Yesterday I went on my first hunting trip with my brother. He drew a tag in a pretty saturated area so we saw lots of deer. In a town. You can’t really hunt a deer in town.

After some time he found a few deer west of that town and he stalked up behind them and drew his bow and took a shot. The shot was a good one because the deer bolted and fell about 75 yards away. The arrow had punctured one of the deer’s lungs cleanly and we found it under a tree.

The mess of field dressing the deer was fascinating to watch. Deer, humans and vegetarians are all meat donuts. Field dresssing is just a fancy word for “get the digestive, urinary and breathing parts of the donut out so they don’t spoil the muscle. This was fascinating to watch and I can’t wait to do it myself.
Skinning the deer was amazing. I want to learn so much more about the processing of the hide as it requires using a lot of the deer on the deer if I understand correctly.

The deer has its appendages removed and then you need to age it in a meet locker for a few days. This cures some of the open cuts and firms up the muscle as I understand it. Again, amazing!

I totally recommend bow hunting as it ups the challenge (compared to rifle hunting) and helps control the deer population all while getting you exercise, meet, and of course biology lessons.