Free meat

[Craig Van Arsdale]

I give meat to a select group of friends and only when I have enough extra to give away. Other than that I tell a lot of people NO!

 

[Tony Trietch]

I give 2-3 deer away to employees every year. They all work hard for me while I take off for three months every fall. A BBQ on the work site every few weeks and a couple big bags of jerky every week too. I can't eat it all and love to share.

 

[Where's Bruce?]

There is a huge difference between "giving meat away" to those you select and having people you hardly know or like "ask you for it." The latter bug the heck out of me. They're like gnats.

 

[Becca]

There is a huge difference between "giving meat away" to those you select and having people you hardly know or like "ask you for it." The latter bug the heck out of me. They're like gnats.

I agree, but it has been my experience that many who ask do so out of ignorance for what it means to hunt my own meat, as opposed to entitlement or truly asking for a handout. I find that education in the way if sharing my experience ("it took us two days to pack that caribou back to the truck, and then we cleaned, cut and wrapped it all ourselves") usually cuts down on the incidence of people asking for freebies.

 

[chindits]

I wonder why they ask, there is free meat all over the place right now. I just picked up a little doe a couple weeks ago even though I still have plenty of elk meat from this fall. I always tell people road kill is much more affordable then hunting in time and money. This time of year there are a a couple of deer available every night and usually an elk once a week.. Dispatch maintains a roadkill list that is never big enough for the winter nightly killfest.

 

[bobhunts]

Yep I know what everyone is saying. I work for UPS went to Alaska shipped home 600 lbs of processed meat. When the guys at a construction trailer asked how my hunt went, I said good! Then they wanted me to bring in some moose meat for everyone! NOPE! You want the meat just go hunting!

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Around here people are constantly asking of they can buy or trade for game meat. Can't think of a single time someone straight up just asked for some.....maybe I don't look very friendly.

 

[Where's Bruce?]

Yep I know what everyone is saying. I work for UPS went to Alaska shipped home 600 lbs of processed meat. When the guys at a construction trailer asked how my hunt went, I said good! Then they wanted me to bring in some moose meat for everyone! NOPE! You want the meat just go hunting!

Just curious if you'd be interested in swapping some moose for bison. I haven't ever tasted moose and it is not sold commercially and I'd like to try it before booking my Yukon hunt. Figured it was worth a shot. Not alot, just a steak or something. I'll send ya a bison ribeye.

 

[Tony Trietch]

Just curious if you'd be interested in swapping some moose for bison. I haven't ever tasted moose and it is not sold commercially and I'd like to try it before booking my Yukon hunt. Figured it was worth a shot. Not alot, just a steak or something. I'll send ya a bison ribeye.

Bruce you had better get to eating, that AZ elk is gonna need some room in the freezer

 

[Where's Bruce?]

Bruce you had better get to eating, that AZ elk is gonna need some room in the freezer

One of my businesses is a commercial kitchen so freezer space is no prob.

 

[JDeanP]

I offer to take them hunting. If they want it bad enough I'll do what I can to help them get their own. It's uprising how many people say, "heck yeah!" and yet never seem to have any time to go hunting.

 

[Big Sky]

I have been sending free elk up to Alaska in exchange for fish. So I think that it is a decent trade.

 

[Vids]

I've never had much of a problem with people asking for meat. When they do, if I have extra I will give them some but if I don't I tell them no. Back when I was single I always had extra since one deer was plenty for me. Now that my wife and kids eat venison we go through 2 animals a year and I'm a lot more protective of it. And......people might get my deer steaks/burger but they certainly aren't getting any of my elk chops!

I also look at it as an opportunity to change someone's mind about hunting. Give them some elk brats or something else they can't screw up, and they always come back saying how good it was and now they "get it" why I go hunting. If I give them steaks I tell them they better not cook it past medium rare. If they screw that up, they can't complain because they were warned.

 

[SoDakBear]

I wish I had the problem of people asking for free elk meat, got to shoot one first. When people ask me for me I will normally give them a deer roast and a bunch of snow geese, Canadian geese, and ducks. Got to get rid of the waterfowl to make room for the big game animals.

 

[plentycoupe]

This has been a pet peeve of mine as well. Don't get me wrong as I don't mind sharing my success and often do, mostly with other hunters though. Those that can appreciate the sweat and sore muscles that going into getting that meat to the fridge.
The scenarios that bug the s#%t out of me go like this,,,,,I heard you killed a moose, sheep, elk, bear, deer or whatever...let me get some meat. It was free so whats the problem?
Seriously a lot of non hunters do not contemplate the finances that actually go into killing an animal. They figure you shot it so it's just a lot of meat you got for the price of a bullet.
When I do choose to give it away, which is often even though they irritate me, it's like Luke said, cleaning out last years to make room for this years!

 

[Larry Bartlett]

they must not be your audience and not reading the forums, right?

His font is so big so the old bastads reading it won't make the same mistake again and ask him for his quality bison meat....

I hear ya, man. Half a muskox in the freezer and they come out of the woodworks like cockroaches in the dark...bold, brave, and self entitled!

That's funny, man, thanks for the laugh. I like the surf and turf idea, haven't tried that one. Like it!

LB

 

[hodgeman]

It's funny how many people associate "hunting" and "free meat".... I told the last guy that asked me that hunting costs a lot more than money can pay for!

It used to tick me off, but most are just curious about eating something different.

 

[Where's Bruce?]

We grilled some buff for a birthday party recently as a number of our guests had expressed interest in tasting it. A few people weren't fans and a few dug it but nobody asked for any. One guy loved it and we sent him home with the leftovers. No way I would trust him to properly prepare his own. Aside from the financial expense there's the physical, mental and emotional investment in the meat that means far more to me than the cost. I don't clean out my freezers to make room, I buy more freezers. I own 4 right now...soon to be six. I pray I need it for elk some Sep.

 

[Tony Trietch]

Party at Bruce's!
I have seen pics of his perfectly cooked steaks.

 

[Where's Bruce?]

Party at Bruce's!
I have seen pics of his perfectly cooked steaks.