Free Deer Hunting Tips by Marty Prokop

Deer Numbers Down for Deer Season

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:59:31 -0600

Below is a great comment by a fellow deer hunter who was deer hunting in my area this past year.

This past deer hunting season posed some real challenges for many hunters in my area. The deer kill was down, in some reports as much as 50% and more, with a state wide average of being down 23%.

I was fortunate in that when I went out deer hunting, not only did I see deer each time, I harvested a deer each deer hunt.

This past year also saw a growing concern of deer hunters eating lead that was being processed into their venison either by themselves or by meat processing facilities. With this concern some hunters have begun looking at safer non-lead bullet alternatives for their deer hunting rifles.

I also took the time to research and develop the Deer Meat Safety Guide for Deer Hunters, you can get your FREE copy by clicking here.

The Deer Meat Safety Guide for Deer Hunters shares my over 27 years of deer processing experience, third party studies and why you don't want your deer processed after 6 pm.

Many Free Deer Hunting Tips members have been emailing and calling asking for help on processing your own deer. To help Free Deer Hunting Tips Members I produced a step-by-step video series on How to Process Your Own Deer. This video series takes you step by step through the process of how to butcher a deer from field dressing to freezer at Online Deer Camp.

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Hello Marty,

It’s been a great year, and I have some idle time during the Holidays. Now it is time for some Catch-up’s.

There has been quite a bit of controversy about this year’s Deer Hunt with many deer hunters outraged. We all have heard about the deer harvest being down around 22% for the season. Ironically, MN and MI were also down, though not quite as much. I shared much of my venison with folks at the local pub. Not one person there tagged a deer this season. A couple of the guys hunted in the New London (Wisconsin) area during the October herd management hunt and 9-Day Firearm Season with their 5 man party not seeing anything.

Brian gets me a subscription to the Outdoor News every year. One of the Reader’s comments really stood out. He stated that he has been hunting the same deer stand for 31 years, and the area for more than 40. This is the first season he has never seen a deer. He goes on talking about Wisconsin deer hunting, and how there are 4 months of hunting with all the different seasons. He refers back to 1952 when there was a dry spell. His overall statement is that the DNR is spoiling the traditional 9-Day Hunt and the Deer have been over harvested the last few years. The economics of WI is dramatically impacted by our deer herd numbers and the deer hunts. Hopefully our deer hunts don’t become as bad as those in the states to our East.

Brian and I keep Fine Tuning our Deer Hunts. Next year we will have some new things:

“Deer Meat Safety Guide for Deer Hunters” from Deer Processing Expert Marty Prokop Offers Solution for Lead in Venison Problem

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:39:44 -0600

Free deer meat guide reveals 10 common deer processing mistakes to avoid to keep food banks, deer hunters, families and children safe from lead in venison.

Marty Prokop, who has processed over 7,800 deer in his 26 years experience as a professional meat cutter, deer processor and deer hunter, whose videos are used in Advanced Hunter Education says, “This isn’t speculation anymore. Deer processors and deer hunters can’t guess and can’t use the same old deer butchering ways.”

“To keep your family and children safe,” Prokop continues, “you must know what to do and look for in proper, safe deer processing — whether you process deer yourself or have a butcher process for you. The ‘Deer Meat Safety Guide for Deer Hunters’ offers the solution to the problem of lead in venison and it is free at http://www.huntingheadlines.com”

Disturbing statistics and findings surfacing show:

• The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study released in November 2008 found that higher levels of lead show up in blood of people who eat deer harvested with lead bullets than people who don’t — causing danger for families, especially pregnant women and children.

• The deer meat processed at meat shops and eaten by deer hunters, families and children is not inspected for safety or approved as being fit for human consumption like beef and pork. Due to a Department of Agriculture meat inspection loophole, venison harvested by deer hunters is uninspected meat.

• Department of Agriculture tests showed 87% of meat shops tested processed lead in venison, due in part to lack of inspection.

• Lead fragments were discovered in deer meat as far away as 18 inches from the initial bullet entry point, resulting in lead being overlooked, processed and fed to families.

