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jim muir



Joined: 09 Mar 2007
Posts: 126
Location: new brunswick

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:05 am    Post subject:  

driving home from school (after lending my cousin my tire iron to change his tire) the person driving their big pretty lexus suv hits a deer and takes off, well i don't carry a knife when i'm going to school but i stopped to make sure atleast the things dead. its not just the back legs are broken and its trying to stand up. well #*@!. i don't haave anything to finish it of with and i don't want to spend 15 minutes getting a gun letting it die and such not so the long and short of it is i broke its neck in front of a minivan full of kids that had stopped to see if i needed help. i would have waited ... but atleast one kid yelled cool instead of screaming.
wish i'da had a knife though much easier.
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atomikall



Joined: 27 Aug 2004
Posts: 1964

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:22 am    Post subject:  

I think I woulda done the same.
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blackbear



Joined: 08 Jul 2007
Posts: 304
Location: Northern Minnesota

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:31 pm    Post subject: Slitting the throat  

Slitting the throat lengthwise allows removal of the windpipe as well as cooling the meat to avoid spoilage. I try to rinse out the chest cavity and the neck with cold water as soon as possible too. I think originally it was done to allow air to cool the meat.
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atomikall



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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:47 pm    Post subject:  

Yep same here we've always done it and I'll keep doing it unless ofcourse its a mount otherwise I do it .
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