Below is a deer that I shot Friday. Pic taken today.
Assuming you leave the carcass where it lies, nothing is wasted. I pulled quarters, backstraps, and tenderloins.
There's nothing left on that deer but bone and hair. Even the eyes and tongue are gone. Give it time and the pine roots will be glad for the nutrients from the hair and bones. If the coyotes had found it, I imagine the rib bones would already be gone.
Nature is neat. Be a good apex predator and leave your kill for the scavengers. Don't haul it off and dump it in a carcass pile where there's too much food for the area and it rots (or do...the bacteria will be grateful). Don't throw it in a trash can. Don't feel obligated to eat every last scrap. Eat what you kill, but don't worry so much. Matter and energy cannot, in fact, be created or destroyed.
Assuming you leave the carcass where it lies, nothing is wasted. I pulled quarters, backstraps, and tenderloins.
There's nothing left on that deer but bone and hair. Even the eyes and tongue are gone. Give it time and the pine roots will be glad for the nutrients from the hair and bones. If the coyotes had found it, I imagine the rib bones would already be gone.
Nature is neat. Be a good apex predator and leave your kill for the scavengers. Don't haul it off and dump it in a carcass pile where there's too much food for the area and it rots (or do...the bacteria will be grateful). Don't throw it in a trash can. Don't feel obligated to eat every last scrap. Eat what you kill, but don't worry so much. Matter and energy cannot, in fact, be created or destroyed.
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