Ever Killed an Animal that was not an Insect?

[911]

Did I understand you right? You went hunting but let the butcher do the killing?

No. Besides hunting, my dad and I helped the local butcher cut up the meat from the steer he would buy at auction. On Tuesdays, there was an auction in a town about 10 miles from our home and when the butcher got low on meat, he would go there and buy a steer. He would ask my dad to help him because my dad grew up on a farm and they did all of their own butchering.

Dad would usually ask me to go along and help, unless they were doing pigs or a calf. I couldn’t work on those small animals because I just didn’t think it was right to kill small pigs or a calf. The butcher had a makeshift slaughterhouse in part if his barn and he would shoot the steer behind the ear. After the steer hit the cement floor, he would slice the steer’s throat and let it bleed out into a pit that he had a trap set up to collect the blood. Sometimes, the butcher and my dad would drink some of the blood. Made me feel like vomiting. We also did chickens and turkeys like about 24 at a time.

When I shot a deer, I would hang it and gut it. Sometimes, the crows would be on the pile before I left the area. After I gutted the deer, I would take it to he butcher shop and he would cut it up for me and make the burger, roasts, steaks and cutout the tenderloins, which in my area, we called it “Preacher’s Meat.” If the deer was big enough, I would have the butcher make sausage and bologna with some of the meat.

Aren’t you sorry you asked? JK

 

[IKE]

Have only hunted waterfowl for the past few years but except for the years that I was in the military or working overseas I've hunted every year since I was old enough....deer, rabbits, squirrels, dove, pheasants, turkeys, quail, geese and ducks.

Waterfowl season opens here Nov. 9th and I'm really looking forward to it.

 

[911]

Very true.

During my drive from Boston Mass to Miami Florida, I saw many a road-kill.​

We get plenty of road kills here in PA, but I don’t pick up any. People will pick up fresh kills. I read in my PA Sportsman magazine that PA was number 1 in 2023 with car crashes caused by animals.

 

[911]

Have only hunted waterfowl for the past few years but except for the years that I was in the military or working overseas I've hunted every year since I was old enough....deer, rabbits, squirrels, dove, pheasants, turkeys, quail, geese and ducks.

Waterfowl season opens here Nov. 9th and I'm really looking forward to it.

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Great job. I don’t eat duck, but I will eat goose, if I prepare it. I have a friend that hunts ducks all over, including Canada.

 

[Radrook]

No. Besides hunting, my dad and I helped the local butcher cut up the meat from the steer he would buy at auction. On Tuesdays, there was an auction in a town about 10 miles from our home and when the butcher got low on meat, he would go there and buy a steer. He would ask my dad to help him because my dad grew up on a farm and they did all of their own butchering.

Dad would usually ask me to go along and help, unless they were doing pigs or a calf. I couldn’t work on those small animals because I just didn’t think it was right to kill small pigs or a calf. The butcher had a makeshift slaughterhouse in part if his barn and he would shoot the steer behind the ear. After the steer hit the cement floor, he would slice the steer’s throat and let it bleed out into a pit that he had a trap set up to collect the blood. Sometimes, the butcher and my dad would drink some of the blood. Made me feel like vomiting. We also did chickens and turkeys like about 24 at a time.

When I shot a deer, I would hang it and gut it. Sometimes, the crows would be on the pile before I left the area. After I gutted the deer, I would take it to he butcher shop and he would cut it up for me and make the burger, roasts, steaks and cutout the tenderloins, which in my area, we called it “Preacher’s Meat.” If the deer was big enough, I would have the butcher make sausage and bologna with some of the meat.

Aren’t you sorry you asked? JK

Not at all. Very interesting!

 

[Radrook]

We get plenty of road kills here in PA, but I don’t pick up any. People will pick up fresh kills. I read in my PA Sportsman magazine that PA was number 1 in 2023 with car crashes caused by animals.

Some people eat road kill

 

[BeefStu]

I never ate moose nor deer, so I have no idea about taste or texture differences. I imagine both are lean meat since both are wild and in good physical shape. Right?

Yes, both are fairly lean compared to farm raised beef. Moose doesn't taste quite as "gamey" as deer although the deer in our area might as well be farm raised because they eat a lot of corn, alfalfa, clover and apples in the farmers' fields. They tend to have more body fat than the deer 100 km. or so further north.
When I cook venison I usually boil it in water with a bit of salt for about 20 to 30 minutes especially if it's for someone trying for the first time.

 

[Radrook]

Yes, both are fairly lean compared to farm raised beef. Moose doesn't taste quite as "gamey" as deer although the deer in our area might as well be farm raised because they eat a lot of corn, alfalfa, clover and apples in the farmers' fields. They tend to have more body fat than the deer 100 km. or so further north.
When I cook venison I usually boil it in water with a bit of salt for about 20 to 30 minutes especially if it's for someone trying for the first time.

That's surprising! I would have expected the Moose to taste gamier based how much wilder it looks.

 

[Irishdude]

Yes, I have killed spiders. And crabs, and lobsters.

 

[JustBonee]

A long time ago. …. 3 wild horses ran into the passenger side of my husband’s car late at night... I believe two were put down. Sad.

 

[Radrook]

Yes, I have killed spiders. And crabs, and lobsters.

True. Spiders are arachnids and not insects. I have killed what looked like Daddy long legs. My father used to boil crabs alive in order to cook them. But I had nothing to do with it. Considered it a cruelty.

 

[Knight]

What, you've never had Elephant Stew? (if you feel the urge to yell at me for being off topic, I'm not... just answering your question!)

