Last week I got to take the kids out with me on an antelope (pronghorn) hunt. My husband was at work, so it was just the three of us. Then later, my brother in law stepped in to help.
The kids were so very excited to get to go on a “real” hunt and it couldn’t have been a better set up for us.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get any field photos with the kids, because that’s just how it goes sometimes. But they were just so stinking cute in their camo!
However, the real fun and work began at home.
Every year we turn our homeschool/room into a butcher shop for all the critters we are blessed to turn into food.
The kids are such great helpers! These antelope are so small, there wasn’t much they could help with when I was cutting on the quarters. But they are both fabulous grinder operators and we decided to gring all of this meat for breakfast sausage. So they got plenty of grind time.
We are so grateful that God provided this delicious, healthy meat for us! We ended up with about 20 lbs of breakfast sausage. Tomorrow, we will vacuum seal all of it up and get it in the freezer 🙂
We find hunting to be the most cost effective way to provide meat for our family. We are blessed to usually get an elk or two and a mule deer every year. We always do all of our own processing/butchering, which also helps to cut down on costs. With a quick price breakdown, we estimated that this little antelope cost us around $2.70 per pound. Again, we made it all into breakfast sausage, minus the baskstraps. Keep in mind that this is organic and grass fed meat (because, you know, they’re wild 🤣). So, when those buzz words start getting added to labels the price sky rockets! We did add in about 5 lbs of beef fat, because these speed goats are so lean. Hunting is just our favorite and best option to keep meat in the freezer. It gives us great opportunities to spend time together and make memories and we get to eat the best and healthiest meat around ❤️
Do you and your family hunt?
Do you butcher your own?
Middle Creek Mama 