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Description

Backyard deer hunting Converting deer to dinner for pennies per pound In a single volume, prize-winning author Wm. Hovey Smith explains every aspect of deer hunting from finding deer to cooking it for your family. This book is designed for someone who has... read more

Summary

Proceeding from locating deer, finding out who owns the property, obtaining a hunting license, getting permission to hunt and then scouting, choosing appropriate hunting tools, locating stands, killing, extracting, preserving and eating deer, bear, wild hogs, wild turkeys as well as squirrels... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Memorable Quotes

  • “You have a stove don't you? It's that big appliance in the kitchen with the four eyes on top. Maybe you haven't used it much, but it is time to take the dirty dishes off the top, wipe if off and actually cook something with it besides pizza and TV dinners.”

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Setting up your hunts
Chapter 2. Getting your gear
Chapter 3. Scouting for deer
Chapter 4. Deer Hunting
Chapter 5. Humanely killing big game
Chapter 6. Finding and extracting your deer
Chapter 7. Skinning and cleaning
Chapter 8. Larger and smaller game
Chapter 9. The road-kill cafe
Chapter 10. Long-term meat storage
Chapter 11. Cooking
Supplier's addresses
Author's publications
Index
About the author

 

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