There is nothing "free" on a farm. I've realized that even shooting a deer means an entire day of working to take that deer and turn it into meat that you can eat. You have to skin it, and break the meat down. And then in our case, ground the meat.
Yesterday JB saw two deer right near our house. Jacob had gotten one last week. And yesterday, JB got two. All in all, these three deer put over 100 pounds of meat in our freezer! John shot them early in the morning, and it was near dinner time that he and Jacob finished the entire break-down process of the meat.
We like to eat deer meat mostly ground around here. We mix it with our lamb and it makes amazing burgers. Mixed with turkey or lamb, we can throw it in spaghetti, lasagna, enchiladas ... everything!
I simply can't put into words how exciting it is to see your freezer fill with meat nearly magically. :) (It feels all the more magical because I was schooling and didn't help much with the process at all.)
(Also, it turned into a pretty cool science lesson for our kids as they watched and saw the different parts of the body -- heart and lungs, etc.)
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