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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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

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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

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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!!

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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.

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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






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