• Department of Natural Resources tests revealed one out of five deer hunters don’t know how to correctly process deer resulting in dangerous lead in the deer meat they butchered.

Marty Prokop teaches safe deer processing in seminars and at Online-Deer-Camp.com, where his step-by-step deer processing videos are available to watch 24 hours a day.

Here are Marty Prokop’s “10 Common Deer Processing Mistakes to Avoid” — for the complete explanation and solution visit the free “Deer Meat Safety Guide for Deer Hunters” at http://www.huntingheadlines.com:

Deer Processing Mistake # 1

Deer Processing: How to Butcher a Deer

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:29:05 -0600

Learn to process your own deer with these great deer processing videos

Did you know ...

Health departments discover 87% of meat shops are processing deer meat with lead in it — so dangerous the venison is recalled and destroyed.

Department of Natural Resources tests found 1 in 5 deer hunters do too.

Learn answers to protect your family now…

http://www.online-deer-camp.com

Warning! Deer hunters, don’t take your deer to any meat shop until you read this ...

I’ve combined my 26 years of deer hunting ... and deer processing over 7,800 deer ... into “Deer Processing Done Right” online videos for deer hunters who want to butcher their own deer.

It keeps your family safe, saves you big money on deer processing and gives you great tasting venison.

Plus my “How to Save $200 to $400 Per Month on Your Grocery Bill ... Without Coupons” online video series shows you how to use those deer processing skills to save big on the other meats you need to feed your family.

Want to see how clear and detailed these videos are?

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Protect Your Loved Ones from Lead in Venison and Recession Proof Your Family

Your family will really love venison after you use my deer processing system.

When venison is gone for the year, deer hunters and their families head to the grocery store to pay through the nose for beef.

You may not realize the cost per pound of beef, but you do know a big chunk of your paycheck disappears after a trip to the grocery store.

Let’s keep more of your paycheck in your pocket.

I’ll show you how to turn your deer processing skills into savings of $200 to $400 per month on your grocery bill ... each and every month ... without coupons — and feed your family better.

How?

Free Deer Processing “Deer Meat Safety Guide for Deer Hunters” is Lead in Venison Solution

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:18:33 -0600

Lead has been found in venison. This blog post is about the solution for deer hunters to keep your family safe when it comes time for deer processing.

The Deer Meat Safety Guide for Deer Hunters is ready for you free at http://www.huntingheadlines.com

It shows you how to keep your family safe.

You can see the short 1 minute video telling you all about it at http://www.huntingheadlines.com

Here’s the scoop…

Health departments discover 87% of meat shops tested process lead into deer meat — so dangerous it is recalled and destroyed.

A partial ban is issued on ground venison.

But it’s not just meat shops…

Department of Natural Resources tests find 1 in 5 deer hunters also process lead in venison when butchering deer and feed it to their families without knowing.

http://www.huntingheadlines.com

Here’s what the Deer Meat Safety Guide for Deer Hunters includes…

** Why 87% of meat shops tested processed lead in venison

** Why you don’t want your deer processed after 6 pm

** Proof meat inspection loopholes cause venison meat dangers

** Warning! Deer hunters, don’t process your deer until you see this…

Free Vension Recipes: Vension Schnitzel

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0600

Fall is in the air. Cool crisp nights, leaves changing colors and the promise of another deer hunting season just around the corner.

A favorite part of a successful deer hunt is sitting down to a meal of fresh venison tenderloins. Add a little salt and pepper to taste and sauté in melted butter to medium rare. Makes your mouth water just thinking of it.

As hard as it may be to believe, there are other ways to enjoy venison tenderloin.

The following recipe brings back memories of visiting Great Grandma on Sunday's. She loved to cook, and cook she did. There was always enough food to feed a small city and it always tasted great.

Here is one of her old-world deer meat recipes for Venison Schnitzel using tenderloins.

