Uses For A Deer

Nicodemus · Sep 6, 2006

This question was brought up by Dutchman, Sugar Hill Scouter, and myself Saturday and we thought it would make for a good discussion. We all know that everything on a hog is used except for the squeel. How many uses do ya`ll think can be used for deer? :pop:

LJay · Sep 6, 2006

Well, I don't really know of anything that can't be put to use.

GeauxLSU · Sep 6, 2006

I've never seen pickled deer ear.

RJY66 · Sep 6, 2006

I read somewhere that You COULD (but probably would not want to)

Make leather out of the hide using the deer's brain to tan it.

Make a knife handle out of the antlers....or some other craft.

Make soap from the tallow that you trim away.

Of course I don't know how to do any of these things but they could be done.

RatherBHuntin · Sep 6, 2006

I've made a possibles bag for my brother and a purse for his wife with hides from deer I shot, some of it buckskin and some of it with hair on, plus toggles and buttons with antler. Also made some knife handles with antlers. Made my 5yr old son a slick oil skin cowboy vest with another deer, and a quiver and knife case for me.
I want to make a gun rack with the legs and hooves sometime. Want to use a deers own sinew as well.

You can make glue out of boiled hide.

pnome · Sep 6, 2006

Meat in the smoker!

huntnnut · Sep 6, 2006

They use deer hair especially those from the tail in the making of flies for fly fishing.

dognducks · Sep 6, 2006

change purse out of the lower region. assuming that it is a male deer. :banana:

Nicodemus · Sep 7, 2006

All good uses, except for Phils` pickled ear!! :rofl:

Anymore?

fredw · Sep 7, 2006

huntnnut said:
They use deer hair especially those from the tail in the making of flies for fly fishing.

And for bucktail jigs.

fredw · Sep 7, 2006

Lamps from the antlers, gun racks from the lower leg/foot.

huntnnut · Sep 7, 2006

fredw said:
And for bucktail jigs.

I can't believe I missed that one... :bounce:

Thanks!

fredw · Sep 7, 2006

huntnnut said:
I can't believe I missed that one...

Thanks!

doenightmare · Sep 7, 2006

Two legs bent 90 degrees as a gun holder.

dutchman · Sep 7, 2006

According to what I've learned by reading Nick's posts and listening to him speak on the subject, we've missed a few.

Bones can be used to make all manner of useful items. Awls, needles, and other tools can all be made from bone. Ya'll have named several items that antler is used to make. Hides, too.

I've heard Nick talk about glue being made from hooves.

Anybody got any good ideas for items that could be made from the entrails?

bull0ne · Sep 7, 2006

dutchman said:
Anybody got any good ideas for items that could be made from the entrails?

Sausage casings,bow strings and lashings of many uses.....

bull0ne · Sep 7, 2006

nicodemus said:
. How many uses do ya`ll think can be used for deer?

Staying gone all the time deer hunting can be used to get a divorce too! ::gone:

Sugar Hill Scouter · Sep 7, 2006

Nick, glad to see you created this thread. So far, some things useful, some things not so useful.... :bounce:

Looking forward to hearing some more...

ed'sboy · Sep 8, 2006

Stomach and bladder can both be used as a canteen. Someone mentioned earlier about the brain. My understanding is every animal has enough tanic acid in its brain to tan its own hide.
Don't forget to use the tail as a fly swatter.

hunterb · Sep 8, 2006

never heard of it being done, but have wondered about using the esophagus as a grunt tube?....ah i'm crazy.....lol

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