Texas Whitetail deer hunting is a popular hunt with the season running from October through January. If you are hunting for meat and not trophy, there are some helpful tips to ensure that you walk away with the best meat possible.
One of the most important tools to have on hand when hunting is a very sharp knife. It will be handy for cleaning, and field dressing or gutting your deer, as well as skinning it.
Field dressing gloves are also an item that will be very useful for meat preparation. You can purchase them at any outdoor store with hunting equipment or specifically, a Texas hunting supply store. Once you are finished gutting your dear, the gloves are useful for storing and transporting the heart and liver back. Place the heart and liver in your hand and pull the glove off turning inside out so the organs remain on the inside.
The next step in ensuring good quality meat is field dressing your game properly. For more information regarding field dressing, visit us at the Dallas Boat Show!
Perhaps the most important element to ensuring good, quality, tender meat is the animal itself and the manner in which you hunt it. The younger the animal you hunt, the less gamy the meat will be. Look for a buck between one and three years of age to ensure tender meat. When you go to take your shot, try to shoot the animal when it is calm. The more distress the animal is under, again, the gamier the meat will taste. Lastly, the placement of your shot will determine meat tenderness. The best shot not only for meat tenderness but also for a humane kill, is to go through the lungs. This will damage the least amount of meat.
Remember these tips on your next hunt to have tasty, tender meat. And for more information on hunting whitetail deer in Texas, visit the Dallas Boat Show 2012.
