Quote Originally Posted by Witis View Post
Is there a chain of venison fast food outlets???
No. There's no commercial venison industry in the country, as far as I know. A hunter can get some number of deer based on the state, the hunt, and so forth, but the number is never very high, and the cost of the tag is somewhat significant. I believe a person who has legally taken a deer could exchange some portion of the meet with somebody else for cash, but there would be other regulations on posession which would make it more difficult. For one thing, the harvester would probably have to provide transfer documentation for the consumer to show that the deer was taken legally. I should probably know those rules in greater detail, but I don't. There may even be states where the rules are more lax, but I REALLy don't get involved with that.


How young are the youngest children who go deer hunting?
That probably depends on the state.


I find the arrow part hard to believe, isn't it merely about making an easy kill and getting food that can't fight back on the table as quickly as possible???
No. Bow hunters are kind of like fly fishermen. In fact, all the bow hunters I know are also fly fisherman. For them, it doesn't seem to be so much a question of putting meat on the table, but how it is done. There's a greater level of skill needed for bow hunting, since the range is FAR less, so it appeals to certain types of people.

I always thought beef was the primary jerky available.
It is by FAR. Hunters generally take game to a game processing operation where it is cut up into steaks, roasts, burger, sausage, jerky, or whatever. Since the jerky isn't sold, the amount is vastly less than commercially produced beef jerky. Technically, you should be able to make jerky out of nearly any meat, and some other types of food, but I only know of beef, venison, elk, and salmon.



Are you saying that you wouldn't approve of using deer instead of lawnmowers in your local neighborhood?
Goats would work better than deer. I know of at least one house in my neighborhood that uses goats for lawn control.