Bang-Flops
Jan 24, 2009 18:26:21 GMT -5
Post by trophybucks on Jan 24, 2009 18:26:21 GMT -5
I agree with everything you guys said. but I voted for the deer not suffering and not having to track. But here's something else that I've found in the past. All of my deer processing is done at my house (time permitting) and all of the curing is the same. After harvesting, I hang the deer in a refridgerated cooler for 4-6 days, hanging by the legs, so the blood will drain to the head and the meat cold cure.
Then, I process the deer at my house and make whatever I'm gonna make (sausage, steaks, hamburger meat or whatever). All of the meat has no game taste whatever. Then, one day, I hit a large buck in the heart area and he ran, and ran, and ran and finally fell over about 1/2 mile away. He was running fast and losing a lot of blood. He was recovered quickly and processed as normal.
When we started to eat the meat from him, the taste of the meat SUCKED!!! The meat was gamey and just didn't taste good. I shot two other deer that year and my brother also shot deer, and none of the deer had a gamey taste.
The only thing that I can figure is the amount of adrenaline that the buck produced while he was running after the shot. I asked a couple of biologists of this and I was told that it is possible that an animal CAN produce enough adrenaline in their system to effect the taste of the meat.
So, therefore, I like the bang-flops for the added fact of the possible lack of adrenaline in the meat from the deer running after the shot. The shorter the run, the less adrenaline in the meat, hence, the bang-flop is the shortest run.
Just food for thought (adrenaline-free, of course)
Chuck
Then, I process the deer at my house and make whatever I'm gonna make (sausage, steaks, hamburger meat or whatever). All of the meat has no game taste whatever. Then, one day, I hit a large buck in the heart area and he ran, and ran, and ran and finally fell over about 1/2 mile away. He was running fast and losing a lot of blood. He was recovered quickly and processed as normal.
When we started to eat the meat from him, the taste of the meat SUCKED!!! The meat was gamey and just didn't taste good. I shot two other deer that year and my brother also shot deer, and none of the deer had a gamey taste.
The only thing that I can figure is the amount of adrenaline that the buck produced while he was running after the shot. I asked a couple of biologists of this and I was told that it is possible that an animal CAN produce enough adrenaline in their system to effect the taste of the meat.
So, therefore, I like the bang-flops for the added fact of the possible lack of adrenaline in the meat from the deer running after the shot. The shorter the run, the less adrenaline in the meat, hence, the bang-flop is the shortest run.
Just food for thought (adrenaline-free, of course)
Chuck