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My freezer is getting low, so it was time to refill it – and I chose to do that this year at one of Outdoor Solutions’ “Field to Table” classes. Set up with hunting outfitters around the country, this is a class where a professional chef who is also a hunter is brought in to teach a group of about 6 students the fundamentals of cleaning, butchering, and preparing wild game. It’s intended for folks who have never hunted and aren’t sure how to get into it as well as long-time hunters who have never done any meat processing and would like to learn that skill. This event was hosted by Legend Waterfowl in Talon, Oklahoma for deer and hog.
I was hoping to have a chance to get some insight into the performance of subsonic 8.6 Blackout on hogs, but alas I only saw one pig during the whole trip. I did take a whitetail deer though, and it has now been added to my freezer!
I want to comment mainly to support the idea of preserving a meat-hunting culture. It’s a valuable skill to know how to do, and even more valuable when times are tough or uncertain. No, you don’t need an exotic rifle or shotgun to kill wild game; but if this video and others like it get people to think about how to feed oneself, it’s a worthy post.
Good point. Until the meat is on the table it is a problem to be solved: gutting, transport, butchering, storeage, cooking. The unglamorous side of hunting