We pretty much butcher ourselves . I’ll skin gut and cut up right after I kill them . But I cut the backstraps and tenderloin off bag them and put in my freezer . The rest I cut off the bone as the deer hangs from the gambrel . The boned out stuff I give to my gunsmith buddy to make burger . He usually grinds at the end of the season . But after making four pots of this stew I cut out four bags of the stuff he’d normally grind . This stew thing is looking like an excellent work saver all around :whistle:

Made Garth’s crock pot stew two days ago . I add green beans and carrots in the mix . Also some coleslaw as well as cucumbers onions tomatoes in red wine vinegar and a dab of sweet relish .

I made the crock pot venison stew again last night to bring into the shop today . And like in the last few times I added a can of green beans and a can of carrots . This time however I was in a hurry and grabbed two regular cans of corn from the cabinet instead of creamed corn . After I got finished I realized my mistake and thought it might not be to tastey . However some of them here seemed to like it better with regular corn as opposed to the creamed variety . Oh yes on a side note I used tenderloin the last couple times I made this stuff . Can't really say the tenderloin made the flavor any better but the meat did seem a tad more tender .:whistle:

I Dunno. Tenderloin should be done by itself. Why bury the flavor in a sauce?

I use whats in the freezer and need to empty the freezer as i expect the first deeror two of this season will be killed this saturday .

Craig, I like the direction you’re taking. A little bit like old fashioned Brunswick Stew but with a twist.

Garth I do more by accident than actual planned . But I will say one crock pot full of the stew today was totally consumed by six of us :whistle:

I do not use the creamed corn but rather the regular corn and have done so for many years. However, I dont put tenderloins in a stew.... They are for grilling and slicing with an added sour cream and capper sauce to be added over the top by the consumer.

JMHO.....

When one each year has the backstraps and fish out of a dozen or more deer each year the special wears off a bit . Matter of fact that’s usually all the venison I keep at the house other then a couple pounds of ground . The rest of the deboned venison goes to my gunsmith buddy to grind up . If I killed two or three a year I’d buy into that , but two or three to me is a good day .

I made this hunters delight recipe again the other night. This time i added a little pepper and some beef stock to it. And some cornstarch slurry at the end to help thicken. Wow. Good.