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Mornin all.
A pic or two from yesterday.

Blind platform awaiting new blind.
The metal frame to the right is my old blind and platform that gets a fabric cover over it. (I'd set it on the newer platform last year. Didn't build a new blind in time for hunting season.)

Then there is my pitiful rye planting... Deer been munching away on it.

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Some clover in one of the cuts through tag alders towards the swamp.

Miscanthus Gigantis (sp.) grass doesn't spread by seed. Keeps it from being naughty.
I planted single rows of it a few years ago for screening.
Blind platform is behind the truck.
I park by sign in left background when hunting.
I can get a wheelchair from truck to blind without getting spotted if deer are near. (Doesn't mean they can't hear me though.)
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releventchair said:
Some clover in one of the cuts through tag alders towards the swamp.

Miscanthus Gigantis (sp.) grass doesn't spread by seed. Keeps it from being naughty.
I planted single rows of it a few years ago for screening.
Blind platform is behind the truck.
I park by sigh in left background when hunting.
I can get a wheelchair from truck to blind without getting spotted if deer are near. (Doesn't mean they can't hear me though.)
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Geez there RC you're kind of sticking out there.🤣
Liking the tall grass.
 

One of the cuts.
And a view from platform towards the rye on far side of open ground.
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I cut windows through the Miscanthus nearer season.
A hundred yards to swamp in front of a South view. About 220 yards through this cut to the West. Multiple cuts but I can't see them all from one point. Deliberately.
I use cuts to get around on , but stay off them during season except for recoveries.
Crude circle along swamp edge on 3/4 ish circumference keeps deer on a merry go round sort of. If they want to use the trails and browse along them.

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pepperj said:
Geez there RC you're kind of sticking out there.🤣
Liking the tall grass.
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I need a few gazebos to conceal better with. Can you help? L.o.l..

While I was on platform in the 4x4 blind last year deer were where the frame for it is sitting in the picture next to the newer platform..
Others were near as well.
Might seem odd but background matters much in breaking outlines.
And it is dark in the blind too.
Just looks like foliage to them.
Let's see if I can find a pic of that blind online..
I painted the closed windows not quite solid black. That way when open a dark area is not new to deer. Even left a roundish area lighter in the front closed window. Like a dull face. Ha ha! In case they spot the dull guy behind it when opened.
I lower the front window like the side window is pictured. Flap inside and weighted with wooden clothspins so not to stir in a breeze.
Open a corner of another one on each side to be able to peek out. Then the 220 plus yard cut one is opened like the side pictured also.

The deer just feet away last year , I put the revolvers sights on one doe out the partially opened side window as she stood there. And left her go on her way.

My fabric has faded to an orangish background. Check out the autumn miscanthus color.
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100 yard to swamp view out the front (facing South.) Dark area at edge of green straight ahead on the path is 100 yards.( Rye is to right about fifty yards before there .)
Deer have four runs crossing E, to W. from there to blind. Or more.
And have browsed from there to blind. Plus there are areas I mow they can use to travel on.
A "Sneak" trail for deer is just beyond the rye and ends at the path pictured.
I gets used. (Last buck taken used it.)

There is a story to tell of a buck and that foremost shrub on the left about 15 yards from blind I don't want to retell.
He was not harmed. Though his ears were probably ringing after!
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RTR said:
Venison ,Yum,yum, & yum. Go get em releventchair View attachment 2044509View attachment 2044510View attachment 2044511 :headbang:
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It's a trimming till you scream , hair pickin party! l.o.l..

Somebody does a decent job of trimming there.
And really got it right skinning the silverskin off those backstraps.
And that is in part why we do our own!

I broke down and bought a 3/4 horsepower grinder from Cabela's.
I'm disappointed with the company being sold to Bass Pro , but it's a great grinder.
Ground a lot of venison over the years with a hand grinder.
Got to where more jerky , stew, and stir fry, and small cubed pieces were getting packaged instead of grinding. L.o.l..
 

releventchair said:
It's a trimming till you scream , hair pickin party! l.o.l..

