The day after Chase's birthday Al, Connor, Grampy, Brother Affeltranger and I participated in a deer processing and usage class. I had been wanting to take this class for over a year, but I got very sick last fall and did not get well until January. So when fall came around this year, I contacted John Fishback, the biggest 10 year old you'll ever meet (I know it is hard to believe there is a bigger 10 year old than Al but he does exist!), set up the class and off we went for a day or skinning, deboning and wrapping venison.
This was a LONG day, we arrived at 10:00 a.m. after a 1 hour drive and didn't leave until 5:00 p.m. Connor was in little boy heaven! He made all sorts of fun crafts and I think John had a great time showing Connor all of his cool stuff. Connor made a bone knife, tomahawk, bow with several arrows and a quiver, shield, belt to hang it all on and a blow dart gun with darts.
We had 4 deer to process - 3 white tail deer and 1 sika deer.
This was our first of the button bucks.
This was a ball joint with the tendon running through it. We tried to tie in some science for the day since we're studying animals this entire year. We read all about deer before arriving.
The crowning event for Connor was taking off the deer head, with a hacksaw, and then using the same saw to remove the antlers.
This is John Fishback :) He and Al were having fun looking at one another through the trachea...science, right?
Connor helped with some of the processing, here he is helping to skin one of the white tail.
This is Brother Affeltranger having a grand ole time.
This class filled our freezer with yummy venison that we've been enjoying nearly every night!
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