Call me crazy, but I'm the type of person that likes to utilize everything possible and go about it myself in the most rustic way possible. I was reading a book about he fur trade back in the early 1800's and they talked about loving the tongue and eating the liver raw and dipping it in the bladder for salty seasoning. I can't honestly go as far as eating raw meat or dipping it into any part of the animal for seasoning.
I keep the meat of course and will probally give the tongue and liver a try (cooked of course). I'm keeping the hides to teach my daughters and nephews how to brain tan after hunting season. We'll give the sinew a shot this year for sewing. I've read bones can make some nice knife handles and needles, so we'll give that a shot I suppose. My kids like to try this kind of stuff sitting next to a campfire after hunting season. I personally think these kind of old skills are very interesting.
This got me wondering how much of a deer do normal folks use now days.
I keep the meat of course and will probally give the tongue and liver a try (cooked of course). I'm keeping the hides to teach my daughters and nephews how to brain tan after hunting season. We'll give the sinew a shot this year for sewing. I've read bones can make some nice knife handles and needles, so we'll give that a shot I suppose. My kids like to try this kind of stuff sitting next to a campfire after hunting season. I personally think these kind of old skills are very interesting.
This got me wondering how much of a deer do normal folks use now days.
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