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.

Just. Nice.

Nice!

Excellent to be carrying on an American tradition! Confident that there is hope for the youth of our country after all.

Just payin' it forward, boss, payin' it forward.

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

Good work!

That’s pretty outstanding!

Sort of a honor to be asked would you say. ......... drill sgt.

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.

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.

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.

Well done!

Nothing more satisfying than processing your own deer and enjoying the hard work put in over the next year.

Did the same for a friend who got their first elk..passing down knowledge to those who seek it is truly an honor.

Very kind of you to help him out. Maybe he can share a back strap with you! Yum.

I’m happy for you both!

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.