2013 Hunting

[woodbuck27]

Seeing as we are talking about weird desire to eat different foods, has anyone here ever had hippo? Every time I see one of those fat over grown pigs I think of the Flintstones opening when they throw the ribs on Fred's car and it tips over then I start to salivate.

Hippo is best cooked slow at about 300 F.

Serve it with Peri Peri Hot sauce.

[woodbuck27]

If they had too much fat, they would float.

Ate at the 'Carnivore Cafe' in Nairobi. They have a fire pit in the middle the size of a living room. The spits were roasting a 1/4 of zebra, impala, Ostrich leg, etc. There was a 100 lb hunk of Hippo on there. Tried everything (it was a Brazilian style service). Don't recall hippo standing out that much different than anything else.

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g294207-d809397-Reviews-The_Carnivore_Restaurant-Nairobi.html

" If you're brave enough to eat crocodile, ostrich & camel meat, just to name a few, then visit this place when you're in Nairobi. The meats are very tasty especially if you pair it with the right sauce. The waiter will tell you which sauce to use. It's quite a gastronomical experience, exotic indeed! The ultimate "Beast of a Feast",... ..."

[woodbuck27]

From what I hear and have seen, that's not a big issue around here. But yeah, we're only going to eat it if it appears healthy. If I get a bald one, I might have it mounted.

Nothing like a true trophy animal for the den.


Only saw a doe this morning, so for the time being, I don't have to look up recipes.

Can't you taste the liver now?

Yum Yum.

[woodbuck27]

When I lived in Kodiak my father and I used to go out dog hunting. Between the idiot seasonal cannery workers that left behind dogs and the local drunks that couldn't manage pets there was always a large pack of feral dogs running around chasing sitka blacktail. We would thin them out annually. Always fun to shoot a feral Lhasa Apso on the run.

and Lasha Apso's are so despised; absolutely despised.... so take em out. Ugly critters too.

[woodbuck27]

First legal deer I've ever taken.

Ohh my GOD !

You mistook that for a coyote !

OK I'm guessing that you thought that coyote's have horns.

[woodbuck27]

75 gr .223 HP laterally through the throat. If laterally means what I think it does. He dropped, rolled on his back and kicked for a few seconds, then passed peacefully surrounded by grass and weeds.

Yesterday was a waste with that storm. Hoping they're out for food this morning but that moon might have had them running around most the night, especially since it cleared up here at about 8pm.

What's with the heavy ammunition.

My kid sister shot a coyote this fall back in New Brunswick with a 16 guage shotgun and NO. 6 shot. She let it walk in real close.

The fricken thing was toast.

[SkinBasket]

The numbers from the processor put his live weight at 280-300. No one, including myself, thought it was that heavy except formy old drunk neighbor who helped get him in the truck after I dressed it. I guess 50 years of deer hunting teaches you some shit.

[woodbuck27]

The numbers from the processor put his live weight at 280-300. No one, including myself, thought it was that heavy except formy old drunk neighbor who helped get him in the truck after I dressed it. I guess 50 years of deer hunting teaches you some shit.

Yes that's a solid buck.

[Little Whiskey]

The numbers from the processor put his live weight at 280-300. No one, including myself, thought it was that heavy except formy old drunk neighbor who helped get him in the truck after I dressed it. I guess 50 years of deer hunting teaches you some shit.

I would have thought you would have butchered it yourself.

Just got back from camp. Two doe on the last day. A ton of wind a ton of rain and crazy temp ranges made for a strange week.

[Deputy Nutz]

Leaving in two days for deer camp.

High of 19 degrees on opening day.

[SkinBasket]

Good luck homo.

I missed a doe yesterday. Took a shot I knew I shouldn't, unsupported and out of breath, but it was the first doe I've seen in 8 days and I'm tired of watching bucks wander around in front of me with their mocking eyes. At least I didn't maim her. My wife killed Lord Voldermort, an annoying 4 pointer, Friday with a .243 by breaking it's spine in half. And shredding the tenderloins.

[SkinBasket]

We had a low one morning of 19. It was god awful. I barely survived.

[SkinBasket]

Actually, I'm "hunting" right now. It's 50 so I had to put on a jacket.

[Little Whiskey]

Leaving in two days for deer camp.

High of 19 degrees on opening day.

It was 16 when we got to deer camp this year the. Warmed to mid 50's then snow and wind on our final hunt day.

Good luck.

[SkinBasket]

Beautiful morning in the woods. 40 degrees, light cloud cover, no wind, and I think I just shit myself a little trying to push a fart out. Tomorrow is rain and the weekend will be cold so I'd like to knock over a doe today and be done.