"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SMELL?!"
So it is a week after I harvested my buck with the Sen-X Onyx Tactical Crossbow by STEAMBOW and me and the family are driving back from dinner.... In case you missed it - watch video here:
https://youtu.be/2u8Gg7zecDw
Driving down the road with the heater blasting on our feet, the aroma of a field dressed Deer started getting stronger and stronger. I noticed a little "gamey / meaty" smell when we first got in to the truck to head to the restaurant, but now that the truck had thoroughly warmed up, it was getting pretty strong.
I had taken out all my bloody hunting clothing, so that wasn't it. We got home and the love of my life wasn't too happy with me, but I needed to find out what the hell was causing that smell!
The Deer head with antlers is in my Mom's garage awaiting a European mount process so that wasn't it. Buck knife had been cleaned - nope not the culprit. The tenderloins were removed in the field and immediately put into a ziplock bag and are in my freezer - so thank GOD I didn't leave those just sitting in the truck. What the hell could it be?!
Then it hit me what is was. So I have this tradition of keeping small memory souvenirs from epic hunts. I still have the Slugger shotgun shell from my first Deer back in the 1980s. This one was going to be the broken crossbow bolt that snapped when this beast keeled over after taking this broadhead to the lung / liver/ and spinal aortic artery. So here is the culprit - a broadhead tipped thawing Buck-GUTSicle that slid under the driver's seat on the floorboards. Ooooops!
Ah - memories.
So it is a week after I harvested my buck with the Sen-X Onyx Tactical Crossbow by STEAMBOW and me and the family are driving back from dinner.... In case you missed it - watch video here:
https://youtu.be/2u8Gg7zecDw
Driving down the road with the heater blasting on our feet, the aroma of a field dressed Deer started getting stronger and stronger. I noticed a little "gamey / meaty" smell when we first got in to the truck to head to the restaurant, but now that the truck had thoroughly warmed up, it was getting pretty strong.
I had taken out all my bloody hunting clothing, so that wasn't it. We got home and the love of my life wasn't too happy with me, but I needed to find out what the hell was causing that smell!
The Deer head with antlers is in my Mom's garage awaiting a European mount process so that wasn't it. Buck knife had been cleaned - nope not the culprit. The tenderloins were removed in the field and immediately put into a ziplock bag and are in my freezer - so thank GOD I didn't leave those just sitting in the truck. What the hell could it be?!
Then it hit me what is was. So I have this tradition of keeping small memory souvenirs from epic hunts. I still have the Slugger shotgun shell from my first Deer back in the 1980s. This one was going to be the broken crossbow bolt that snapped when this beast keeled over after taking this broadhead to the lung / liver/ and spinal aortic artery. So here is the culprit - a broadhead tipped thawing Buck-GUTSicle that slid under the driver's seat on the floorboards. Ooooops!
Ah - memories.
i know what you're saying. after cleaning 4 squirrels in the garage where i have a game processing station with a sink, i placed the meat in my fridge in the garage and went inside to watch the end of the football game. i did however leave the bag of "trimmings" hanging next to the sink for 4 days as the temperature climbed into the 70s. wifey found it and to say she wasn't pleased is an understatement. i apologized and took it outside and dropped it in the trash. that night a trash panda tore into the can and spread it all over the back patio. she found it in the morning. so, i picked up what was left and buried it in the far corner of the yard. again, trash pandas dug it up and scattered it around the area. once again she was to find it. now i skin and clean my kills before bringing them home and vacuum seal them in the garage before she sees anything. 