Somebody does a decent job of trimming there.
And really got it right skinning the silverskin off those backstraps.
And that is in part why we do our own!

I broke down and bought a 3/4 horsepower grinder from Cabela's.
I'm disappointed with the company being sold to Bass Pro , but it's a great grinder.
Ground a lot of venison over the years with a hand grinder.
Got to where more jerky , stew, and stir fry, and small cubed pieces were getting packaged instead of grinding. L.o.l..
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Yeah its a lot of work to do it right.Usually takes me a hour to remove the hide & trim fat off( what I can get to while it hanging) then....
Quarter it for storage in frig at 40 for 5-7 days.
Then, about a hour to trim process & package each quarter.
But the best tip I can give is.... (head shots only )! !
No bunch of blood & guts & mess while field gutting (to taint the meat).
No wasted meat.
No adrenaline to taint the meat.
No tracking (usually down hill) which eliminates dragging the deer 'uphill' .
And if you miss,its a clean miss.
 

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RTR said:
Yeah its a lot of work to do it right.Usually takes me a hour to remove the hide & trim fat off( what I can get to while it hanging) then....
Quarter it for storage in frig at 40 for 5-7 days.
Then, about a hour to trim process & package each quarter.
But the best tip I can give is.... (head shots only )! !
No bunch of blood & guts & mess while field gutting (to taint the meat).
No wasted meat.
No adrenaline to taint the meat.
No tracking (usually down hill) which eliminates dragging the deer 'uphill' .
And if you miss,its a clean miss.
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Head can be a moving target. More so as range extends... Then there's my being steady or not on a rest. Makes for a rough Euro mount too!

My record is about 30 minutes cut up and trimmed and cubed for canning for a road hit I brought home on my motorcycle ; (about half the deer was discarded for trauma damage.).

I take two days , even three now a days , to process a whole deer.
 

releventchair said:
Head can be a moving target. More so as range extends... Then there's my being steady or not on a rest. Makes for a rough Euro mount too!

My record is about 30 minutes cut up and trimmed and cubed for canning for a road hit I brought home on my motorcycle ; (about half the deer was discarded for trauma damage.).

I take two days , even three now a days , to process a whole deer.
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Let out a whistle . Nine times out of ten it will stop them in their tracks just long enough to make the shot. :icon_thumright:
 

RTR said:
Yeah its a lot of work to do it right.Usually takes me a hour to remove the hide & trim fat off( what I can get to while it hanging) then....
Quarter it for storage in frig at 40 for 5-7 days.
Then, about a hour to trim process & package each quarter.
But the best tip I can give is.... (head shots only )! !
No bunch of blood & guts & mess while field gutting (to taint the meat).
No wasted meat.
No adrenaline to taint the meat.
No tracking (usually down hill) which eliminates dragging the deer 'uphill' .
And if you miss,its a clean miss.
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A butcher bought my hay last year.
He processes 150 deer every fall.
He was commenting on how the deer come in, and he'll ask how long has it been hanging.
3-4 days they'll say.

Not properly cleaned, gut shot, dirt, $hit, pine needles, hair.
Basically shoot, half ass clean, then sit around and drink for the rest of hunt.
So he ends up just cutting the waste away, then they whine about the weight loss.
"Maybe spend a little time washing it out next time."
 

pepperj said:
A butcher bought my hay last year.
He processes 150 deer every fall.
He was commenting on how the deer come in, and he'll ask how long has it been hanging.
3-4 days they'll say.

Not properly cleaned, gut shot, dirt, $hit, pine needles, hair.
Basically shoot, half ass clean, then sit around and drink for the rest of hunt.
So he ends up just cutting the waste away, then they whine about the weight loss.
"Maybe spend a little time washing it out next time."
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Yeah theres no shortage of Dumb,dumb's .
 

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