer also, all skin and bones. )
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A QUOTE---Most native people I know wouldn't hunt a tough, gamy spring deer even if it wasn't pregnant.

Have I got news for you!!!
The bush natives of BC, and I am told, of all of northern Canada, consider a pregnant moose as being the best of winter meat!
On shooting winter, or late winter moose, they choose a pregnant cow if they can, because it has superior meat quality.
 
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Take a few steaks off it....if the quality is OK. Good to go. :)

Even if it is tough...lots of burger there...or sausage..YUMMM :D

I've dressed out a few late pregnancy cows in the winter...meat was fine.
Just make sure you call MNR to get your FREE tag for it. :redface:
 
tjsudbury said:
I smoked a yearling deer about 10 days ago with my work truck, also a head shot. I left it there, it was all skin and bones, hips and ribs sticking out. I'm not one to waste meat, but this one didn't look like it would have been very good eating, in fact I'm sure it would have been downright nasty, sorta like chewin on cedar bark.
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The ones around here sure like to eat cedar during the winter too.
They've chewed the ones in front of our office so much we're going to have to rip them up.
 
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