deer fat

[jturner]

Is there any use for deer fat? Can i melt it for patch lube for the muzzleloader? Or will it get to stinkin pretty quick? Just butcherin some deer and thinkin how much we normaly waste on a deer. Tryin to get the most out of them

[boo]

deer tallow makes a great patch lube. I mix it with bees wax 50/50 , use it to on my flintlock inside and out for protection and to grease up the moccasins also. 

[Lobo69ss]

  You can also render the fat & use it in primitive oil type lamps.  Basically any cup form can be used for a lamp, for the wick you can use cotton, cat tail fluff, or many different types of cordage that are easy to twist up from natural materials.

[El Destructo]

I rendered down the Back Fat off of two of my deer this Year....I am planning on using it for Waterproofing and Leather Conditioner....hell it smells good enough to cook with....no Gamey Smell at all....in fact I can barely find a Hint of an Odor from it....

[GregB]

I was told that you could mix bird seed in with it, hang it up and have a bird attractant during the winter months. 

[mullet]

 I used it to weatherproof a bow I was hunting with in Kentucky. I didn't have time to seal the bow before we took off on the hunting trip. It rained for 6 days while we were there so I rendered the fat down over the camp fire and rubbed in into the wood. It made the water bead up.

[jturner]

Thanks guys i rendered a bunch of it down the cracklins smelled pretty good. I picked up some rocks on lake supierior that have a depression in them used some for bowls think they will make good lamps

[El Destructo]

Gitchigumi....in my Ancestors tongue.....what part of the Big Girl do You live near?? I was born and raised on Her Shores......

[jturner]

Im still just a troll. My ma moved to gould city couple years back. Took the kids to see her this summer they never been there so we went to the beach to pick up rocks

[El Destructo]

So You still drove a Ways to get to Superior from Mackinac County! Man Gould City....thats a Small .....Quiet Town....No Businesses....But a Good Place to retire....if I remember right....been through there when I worked for Mears Engineering....doing Topographic Surveys back in the 70's

[stickbender]

     Let's not forget using deer fat for soap......

                                                            Wayne

[Bullitt]

Just put some out in the suet feeder. The birds love it! If your going to use any for cooking, the kidney fat is the best!
Pretty pure.

[riarcher]

Tallow for cookin' ?