Late last Thursday Mike, Ray, and I returned from a successful deer hunt to the South End of Kodiak. We brought back 600 pounds of field-dressed deer meat that represented the harvest of 6 big deer. That's a lot of meat and we spent the next two days cutting it all up and packaging it. We also had to take care of all our gear and cleaning up. So basically we spent the last 3 days cutting up meat and taking care of gear. We ended up with 260 pounds of packaged meat in the freezer. Meat for the winter!
While the primary purpose of the trip was to bring back deer meat, a side benefit was that we got to enjoy spectacular scenery. The hiking was pretty good too. Of course we also had some hardship - carrying heavy deer and surviving a BIG storm. The storm blasted us with 50-60 miles per hour gusts and the rain almost flooded our tent (it was a mere inches from turning into a lake). We could hear the wind keening in the tent guys and making ripping sounds. It was very alarming and we stayed awake wearing all our rain gear and boots - ready to jump up at a moments notice if the tent started to come down.
Anyway, it was a great trip and I'll post more in subsequent posts.
Patrick
 |
| Ray tending to the meat in the meat shelter - got to keep it dry and clean |
No comments:
Post a Comment