Dakota Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Just wondering. Personally, I find it much more rewarding doing it all myself, even if I do take the trim to a processor. Anyone else? Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem308 Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Sure do...In fact, I've never taken a deer to a processor. It is just part of it, and I like to be sure I know the deer was processed to my liking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchies Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 I grew up cutting up deer with my dad when I was very young. I do mine because it saves me alot of money and I know it's done right. Also I know I get all my meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierbuck Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Yep, mine and some of my buddies' too. HB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 I have only cut up a few. I need to learn how to do it. Between my son and I (soon all 3 of my sons will be hunting), we will have a lot of deer to be cutting up. Deer cutters up here get $100 and better. So it can get VERY expensive if you shoot a few deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Allways have and always will with the exception of the specialty stuff like summer sausage. I don't have the equipment for it or I would do it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaDeerHunter Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 If we didn't do our own we would easily spend over $2000 at the meat shop....where the heck am I suppose to get that money! lol Luckily my dad has been butchering cattle and hogs for years and years so he knew what he was doing when he started deer hunting and passed it on to us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Yep, have done our own for about 6 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 I do. Saves alot of money and I know what I am getting. Twice I brought my deer to the butcher and did not get all of my meat. Kinda hard not to notice the tenderloins were missing. Losers. Cutting deer is not hard, and all you need are two filet knives, a sharpener and a hack saw to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 As some others have mentioned, I've never taken a deer to the processor. I do my own skinning, quartering, cutting up, grinding, dehydrating and stuffing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdavis Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 We do everything ourselves, I've only taken one deer to the processor and that's because we had 80 degree weather that weekend, I wasn't happy with the results. I like knowing that I'm getting my deer and it gets cut the way I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Hunting "Out of State" early in the trip I get them processed so their frozen for the return trip. Later towards the end they get quartered then brought back in coolers and processed at home. Everything else gets processed at home with the exception of having summer sausage made by a chef friend of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 We do it when we don't have the $$ to pay for it. We know a processor/taxidermist as friends so we get a great price. But for the next deer we will have to have someone with a grinder help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinch314 Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 I do, Im to cheap to pay anybody else to do something I can do myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Yup, we butcher our own deer...do our own hamburger, kielbasi, sausage from it. We also eat the heart, liver, kidney, and spleen from the deer. Not the liver or kidneys from bucks though, they are strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 you guys need to look at okidog's post and see if you can help him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gzilla45 Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 I've been cutting up my own for about 8 years now. Not only do I like the savings but I also like the fact that I can portion control the packages of meat the way I want them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 I have in the past. For me though its more convenient to drop it off and pick it up an 1- 1 1/2 hours later nicely wrapped with plastic on styrofoam (sp?) and labeled. All nice nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 We do here. Dad has been doing it for about 10 years or so now, and I started helping him about 6 years ago. I agree with ya Dakota, it is more rewarding, even though it's time consuming. Definitely saves some money too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchuLace Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 We cut ours up because the locker charges $60 a piece just to cut it up. After we get it all cut up we take the meat to the locker and get sticks and whatnot made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyohunter Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairiepredator Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 I love de-boning deer and cutting up the meat and cubing it for sausage. We take it to someone elso to make sausage for us because we really can never find the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m gardner Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Grew up doing it. Have done my own forever. I used to cut lots of steaks and roats but as I've progressed in age more and more of it goes through the grinder. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Yea we dress all of ours. Only a few of our deer have ever been to the processor and that was just the meat after we cut it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 me and my dad do. i like doing it but he hates it. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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