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[vortex nation]

What would you do?


Deer hunted for the first time with someone that I recently met. Seemed like a stand-up guy.

We were deer hunting together sharing expenses & such.

He get's a deer & does not offer to share the deer with me. This is after I helped drag it out skin it & all other work involved.

When I asked for my share he snapped & said sorry it's spoken for?

Where I come from I have always shared the harvest if I am with someone. I am a bit shocked & it's not sitting well with me. Maybe my fault for not asking in advance I guess.

I think I will bow hunt alone in my own spot's from now on...

[Rockin' G Ranch]

I have always offered part of my kill to anyone hunting with me. I just think it's the right thing to do. I don't ask for meat from someone else but I would be VERY upset if I did and was refused! It's like asking for help to recover an animal and being told "...find it yourself". When you hunt with others you expect to share in everything IMO.

[BlackBoarDown]

I agree . I would always be happy to give / share what i have . And without a doubt with someone that I was on the hunt with and that helped with the processing.
You maybe should have asked before you went to make sure of who you were dealing with but even though you didn't , I would be put out also.

Keep the faith:

I would not be hunting with that person again.

[vortex nation]

I always say what comes around goes around...

[pahunter]

I love the hunt.  After the kill , then the work begins.   I will tag it, gut it, and
    drag it out.   You can skin it, cut it up, and eat it.
    We end up with two to four deer each year, and end up looking for a needy
    family that wants one.

[Ranger]

I have never taken deer meat from someone else other than family on a couple occasions and I never made a habit of doing that.  I always felt if I could not get my own I was out of luck.  Don't know how or why I feel like that.  Never thought about it till now.  Very few people have ever even offered me any, even if I carried the deer out for them.      

  I have given part of my deer to people who let me hunt on their property and to some close friends who had not gotten anything.  I have donated several whole deer to Hunters for the Hungry.  I have given deer to poor families in the neighborhood with children, and I would happily give meat to anyone who asks whether they helped or not, the amount being determined by me.  But outside of family I won't take someone else's deer meat.  Unless they have cooked it and invited me over for dinner, that is.     Now, I do not know if I am right or wrong, that is just the way I feel about it.  

Now on a different note:  One time a guy brought me an elk to mount.  He brought THE WHOLE THING!   My nephews, daughter and I skinned it, quartered the meat, and caped it while he sat back and didn't do squat.  I mounted it and only charged him for the mount.  He said he was going to bring me some elk meat for the extra work I did.  He came and picked up his mount and gave me a little box of meat.  It contained a pack of stew meat and 4 small packs of elk SAUSAGE! Who the heck wants elk sausage?  I want to taste elk, not sausage.  And I am sorry, but 5 little packs of meat did not make me feel like my extra work was worth anything to him.  
I guess I am just an unthankful dog.  

[TRG3]

It's interesting how a person's personality comes out, especially if you thought you knew them, in a situation where greed or self-centeredness is involved. Chances are that other aspects of their life reflect these same tendencies. This is a good thing to know if someone is considering spending much time with this person.

Like most of you, hoarding anything is not part of my personality. It wasn't how I was raised. Where I hunt, the farmers view deer as pests and want as many as possible removed with an emphasis on the does. As was the case over the past few years, many deer are going to those who could use the meat, often including skinning, quartering, and delivering it to their home. It's a win-win-win situation for the farmer, hunter, and the family experiencing hard times.

[Ranger]

I was thinking over my post above and realized why I may be like I am.  As I said, I will share my meat, but I won't take deer meat from anyone else.  I guess it is because around my house growing up it was a rare commodity. It was too hard to come by and a decent person would not even ask to have some and be taking it from someone lucky enough to get one.   Another thing I noticed I do because of how I grew up is I will never drink milk at someone else's house.  With four other brothers, we sure went through the milk, and I remember mom and dad talking about how expensive it was and how much they needed in a week for all of us.  That has carried over to now.  I will give milk to anybody, but I will not drink it at someone else's house.  Makes me feel like I am wasting it, or being greedy.  Isn't that weird?

[vixenmaster]

i have always shared my deer if someone is hunting with me. i share with needy ppl right here where i live with each harvest i make. times be tuff ya knowed what i mean!

[U.P. Hunter]

Well when I got my doe this year and needed a hand to drag her I called my buddy. After getting her out the first thing I did was offer him a cut of it. But he refused. Ended up giving her to an old fella and his wife who are quite poor. Made me feel good all over! A blessing to be able to do that.

[vortex nation]

Thanks for the insight on this & your comments.

Funny thing is I was just going to ask for a small piece of the backstrap meat for 1 meal for myself & daughter that loves venison. Even that was too much to ask for.

That's life I guess...

[Sporty87]

Hunting with someone will teach you a lot about a person.  The first time I hunt with some one - I spend more time watching and learning about the person, are they safe, how do they handle their weapon?  Do they know what they are doing, do they have the same hunting philosophies that I do, or close?  There have been a lot of people that I have only "hunted" with one time over the years.  
It seems like this guy would fall into the "only once" catagory.  
Shared hunting experiences - means just that to me I share my meat with who ever is hunting with me and with the land owner who has graciously allowed me to hunt on their land.  That's the way I was brought up.

[mississippibow]

I have to agree with Sporty87 the woods will show to the true fiber of a person.  Iv been hiking with a small group in the past got lost and man you want to see what people are made of... Get a new hunting partner.

[saxman]

I learned the hard way last season that deer do funny things to otherwise normal friendly people.And when a RACK is involved it gets even worse.

Sharing the hunt and harvest is what it is all about for me.
I have very few hunting buddies that I trust completly other than these guys and gals,I hunt alone.
But I still share the harvest with folks who need the meat.I get a great feeling when I pull up to someones house that I know to be struggling with a nice deer or hog or turky in my Jeep
When they see me pull up they come a runnin.
One man wont let me do anything.He guts,skins and butchers and is always very greatful.We have become friends and I am teaching him to hunt.
Thats what its about for me.

[TripleM]

I share my deer also. Especially if someone helps me with it.I usually hunt alone on my small farm but I have had buddies over in the past who have hunted very little in their lives. If they got a deer I would gut skin and quarter it for them. They didn't know how.Each one has offered me part of the deer but I politely decline.
That's how we were brought up.Share the meat with others but don't be greedy and take deer if you already have some in the freezer.
If someone invites me over for a supper of deer meat though, I'm there!