Post Kill Traditions

[Snapshot]

 

I pray...... that I can haul that animal out of the backcountry, without throwing out my bad back.

 

I always pay silent respect to the animal.

you need a short guy who looks chubby but really isn't (but kinda is) that can pack anything out and doesn't quit. My short guy is 5'6"ish, maybe 180 and is a F-ing pack mule!!!! Cheaper than a mule. Pay his food and reload for him and he works like a Swiss watch! Pushes me to a heart attack constantly but gets the job done. I'd sell you mine but that's been outlawed for awhile now. He forced me to drag my deer out last year, up hill in the snow both ways. Well maybe not forced but short Irish dudes get mad so I huffed and puffed and carried my coues out. I've already paid his retainer for this year.

 

In my younger days, when that big red "S" on my chest ,was bright and shiny, I was known to throw that deer on my shoulders, and truck on down the mountain. One of the many reasons I have a bad back.

[kennyazman]

I've always sliced the heart into thin pieces and fried it up the night of the kill. With the heart being the core of the animal, it seems fitting and we have always done it. I have never left a heart in a gut pile either. I love the way they taste, but honestly, I would still eat it even if it tasted bad.

This is what I do also. The heart is very tasty!!

[Couzer]

 

I've always sliced the heart into thin pieces and fried it up the night of the kill. With the heart being the core of the animal, it seems fitting and we have always done it. I have never left a heart in a gut pile either. I love the way they taste, but honestly, I would still eat it even if it tasted bad.

This is what I do also. The heart is very tasty!!

I'll have to try that! I was out dove hunting a few weeks back with a old buddy from work. He told me to save the hearts on the dove and try them out. I passed, but might give it a try next time!

[trphyhntr]

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