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    12 year old daughter killed a deer today

    That’s great. Congratulations to her on a good shot and a good deer.
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    Late onset agriculture

    I tried small scale organic produce farming and worked very hard at it. We never made money on it. Partly because it’s hard and profit margins will remain thin no matter what. But in retrospect I can see ways that I could have done much better. One thing I have not seen anyone...
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    Southern Hunters! Latest you've seen a spotted fawn?

    In NC about the latest I’ve seen spots was probably mid October.
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    Making your own food

    I like the concept but I am a bit curious. If you’re backpacking for multiple nights with those food items how are you keeping them cold and preventing spoilage?
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    How often do you find unrecovered animals?

    I’ve never found an unrecovered animal on my western trips, however, around home I find at least one unrecovered Whitetail per year.
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    Another aging question

    You didn’t hurt ( or help) a thing by removing the “good cuts”. As far as wet aging I have done it plenty. It works just fine. The things to go for there is to keep it from actually sitting in the water. Plenty of ways to accomplish that. Also, and it probably goes without saying, but you wet...
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    SW Mule Deer Struggles

    I hunted a large unit that generally doesn’t migrate. There’s enough high elevation stuff to make a few exceptions. The terrain is incredibly diverse, and I like that. There was a very steep learning curve associated with the unit,which I fully understand. That being said I should have turned up...
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    Another aging question

    Those first couple days of warmer temps make me a bit nervous in the garage. In the refrigerator I don’t wrap it in anything. I do spread it out as much as possible and put a cookie sheet on the bottom to catch the blood.
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    She did it again.

    Great deer in NC for sure and he’s not getting many passes anywhere else this side of Saskatchewan. Congratulations to you both for a memorable season.
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    Public funding: Should skin color or ethnicity matter for conservation related public funding?

    I appreciate the OPs information. He took time to bring up something that most of us should care about and some actually do. There is also a good bit of supporting documentation that gives context to the question of current political initiatives and race based allocations of resources and money...
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    Public funding: Should skin color or ethnicity matter for conservation related public funding?

    You lost interest but still posted? This indicates interest.
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    My 2023 muley

    Nice buck!
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    Best state for DIY Mule deer hunting

    Yes, wherever you can get a tag. I hope to see at least a moderate rebound in the numbers of mule deer across the west in the future but I can’t hold my breath. For now I’m taking any tag I can get and hunting it as hard as possible.
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    SW Mule Deer Struggles

    This sounds exactly like the hunt I just finished. I found does and small bucks but nothing else. I, too, hunted a saucy looking burn. Unlike you, I turned up zilch in there. I glassed from 50 yards to a mile in a burned area that had grown back nicely. After a while I resorted to slipping...
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    How thick are your venison steaks?

    I freeze as whole muscle cuts then do whatever when I’m ready to cook. That might be thin steaks to bread and fry or 1” + to grill or sear in a hot cast iron. Or whole roasts to carve after cooking. Freezing whole cuts, in my mind, preserves meat quality and limits freezer burn and leaves a lot...
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    2023 Whitetail Meat Pole

    NC beanfield buck. 300 win mag
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    2023 AZ Youth Antlerless Elk Hunt

    That’s a very good hunt under any circumstances. With grandpa and the kids it’s positively outstanding. Congratulations to all on a great trip.
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    NC Mountain Black Bear - Question

    I would expect the single biggest challenge in hunting with 2 dogs would be the ability to put enough pressure on a bear to get him to tree or bay. And if he did bay on the ground he wouldn’t be quite as distracted by the commotion when the hunters get there and might be more prone to breaking...
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    NU Car rentals

    Yes, Texas was the other state they specifically mentioned as a no go. I was aware of the gps capabilities but when the guy at the counter said they would report the vehicle as stolen based on the gps It took things to a different level.
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    NU Car rentals

    There’s no shortage of threads on rental vehicles that we use on our various outdoor journeys, in fact I started one myself a while back. That being said, we recently encountered yet another rental car hurdle that I thought worth mentioning to fellow RSers. We made all of our arrangements...

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