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How far do you process? After kill
11-23-2006 | 07:56 AM
#2
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RE: How far do you process? After kill
I always have, and always will, process a deer myself. It is just such a incredible feeling to take it all the way, from practicing all summer, to setting up stands, to shooting the deer, tracking it, then butchering it.
I feel like I would be selling myself short if I had someone else butcher it for me.
That said, I dont fault anyone for taking it to the processor, just make sure he is a good one.
I feel like I would be selling myself short if I had someone else butcher it for me.
That said, I dont fault anyone for taking it to the processor, just make sure he is a good one.
11-23-2006 | 08:06 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Elizabeth Colo. USA
RE: How far do you process? After kill
I do all my own on all my game. At least this way, if I don't like how it turns out, I can't blame the processor for messing it up, and besides, it saves me a lot of money!
11-23-2006 | 08:09 AM
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From: Morgan County, IL
RE: How far do you process? After kill
Yep, finish what you started. By the time a guy has a deer processed with all the fancy sticks/links/sausages/jerky/etc. it can add up to almost $200. Two deer at that cost and you could've bought one bad a$$ meat grinder.
11-23-2006 | 08:34 AM
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Fork Horn
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From: Botetourt County, VA
RE: How far do you process? After kill
So far this year I've managed to process 2 deer myself and the only reason is because I don't know of anyone who will do it at a fair price. Sure there are people who want to charge me $40 to do it, but I'd rather spend that money on gas to gohunting in the first place. I did most of my research here on this forum to learn about processing. Basically, I just skin and quarter the deer, cut out the backstraps and then turn the meat over to my wife and she bones it out and bags it for the freezer.
My meat yields so far this year are 21 lbs. fora spike I got with my bow and 23 lbs. for a doe I got with my .30-30. The deer here in VA I've been seeing are just not that big, I guess that's why we are allowed to shoot 5 of them a year. There are just too many of them for the habitat.
My meat yields so far this year are 21 lbs. fora spike I got with my bow and 23 lbs. for a doe I got with my .30-30. The deer here in VA I've been seeing are just not that big, I guess that's why we are allowed to shoot 5 of them a year. There are just too many of them for the habitat.
11-23-2006 | 08:45 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Rhode Island
RE: How far do you process? After kill
I process the whole deer myself . I like to bone out it as soon as possible then put in the fridge . then the next day or two i take meat and cut it up and grind
