Originally Posted by
pluckit
You're throwing away a bunch of meat from the neck that is great for grinding up for hamburgers, chili, spaghetti and so on.
Just get yourself an inexpensive grinder for around 100 dollars and you'll be all set to make your own grinds. It takes some work, but you won't regret it, I promise you.
I have one. We do pull it from time to time and make burger out of it or one of the guys takes it and makes a roast of sorts by cooking it almost whole in the slow cooker.
That being said, about 4 or 5 guys in my group only take neck shots on deer because they like to anchor them where they stand. So we don't have a lot of opportunity at undamaged meat.