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41 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

I bought 2 pounds of ground beef at HEB today for ~$15.  I'm making Tacos for dinner.  The good news is this feeds the 4 of us with enough leftover for 2-3 meals.   But $15 for 2 pounds of ground beef is insane.

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11 minutes ago, YChang said:

Good, more of us would benefit from eating less meat anyway. 😅

Seriously though I’m going to use this as an excuse to lose some weight. Y’all wish me luck.

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I haven’t moose hunted in 2 years because it’s just the wife and I and a moose is a lot of meat for 2 people. Made sure the rifle was still sighted in this weekend so we could go out on opening day (Sept 1) because of this shit. 
 

Going to pull out my Grandpa’s venison sausage recipes and see if they translate to moose if I’m lucky enough to get one. 

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3 minutes ago, mooseoutfront said:

I haven’t moose hunted in 2 years because it’s just the wife and I and a moose is a lot of meat for 2 people. Made sure the rifle was still sighted in this weekend so we could go out on opening day (Sept 1) because of this shit. 
 

Going to pull out my Grandpa’s venison sausage recipes and see if they translate to moose if I’m lucky enough to get one. 

I assume that a chest freezer where you are is just a hole dug into the Permafrost with a tight bear-proof lid on top?

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6 minutes ago, mooseoutfront said:

I haven’t moose hunted in 2 years because it’s just the wife and I and a moose is a lot of meat for 2 people. Made sure the rifle was still sighted in this weekend so we could go out on opening day (Sept 1) because of this shit. 
 

Going to pull out my Grandpa’s venison sausage recipes and see if they translate to moose if I’m lucky enough to get one. 

Moose stew is actually pretty good.  And moose jerky. 

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2 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

I assume that a chest freezer where you are is just a hole dug into the Permafrost with a tight bear-proof lid on top?

Cold holes are an option, but we cheat. We have had a chest freezer at a friend’s house who has electricity. Plus, we recently bought an on the grid house, so we’ll move it over to our new place eventually. We still live at the cabin. We are renovating the new place at stoners pace. It’s basically just an expensive bathroom, laundry facility right now. 

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22 minutes ago, mooseoutfront said:

I haven’t moose hunted in 2 years because it’s just the wife and I and a moose is a lot of meat for 2 people. Made sure the rifle was still sighted in this weekend so we could go out on opening day (Sept 1) because of this shit. 
 

Going to pull out my Grandpa’s venison sausage recipes and see if they translate to moose if I’m lucky enough to get one. 

What do you hunt moose with? A howitzer? 

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17 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

Moose stew is actually pretty good.  And moose jerky. 

Soups and stews are common winter meals at Casa de Moose. Since the wood stove is burning 24/7 you can cook things like that on it and save propane. 
 

Gonna try jerky along with the sausage. Gotta do something with all that meat. Trying to not get burned out on it since it seems like it will be our red meat option for the foreseeable future. 

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5 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

What do you hunt moose with? A howitzer? 

I use the same rifle I hunted whitetail deer with in Texas, a .270 Win. 
 

I don’t take a shot over 300 yards. It’s usually a shot in the 100 to 200 yard range. If you can place your shot, they die quickly. I’ve killed several moose over the years, all within 300 yards and all one shot kills. 

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5 minutes ago, mooseoutfront said:

Soups and stews are common winter meals at Casa de Moose. Since the wood stove is burning 24/7 you can cook things like that on it and save propane. 
 

Gonna try jerky along with the sausage. Gotta do something with all that meat. Trying to not get burned out on it since it seems like it will be our red meat option for the foreseeable future. 

Word of warning on sausage.   Add more salt/spices than recipes call for.   

As for what you use to take a moose down:

 

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3 minutes ago, mooseoutfront said:

I use the same rifle I hunted whitetail deer with in Texas, a .270 Win. 
 

I don’t take a shot over 300 yards. It’s usually a shot in the 100 to 200 yard range. If you can place your shot, they die quickly. I’ve killed several moose over the years, all within 300 yards and all one shot kills. 

Yeah, the moose out front shoulda told y'all that.  I mean, he probably would have....if mooseoutfront hadn't already dropped him with a solid heart shot.

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12 minutes ago, mooseoutfront said:

Gonna try jerky along with the sausage. Gotta do something with all that meat. Trying to not get burned out on it since it seems like it will be our red meat option for the foreseeable future. 

It’s a shame you don’t have any wild pigs up there.  A little pork in the sausage makes that lean deer/elk/moose sausage ‘mo bettuh. 

Maybe add some beaver?

 

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5 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

It’s a shame you don’t have any wild pigs up there.  A little pork in the sausage makes that lean deer/elk/moose sausage ‘mo bettuh. 

Maybe add some beaver?

 

Moose...  Are you in Alaska or Colorado?   If you're in Alaska, can you take a reindeer too?   That would help add to the flavor.  

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16 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

It’s a shame you don’t have any wild pigs up there.  A little pork in the sausage makes that lean deer/elk/moose sausage ‘mo bettuh. 

Maybe add some beaver?

 

We'll buy pork butt to cut the moose with for sausage.  We usually buy beef steak trimmings from the butcher shops to cut with it for ground meat.  During hunting season up here all the meat markets have steak trimmings for sale.

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14 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

Moose...  Are you in Alaska or Colorado?   If you're in Alaska, can you take a reindeer too?   That would help add to the flavor.  

Alaska...Denali Borough.  If memory serves me correctly from the other sites you lived in Fairbanks for a bit.

I've taken one caribou, which is basically the same as a reindeer.  Neither my wife or I cared for it.  The backstrap was ok fried, but it just had a weird taste to me and her.  Ended up giving most of it away.

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1 hour ago, mooseoutfront said:

I haven’t moose hunted in 2 years because it’s just the wife and I and a moose is a lot of meat for 2 people. Made sure the rifle was still sighted in this weekend so we could go out on opening day (Sept 1) because of this shit. 

And all the moose are like, "God dammit I voted for Trump!  Who could have seen this coming!"

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Posted
25 minutes ago, mooseoutfront said:

Alaska...Denali Borough.  If memory serves me correctly from the other sites you lived in Fairbanks for a bit.

I've taken one caribou, which is basically the same as a reindeer.  Neither my wife or I cared for it.  The backstrap was ok fried, but it just had a weird taste to me and her.  Ended up giving most of it away.

Yep, at Ft. Wainwright.  That was a really long time ago.   Both of the Macanudo-ettes were born there and now the youngest is a sophomore in college.  

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42 minutes ago, mooseoutfront said:

Alaska...Denali Borough.  If memory serves me correctly from the other sites you lived in Fairbanks for a bit.

I've taken one caribou, which is basically the same as a reindeer.  Neither my wife or I cared for it.  The backstrap was ok fried, but it just had a weird taste to me and her.  Ended up giving most of it away.

Huh.  I had caribou filet mignon once, and it may have been the best piece of game meat I've ever had.

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5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Huh.  I had caribou filet mignon once, and it may have been the best piece of game meat I've ever had.

Yeah, I don’t know if it was just a funky one or what. I plan on getting another one sometime to see if it was just a bad bou. A caribou is more of the size of animal me and Mrs. Moose need. 



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