2023 Deer Season

[yetti462]

Just got my firearms buck back from the butcher. Or somebody's buck. Called to see why it wasn't done yet and was told another month. Got a call the next day to pick it up.
Need to find another butcher that will give me my deer, including burger, etc.

That's the main reason I started cutting my own up. Other reasons were the lack of care trimming meat and cost .

I had some burger that was 50% fat, deer fat that is. It was not fit to eat.

 

[bobjones223]

Just got my firearms buck back from the butcher. Or somebody's buck. Called to see why it wasn't done yet and was told another month. Got a call the next day to pick it up.
Need to find another butcher that will give me my deer, including burger, etc.

I have had one deer processed when I first started deer hunting. I couldn't justify the price and the quality of the meat was not "My deer".

I have done every deer since in my garage. It takes some time but you are assured you are getting the cuts and trimming done that you want. It also assures that the meet was properly taken care of. I make sure that the deer I take is down within 50 yards. If it is questionable I don't take the shot.

The butchers process so many deer the ground meat "may" have some of your deer in it and the steaks could be 10%-20% yours. So you never know what you are getting, if it was properly taken care of, and how quick it was dispatched.

I got a donor deer one year because I was in line for tag soup. Found out it was tracked and bumped several times and finally dispatched with a knife. Worst deer I have ever eaten, turned most of into jerky.

 

[Michigan Slim]

That's the main reason I started cutting my own up. Other reasons were the lack of care trimming meat and cost .

I had some burger that was 50% fat, deer fat that is. It was not fit to eat.

I took all my burger and twenty pound of brats to the cabin for the bears one time. Was all so rank you couldn't eat it.

 

[DEC]

A couple hunts from the past 10 days or so. Reduction Zone deer.

 

[Grogmister]

Just got my firearms buck back from the butcher. Or somebody's buck. Called to see why it wasn't done yet and was told another month. Got a call the next day to pick it up.
Need to find another butcher that will give me my deer, including burger, etc.

D&D Meat Processing in Corunna. Great people!

 

[BAgun]

D&D Meat Processing in Corunna. Great

I have had one deer processed when I first started deer hunting. I couldn't justify the price and the quality of the meat was not "My deer".

I have done every deer since in my garage. It takes some time but you are assured you are getting the cuts and trimming done that you want. It also assures that the meet was properly taken care of. I make sure that the deer I take is down within 50 yards. If it is questionable I don't take the shot.

The butchers process so many deer the ground meat "may" have some of your deer in it and the steaks could be 10%-20% yours. So you never know what you are getting, if it was properly taken care of, and how quick it was dispatched.

I got a donor deer one year because I was in line for tag soup. Found out it was tracked and bumped several times and finally dispatched with a knife. Worst deer I have ever eaten, turned most of into jerky.

Is there good web sites or instructional videos on butchering/processing deer yourself? I've always wanted to but have never done it. Figured it was hard to get the cuts and I'd turn it all into burger.

 

[chezuki]

Not giving up! One more day!

 

[bwframe]

Not giving up! One more day!

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Good luck chezuki!

I've been seeing a lot of movement in the pastures here. They are laughing at me...

 

[chezuki]

Good luck chezuki!

I've been seeing a lot of movement in the pastures here. They are laughing at me...

I’ve seen a ton of tracks, but whatever time they’re moving isn’t when I’m there. Took today off, so I’m out at it again

 

[Michigan Slim]

Saw 51 deer on my way home two nights ago. The fields were full. Big groups. Seven bucks in one by Columbia City.

 

[yeahbaby]

That's the main reason I started cutting my own up. Other reasons were the lack of care trimming meat and cost .

I had some burger that was 50% fat, deer fat that is. It was not fit to eat.

That sounds awful.

 

[bobjones223]

Not giving up! One more day!

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Good luck!

You can do it!

 

[AndreusMaximus]

That sounds awful.

I don't even know how you find enough fat on a deer to do it.

 

[Michigan Slim]

I don't even know how you find enough fat on a deer to do it.

The deer I shot this year were both hog fat.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

The deer I shot this year were both hog fat.

Oh wow. Any deer I've ever helped butcher were super lean. I just assumed deer were always that way.

 

[spencer rifle]

Our deer up here are corn and soybean fed. Fat Bambis

 

[bobjones223]

My doe this year had been eating well. She had 1/4" to 3/8" of fat running the full length of her back straps....made progressing interesting.

 

[bobjones223]

Not giving up! One more day!

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Welllllll did you make it happen today???

Everyone wants to know!

 

[chezuki]

Welllllll did you make it happen today???

Everyone wants to know!

Nope. No deer were harmed during the production of my first deer season.

I did dive in head-first with zero experience. I’m sure I made all the mistakes, but I’m far better prepared for next year!

 

[chezuki]

I think my favorite was when I found my new ground blind, which I thought was well staked and secure, in a soybean field about 100yds from where I left it. Next year I’ll use the stakes that screw into the ground.