Serving Venison to an Anti-Hunter

Townhall.com ^ | December 11, 2021 | Humberto Fontova

[qaz123]

I’d just hung the deer by its neck on the swingset for skinning and butchering when

Who hangs their deer from the neck?

[Paal Gulli]

Deer in particular is one of those game animals whose survival is most dependent on herd management because of Chronic Wasting Disease. CWD linked to overpopulation and once it takes hold it will lay waste to a herd. The best way to prevent that happening is to keep the herd thinned to manageable levels, which is a service hunters not only provide free of charge, they pay license and game tag fees to the state for the privilege.

If somebody's got to kill a certain few for the betterment of the herd as a whole, why would you let the meat go to waste?

[qaz123]

Former co-worker of mine is from Iowa. Monster deer. Absolute monsters.

Apparently the food banks in Iowa never go empty. All the excess deer meat is donated.

You can get a deer tag. Fill it. Get another one. Fill it. And keep going. So many deer that they’re a nuisance as well as being monsters. He told me the insurance companies play a big role in how deer are harvested in the state. He’s a cop and said, at night, it would be nothing to see herds of them crossing the roads.

[qaz123]

you’ll make your money figuring out how to keep them from rolling onto the hood and through the windshield. That’s where all the hurt comes from.

On a side note, for such a docile and tame looking animal, they can straight up ruin a vehicle when they get hit.

[Kaslin]

I always enjoy reading Humberto Fontova.

[taxcontrol]

My old neighbor had a daughter that was a militant vegan.
She had a bumper sticker that read “Real friends to let their friends eat meat”. One day the daughter pulled up and it was the first time I was being introduced to her. She STARTED with “I am a vegan” as if it was the most important thing about her.

My reply was to look at her with a concerned expression, and said “You know that they have found a cure for that ... right?”

[Born to Conserve]

“They run through suburban neighborhoods like dogs.”

Dogs? You let a dog run through here, they wind up downtown in a wok.

[Leep]

I knew something didn’t sound right but couldn’t figure it out.
Thats it.
You hang it upside down and cut it’s throat. So,it bleads out.

[Georgia Girl 2]

😮

[SamAdams76]

Venison is an acquired taste but it's well worth acquiring and will be in plentiful supply for quite some time. I see those deer on the sides of the road every morning and evening as I'm commuting to and from work.

So far I haven't hit one but I've had some close calls.