I assume you all heeded my food warning some time back ...

[Gun Smoke]

I can tell you a Mini Cooper S will punt a big fat Doe a few feet when hit,,

Can't rely on a punt though. Sometimes they "stick". That goes for moose too.

[Vern Humphrey]

That was about 100 yrs ago I assume.

Close enough -- 1950s.

A lot of the problem is due to breaking up the large, efficient farms and turning the land over to squatters.

[lyman]

Can't rely on a punt though. Sometimes they "stick". That goes for moose too.

I was running about 55, deer on the other side of the road, headed towards the woods,
for reasons unknown, she turned, and started across my lane, so I nailed the brakes ,

Coopers will stop quick,, if I had 5 more feet, I would have been stopped, and not hit her,

she rolled up on my hood (all I could see was back) then back forward about 6-8 feet infront of the car when I finally stopped,


was able to drive the car home and then to the body shop,



years before, on the other side of the park, had a herd in a small yard near the road,

half stepped out in the road, saw my in the truck (about 530 in the morning) and parted as I was breaking, never hit one,,,

did have a couple walk into the side of my truck as I was going past,
no damage, but they left a lot of hair in the trim and the rear bumper corners shaved someone real good,,,,

[Gun Smoke]

Very similar to my experience. 4:00am, dark, deer on the other side of the road facing away and not on the pavement. Didn't run out in front of me till I slowed down. Hard impact but deer ran off leaving a cracked header and fur stuck everywhere. Cost me about $2K for repairs. No metal bent. Deer was a young buck, a 4 or 6 pointer.

They're like chickens. They HAVE to cross the road.

[Vern Humphrey]

I've hit two over the years that literally jumped in front of me -- they jumped from the brush on the left side of the road across one lane to get hit.

[lyman]

wife nailed one on the way home one night,
she had a 93 Celica,

tore up the front just a bit,,, but the biggest thing, besides the Doe, was that it was apparently constipated,

I say was, because she (the doe, not my wife or mother who was in the passenger side) emptied her bowels all done the side of the car,

yep, the car knocked the $hit out of that deer,,

she was able to drive the car home,, thankfully no personal damage done,

[m1ashooter]

Don't forget your local meat market as a source of meat. I did until my son told me he placed an order from a shop by his house and picked it up today. Some don't rely on processing plants like the chain stores.

[lyman]

Don't forget your local meat market as a source of meat. I did until my son told me he placed an order from a shop by his house and picked it up today. Some don't rely on processing plants like the chain stores.

there are only a few here in town,


meat cutters are a dying breed,

very few groceries have any meat cut in house, and those that do, only have the basics, and practically no training , (not that it takes a lot of skill to cut up a boneless ribeye anylonger,,,)


I spoke with a customer in Ga this morning, he is a 3rd gen independent store owner, and was talking about how hard it is to find a good butcher anymore,,

[Vern Humphrey]

there are only a few here in town,


meat cutters are a dying breed,

very few groceries have any meat cut in house, and those that do, only have the basics, and practically no training , (not that it takes a lot of skill to cut up a boneless ribeye anylonger,,,)


I spoke with a customer in Ga this morning, he is a 3rd gen independent store owner, and was talking about how hard it is to find a good butcher anymore,,

Interesting. Here in Stone County, Arkansas (pop. about 11,000) we have two thriving slaughter and butchering establishments. They do a thriving business during deer season, too.

[lyman]

Interesting. Here in Stone County, Arkansas (pop. about 11,000) we have two thriving slaughter and butchering establishments. They do a thriving business during deer season, too.

we have a few places to take deer, one is a Amish place, the other is open during season and then closes during the summer, ,



hiring a good meat cutter or meat manager is not easy ,, which is odd to me cause the job is sooo much easier now than it ever has been

[Sandpebble]

Once killed a kangaroo with a Volkswagen Beetle . Proved fatal for both roo and beetle.

Pity those poor people in Australia as kangaroo taste like xxxx

[Vern Humphrey]

Butchering is not hard -- although a good butcher can cut up a deer about ten times as fast as I can.

[dogtag]

Butchering is not hard -- although a good butcher can cut up a deer about ten times as fast as I can.

I'd bet a sharp blade helps, huh ?

[Vern Humphrey]

I'd bet a sharp blade helps, huh ?

Indeed it does -- and a chain mail glove for your left hand.

[lyman]

Butchering is not hard -- although a good butcher can cut up a deer about ten times as fast as I can.

bubba cutting up a deer is one thing,


being a Journeyman Meat Cutter is different