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Fat on deer this year vs. other years

PurpleFloyd

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PurpleFloyd Grand Master

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I just wanted to check and see what others are seeing in the amount of fat the deer they harvest are carrying this year compared to other years.

I happen to be the one in our party that guts all of the deer after they are shot and this has been my job for quite a few years and what I noticed this year is that the deer have a lot more fat in them than I ever remember seeing. Not sure if that meshes with the old tales that say we will have a long,cold winter, that the deer are getting lazy due to technology grin, the season being a bit later than in the past or what, but it is worth noting.

Anyone else notice this?

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On my trail cams this summer, I've seen more skinny, malnourished, ribs-showing deer than I expected. However for the last few months everything I've captured pics of has looked pretty stout. I know winter was hard in our area last year, but if our garden is anything to go by it was a great year for crops and wild food sources.

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Hi

I just wanted to check and see what others are seeing in the amount of fat the deer they harvest are carrying this year compared to other years.

I happen to be the one in our party that guts all of the deer after they are shot and this has been my job for quite a few years and what I noticed this year is that the deer have a lot more fat in them than I ever remember seeing. Not sure if that meshes with the old tales that say we will have a long,cold winter, that the deer are getting lazy due to technology grin, the season being a bit later than in the past or what, but it is worth noting.

Anyone else notice this?

My god! You need new friends! You gut EVERY deer. I feel for you. I wish I had a guy like you in my party. Worst part of hunting, maybe the only bad part. the bucks in my party had pretty low fat, they have been rutting hard.

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My god! You need new friends! You gut EVERY deer. I feel for you. I wish I had a guy like you in my party. Worst part of hunting, maybe the only bad part. the bucks in my party had pretty low fat, they have been rutting hard.

I don't mind it at all. Actually to me it is just part of the experience and since I was a Biology major it's not too different than dissecting something in lab except no formalin. grin

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Hi

I just wanted to check and see what others are seeing in the amount of fat the deer they harvest are carrying this year compared to other years.

I happen to be the one in our party that guts all of the deer after they are shot and this has been my job for quite a few years and what I noticed this year is that the deer have a lot more fat in them than I ever remember seeing. Not sure if that meshes with the old tales that say we will have a long,cold winter, that the deer are getting lazy due to technology grin, the season being a bit later than in the past or what, but it is worth noting.

Anyone else notice this?

I think it is safe to say that we now know why the deer had more fat than they have had in years. grin

I believe there are many things Mother Nature tells us if we take the time to look and listen.

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I think it is safe to say that we now know why the deer had more fat than they have had in years. grin

I believe there are many things Mother Nature tells us if we take the time to look and listen.

So, when we gut our Deer we should watch for the winter forecast? Huum, I thought it was how high the White mans wood pile was in the fall! grin

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I was around for 4 deer this year. I thought they were very low on fat.

We had around 30 over the course of the seasons in Zone 3. Some had a crazy amount of fat, some didn't. There didn't really seem to be a trend between how big they were, how old they appeared to be, or their sex with regards to how much fat they had.

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