I was just wondering how many of you butcher your own deer and how many of you pay to have it done?
If I dont have the time I'll take one or two in and have it done, but mostly I try and do my own. I did have some Venesion Hot Dogs made this year with Hot Pepper Cheese (Oh there so good) but there expensive, 50lbs of dogs cost $200
Now I have a buddy who between him and his wife took 5 deer this year and got 2 deer given to them. I think his final butchering bill was somewhere around $1200. To me this is Crazy! but he gets a bunch of different stuff made like Pepper Sticks, Breakfast Sausage along with Italon and Hot Dogs.
I make my own sausage but do ocassionally get some pepper sticks along with the hot dogs made, the pepper sticks are like slim jims. There's to much involved with the making of the hot dogs so I have them made.
For those who do there own butchering do you have anything special you make or any good recepies for sausage ect?
(BP)