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Only this time of year are they called reindeer. The rest of the year they are caribou and you eat them.

What's up wit dat?

Posted - December 3, 2019
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  • 46117
    I have tasted deer meat once in my life and it was marinated in wine and it was very good.  It was not a Caribou.


    MOOT? This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at December 3, 2019 5:50 PM MST
      December 3, 2019 5:49 PM MST
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  • 44603
    My son-in-law bagged two white-tails this year. Cheapskate usually gives me a bag of sausage...not this year.
      December 3, 2019 5:51 PM MST
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  • 14795
    All I can say is that it had to be a really big bag then and I bet he Stag'gared when he lifted it...:(
      December 3, 2019 7:12 PM MST
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  • 46117

    What a stingy jerk. I would give you anything you wanted, if you were in my family because you are a giver.  He's nuts.  You are also sensitive and won't forget this slight, I imagine.  I wouldn't.  Screw that guy. LOL (Scorpios) 
      December 3, 2019 7:52 PM MST
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  • 44603
    Forget what? Matt's a good guy.

      December 4, 2019 7:39 AM MST
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  • 46117
    You set it up.  You are passive aggressive.  You made it sound like he was stingy.  No sticking up for you again.

    That is what men are like when they fight over murdered animal organs.  I should never have allowed myself into this fight.
      December 4, 2019 10:15 AM MST
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  • 46117
    cute pic though
      December 3, 2019 5:50 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Not so....my mum looked of her window late on Christmas Eve last year after a hearing a commotion and my dad asked her what the noise was and she said it looks like rain dear....  :( 
      December 3, 2019 7:09 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Did that deer care that it rained?  Did he fear the rain more than a ghost?  Did he care about a boo?  
      December 3, 2019 7:55 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Thats all water under the bridge now and a very moat point I think....
      December 4, 2019 2:28 AM MST
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  • 34251
    Reindeer and caribou are the same animal (Rangifer tarandus) and are a member of the deer family. In Europe, they are called reindeer. In North America, the animals are called caribou if they are wild and reindeer if they are domesticated.
      December 3, 2019 7:20 PM MST
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  • 1152
    I once had Rangifer tarandus...but a shot of antibiotics cleared it right up.

    This post was edited by SaltyPebble at December 4, 2019 10:11 AM MST
      December 3, 2019 7:40 PM MST
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  • 44603
    I know all of that...thus my stupid question.
      December 4, 2019 7:41 AM MST
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  • 34251
    I know you ask it every year. :)
      December 4, 2019 8:08 AM MST
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  • 44603
    Of course. Good memory.
      December 4, 2019 8:08 AM MST
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  • 17592
    Not really.  They are cousins.  Reindeer are smaller and more domesticated.  Nor do reindeer migrate like their cousins, the caribou. 

      December 3, 2019 8:52 PM MST
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  • 10635
    Sounds like a weather related issue. 
      December 3, 2019 10:23 PM MST
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  • 1893
    Very tasty id done right.  I got my Deer (hirsch) this year however, part of my civic duty.  If one has a Jaegers License one must thin the deer herds. 

    Now going on a Caribou Hunt for me would entail a trip to Canada. A reindeer Roast a trip to Radatz (local high end meat market)
      December 4, 2019 5:23 AM MST
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  • 44603
    Our white-tails have become pests, as there are few predators. Many are killed by cars around here. I saw three this morning on our way to work.
      December 4, 2019 7:44 AM MST
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  • 1893
    A stat for you to back up your claim; In Wisconsin last year there were 20,000 plus car deer crashes - some had fatalities, Minnesota similar numbers,  Now drive I80 from the Morristown to Youngstown you cannot go a mile w/o seeing a dead deer on the road.

    Tell me again why these folks are against hunting and Doe permits
      December 9, 2019 8:11 AM MST
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  • 19937
    Because it would sound stupid if you sang, "Rudolph, the red nosed caribou..."
      December 4, 2019 10:12 AM MST
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  • 19937
    Because it would sound stupid if you sang, "Rudolph, the red nosed caribou..."
      December 4, 2019 10:12 AM MST
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