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Depends where you were, Phil. Weather in my neck of the woods that week was not good, I’m my opinion. And most hunters I talked to that week offered the same sentiment.

I believe it is indeed a problem across the board and there’s certainly a demand for more deer processors. The questions then become how efficient do you want to be with it and what volume are you willing to handle? You absolutely could start small with basic equipment and work your way up to...

I’ll say this… One thing I have seen emerge from all the chaos is a handful of small ‘mom & pop’ size butcher businesses open up, specializing in deer only. I think there’s quite a few people out there doing, or attempting to do, exactly what you mentioned… seeing how they like it.

Here is what is happening/has happened... When COVID hit, people freaked out and started buying local, increasing the demand for farm raised beef, pork, and poultry products. As a consequence, butcher shops were slammed with custom butcher orders. Right now, for instance, our local butcher...

My question is… If that’s the case, where were those hunters before the crossbow craze? Easy. They were sitting at home, waiting for gun season to come around. Now we just have to wonder… Would they really drop out if crossbows were banned, or have they been hooked on hunting to the point...

My son and I are having a blast with it. Of course, it does help when you don’t have a buck tag to fill. lol

On Netflix: Breaking Bad Mad Men The 100 The Walking Dead If you want to listen to audiobooks, I strongly recommend: The Frontiersmen Undaunted Courage Empire of the Summer Moon Greenlights Boone The Naturalist A Sand County Almanac Good luck dude! Hope your recovery goes well.

Whatever you do, make every effort to hide well. These ducks are stale right now and if you aren’t hidden you won’t have a chance. Good luck dude.

I listened to the podcast today. Overall pretty good. Here are some of my thoughts. First off, I don’t agree with the “high grading” theory at all. Claiming that targeting 4+ year old bucks is going to lead to a degradation in quality… I just don’t see it. Those 5 and 6 year old deer were...

Deer are tested ALL OVER THE ENTIRE STATE, largely by lymph node samples collected by taxidermists and from roadkills. A large portion of hunters don't even know their deer are getting tested. Just because a positive showed up in Allen County doesn't necessarily mean that "some jackwagon...

Congrats Dave!

Very cool idea. But for me personally, those prices are just too high.

Good deal! Glad to hear it J! And congrats on that doe!

It has not been a very successful one so far, but it’s undoubtedly the most beautiful morning of the year. Crispy, clear and quiet. I was late getting in and bumped 4 does on my way up the tree.

At least yours are on a shelf. Mine are all just here, there, and everywhere. :ROFLMAO:

I have a 110v battery charger I keep in the garage… it’ll charge 6v, or 12v on either 2 amp trickle or 10 amp fast charge, and it has a 50 amp jumpstart function. I’ve used it to jump my truck a few times after I’ve forgotten to turn off its headlights overnight. Works fine and was only like...

One word of caution or rather one “suggestion” I’ll make… and I think this would go for any deer recovery team… Put some serious thought into how you phrase and word your messages to the public. I’ve seen a lot of social media posts and various “public service announcement” type messaging...

Negative Nancy.

Unpressured deer: Sit somewhere between bedding and food, and smile knowing I have 100+ yards extra range I can use to ruin a deer’s day. 🙂 Pressured deer/Public deer: Sit in an area of known escape cover or a pinch point… Let others do my work for me and push the deer my way. Bonus tactic...