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BowEd:
.....and so it begins.These are deer shot last fall and winter.3 with a self bow [1 buck and 2 does] and 1 [a doe] later in the winter with a .54 muzzleloader.I need to make room in the freezer for all the vegetables from the garden that'll go in the freezer this fall.The meat of 250+ pounds from these deer helps to relieve the cost of food these days.
I'll start out doing the largest hide first.A buck.Got it fleshed to dry down.There's a good 18 square feet in this one.



Here's where he came from.He was shot in late november last year.Very healthy and still had a fair amount of tallow on him yet.

Buckskinner:
A nice quartering shot too! Are you brain tanning?

BowEd:
Yep.He took care of himself pretty well.Not too many scars.
Sure like the knock down ability of a 2 blade arrow when placed in the right place compared to any other way of putting a deer down.
I'm sure there will be minor barbed wire scars showing on the hair side later after dehairing,but no major punctures through the groin or punctures from fighting other bucks or misplaced shots from the past taken at him.
I've seen evidence of all of that plenty of times in the past.
Scars are character anyway.

bjrogg:
Always enjoy watching you work hides Ed.

You do very nice work and I always pick up some ideas.

Bjrogg

BowEd:
He's got the potential size for a full length pants pipe.Got a mate to him [same size and age] already done to match him.

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