Why is Tennessee lacking so bad in deer processing?

[DoubleRidge]

If you have taken meat ready to grind, you have already done all the work. I have a cheap guide gear grinder and it can do a whole deer in 20 mins

Agree...I need to buy a grinder and a smoker....I'd love to do some smoked venison/pork breakfast sausage and snack sticks.....and I do all the work to reduce the cost because they charge a fee for skinning, quartering, deboning, etc...but in the long run buying a grinder no doubt saves money....I just hadnt pulled the trigger yet.

 

[Omega]

Agree...I need to buy a grinder and a smoker....I'd love to do some smoked venison/pork breakfast sausage and snack sticks.....and I do all the work to reduce the cost because they charge a fee for skinning, quartering, deboning, etc...but in the long run buying a grinder no doubt saves money....I just hadnt pulled the trigger yet.

I started with a hand cranked grinder, works great for just grinding. Then I got a cheap one from Rural King, also worked great and freed up a hand. I upgraded when I found a great deal on a used LEM grinder, which is way more robust than the RK one. I still have the other two and would still be using the electric one had I not stumbled on the LEM.

 

[Sako]

I enjoy processing deer and do it for a few friends I hunt with but I would not want to do it for strangers... I got into processing my own deer years ago after not having a place to take them I thought was clean enough. since then I have continued to expand what I do with them as far as cube steak, different sausages, etc... added new devices - tools over time. I also recommend anyone that has the space and time to start doing it as well. There are a bunch of videos out there to teach you how....

 

[killingtime 41]

I do my own and always have. Mostly due to me not having one. Ones that are even an hour away only take so many deer then they won't take anymore. I don't grind anything. Just the usual clean package and freeze.