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Apocrypha: My Field to Table Hunting/Learning Vacation

For my vacation this year, I spent four days with Outdoor Solutions, taking one of their Field to Table hunting classes. I am interested in developing my skills as a hunter, to be able to provide ethical, high-quality meat for myself and my wife. Most hunters are introduced to the field by fathers, uncles, or other close family, but my own family does not have any hunters, and I was at a bit of a loss for where to start in learning. I've got the shooting part down, but how does one get introduced to things like gutting, skinning, butchering, and preparing wild game? Well, I found Outdoor Solutions on a recommendation and signed up for a class. I had a fantastic time, learned a tremendous amount, and really did come away with the knowledge and confidence to do this on my own now. The company did not sponsor or pay for this at all; I was simply a paying client - but I found everyone involved to be really great people. From my classmates (there were 8 of us in total) to Greg (who runs the outfit) and his son Eddie, Chef Albert, and the guides and lodge staff it was just an excellent time. So I'm happy to recommend them to anyone who is looking for the same sort of education I was! You can see their upcoming events as well as recipes, hunting and shooting tips, and much more at their web site: https://fromfieldtotable.com Apocrypha is normally a video series available only to my supporters on Patreon. I'm posting this video for everyone as a reminder that this sort of thing (although almost never this long) is a Patreon perk, and because I would like to help Outdoor Solutions. So, if you'd like to see more (including my complete video about the haggis I came home with), sign up to help support Forgotten Weapons over on Patreon or Floatplane: http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home

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Anonymous

OUTSTANDING! I really enjoyed this episode of Apocrypha! I bet it is a winner when it goes public.

Pete Conneely

Cool stuff! Did you have any particular feelings about going from shooting targets for so long, to shooting a living thing, or was it kind of... no big deal? (I have no strong feelings or judgement either way personally, but find myself curious)

ForgottenWeapons

There's a lot more stress on getting a good shot the first time. If you miss a target, the consequences are really pretty insignificant, but a bad shot on an animal can cause a lot of unnecessary suffering.

Duke Snugglez

Start pumping out more content like this and you might get an invite from Steve Rinella to do a collaboration, as Steve also pumps out YT content in between seasons. I can see it now, the "Hunting with Milsurps" series.

Andreas Nohl

Oh, that looks like a wild boar (on the pikture) and not such Amarican farelhogs or how you might call them.

Anonymous

Amazing experience, really enjoyed the holistic aspect of it: from field to table, whole cycle. Thank you for sharing!

Fruitbat44

Very neat bit of Apocrypha. I hope you don't get any blow back from it. Some folks may be okay about weapons in the abstract, but not so keen on them being actually used. That said, while I am rather squeamish about these things, I am a carnivore and appreciate steaks don't grow on trees. Cleaning killing an animal and then turning it into food? And pretty darn tasty looking food! It's good.

Anonymous

Great video. Informative and interesting. Shame there wasn’t a little more on the pig processing and preparing. I think there are differences that are interesting.

Anonymous

Maybe a slower, but much heavier bullet would have conserved mor meat. Chassepot?

Anonymous

Years ago, I belonged to a deer camp down along the Savannah River in South Carolina. We had a butcher in the club—the poor guy never got to relax! I enjoyed this—thanks!

Anonymous

Looks like a delicious and fun learning experience! Something like this would have been great when I got started, first deer looked like an episode of Dexter.

Andrew Sebastian

Hey Ian, is it okay to not blur out the car plate numbers? I thought there are Youtube or some other legal guidelines about that.

Jessi Lloyd

I'm sat here wondering *why*, as a vegetarian, I'm watching this. But it's absolutely fascinating and I don't want to stop XD

Andrew Sebastian

Feral hogs do look like wild boar. When you release a domestic pig into the wild it will revert to a wild state during the winter season and end up looking like a wild boar by spring, complete with elongated snout and long tusks.

ForgottenWeapons

There are no legal guidelines I'm aware of - it was a rental car, so I'm not concerned about privacy.

Anonymous

I lived in Scotland for thirty years and never met the great chieftain o' the pudding race as a sausage. A good half the fun was to stick it with a knife and see it split open and spill the innards on the plate. The best version is a fusion with Indian (as is India, not Native American) food. It's really hard to beat a haggis samosa.

Anonymous

I've never hunted, but I've gone through the butchering process a few times on Elk and Deer; I think it's a valuable experience for anyone who eats meat to understand what it takes to obtain meat.

Anonymous

Rats. That should be "as in India".

Anonymous

This was interesting...I have considered Deer Hunting, but was a little concerned if I got one. This was very instructional. I am a big fan of meat, I may look at this sort of thing near me.

Anonymous

Love that you’re using the Steyr Scout rifle.

orianhullinger

The butchering was extra helpful.

Tiger in man's clothing

We have a local butcher (learned the trade from his father who learned it from his father, etc) and he will butcher your carcass for cash or a cut of the meat. Although there is an entertaining story about him, a deer, and a circular saw...

Anonymous

This is a good year to post this video as many small processors have decided to not take deer this year due to being backed up with beef and pork... I usually just field dress and take my deer to the a local butcher but there is a good chance I wont have that option this year (hopefully the neighbors won't mind a deer hanging from a tree for a bit).

Anonymous

Now that I have some glasses and can actually see a target with open sights, I am hoping to take at least one deer with one of the milsurps this year.