Since we’re talking meat, I’ll elaborate a little. As you can see from the big bloody spot in this photo, the exit wound was a little bit back, but bright lung blood, no guts cut, which was obviously nice. Entrance wound was just at the back of the opposite shoulder, a little further back than I intended. He was walking, I only had seconds to get the shot off, excuses, etc. He was also quartering towards me more than I thought. Luckily I caught enough shoulder on the entrance side to slow him down significantly, and he was down within 30 yards. The benefit of the shot being a few inches back was that minimal shoulder meat was lost, so that’s nice. Also, I like heart, and while the lungs were shredded, the heart was intact - I trimmed back one piece of rib and I was able to reach in through the entrance wound and retrieve it. Yeah, the entrance wound. 300 Weatherby, 150gr Nosler Partitions, serious business. I break my deer into quarters and primals and wet age them in a cooler for a week or so, draining water, adding ice daily and a little Kosher salt. So I’ve got a little time here to decide what to do with him. First thoughts: Backstraps: leave whole for stuffing/roasting Neck: burger grind Front shoulders: burger grind Hams: jerky and roasts Heart and tenders: chicken fry or new recipe I bought a grinder awhile back, so I may try to process this one completely myself. I need to decide what fat to mix with the burger grind (bacon, pork tallow, beef tallow, etc). My wife and kids like venison, but they don’t like tough/stringing parts that processors will put into burger sometimes, so i may be able to get more consumption from them if I am more judicious with the trim, so I’ll be watching that closely. I also picked up a burger forming attachment for the grinder, so I may try to pre form patties as I grind and separate with wax paper before freezing to make it easy for the wife to use later. Dropped the head and cape off at the taxi I use to get the skull bleached and the hide tanned. Should make a nice euro mount and I’ll see if the wife or kids want to use the hide for something neat. I might have shoulder mounted him, but my Africa trip taxidermy came home last year and I just got the wife copacetic with that, so probably need to go a little understated here.