RE: proccessing your own deer
 

Hey, I'm the grill master :D:D:D... I've cooked it all inculding armadillo... I had some backstrap steaks last month, but trust me Axis is so much better, and a young pig is awesome, after all I am Polish, I eat sausage all the time. I make my own polish sausage. I'd rather eat that than a two inch thick porter house steak.:D:D

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

Whoa whoa whoa.....I'm polish also, but a 2 inch thick porter house?.....;):D

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

:D:D:D:DThat proves I'm Polish :D:D:D:D

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I guess I am not Polish enough:D:D

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

saves money, better cut of meat, tastes better knowing I worked hard for this meal.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

We butcher all of our own deer. For one it would be too expensive to have a meat locker do our butchering. Another is that we know we are eating the deer we killed and not someone elses.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

Yes I process my own venison. My uncle rents a house on the farm I hunt and the farmer had him convert a small house into a enclosed freezer to hang the animals and a butcher area. We pay $5 per day to hang the deer which helps a bit for electric. I will take a pic next time I am up there.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I do my own, my wife and I mainly eat ours as roasts or stew meat, and it isn't hard to do. If I want one done as summer sausage I'll take it to a processor.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I do my own. It's really not that hard or time consuming. It does save a lot of money. You get to cut the meat the way you want. You will take care of the meat during the process better than a butcher (see horror stories). There is no wasted meat. There is a feeling of satisfaction that the entire process was done by you from the field to the freezer. Gives you something to do in between morning and afternoon hunts. And it's kind of fun [8D]

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

After 3-4 days at camp we usually have a cutting day where all the guys from two camps get together and work stations; some skinning, some trimming, some grinding, some packaging. We will process everything hanging up till that point (I'm in Canada so we can let a dressed animal hang a few days w/ skin on).
It can be fun, but I lose a day of my vacation to work instead of hunt, personally I'd rather have everyone pitch in 10-20$ so I can get in another day of hunting, unless its raining out.
I have a video that shows how to debone a hanging animal in very little time (a link was posted here a few years back, but it gets flagged by a copywrite violation if I try to put it on Youtube now). I mailed a burned copy to member down south just recently, but sorry guys; I can't afford to send a copy to everyone looking for instruction on this thread.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

If you like to cook, have at it an enjoy:D. If you plan on making deerburger and sausage, a good grinder and sausage stuffer will be needed. A good vacuum sealer is a must. We've made summer sausage out of entire deer before. Amazing how many friends you forgot you had once they knowthere's venison to be had:D. Thing about that grinder is, it doesn't care whether its doe meat, buck meat, first year deer meat, or monster 14 point buck meat. It's all good:)

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

Lisa, Mitch and I will eat about 3 deer a year (based on my freezer, right now). Before I ever killed a deer....I knew I had to learn how to field dress/butcher to be an ethical hunter. I called a friend....and went over to his lease on opening day of ML. They killed a bunch of deer that day.....and I personally processed (field dressed and quartered) 14 in an afternoon (with some help).

When it came time to do my own.....piece of cake. I can field dress and quarter a deer in short order, now.....and I pay 30 to have it cut and packaged at the processor. I have several deer already spoken for this year.....with the people that are going to be taking the meat agreeing to pay the processor's fee. My processor charges me nothing for the ones I donate to the family (family of 14) we've chosen.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

Ahhh this explains the $10 saving for no P&Y.;)

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I wish I knew how to decipher your ramblings. Check that.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

lol long night pal

The P&Y thread I was referring too. ahhh nm I need a nap.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

Can't beat that . At 30 bucks, you don't need do do it yourself, nor would I :D

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I bone all mine out, I usually have a roast and some boneless steaks and some backstrap.One of the main things not to forgetwhen processing yourown is, cut off as much sinu as you can. You can put that roast in a slow cooker with some onions and garlic, it so goodthat if you put it on your head your tongue would beat your brains outtrying to get to it.. Not to mention the pan fryed backstrap........man yall done got me hungry now...

