Why we do what we do

OBXarcher · October 03, 2013, 04:50:00 AM

Some do it for the racks, some for the bragging rights... Me, for the meat !!!!

Couple pieces on hog loin, a deer burger and a cold beer, just doesn't get any better.

rwbowman · October 03, 2013, 06:36:00 AM

MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM, Tasty!

flinthead · October 03, 2013, 07:03:00 AM

I just finished breakfast..and that still looks like great food. Have not hunted hogs, but the deer and turkeys killed in the fall keep the grill smelling good all year. Enjoy the feast nature provides.
Last year weighed the meat[from one deer] in vacuumed freezer bags ready to put in freezer. If you eat 4 ounces of meat per serving[we all eat more-but that is what is recommended] , that was 120 meals worth of meat.That was boned, all waste removed, ready for the cooking. Great value and all we have to do is hunt, and process it properly. Roy

twitchstick · October 03, 2013, 10:15:00 AM

I had some melt in your mouth backs straps last night. His horns were not big but boy he sure made up for it in flavor.

jjwaldman · October 03, 2013, 12:48:00 PM

My wife told me that at least we get some extra benefit to my hobby! Venison fajitas!

Marc B. · October 03, 2013, 02:09:00 PM

Not bad at all

TJK68 · October 03, 2013, 02:11:00 PM

Now that looks good!!!!
Tom

LB_hntr · October 03, 2013, 02:58:00 PM

Very nice!!!! Now you got me thinking about lunch!

mcgroundstalker · October 03, 2013, 03:09:00 PM

I also have no intrest in a deers "drag handles"... Just plain ordinary cutlets for me!

... mike ...

SkottyBoy · October 03, 2013, 03:12:00 PM

I also appreciate the meat. If I get a big of rack in the process just an added benefit. My wife tells me it would be a whole lot easier just to run down to the grocery store and she is correct. The main reason I chase the game I do is for the plain love of hunting with the bow and arrow!

Sean B · October 03, 2013, 03:55:00 PM

Hey Mark, you need some lobsters on that plate!!!

flinthead · October 03, 2013, 07:52:00 PM

Sean B. , I have been hunting with a bow in the Va. and NC woods for years--have yet to get a shot at a lobster. What type of attractant scent or call do you use to bring in lobster. Maybe a big ol lobster decoy. LOL
Sorry could not resist. Roy

ChuckC · October 03, 2013, 08:43:00 PM

Because We Have To. It Is What We Are.
chuckc

daddymonster · October 03, 2013, 08:45:00 PM

yeah, that's me too. I know trophy hunters, and I appreciate the dedication but shooting an animal for it's antlers seems like buying a car for it's ashtray.
If I go to the store and buy organic steak, I am looking at $20+ a kilo. If I shoot an animal, I can guarantee it is going to weigh more than a kilo besides it gets me out of the house into some of the most amazing countryside. That's worth the price of admission right there.

Sean B · October 03, 2013, 08:48:00 PM

Flinthead, up in Maine, ole Mark put away a Bunch of those sea bugs to where he couldn't sit on stand very long!!!!

October 03, 2013, 09:29:00 PM

Ooh! That looks good!!!!

Bisch

OBXarcher · October 04, 2013, 04:41:00 AM

Sean, I would love to get a bunch of lobsters like that again. Even with the same out come.

For the rack hunters out there, I meant no disrespect at all.

Fletcher · October 04, 2013, 09:53:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by SkottyBoy:
I also appreciate the meat. If I get a big of rack in the process just an added benefit. My wife tells me it would be a whole lot easier just to run down to the grocery store and she is correct. The main reason I chase the game I do is for the plain love of hunting with the bow and arrow!

I agree with Skotty. Can't really say why, just that I'm driven to do this; it is part of me. Dreamed of it as a kid, started bowhunting in my teens and still do it at 62. I'm not that good at it, but it is who I am.

joe ashton · October 04, 2013, 10:49:00 AM

the other day my wife and I were having a steak dinner and she said, "This meat tastes funny" and I had to point out that it tastes funny because it is beef. Our freezer was empty and we had to buy beef... It's been 11 years since our freezer did not have deer/elk in it. Oh by the way it once again has deer in it!

VictoryHunter · October 04, 2013, 10:52:00 AM

Looks like a fine meal, meat and beer!