Rolled Out On: 1/28/2008 2:58 PM

very good, Robb! (by the way are there deer in FLA?)

Rolled Out On: 1/28/2008 3:16 PM

I know if white tail and key deer although I think you'd get more meat off a squirrel than a key deer.

Rolled Out On: 1/28/2008 3:35 PM

Apparently, they are itty bitty critters down here. Even the white tail. Not a lot of great land for growing big deer here, although the north/panhandle area is supposed to be better for hunting than south/central FL. I haven't seen a single deer since I moved here though.

Doesn't matter, cuz you can easily be "self reliant" down here with a bit of string and a hook. Fish are a lot easier to clean than deer :)

Rolled Out On: 1/28/2008 7:03 PM

there's always the gators, I guess.

Rolled Out On: 1/29/2008 12:35 PM

Whitetail size is based on the temperature. They get bigger as you go north up the continent. It's a surface area/mass ratio body-heat thing.

KY Afield has a good video on gutting a deer on YouTube. Dig around there a while and you'll get a good idea on what to do. The first time you'll make a hash of it (ha!), but the meat's still edible and like anything, the more you do it, the better you get at it.