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I do my own deer i had my first deer ever procesed and payed way to much for it. Now that i do my own deer it even allows me to cook differnet things o and i know its my deer for sure.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I'm Polish too, and a bit German, and a smidge Greek. I guess that's why I like hot dogs! :D

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I do my own. I take a lot to the local butcher to have sausage made (my wife and kids love it). Most of the rest I grind up and mix 50/50 with beef. It makes great burgers, chili, etc. It's very easy to process your own. I was fortunate enough to learn from the experienced guys in our party.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

We used to send our deer to a butcher but it just got too expensive. Now we process our own deer and we get alot more meat.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

Process our own saves a lot of money. Our local butcher kept raising the price just because he was getting too many deer, don't know what his price is right off hand.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

Way back when I was a teenager myself, my dad and his friend and son (our only hunting partners) used to do all ours in our old cabin next to the house. Pretty simple process and we endedupwith loin medallions, steaks, roasts and stew meat. Now I hunt alone and have no place to do the butchering so it's off to themeat marketfor 50.00 a pop. I'll pay that for a good process jobthat gets me good lean venison in the freezer.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

Yes I do. You know your getting all the right meat and its alot cheaper. I do send out meat to be smoked and special stufff. My cut though!

Hatchet Jack

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I do it myself, I think that its half the fun

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I am interested in processing my own this year. Can anyone please give me the run down of the equipment I will need?

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

Here is a good General Outline of the cuts for Butching.
http://www.wideworldofhunting.com/cutsforbutchering.htm
Below the diagram you will find the descriptions of the cuts.
I cut all of the steaks (Bone in and Out), roasts, stew meat and better cuts first.
Vac Pack with a Food Saver machine. Then trim the rest of the
bones of the scrap meat and vac and freeze till the end of the season to make ground, sausage and smoked. $20 grinding machine, a couple friends and a few beers and the job becomes fun.
It really is easy and you can make the bone cuts with a Hacksaw to get
nice looking steaks for the pit.
Eric Stacy AKA: DeerDope

RE: processing your own deer
 

It depends what you are doing to do with it!

I make most of mine into Sausage. For that you need!
- Good grinder- (You can get buy with a cheaper one but it will be slow.) We Use a 1 HP Cabela's grinder
- Sausage Stuffer
- Some kind of mixer( We use a crank handle mixer. Does 15lbs a time)
you can get by doing it by hand but again...SLOW!
- I use High Mountain's Sausage kits, They are really good!
- Then just Knives, Sharpeners, & some sort of deer hanger!( A cordless Saws all works Great for the leg and other heave bones)

Good Luck I love doing my own deer prossing..........I always know what I have when its done!!

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

Dont know any other way except to butcher it myself. Since i was a lil boy ive been cuttin my own cause my uncle was a butcher and taught alot of us how to properly cut an animal up.

RE: processing your own deer
 

I do my own i enjoy it its cheaper and its done the way i like and I'm positive i get all of my meat .you always wonder when you bring it to a butcher if you get it all or they keep a little for them self






[/align]

RE: processing your own deer
 

hey all. i do mine myself as well. but i got a question: does it take u guys a long time to get rid of that slimy substance (is that the sinu people are speaking of). i mean i take a while to cut off alllll of that slimy, filmy residue. does anyone not cut this off?

RE: processing your own deer
 

Go rent from your local storage outfit (this saves alot of smoke content from your own shed/garage)an 8X10 with an electrical outlet, hang it on the hoof from a rafter source and start an auger feedwich i prefer mesquite chips.

RE: processing your own deer
 

Here is a video.

http://www.inberg.ca/hunting_essentials/deer_cutting_&_butchering_(video).htm

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

Number one reason IMO to do your own. Once it is at the butchers, you have no idea whose deer you got back. The deer next yours may have had the gut bag busted while cleaning and the one on the other side may have had the bladder busted and piss all over the place. Plus, who knows if you are getting all of your meat. The butcher may very well be taking a part of every loin that comes in for himself. Butchering is pretty easy with alittle practice, and the best way to learn is to just start doing it. A basic knowledge of anatomy is really all you need to get started.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I do it both ways.

RE: processing your own deer
 

BWB,
Thanks for the video. Looks like that will help out quite a bit. I have dial-up at home, but I'm at work and I have my thumb-drive. No problem.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I do my own, cut into steaks and what not. I usually send a doe to my mom and dad so they cant get it ground up for hamburgers and what not.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I process my own deer, unless I donate one to Hunters for the Hungry, because they do it for free when you donate the whole deer. I see it as the last phase of the hunt and I give thanks to God while I do it.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

I have processed all mine until last year I had a doe processed for $50. I just watched people do it and took it from there. Both ways have pros and cons.

RE: proccessing your own deer
 

CHEAP! Plus I know exactly what goes into my meat.