Did Some Deer Butchering

[woodsman416]

Sunday morning a couple of us got together and cut up seven deer. I took some pictures but not enough. Once I got going it's hard to stop and pick up the camera. Most of this meat went to non-hunting friends and the landowners from where we hunt.

[acewoodsman]

looks good woodsman ;D its good to see u-all sharing the meat with landowners an such karma coming for that is that a walk in cooler in the back round

[badger]

Feb 10, 2009 13:54:48 GMT -5 acewoodsman said:

looks good woodsman ;D its good to see u-all sharing the meat with landowners an such karma coming for that is that a walk in cooler in the back round

Yep, what Ace said! ;D

[rustytrap]

Feb 10, 2009 15:41:11 GMT -5 badger said:

Feb 10, 2009 13:54:48 GMT -5 acewoodsman said:

looks good woodsman ;D its good to see u-all sharing the meat with landowners an such karma coming for that is that a walk in cooler in the back round

Yep, what Ace said! ;D

i will 2nd that

[samdog]

I love the taste of deer you butcher yourself. When you send it to the processors a lot of times they miss pieces of fat or hair that make the meat taste more "gamy". Plus when you butcher your own you usualy get back more steaks and less burger.

[snydboshawn]

Nice operation ya got there! ;D Question: What do you have with the fat you got under plastic in the last pic?
I agree samdog. Bone in steaks is not how I butcher my deer! That is what the butchers do around here. And I'll take stew meat or small chunks for chinese spaghetti any day over the burger.

[woodsman416]

Ace,
Yep, that's two separate walk in freezers. This set up is at my friends horse farm. He's got about 260 acres in this spread but he also owns a couple of Thumans Deli meat routes. Parked outside of this shed are two refrigerated trucks. They come in real handy too at times!
Shawn,
That's either beef fat or pork fat. We used both on Sunday. Beef for hamburger meat and pork for 357 sausage.

[acewoodsman]

thats a nice setup woodsman we're looking at opening our own butcher shop in the next yr or so here on our farm ;D