Tanner, my ‘new nephew (in as much as a 41-year-old man can be ‘new”) came for a visit on Friday night. We had a great visit and I must say that I’m impressed by him. Tanner is smart, witty, and considerate. He is also kind and brought us about 40 pounds of meat, mostly venison, elk, and moose, though there was a package of antelope, too.
Although there were about 10 pounds of ground venison, this is quality meat and he included venison backstrap, elk backstrap, moose backstrap, and the package of antelope is also backstrap. A backstrap is the prime meat that comes off of deer, elk, moose, and antelope, and it corresponds to the cut of beef known as filet mignon.
He also brought a stick of elk summer sausage and one of elk salami.
We had dinner last night, then about a half-hour before dawn today, he and I went deer hunting. We didn’t see any deer in the high country, but when we got lower, we did see a forked horn and a nice 3-point buck. Unfortunately, they were on private property, so we couldn’t shoot. We also saw a dozen very large wild turkeys, but he didn’t have a turkey license. Still, we had fun and got to know each other better.
It was a great weekend and I strongly think that we’ll be seeing each other again, many times. I feel especially blessed and thankful for being able to meet Tanner and for the great meat he brought.
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How would you feel if someone you’d just met gave you 40 pounds of premium meat?
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surprised
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thankful
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Appriciative
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elated
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I wouldn’t care because I’m vegetarian/vegan
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I don’t like venison, elk, moose, antelope
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Wow!!!!!! That’ so great gift! Bless your nephew and his family!
That is how I felt. He is a great guy and I can’t wait to meet his wife and kids.
This is indeed a great gift you received and you are lucky
I feel that way. We had venison backstrap for dinner last night…tender and delicious.
How wonderful that you got to meet Tanner and I am glad that he was so generous with you and you got to really know him,
I really like him and of course, I really like the meat he brought us, too.
What a great gift you received, the meat and seeing your nephew.
I couldn’t agree more. We will have something extra to be thankful for on Thanksgiving this year.