Thread: Victory! (First Deer)

Originally Posted by gadgetman

What are your new boots? If they are leather fill them with bees wax (Snoseal). Stops the leather saturating.

Scarpa Kinesis Tech GTX's....what a mouthful. I see that Scarpa recommend their own product (surprise surprise) for the leather. Don't know if you can get it in NZ though, so i'll be looking at other stuff if I bother at all. Does anyone even bother regularly treating their Scarpa's? Seems like a bit of a marketing ploy to me.

As mentioned, next time we will just cross this river in gumboots then stash them somewhere for on the way back. Will carry other footwear across and then wear it in dry.

Wifes ankle is still playing up a bit, so she's off to the doctor today to see if she needs x-rays.

Originally Posted by eve

good stuff, that is one deer you will never forget. I still remember my first deer like it was yesterday not 35yrs ago. if you can it is best to let it hang over night and set, if you can't take the whole animal the best cuts are the back steaks, eye fillet and back legs the rest is only good for sausage.

Nothing wrong with a good venison stew or venison pie, been having some delicious ones on the cold nights made from some nice shoulder and neck meat, heaps of feeds there if you can carry it out...


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Excellent result and a good write up, kudos to your wife for being out there and doing it.