"Target archery is seeing how far away you can get and still hit the bull's eye;
Bowhunting is seeing how close you can get and never miss your mark."
"A man's got to know his limitations"
"Target archery is seeing how far away you can get and still hit the bull's eye;
Bowhunting is seeing how close you can get and never miss your mark."
"A man's got to know his limitations"
Unless bloodshot, we have always kept the ribs of our deer. I cut them similar to pork side ribs and cook them the same way. Marinate in a dry rub overnight in the fridge. Then bake them in a tin foil sealed pan long and in a low oven. Take tin foil off at the end, up the temp a bit and cover with a good BBQ sauce. They are yummy.
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"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC
..... The NDP approach: if the facts don't fit your ideology, just pretend the facts don't exist.......
I have seen many moose camps with just the 4 legs and the backstraps hanging, the rib/belly/neck meat from a moose will mostly fill a rubber maid tote till I can hardly lift it(at least 80 pounds) yet has been left in the bush for years now. I have always taken all but the thin strip between the ribs, so this won't effect me much, 5 more minutes a side! I hunt to eat, so I treasure every pound of meat whether moose, elk or deer!!
I think this is a good regulation change. With all the scrutiny that hunters are under, and on the heels of loosing the GBear hunt I think it's more important that ever to make sure we all utilize everything we can off the game we take.
Ya I know, there's the camp out there that says meat retention makes little difference in the eyes of an anti-hunter and I agree, they could care less because they want it all shutdown. But the folks I talk to that are neither hunters or Anti-hunting ALL have a problem with edible meat left in the bush to rot.
These are the folks I love to offer samples of my Bear or duck pepperoni, venison jerky to. I'm not looking to convert these folks into hunters, although that would be cool but its's very hard to do. I certainly don't want to push them toward the anti's which is all to easy to do.
100% meat retention just seems like the smart way ahead to me
Last edited by Ron.C; 04-07-2018 at 03:47 PM.
BC is just catching up somewhat to stiffer regs in Alta and the Yukon, but is still weak100% meat retention just seems like the smart way ahead to me
In the Yukon one can be fined for allowing meat to become spoiled or taken by a predator without taking precautions. So if a CO thinks you didn't try hard enough to prevent a bear from stealing meat from a camp, you can get fined. Puts a whole 'nuther level to backpack hunting.
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