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The 'High Shoulder' shot of dreams
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<blockquote data-quote="Hand Skills" data-source="post: 1516152" data-attributes="member: 103303"><p>Here's a picture of the deer,</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]111791[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Average size 2-1/2yr old. He was definitely a scrapper, if you look closely you can see a point broken off at the base right beside my buddy's thumb. As a result his neck was relatively large for his body/antler size. Easy to see once the skin comes off, but pretty hard to judge on the hoof. Keep in mind that 6" measurement was made through muscle only. Optically, with the hair/hide that grows to 7.5", call it an even 8" from hair to the 'centre of spinal cord' on this deer.</p><p></p><p>I've been turning ungulates into steaks and roasts for 30years, so I have a pretty good understanding of the muscular and skeletal systems. Still, this guy surprised me! There is a lot more variation from animal to animal than we sometimes consider. Elk are even trickier due to the beard situation.</p><p></p><p>Understanding proportions is a good start, but most importantly, an animal is not dead until it's blood pressure is zero...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hand Skills, post: 1516152, member: 103303"] Here's a picture of the deer, [ATTACH]111791[/ATTACH] Average size 2-1/2yr old. He was definitely a scrapper, if you look closely you can see a point broken off at the base right beside my buddy's thumb. As a result his neck was relatively large for his body/antler size. Easy to see once the skin comes off, but pretty hard to judge on the hoof. Keep in mind that 6" measurement was made through muscle only. Optically, with the hair/hide that grows to 7.5", call it an even 8" from hair to the 'centre of spinal cord' on this deer. I've been turning ungulates into steaks and roasts for 30years, so I have a pretty good understanding of the muscular and skeletal systems. Still, this guy surprised me! There is a lot more variation from animal to animal than we sometimes consider. Elk are even trickier due to the beard situation. Understanding proportions is a good start, but most importantly, an animal is not dead until it's blood pressure is zero... [/QUOTE]
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