Cowboy wisdom another non problem problem

Truth!

Keep knocking them out of the park Burnt- appreciate your sanity.

Thank you. One of my proud dad moments was watching my child eat a pig we raised from a piglet, when he asked if the bacon came from his old pet and I said yes. His comment was "they taste so much better when you love them first". Now he calls the stock by made up food names <VBG>.

I am looking at a buck while typing this trying to decide if I have room in the freezer. I don't, the deer gets to eat his fill and walk away. The basement dwellers do not know what they are missing in life.

That's the truth. Decades ago my boys never ate anything but elk and deer. I'd cut it up in right sized pieces as fast as I could, shovel it off on their plates and start slicing the next round. Like feeding baby wolves. I got skunked one hunting season and put a half beef in the freezer (selling our beef is what paid the taxes so we didn't eat what we raised, LOL) I started the rapid slicing and delivery with their first beef and their snarfing it down pace slowed to a stop and the 3 year old said something to the 4 year old and the 4 year old answered back. The 3 year old said something to the 4 year old again and then the 4 year old acting as spokesman said, "Dad, there's something wrong with this meat." I nearly died laughing, explained, not it's just different. This is my youngest son- redacted his face just because. Grandsons don't seem to eat much beef either.
I grew up on a hog farm, right of passage, that first pig. Be well my friend.

sevenheart is our family cattle brand- upside down heart with top of 7 going off tip to the left

Good times, good memories and lifelong lessons, it doesn't get any better.

We loaded the last of our hogs a few days ago, we will have to start again. We used to raise angus now we let others do that for us and buy direct to fill our needs. Our meat mostly comes from neighbors or from out of the yard. Which is ironic because I also own timberland, loaded with game we never touch. Any excess goes to area food banks and or stock. I'm sure you are familiar with the process.