john l, thats a fine, big 7pt! He sure looks good on the wall. Is that big hole from an arrow, rifle or a shotgun? Tell us about him if you don't m...

This is a neat thing. I did it in my head, then I redid it with my pencil and I was right and #9 will be my favorite movie!!!! Treefarmer

Since this has taken the turn and gone from killin' to eatin', several years ago when I was still workin', there was a man on our crew that was an ex...

The walk-in cooler is the ideal, but most of the viable alteratives have been mentioned. An ice chest, tilted toward the open drain will work as good...

We take a little different approach to processing our deer in that we age them in a cooler for at least 10 to 14 days. Aging venison is just like agi...

9dawgs, Sorry about omiting that info. The floor is dirt, just like most of the old time smokehouses. I had intended to have my fire on the inside o...

Kortsman, Years ago we experienced the same problem but we were using a small sized hand grinder and just like you described it would ball up with sil...

1st let me say the smoker that DONY1 shared with us is light years ahead of our smokehouse. Our smokehouse is 5' wide, 8' long and about 7' high. It ...

Iluv2hunt, I will be glad to post some deminsions, a couple of pictures and a few comments about our little smoke house . We've had rain here since a...

CanadianBlackBears, There is always a plus and a minus, or like the ol' preacher said "It's a mighty thin coin that ain't got 2 sides". I envy the o...

I haven't been in a "real" hunting since about 1972. At that time we were in a lease on my wifes' familys' ranch in Orange County but we moved to LA(...

Congratulations to both of you! Brings back some good memories. We had a son's 1st deer about 25 years ago, he's 34 this month. Thanks for sharing ...

That's a fine looking chicken house you built. If the chickens ever quit layin' and end up in a pot of dumplings, I can see the makings of a fine sh...