Awesome! Gonna use them if I'm blessed with another deer!
Outrageous processing fee!!
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WilcoKen
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So true!
I dont. understand why people don't learn to do it themselves. I couldn't find a process I liked when moving to tn due to the way we did it in MS. So for the past 20 years i've been doing my own. I started just cutting muscle groups. Very easy and cleaning them up, Then I bought a cheap tenderizer for minute steak. Then a cheap grinder from northern tools, then a sausage stuffer( cheapest 5lb gander sold) Then I upgraded my grinder when NT one burnt up. I found mixes I like ones I dislike and how much pork, bacon or cheese I want added and bought a camp chef upright smoker three years ago. I have had people start asking me to sell them sausage and summer sausage haha. I tell them to go ahead and bring the game warden to hand the cash to.
every deer I did myself I put back 150$. because that was about what I was spending. Didn't take long til I was doing everything I liked from back home and 100% knowing I had my deer and what was In it.
every deer I did myself I put back 150$. because that was about what I was spending. Didn't take long til I was doing everything I liked from back home and 100% knowing I had my deer and what was In it.
Was it the same one we talked about before? Under new management now?
Swampster
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The thing about high processing fees is that at least it is a 100% discretionary purchase. In reality, every cost associated with deer hunting is discretionary for most.
I haven't heard from them yet about my deer from last Sat opener.... guess I need to give them a call.
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M T Pockets 000
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Prefer to do my own. Have been known to entertain the neighborhood kids by hanging a deer on an old swing set and processing it.
MidTennFisher
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Do any of these higher priced processors break down individual muscle groups in the hind quarter to make steaks or do they all just debone it and start slicing? You know what I'm talking about, getting "steaks" that are a combination of 5 different muscles with all sorts of tendon and connective tissue in each bite. Yum!!
There may be some processors that do better work but my experience is that they don't do a good enough job to be worth the cost. My first deer I took to the processor and knew no different. Then started doing my own and never looked back.
There may be some processors that do better work but my experience is that they don't do a good enough job to be worth the cost. My first deer I took to the processor and knew no different. Then started doing my own and never looked back.
I would totally expect the cheaper ones to do this, along with other less than ideal practices. It's the only way to turn a profit.
I suppose with enough practice and perfect working conditions I could grind up a whole deer in no time. Still, cleaning my work area and grinder takes a lot of time….unless processors don't clean between animals.
The processor I use cuts the meat same way I do. No connective tissue. No fat. No sticky membrane. My biggest gripe about them is that they trim too much, especially on roasts.
I realize this is an old thread but does anyone know what flowers was charging this year? Its been a couple of years since I have used them but I was happy with their work.If Flower's goes up more I'll be doing my own again. If I ever get one.
Someone posted this in another thread.
That Flowers place looks like a good deal. The guy I use is former butcher for local grocery stores, $100 basic cut, + 20 for vacuum pack, $5 for optional fat, sausage if desired. $4/lb for bacon and snack snicks. As far as doing it myself, I have done it and it's well worth the money to not have the mess in my kitchen and have to store the equipment.
I won a free deer procrssing certificate in an archery shoot fee years back. I always do my own but killed a deer on 65 degree afternoon with my bow on a friday afternoon so i decided id take the deer to them so i didnt have to mess with. Dropped it off, told him how i wanted it and they called me 4 days later saying it was ready. I ddint mention the certificate when i dropped it off. They took me in the office and told me 95.00. I handed them the certificate and they gladly honored it. Nice folks, did a good job. On the way home i fathomed how anyone would oay that price for processing. Now that the price has almost doubled, it really dont male sense to me.
Thats the last deer of mine that has seen a processor.
On a side note, the weather has saved many a doe from my arrows. Just choose not to kill a deer if the weather isnt conducive for easy orocessing
Thats the last deer of mine that has seen a processor.
On a side note, the weather has saved many a doe from my arrows. Just choose not to kill a deer if the weather isnt conducive for easy orocessing
deerhunter10
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We take a few mainly for the hunters for hungry. When we kill a lot of does in a year. But it is crazy what they cost. But I also would be high if I did it to. What blew my mind was how many come in not gutted. That would piss me off as a processor.
We are making a freezer this year for that reason.
Unskilled labor rates recently went from $15 an hour to $30 and hour. I assume the hourly rate for meatcutter's would increase also??
backyardtndeer
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Yep, most didn't get pay raises to help offset the astronomical inflation that the biden admin forced onto us.
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