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I agree with you, Butch. Although it does not seem as bad up here in Upstate

NY; the deer population is on it's way. My husband does his part by bringing

home a few deer every year, and it actually is a very healthy meat! If not

certified organic, surely is wild! No artificial anything in them! I will not

touch a regular hot dog (nitrites); but a venison dog, yum! No waste here

either. Last winter he hit one with our van and totaled it. Thank God he or my

youngest son were not hurt. Wish I had time to do all the gardening you do,

your place sounds like a sanctuary!

Lori V.

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heven_scent

Friday, December 05, 2008 7:22 PM

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i always read lables on my animals food as well as my own and high ash in cat

food will cause big urinary infection ... with a raw diet they dont get this .

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Butch Owen

Friday, December 05, 2008 4:15 PM

OT: Raw Pet Diet

 

Howdy y'all,

 

My two cents on this one. Had a cat once that got a urinary

infection. Lucky I was the military vet was a friend cause he came in

during the middle of the night on a weekend to take care of the cat ..

which he said could have died within hours. He said cats don't eat

today as they were intended to eat .. they are missing the bones and

feathers and entrails and such.

 

Got a dog now (Hunter) and a cat (Shadow). Both came to us hungry and

poor .. showed up a couple of months apart, adopted us, and decided to

live here. Now they are fat and sassy. They eat and sleep together.

 

Shadow hunts .. and he is good. Hunter hunts .. and he is better.

 

They are both fortunate in that in four short trips out I have put 4

deer in our freezers this year and there are no scraps wasted. The

bones and sinew and all other parts are consumed by these critters.

 

Afore the anti-hunting crowd gets their knickers in a knot .. here in

Henry County, TN we have more deer than we have people .. and we have

more wild turkeys than we have deer. Driving at night above 25 MPH is

dangerous .. two folks have died already and there have been many

accidents with injuries. Its not always cars hitting deer .. its

sometimes deer hitting cars.

 

Wild critters will reproduce faster than us tame critters and they

will overpopulate and cause their own demise if not properly managed.

They are properly managed here. I know .. man upset the balance

when he did in the preditors. Now that we know Who Shot John lets

move on by managing the mistake make by our forefathers. Bringing

more preditors into Henry County is not the solution.

 

I have one more buck to take to fill my legal quota .. but we can take

three doe a day throughout the season and that is going to put a tiny

dent in their population. I will take my remaining buck and I will

take three more doe or perhaps button bucks (which count as antlerless

deer). Reason is .. my best buddy wants one and my two kids and their

families want one each.

 

With what we grew and canned (over 600 jars) and froze (3 freezers

full) and dried .. we cut our grocery bills by 80%. Today I am going

to Lowes to purchase one more freezer .. gotta get it for the ducks

that we will start hunting next week .. and the wild turkey season in

January .. and the fish I intend to stash from Kentucky Lake.

 

Oh yea .. and the deer I intend to take tomorrow morning.

 

None of the remnants from these wild critters will go to waste. All

will be consumed by my wild critters. ;-)

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch .. http://www.AV-AT.com

 

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Butch wrote:

 

in four short trips out I have put 4

deer in our freezers this year >

 

Yeeha! If you ever run out, come on up and shoot mine. My son's girlfriend's

father hunts and gifted us with some moose meat. We made a lot of Sarah Palin

jokes while appreciating every tasty, organic, healthy bite.

 

Speaking of Sarah, I am relieved she lost, but as a person I rather liked her.

 

Ien in the Kootenays

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