[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/what-story-does-your-freezer-tell\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/what-story-does-your-freezer-tell\/","headline":"What Story Does Your Freezer Tell?","name":"What Story Does Your Freezer Tell?","description":"The morning alarm sounds.\u00a0 The aroma of freshly brewed coffee fills the halls.\u00a0 Another new day is upon us.\u00a0 As...","datePublished":"2016-03-08","dateModified":"2018-10-24","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/author\/hagosto\/#Person","name":"Hector Agosto","url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/author\/hagosto\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7bfedbdc5ef3ed8f8df91eb37e1ffbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7bfedbdc5ef3ed8f8df91eb37e1ffbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Legendary Whitetails","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/logo-legendary-whitetails.png","url":"http:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/logo-legendary-whitetails.png","width":522,"height":226}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VenisonInFreezer1.jpg","url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VenisonInFreezer1.jpg","height":725,"width":1200},"url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/what-story-does-your-freezer-tell\/","about":["News"],"wordCount":957,"keywords":["News"],"articleBody":"The morning alarm sounds.\u00a0 The aroma of freshly brewed coffee fills the halls.\u00a0 Another new day is upon us.\u00a0 As we hustle around the house prepping for another round of the ol\u2019 9-to-5, my wife asks from the bathroom, \u201cWhat are we going to have for dinner?\u201dUnsure, I walk to the freezer and stare at what is seemingly endless options all wrapped in the same plain white packaging.\u00a0 The only difference from one package to the other is what\u2019s written in Sharpie.\u00a0 No fancy printed labels, no brand names, and no nutritional guide.\u00a0 The pristine paper wrapped meat tells me all I need to know. All that is left to do is to pick the cut or type of meat.\u00a0 Venison roast? Backstrap? A 1-pound package of ground? Maybe a fresh walleye fillet or wild turkey breast?\u00a0 The options are plentiful, but tonight we will be having crockpot chili with chunked venison stew meat.It has almost become routine. I never put much thought to what we\u2019ll be having for dinner as there is almost always some sort of fresh protein waiting to be woken up on the grill, crockpot, or frypan.\u00a0 The other day however, I was caught in a gaze as I deciphered through the options of freezer paper wrapped cuts.S-T-E-W M-E-A-T 9-12-15 the package read.\u00a0 This was from an opening day doe I had harvested during my first bow hunt of the season.\u00a0 B-A-C-K-S-T-R-A-P 11-3-2015 the next package read.\u00a0 This was from an unbelievable rut hunt on a farm across from my parents\u2019 house\u2026man, was he a brute.\u00a0 In the top left sat a pair of salmon fillets in vacuum sealed plastic.\u00a0 My father-in-law had given us these after a successful outing on Lake Michigan.\u00a0 As I picked through the packages, I was instantly thrown back to the moment of truth.\u00a0 The moment we as hunters wait all season for and prepare all year for.\u00a0 A living animal is in our sights or on our lure, and within seconds we\u2019ve consciously made the decision to end its life to ultimately better our own.Many will never understand.\u00a0 They will spend their money on plastic wrapped meat tucked nicely under a glass window with artificial lighting.\u00a0 To them it\u2019s just that, a piece of meat with a price tag.\u00a0 To them, providing for the family is defined by the numbers on their Friday paycheck.\u00a0 While there\u2019s certainly nothing wrong with earning an honest wage to support your family, there\u2019s also something distinct about providing natural, clean protein that far surpasses any grading metric of the USDA.I ask you to take a look inside your freezer.\u00a0 What does it say about your lifestyle?One simple look into a sportsman\u2019s freezer will tell the following story\u2026You prefer to harvest your own foodYou respect the game you pursueYou willingly explore the great outdoorsYou\u2019re a hard-working individualYou were successful this yearYou value wild proteinYou skip the meat department in a grocery storeYou have an understanding of the natural worldYou\u2019re a providerThere is reason that lies behind the triggerThe outdoor experience is more than a dead animalComradery is dear to your heartYou don\u2019t take opportunity for grantedSacrifices were made And the story may ultimately go on and on\u2026You may have more meat than you could possibly eat in a year, or maybe you have just enough to get you to the next season, or perhaps it\u2019s empty as a result of a tough year, or maybe it is full of pretty packaging and nutritional labels.\u00a0 Whatever it may be, your freezer tells a story.\u00a0 Do you rely on the natural world to provide? Is it a bonus if it does?\u00a0 Perhaps more importantly, these questions should be asked to the individuals willing, but perhaps afraid of joining a community that may seem intimidating.\u00a0 To those I give the advice: We\u2019ve all been the rookie at one time or another. It\u2019s time to jump in and join us in the great outdoors.\u00a0 Trust me, there\u2019s plenty of teachers willing to take you under their wing. Out here, there\u2019s room for us all to fill our freezers and our minds with offerings of the natural world."},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Legendary Whitetail's Blog"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/what-story-does-your-freezer-tell\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"What Story Does Your Freezer Tell?"}}]}]