Elephant Stew
1 medium elephant
2 (50 gallon) containers broth
500 lbs assorted fresh vegetables, chopped
2 rabbits (optional)

Cut elephant into bite-size pieces. This takes about 2 months.
Using large kettles, simmer equal parts elephant and vegetables with enough broth to cover.
Cook for a couple days.
If more are expected add the rabbits, but do this only if necessary. Most people don't like to find hare in their stew.

I agree a hare in the stew can be off-putting.

Not off topic it's a real thing.

7 Essential Spices for cooking Elephant
Saffron. As Indian cooking spices go, saffron is one that isn't quite common, but is certainly a necessity for Elephant stew
Turmeric. ...
Cumin. ...
Nutmeg. ...
Red Chili Powder. ...
Coriander. ...
Cardamom.

Add quantities to taste as stew develops

This stew requires using gas burners so that simmering can be controlled

 

[Della]

A long time ago. …. 3 wild horses ran into the passenger side of my husband’s car late at night... I believe two were put down. Sad.

Isn't it odd how spiciest most of us are? I read most of these posts without getting too upset, but the thought of those poor screaming horses really gets to me.

Also, like Radrook, I think killing young things like lambs and calves is awful. We should let animals have a bit of life first at the very least.

 

[JustBonee]

Isn't it odd how spiciest most of us are? I read most of these posts without getting too upset, but the thought of those poor screaming horses really gets to me.

Also, like Radrook, I think killing young things like lambs and calves is awful. We should let animals have a bit of life first at the very least.

I wasn’t there at the accident, but my husband was very shaken by the whole thing for some time.
The horses put hooves thru the passenger window and my husband was cut around the eyes by glass.
Hate to think that someone could have been sitting on that side.

BTW ..this happened in Ohio @Della … ( Geauga Cty -NE, in the country)

 

[chic]

I used to kill worms and nightccrawlers for fishing bait. I would also kill the fish I caught so we could eat them but I didn't always like to do this so sometimes I made my cousin do it and he didn't mind.

 

[Don M.]

We have a lot of deer in our forest, and I used to hunt one every Fall....good eating, 3 or 4 years ago, local deer began to be infected with a disease that could affect humans, so anymore I just enjoy watching them as they wander around our yard.

About 10 years ago, someone dumped a vicious Pit Bull in our area. That monster chased cars, and threatened everyone. Local animal control was called, but they didn't catch it. It started hanging around our property, so one day I "took care" of it with my rifle.

 

[Lady]

Mostly Mice in traps , caught 12 last year in my loft , I couldnt sleep while they were running about , .

 

[Sliverfox]

Being a country girl,, can answer yes to this question.

Not sure how many deer I've shot or helped hubby & sons process the meat.

 

[jimintoronto]

That's surprising! I would have expected the Moose to taste gamier based how much wilder it looks.

Moose eat vegetation. Bears are omnivores, who will eat just about anything they can find, so bear meat is a lot different in terms of taste, compared to Moose or deer meat. Moose don't have very good eyesight, but they more than make up for that with their sense of smell and hearing ability. Moose tend to move to new territory at dawn and dusk, which sometimes results in them crossing roads. In some place here in Canada, there are "Moose tunnels " that run under major highways so the Moose don't get hit by vehicles. In the spring time, Moose will lick the road salt residue that is found along the shoulders of the highways .

Hitting a Moose usually results in heavy damage to the vehicle, and death for the Moose. In Canada in an average year about 30 to 40 people die each year in vehicle collisions with Moose. The largest concentration of Moose in Canada are found on the island of Newfoundland, which has an estimated Moose population of about 125 thousand of them. JIM.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Well, I do have 3 or 4 deer under my belt, and my weapon was a Honda. I live in the 2nd most deer concentrated places in North America. I did hit a bear, but it ran away. Every November I get mice, looking for a nice warn winter home. I'm a lousy host.

 

[jimintoronto]

Well, I do have 3 or 4 deer under my belt, and my weapon was a Honda. I live in the 2nd most deer concentrated places in North America. I did hit a bear, but it ran away. Every November I get mice, looking for a nice warn winter home. I'm a lousy host.

I used to have a regular expedite freight run from Toronto, down into Pennsylvania. That drive south through western New York state, and down past Lancaster PA at night was an experience, with dozens of glowing deer eyeballs reflecting my high beam headlights. Groups of 2 dozen at a time, were not at all unusual. JIM.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I used to have a regular expedite freight run from Toronto, down into Pennsylvania. That drive south through western New York state, and down past Lancaster PA at night was an experience, with dozens of glowing deer eyeballs reflecting my high beam headlights. Groups of 2 dozen at a time, were not at all unusual. JIM.

I can have over a dozen deer every night, sleeping on my and my neighbor's lawn. I don't know why they come, it's just a lawn; but they like it.
When I first moved here, my car insurance doubled. On Monday, I called and ranted about the increase. On Friday, I hit my first deer. After a while, you start to look for the eyes looking back at you.

 

[Murrmurr]

I used to fish a lot and went deer hunting every season for a while and duck hunting a couple of times....so yes.

 

[old medic]

Yeah! I forgot those when I mentioned only lizards. Now I am remembering that I also went fishing.

OOPS.... add another 10 thousand
I have done thousand + lbs of deer over the years, but all the big ones have been cows. several 500+ hogs

 

[Murrmurr]

I can have over a dozen deer every night, sleeping on my and my neighbor's lawn. I don't know why they come, it's just a lawn; but they like it.
When I first moved here, my car insurance doubled. On Monday, I called and ranted about the increase. On Friday, I hit my first deer.

The deer liked my lawn up in Paradise, CA, too. I'd come home from work and pull in real slow so as not to scare them, usually 5 or 6 of them. I thought it was interesting since there was forest all around my place.