Venison Schnitzel

2 pounds venison tenderloin

1/4 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons bacon drippings

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

Free Deer Meat Recipes: Venison Meatballs with Pepper Sauce

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0600

Ground venison is a great meat to work with when it comes to cooking. Like many other ground meats, ground venison has literally hundreds of uses. The challenge with ground venison, as with other ground meats, is finding great tasting venison recipes.

Here is another great way to use your ground venison.

You can serve these tasty venison meatballs as appetizers or over rice or noodles as a main dish.

Venison Meatballs with Pepper Sauce

Ingredients:

1 cup evaporated milk

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

1 envelope onion soup mix

2 pounds ground vension

Sauce:

Free Venison Recipes: Venison Goulash

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0600

Great tasting venison is nature's gift to every deer hunter.

It can be a challenge finding new, great tasting venison recipes that your family likes. This can be especially true with ground venison.

Don't get me wrong here, I love venison meat in all forms. But sometimes I grow tired of plain old venison burgers. I like to spice it up a bit. Make something new that sticks to the ribs.

Here is another great tasting ground venison recipe that tastes great on cool fall nights.

Ground Venison Goulash

1 pound lean ground venison

4 potatoes, peeled and cubed

1/4 cup sliced onion

Ground Venison: Free Deer Meat Recipes

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0600

Have you ever noticed how venison steaks, roasts and chops are first to disappear from your freezer? And rightly so. Venison steaks, roasts and chops make fantastic meals.

But what can you do with all that ground venison?

In my next few posts, I will share with you some great tasting, family pleasing ground venison recipes that are sure to satisfy.

Here is an old favorite with a tasty twist.

Venison Sloppy Joes…Greek Style

Ingredients:

1lb. Ground Venison

1/2 cup Chopped Onion

(15-ounce) can Tomato Sauce

1/3 cup Bulgur

1 tsp. Dried Oregano, crushed

1/2 tsp. Salt

1/2 tsp. Greek Seasoning

1/4 tsp. Black Pepper

2 cups Shredded Romaine Lettuce

6 Kaiser Rolls, split and toasted

4 ounces Crumbled Feta Cheese with Tomato and Basil, or Plain Feta Cheese

In a large skillet cook ground meat and onion until meat is brown and onion is tender. Drain off fat. Stir in tomato sauce, bulgur, oregano, greek seasoning, salt, and pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, about 5 minutes or until desired consistency, stirring occasionally.

To assemble, arrange romaine on bottom halves of rolls. Spoon meat mixture on romaine. Sprinkle with feta cheese; replace top halves of rolls.

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Free Deer Meat Recipes

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0600

Venison steak sizzling on a grill, seasoned with garlic and seasoning salt is awesome. But some deer hunters want a little more variety.

Emails from Free Deer Hunting Tips members have been pouring in asking me if I can help make a venison dinner more exciting.

In my next few posts I will share some of my favorite recipes with you.

Try these to see why they have become favorites.

Venison Nacho Dip

Ingredients:

Top 5 Ways to Miss Your Deer by Marty Prokop

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0600

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There are five main reasons deer hunters miss deer when they are deer hunting.

1.) Not sighting in your deer rifle before you go hunting.

This sounds pretty basic, but year after year some deer hunters refuse to go to the rifle range to sight in their deer rifles.

They may figure, “Well, it shot straight last year when I put the rifle away.”

Regardless of how straight your deer rifle shot when you cased it up at the end of season, go to the range and sight it in again for the next season, preferably several times before deer season arrives.

Why?

Is Day Dreaming Costing You Your Big Buck? by Marty Prokop

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0600

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Most deer hunters have the best success, and bag more deer, during the first two hours of each deer hunting day.

Why?

During the first two hours of a deer hunting day, the deer hunter is focused on getting a deer. He/she is constantly looking for, listening for, thinking about and concentrating solely on seeing deer.

As time moves forward, some deer hunters begin to let their minds wander from deer hunting. This results in the eyes and ears of the deer hunter missing crucial sights and sounds in the deer hunting woods.

When the mind wanders, a deer hunter must continually stop and re-focus on deer hunting to bring the mind back on track.

Looking and listening for deer becomes harder and harder as the mind wanders further from deer hunting.

