Richard was lucky enough to get a couple of tags for the cull of deer around Magrath.
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| Photo Credit: Richard Johnson
Hunting is not just abut hunting. Much of it is about the sunrises,
the beauty of the landscape, the sight of the prairies, the cold fresh air,
and the choice of hunting partners -- in this case, Naomi.
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As you may remember, his 15-year-old niece from Lethbridge, Naomi Brooks, likes to go hunting with him.
So together they went from farm to farm around Magrath, trying to find a farmer who would let them hunt on his property.
The Cooks told them that down in a ravine, the deer sometimes came in the early afternoon. But Richard and Naomi weren’t so lucky as to have one walk in front of them. They left, and were only seconds down the road then they got a phone call telling them to return to the farm, that there were deer up on the hill, eating the bales of hay that were for the farmer’s cattle. So back they went, and thus they returned home with the meat that will feed us through Christmas and well into next year.
What could be more Canadian than deer bratwurst sausage for the holidays?
Arta
Deer1:
ReplyDeleteFather in law shot a doe, just west of the porcupine hills and south of longview. We turned it into deer jerky and bratwurst. All of the deer jerky is gone already. The bratwurst is about half done.
Deer2&3:
We were on the north property of Colleen and Doug Keeler. Actually, just north of that at Ken Laws property. I asked Ken if I could hunt and he said yes. I saw two deer sheltering against hay stacks against the magrath wind. The biggest one had horns. It was a long shot. Maybe 300 yards. I'm awesome. I thought that I'd missed the first deer, and shot at the second one. It ran off. I asked Chris if I could shoot two deer and use his tag for the second. Thats a bit of a gray area for hunting, but not that against the rules. As I walked up to the deer I saw another one come hoping around and shot it. Then I found the first. It was a fawn coming back to look for mom. The first one I'd shot was a doe. I thought it was a buck. Deer 2&3 are at the butchers right now and going to be turned into chorizo and octoberfest sausages.
Deer 4&5.
Magrath had an 'after season' cull to get rid of more of the deer. They really do have too many down there. On thursday I went down and met Sabeys, Cooks, Taylors, and Leishmann. Cooks let me catch one on thursday. I brought it to lethbridge and gutted it with Naomi just south of Lethbridge. Saturday I went back and brought Naomi for the whole day. We caught another one in Alison Cooks back yard. Deer 4&5 will be as much jerky as possible and the rest will depend on if Chorizo or Octoberfest end up more delicious than Bratwurst.