My husband and uncle hunt dove for my cats and dogs. They are also going deer hunting soon.

 

I'd love to hunt for my dogs....I've thought about raising rabbits for them, but I'm not sure if I could bring myself to kill them

 

therein lies the rub for me.....the slaughtering...just can't kill thumper or bambi.

congrats, though, redspoo, on the squirrel score....one less squirrel to haunt mankind, one more meal for dog. yay.

i'm not against hunting..i'm a wuss.

 

I would love to, but I am also too much of a weenie to kill anything. I am trying to get my hubby to take up hunting though:biggrin:

 

I too am a weenie. My Husband said he has always wanted to hunt. After stating for years that I could never be married to a hunter, I asked him to start hunting. Thats what feeding raw has done to me!!

Natalie: I have considered raising rabbits also. Hubby and I have an agreement. He kills and I clean. I love anatomy and a fascinated by bodies of all kinds, so I don't mind the cleaning at all. But the killing I just can't do. Not yet anyway!!

Our goal is to feed the dogs and us as much wild game as we can without buying anything from the store!

 

I do not hunt but I have a co-worker who does. I just asked him two days ago if he would allow me to have some of the deer when he kills one. He said, "I don't use most of it" so of course I replied, "Let me have as much as I can that you don't use!"

He is planning a hunting trip later this month and one in November. I don't have it in me to kill anything, (unless it has 8 legs), but if someone is going to kill Bambi and not use most of it, then I'm helping by feeding it to my dogs. Right?

By the way, I assume stay away from the leg since it's a larger animal but what about the rest of the deer? Anything else I should not use?

 

By the way, I assume stay away from the leg since it's a larger animal but what about the rest of the deer? Anything else I should not use?

Deer are not really considered large animals, so their legs should be fine to feed. I can't think of any part that you WOULDN'T want to feed. It's all good stuff!

 

I, of course, know nothing about deer and raw feeding :biggrin:! But, I would think legs would be fine, since wolves eat the legs.

Now, I'm just waiting :tongue: for someone to say "nope, that's wrong!" :biggrin:

You're very lucky with the deer!!!

Carol

 

Wow!!! That's a deal!!!
Carol