Good Deer Hunting Guns for Deer Hunting Thick Woods by Marty Prokop

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0600

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I have been asked by numerous Free-Deer-Hunting-Tips.com Members what the best gun is for deer hunting in thick woods.

If you deer hunt in an area that has thick undergrowth and lots of smaller saplings, you need a gun that is quick to shoulder and has enough power to bust through the brush.

Here is a list of guns and calibers I use:

• 30-30

• 12 gauge shotgun with rifled barrel

• 30-06

Let’s look at each one.

Is Your Deer Hunting Rifle Shooting Straight? by Marty Prokop

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0600

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You are at the rifle range sighting in your deer hunting gun. You take a three shot group. You notice the first shot is a bit off from the other two shots.

You take three more shots and find the grouping of bullets very acceptable. You pack up, head home, clean your deer rifle and wait for deer season to open.

Opening morning of deer hunting season arrives. You take a shot at a big buck at the distance you practiced at the range.

At the range you were holding a two-inch group.

Today somehow you miss.

Was it deer hunter’s error or buck fever perhaps? Or was your gun shooting off target?

Let’s look at this.

Fun and Easy Way to Test Your Long Range Shooting! by Marty Prokop

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0600

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You have been diligent in practicing your long range shooting skills at the rifle range. You are able to consistently shoot a 3-inch group at 250 yards. This is great shooting and is an important step towards deer hunting accuracy, but this shooting is under a semi-controlled environment.

Think of this.

How many times have you had that big buck in front of you while your deer hunting rifle was in a gun vise or propped up on shooting bags on a shooting bench? Never happens.

Here is a fun and easy way to test your long range shooting skills out in the field.

Your targets will be one-gallon plastic milk jugs filled with water. Add food coloring to the water so you can see a difference in color from the water to the background.

One gallon plastic milk jugs are the perfect target at long ranges as they will be comparable in size to the vital heart/lung area of a deer. So save milk jugs.

Can Wind Affect Deer Rifle Accuracy? by Marty Prokop

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0600

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There he is, Mr. Big, the big buck of a lifetime, out 200 yards in front of you.

You have practiced at this range and are quite comfortable you will make a good, solid hit.

You take aim, BANG!

The buck runs off.

You walk up to where the big buck was standing and find nothing. You search the area for hours looking for any sign of a hit and still nothing.

You wonder, “How could I have missed that shot?”

The wind!

Free Deer Hunting Tips by Marty Prokop

Deer Numbers Down for Deer Season

“Deer Meat Safety Guide for Deer Hunters” from Deer Processing Expert Marty Prokop Offers Solution for Lead in Venison Problem

Deer Processing Mistake # 1

Deer Processing: How to Butcher a Deer

** Warning! Deer hunters, don’t take your deer to any meat shop until you read this ... **

** Protect Your Loved Ones from Lead in Venison and Recession Proof Your Family **

Free Deer Processing “Deer Meat Safety Guide for Deer Hunters” is Lead in Venison Solution

Free Vension Recipes: Vension Schnitzel

Venison Schnitzel

Free Deer Meat Recipes: Venison Meatballs with Pepper Sauce

Venison Meatballs with Pepper Sauce

Free Venison Recipes: Venison Goulash

Ground Venison Goulash

Ground Venison: Free Deer Meat Recipes

Venison Sloppy Joes…Greek Style

Free Deer Meat Recipes

Venison Nacho Dip

Top 5 Ways to Miss Your Deer by Marty Prokop

Is Day Dreaming Costing You Your Big Buck? by Marty Prokop

Good Deer Hunting Guns for Deer Hunting Thick Woods by Marty Prokop

Is Your Deer Hunting Rifle Shooting Straight? by Marty Prokop

Fun and Easy Way to Test Your Long Range Shooting! by Marty Prokop

Can Wind Affect Deer Rifle Accuracy? by Marty Prokop

Warning! Deer hunters, don’t take your deer to any meat shop until you read this ...

Protect Your Loved Ones from Lead in Venison and Recession Proof Your Family