The BIG Hunt

Brooks hasn't deer hunted in years. This year he decided to buy an over the counter tag. (I guess you can't do that anymore in Utah only Wyoming, you have to draw out in Utah now). Anyways he picked one weekend and pulled the trailer up over night and hunted two days. I was a little nerves to be with both the girls over night by myself, but it worked out. So the next morning he ended up getting a 3 point. The guy he went with taught him a new way to quarter the deer and then they started packing it out. It took 4 hours to get back to camp. They hiked, or crawled, 1000 feet in elevation, straight up the side of the mnt. He said he was exhausted. I tried on his backpack and could barely take a step with it on. (this was AFTER the meat had been taken out). He loved it though and can't wait to go again.

Now for the dead animal.? He is in the process of jerking the meat. He is using our neighbors smoker. My fridge smells like jerky terrible. With that said. It is the best jerky I have every tasted. He has done a really good job with it and has quite a bit too. He has decided he wants to do a European mount by himself. He has been watching all kinds of U tub videos on how to do this. The biggest issue is cleaning the skull. To my knowledge there are two ways to do this, boil the dickens out of it in all kinds of chemicals for hours on hours. Or he has found these flesh eating beetles, yep you read right FLESH EATING BEETLES. He found a seller on eBay that he could purchase 500+ beetles for $40. Unfortunate it is too cold for them to live in WY during the winter. As you can guess I was really bummed about not being able to be the next great beetle farmer. BUMMER!! Brooks actually was really kinda bummed. He had all these money making ideas and was really going to be the next great beetle farmer. So now we are back to the idea of boiling. Our issue is he can't find a pot large enough. We dont have a DI so when we come to Utah he will be on the lookout for a large pot at the DI. Oh how fun this adventure has been for him. Lucky for me he has done most of this adventure outside. He can't wait to go next year and said it is "back in his blood now".