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Post by HighCotton on Dec 20, 2009 13:30:14 GMT -5
Thanks to my wife and the $3 grinder she found at our local Goodwill store, we decided to process our own deer. It's been decades since I helped with the butchering (I grew up on a dairy farm in northern Indiana). In the past few years, I've become very dissatisfied with the quality of deer processing. Don't get me wrong, some have been great but they're close to 2 hours away. My main issue has been the concern over not getting my own deer back and not enough meat. Some processors have yielded barely 20% of the field dressed deer. My processing yielded over 30% and that is with some waste from the "shot" area. This has been a great experience. Thanks Woody and others on here for some great information. My crude processing job took a little time since I was not in a hurry. My wife and I are pretty simple when it comes to our deer processing preference. We simply save the tenderloins, backstraps (or loins), and grind the rest to be used in casseroles, spaghetti, etc. The skinning and "chunking" which I did myself took 1 1/2 hours. The grinding, packaging, and cleanup, with my wife's help took another hour for a total of 2 1/2 hours. Once again - THANKS to all on here for some great information, tutorials, and pics.
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Post by HuntMeister on Dec 20, 2009 17:06:57 GMT -5
Wish I could get my time down to 2-1/2 hrs, I do trim out all the fat, silver skin and sinew though so that does add alot of time to the process. Nothing like KNOWING you have your Deer and having it the way YOU want it!
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Post by lkrus on Dec 27, 2009 15:29:20 GMT -5
I agree 100%!!!! i did my own this year and what a diffrence i let it age for 7 days in my cooler then ground every thing except straps and loins and the taste of the deer is unbelievable ! last deer i had done i took in on a saturday and he called me sunday to pick it up no time for aging turn my wife and one daughter off of venison this year with the one i did i have won back my daughters love of it but the Mrs. is still leary of it
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Post by jabba on Jan 12, 2010 7:56:06 GMT -5
I use a handcrank grinder like that... but I rig a hole-hog (gear reduction angle drill motor) to it so it's powered. Works GREAT!!
Good work!
Jabba
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