Thread: My first deer hunt!

That’s awesome and the smile says it all, well done and one of many in the future

Thanks everyone was a very awesome and eye opening adventure was it okay to take the yearling also or should we have left it alone?
How long can you hang a deer if the weather is a bit cooler?

bloody well done !

Originally Posted by Dunedin hunter

Thanks everyone was a very awesome and eye opening adventure was it okay to take the yearling also or should we have left it alone?
How long can you hang a deer if the weather is a bit cooler?

Everyone has different ideas on this but if it were me I would have taken the yearling before taking a hind. Good chance a hind could still have a young one hidden away somewhere at this time of year but I would say if she was with a yearling then it was her fawn from last year and she hasnt had a young one this year as more often than not they will kick the yearling out if they have a new fawn

Good one get yourself the dvd deer hunting in nz by alex and tim gale its a good dvd and covers the butchery side of it as well

Congrats. Well done.

If you look at the price of venison in the shops, it's a LOT.

I put 30 lb of venison in the freezer the other day, googled it's value, and then said ........"hang on, that can't be right" .....hmm.

Fantastic!
Well done guys.
Get the skin off them in a day or two at the most if not neck or head shot, then you can cut out/trim the bloody shot meat/bone fragments out as these will go rotten very fast.
Cleaned up and hung somewhere cool and fly proof they should be fine for 4-5 days.

Great going guys, always good to get that first deer under your belt. If you have a good beer fridge or fridge you can put meat in I would bone it out and put the meat in there for at least 5 days at about 2 degrees C. I also cover the meat with a damp tea towel over it to help stop the meat drying out and going black. Once its matured cut into steaks and freeze.

As Mooseman said^^^ but if ya mums tea towels ask first or you might be hanging next to them

If you hang it, open up the ball joints in the hindquarters, this is usually the first place to get bone taint if the carcase is warm. The SI temperatures should chill it well overnight.

Good on you Blade,and bro,glad the Etrex is still working.

i never did use that knife on a deer, just pigs, goats, sheep etc. i used a zipper on the deer
i'm glad you used it, i am so damn proud that i helped a young fella into the sport and he scored his first deer.
i wish you many more hunts and meat on the table.

p.s when you hit 20 and are in christchurch you can buy me a beer

Bloody awesome young fella , you are going to make a fine hunter in time.
Keep up the good work!

HOOKED........enjoy your vennison.

Well done, great to get one at such a young age.