Venison (living, store, safety)

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by msina

"Up Here" in NMLM country, we see deer most mornings in the yard eating apples. We were taking down some small trees and brush in the side yard this weekend and saw where a buck had been rubbing. There's a deer trail goes through the property here. Neither one of us hunt now, I'm hoping to have someone that does come up and if they're lucky, leave us a bit of what they bring down.

That's an excellent idea msina! If jcinsov does not hunt he could give permission to a hunter to bag a deer on his property in exchange for some of the meat! Win Win the way I see it!

[mainelander]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

jcinsov -
What region of Maine are you located in?

Do you hunt?

I am in central maine near lewiston/auburn. I never reaslly got a chance to get into hunting. my father passed away early on, and no one i knew was into it. i've wanted to get involved, but never really knew the best way to go about it.

[mainelander]

Originally Posted by Maineah

That's an excellent idea msina! If jcinsov does not hunt he could give permission to a hunter to bag a deer on his property in exchange for some of the meat! Win Win the way I see it!

ah i wish i had property that could hold a deer lol. unfortunately i currently reside in a suburban area.

[atardie]

I have a pretty good piece of ground here in Northern Maine and this weekend while out and about cutting brush, we have seen almost no deer track. The last few winters hace dessimated the population. I truly hope they can regenerate. It doesn't look good for this hunting season!

[mainelander]

well i can tell you that southern NY seems to have an infestation of it, if newspaper articles are accurate

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by atardie

I have a pretty good piece of ground here in Northern Maine and this weekend while out and about cutting brush, we have seen almost no deer track. The last few winters hace dessimated the population. I truly hope they can regenerate. It doesn't look good for this hunting season!

That's too bad. There's still plenty of the varmints around the Southern part of Maine! We had always observed that up that way there were deer but they were few and far between. We used to hunt deer the first week of the season up that way but had very mixed success. When we did get a deer up there it was always a nice one though! The North American Whitetail Association says that Northern Maine is the very end of the Whitetail deer's range in the east. Still if you go with a good guide up North you may get the wall hanger of a lifetime!

[dmyankee]

There is also a coyote predation problem up here. Some friends of mine got permission to take a baby moose carcass a couple weeks ago and used it for bait. In a half an hour one night, they lit up a pack of over a dozen!

[mainelander]

yeah , but coyote tastes terrible

[RANGER.101ST]

Originally Posted by jcinsov

yeah , but coyote tastes terrible

na it all in how ya cookem.
nope no surplus this year or any year for that matter.
any one who desires can hunt if you have never hunted find a guide and learn from him/her.
if you dont want to hunt then your out of luck.deer meat to us is like gold to every one else.

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by jcinsov

I understand it is illegal to sell the game, but I wonder if there are any hunters out there that find themselves at a surplus.

if you want some venison, this is what i'd do, go to a place where they cut up deer, ask if you can learn how to skin deer, (no pay) help the guy that skins the deer, til you can skin one yourself, then ask one of the hunters if they would trade in a few pkges of venison (for the price of skinning) (or work it out with the butcher if he charges by the pound)

having worked a few falls cutting up deer/moose a good skinner is hard to find, and a pair of extra hands really helps, you may even get lucky, that some out of stater may pay for his deer to be cut -up, and never comes back to pick it up (just wanted the picture)