This morning a young engineer on my team texted me a photo of a nice doe he'd taken hunting about 2 hours south of me. I texted back and heartily congratulated him. What I had not realized was that this was his first deer! A short time later he texted me again asking if he could hang it in my garage tonight and show him how to butcher it later this week; he ended his text stating "no worries if you say no".
Saying "no" never crossed my mind! Told him I'm home all day, come any time and happy to mentor him on butchering.
It occurred to me after that his asking me for help was pretty cool and I am humbled he'd seek out my guidance. I then recalled a conversation I had with him a few weeks ago about cutting deer; told him I'd done one or two or 50 in my 40 years of hunting.
----------------------- You can't fall off the floor.
Posts: 9052 | Location: Rochester, NY behind enemy lines | Registered: March 12, 2002
Passing on your experience and knowledge is how hunting should be, some folks don't have family that has history doing it. Awesome way to be a mentor and I'd bet you get some nice cuts out of it LOL
Posts: 27663 | Location: Gunshine State | Registered: November 07, 2008
Originally posted by sigmonkey: I'd fly to Turks and Caicos with live ammo falling out of my pockets before getting within spitting distance of NJ with a firearm.
Posts: 4812 | Location: Staring down at you with disdain, from the spooky mountaintop castle. | Registered: November 20, 2010
Nice that he asked and great that you can assist him. Personally, I pick up a skill like that best with some on hand guidance. YouTube only goes so far. On a similar note I have a MC friend coming over to assist with installing an electronic cruise control on one of my bikes. As I told him, I think I know what I need to do but the moral support is very welcome. It's going to involve lifting the tank off etc and he has extensive mechanical experience.
Posts: 2416 | Location: Just outside of Zion and Bryce Canyon NP's | Registered: March 18, 2012
You know that since this is his first deer, you have GOT to bloody him.....it is a rite of passage. Anyway, it is where I was brought up, and it happened to me when I got my first deer.
Posts: 7102 | Location: Az | Registered: May 27, 2005
Cool. I saw a guy butcher a deer on the ground by slicing the skin down the backbone, the down the legs to the knee and removing the straps and hams , maybe 3 years ago-never seen it that way. Always hung and peeled then butchered.
“You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020
“ in my opinion, anything that we can do to trigger a potential aneurysm in a leftist is a good thing and worth doing” nhtagmember 2025
Welp, we got it done. It took a while to complete but the young man now knows what it takes to butcher a deer. He has some fine venison to enjoy this winter.
He did very kindly offer me some choice cuts (back loins) but there's no need for that as I already have two deer in the freezer.
I found it immensely satisfying to mentor him and watch him learn with hands on experience.
----------------------- You can't fall off the floor.
Posts: 9052 | Location: Rochester, NY behind enemy lines | Registered: March 12, 2002
