Carla D-Great new adventures and an Amazing Life

[Carla D]

This last weekend was odd, nerve wracking, and busy. But, something completely out of the blue happened Friday evening. A young kid hit a HUGE buck at the end of the farms driveway. It was likely a three year old white tail. The kids car is totaled and the deer did not sustain a fatal injury, just crippling. It was still alive five hours later. The police knew about it but had no intention of coming out to our farm which is five miles from their building. It was after 6:00pm and it wasn’t an emergency. My husband couldn’t bear the thought of him still being alive come Morning. He would have been too. His primary injury was to its hind quarter. It’s leg had been broken in four different spots, and his antlers were busted all over the road. My husband decided to put it out of misery. That was the beginning of a very, very late night. It took us until 4:00am to get him prepped and hanging. It was a COLD and WINDY night to be doing that.neither one of us could see letting it go to waste. We finally had some time to begin processing it today. We had a 20 gallon tote full of meat already off the bone. We are not going to waste any of it. there is meat not fit for human consumption we are chunking it up and portioning it out to freeze and give to the barn cats once or twice a week. So far they have 30# of meat chunks. That was from the damaged hind quarter. This could not have happened at a better time for our family. We have enough pork and venison to last us at least a year. That was such a blessing. So it wasn’t all bad, just absolutely nonstop activity.

 

[Baymule]

I'm proud of fresh roadkill and you should be too. LOL A neighbor showed up this spring with a dead doe. A young girl hit the deer and went home to get her Dad to shoot it. Neighbor drove up on the scene and the Dad offered the doe to him, because their freezer was full. Dad asked Neighbor if he knew how to clean it, and he replied, No, but I know someone who does! And he brought her to me.

DH got the tractor and we hung her up. Neighbor said he was going to watch and learn. I laughed and handed him a knife, "Do what I do."

We skinned the doe, quartered her up, put in our ice chest, and sent him home with all the meat except for one backstrap that he insisted on us keeping.

I am glad that your husband did the right thing and ended the deer's pain. No use in wasting the meat, you did the right thing in slaughtering him. Meat for your freezer. That's a good thing.

 

[Carla D]

I'm proud of fresh roadkill and you should be too. LOL A neighbor showed up this spring with a dead doe. A young girl hit the deer and went home to get her Dad to shoot it. Neighbor drove up on the scene and the Dad offered the doe to him, because their freezer was full. Dad asked Neighbor if he knew how to clean it, and he replied, No, but I know someone who does! And he brought her to me.

DH got the tractor and we hung her up. Neighbor said he was going to watch and learn. I laughed and handed him a knife, "Do what I do."

We skinned the doe, quartered her up, put in our ice chest, and sent him home with all the meat except for one backstrap that he insisted on us keeping.

I am glad that your husband did the right thing and ended the deer's pain. No use in wasting the meat, you did the right thing in slaughtering him. Meat for your freezer. That's a good thing.

It sure is a good thing. Our house loves venison. Being as broke as we have been, this provides sense of comfort knowing we won’t starve this winter. I don’t know if I’ve ever had so much venison in our freezer. A really nice feeling.

 

[Carla D]

Here are a few videos I wanted to share but never got around to doing so.

 

[Carla D]

I packaged up our roadkill last night. I have discovered two MUST HAVES for the hunter, harvester, and meat loving family. The first one is a vacuum sealer. I had no idea how handy that device is. Wow! Even to use when you go to the grocery store and buy humongous amounts of meat. At sams club we can buy ground beef in 10-12# packages. That would be so useful in that situation. The second was a food scale. Many people do have these, but I’ve never owned one. All of my packages of venison are in 1# and 1.5# packages. That is so handy as well. Considering DH is a deer hunter and processes his own meat most of the time, I can’t believe he doesn’t have either of these. Those might be family Christmas presents.

 

[Carla D]

I’m going to make a multiple nipple feeder for my goats tonight. I need to find fittings so I can use the Pritchard nipples the boys are used to. I plan on using a huge kitty litter tub to build it. I’m hoping I can use it tonight.

 

[Baymule]

I love my Food saver!!! It is awesome. Hint: sometimes things that you are sealing up have a sharp point or edge. Wrap in saran wrap or put a folded piece of plastic wrap over the sharp point. I buy the bags on a roll every once in awhile just to make sure that I have 'em when I need 'em!

 

[Carla D]

Loved hearing your daughter giggling, while playing with the kids....hope the goats don't get agressive towards her, .... looks like life is going well for you,......you got a freezer full of meat now and set for winter

I don’t know if we’ve ever been this stocked with food. At least 50# venison, 125# of Brownie, pork, 6 gallons spaghetti sauce, 2 gallons chili. I made 4# of taco meat tonight for supper. I have to thank my parents for teaching me how to cook large.

 

[Carla D]

I love my Food saver!!! It is awesome. Hint: sometimes things that you are sealing up have a sharp point or edge. Wrap in saran wrap or put a folded piece of plastic wrap over the sharp point. I buy the bags on a roll every once in awhile just to make sure that I have 'em when I need 'em!

Great tip. Thank you.

 

[Carla D]

Loved hearing your daughter giggling, while playing with the kids....hope the goats don't get agressive towards her, .... looks like life is going well for you,......you got a freezer full of meat now and set for winter

@B&B Happy goats, they are starting to get a little overwhelming for her at times. Part of that may be because their space is getting tight. I do have to pull Ringo and Junior off her frequently. I think they just love that she’s as high energy as they are. But in a couple of weeks most of them will weigh more than she does.