Be safe and ethical, and the enjoyment and successes are limitless. Treat the hunt areas like they were your own and always leave the land better than you found it.
Take out anything you bring in and leave anything natural, so that others can enjoy the beauty of Lake Amistad and the Amistad National Recreation Area. Good luck and great hunting. Talecris Plasma Resources, Inc. Our friendly team will make you feel welcomed each and every time you donate plasma. We look forward to your visit! West, who appears on our cover this month, works as a helicopter pilot for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
West is a native of Janesville, Wisc. You should put in an application. West served as a member of the U. Army for eight years. He has been hunting with a bow for 35 years, since he was 12 years old. He credits his introduction and much of his early education as a hunter to the tutelage of his uncle and a close friend, Mike Lutzow.
Why is hunting so important to him? The stresses of work, the stresses of family, the stresses of everyday life, just being out in nature defuses those.
We think church is important, but during the hunting season, on a Sunday morning, you will rarely find me anywhere but out-of-doors, and what better place for me than to be out there among things that were created by the Maker? West said although he prefers hunting with a bow, he is not a purist and also hunts with a rifle.
You have to get closer, and you learn more because you can shoot a deer at a yards and the experience is over. At yards, my hunt is just beginning. He also noted he follows a self-imposed 30yard limit for shooting an animal with a bow. West said he hopes both of his sons will one day become avid hunters, but he added, only if they really want to.
But a lot of times, you hear bad stories about people who shot a deer illegally in a park or someone who road hunted, but I challenge people who call that hunting.
West is also a writer, who chronicles his experiences in the outdoors. He began writing as a columnist for the nationally-distributed Bowhunter magazine in He has served as archery editor for The Hunting Magazine and has contributed to several other magazines as a freelance writer. He has also been a guest on numerous television programs dealing with hunting and was the co-host for TNT Outdoor Explosion on the Pursuit channel last year. All of those are rewarding. I enjoy the preparation, the packing and the anticipation of the hunt.
The hunt, successful or not, is the reward for me. I look at it as a total adventure from start to finish, more so than just the killing of an animal. When the hunt is over and the meat is cooked and consumed, seasoned hunters want something to remember their expedition: a trophy. Kassidy Stock, owner of Devils River Taxidermy, has worked a variety of jobs in Val Verde County, some comfortable, some dirty, from customer service to concrete contracting. After working for a local taxidermy operation on and off for five years, Stock, a Del Rio native, said she began an apprenticeship with nationallyrenowned taxidermist Rob Stockwell, who runs Hip-O Taxidermy in Alpine.
Although Stock works mostly alone, her Rhodesian ridgeback puppy, June, scurries around the shop as Stock skins, assembles and paints her pieces.
She says her husband, Curtis, comes by to help her occasionally and facetiously jokes about not receiving compensation for his efforts. But being a mother of a two-yearold-daughter, Stock will always hold her nose, literally, especially for her young customers. Applicable to firefighters, peace officers, correction officers, county jailers, school teachers, EMS personnel and public security officers.
Craig SupremeLending. This is not an offer to enter into an agreement. Supreme Lending is not affiliated with any government agency. Residential Mortgage Loan Originator. Family owned and servicing Del Rio for over 36 years. Monday - Friday am - pm Saturday am - pm Service Parts Sales Butcher Carlos Riojas, left, who is taking his first steps in the business of meat processing, works alongside Fernando Chapa with this axis deer. But before you decide whether you will be field dressing the deer or quartering it, the first thing you need to do is to tag it with the appropriate hunting license tag.
That procedure needs to be taken care of immediately and even before moving the wildlife resource. Texas law allows you to quarter a deer or antelope in camp, provided that the hunter complies with the tagging and proof-of-sex requirements, until a final destination is reached.
Deer or antelope cannot be processed beyond quarters in camp. Harvesting a trophy deer may be something we. Furthermore, it is not uncommon for a hunter to find the deer he wanted when there was nobody around, and depending on the size and weight of the wild game just putting it in the bed of your pickup truck can be quite a job — some hunters resort to commercially available winches while others design their own deer lifts. So, starting the skinning, quartering and meat processing of wild game after reaching a final destination, is something not all of us are willing to do.
Fernando Chapa, who opened a meat market in Del Rio in , said that when it comes down to processing wild game there are several options hunters can choose from. Some hunters, he said, choose to field dress.
Chapa carries on the tradition started in , when his father, Raul Chapa, established Apache Meat Market. Fernando took over the business 12 years ago, when Chapa Sr. The meat market and processing plant mostly receives white-tailed deer, but some ranches in the region offer exotic game. It is not uncommon for Apache Meat Market to receive mule deer, elk, buffalo, hogs, aoudad sheep, oryx antelope, etc. White-tailed deer, a Texas native species, can be harvested during hunting season only — a few months in the winter time — but those regulations do not apply to exotics.
Chapa said that people ask for different types of cuts, including whole backstrap and backstrap steaks, deer chicken fried steaks, ham steaks and whole hams, ground meat, pan sausage and sausage links. Depending on the size of the family and eating habits, the meat of a deer or two can go a long way. How you care for your wild game will make a huge impact on how much you will wind up enjoying your meal.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recommends to keep a close eye in three different aspects of your meat prepping to prevent meat spoiling through the spread of bacteria: heat, moisture and dirt. Always try to keep those at a minimum. The use of gloves is always recommended when cleaning and or field dressing game animals, — especially feral hogs. A good, sharp knife is also a great companion. Furthermore, a sharpening stone or sharpening device comes in handy, as even the toughest steel may dull with the amount of cutting and slicing involved in the skinning of a white-tailed deer.
Whether you decide to process the meat yourself or to take it to the processing plant, it is always recommended to follow standard meat freezing procedures and to make sure that the meat is fully cooked before consumption. So the next time you are out and about, harvesting either a white-tailed deer or exotic game with the intention to fill up your freezer, weigh your options and consider if you want to do it yourself, or if you rather take it to the processing plant before enjoying that deer chili, deer chicken fried steaks, a delicious deer guisado, deer tamales or hamburger meat.
Nuts: Almonds, pistachios, cashews, walnuts or peanuts are all great options. Nuts are loaded with healthy fats, protein, fiber and vitamins and minerals such as vitamin E and magnesium. Choose the unsalted version, raw or roasted to control the sodium content. Dried Fruit: Add in moderation as they are high in sugar, but a small amount added to trail mix adds a little sweetness. Dried cranberries, blueberries, cherries, raisins, banana crisps, coconut, mangos Coconut strips are also a great source of healthy fat and fiber.
Seeds: Seeds are packed with vitamins and minerals like zinc, iron and magnesium. They also are high in fiber, protein and healthy fats, like omega 3 fatty-acids. Sprinkle some pumpkin, sunflower, chia or hemp seeds to boost the nutrient content of your mix. Sweets: Add some dark chocolate chips for a sweet treat. Dark chocolate is loaded with polyphenols and flavanols that function as antioxidants in your body, which help fight free-radicals.
It also contains some fiber and lots of vitamins and minerals. Seizing their property sounds like a good start. Poaching for food would have been a forgivable crime. Poaching for fun is not. Probably some part close to having the punishment fit the crime. Suppose he took his kid along, would you seize the kid? Where do you draw the line? He misused his life to kill a deer, do you take his life as well?
Folk are coming around though. The rage break, when it happens, is tending toward the spectacular. But, yeah. We had a game warden in the county and he would not arrest poachers that were killing deer to eat unless they became excessive, and he was pretty liberal with that view , but would let them go.
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