#419502 - 09/27/07 03:10 PM
Re: I'm having a tough time......
[Re: TNTony]
|
BSK
Jerkasourous of the non-typical kind
Non-Typical
Registered: 03/11/99
Posts: 59670
Loc: Nashville, TN
|
Offline
|
|
Call the Sheriff Dept. They usually have names and numbers of people wanting deer from road kills. That is your best bet.
That is a GREAT idea Worm.
_________________________
"Know where you stand, and stand there" --Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan
"There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into." --Clive James
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#419512 - 09/27/07 03:13 PM
Re: I'm having a tough time......
[Re: Worm]
|
BSK
Jerkasourous of the non-typical kind
Non-Typical
Registered: 03/11/99
Posts: 59670
Loc: Nashville, TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
we have a professional-grade 10' x 12' walk-in cooler. I really hate you.
For 2 years I watched walkin-coolers being sold on ebay until a great deal came up. I called the company selling the unit and it turned out they would make me one, custom designed, for the same price. So I ended up with this company from Florida building me one and including a more powerful compressor motor than most come with (1 HP 3-phase instead of the usual 1/2 HP single-phase) AND shipped to my door for $3,500. Roofs, walls and floor all professional grade, easy to assemble.
_________________________
"Know where you stand, and stand there" --Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan
"There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into." --Clive James
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#420219 - 09/27/07 10:57 PM
Re: I'm having a tough time......
[Re: BSK]
|
Stick'n'String
10 Point
Registered: 06/08/04
Posts: 2653
Loc: Nashville
|
|
Offline
|
|
One thing I have done is build a list of people wanting deer meat. Once I have filled my freezer, I make a call and tell them the next one is their's and go directly to the processor. They go pickup the processed meat. From what I have found people are very happy to pay the processing fee to avoid having to deal with an entire animal.
If they don't want or can't eat an entire deer I partner them up. I have 3 families in my neighborhood that have 2 deer/yr made into summer and breakfast sausage that they split amongst themselves. I also know several people that give several deer to the Amish community, but I don't know any.
_________________________
>>>--------->
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#420343 - 09/28/07 06:28 AM
Re: I'm having a tough time......
[Re: Stick'n'String]
|
Radar
Non-Typical
Registered: 08/19/01
Posts: 30919
Loc: Kansas City, Mo.
|
|
Offline
|
|
One thing I have done is build a list of people wanting deer meat. Once I have filled my freezer, I make a call and tell them the next one is their's and go directly to the processor. They go pickup the processed meat. From what I have found people are very happy to pay the processing fee to avoid having to deal with an entire animal.
If they don't want or can't eat an entire deer I partner them up. I have 3 families in my neighborhood that have 2 deer/yr made into summer and breakfast sausage that they split amongst themselves. I also know several people that give several deer to the Amish community, but I don't know any.
If I end up moving to Lawrence county in my new home , there is an Amish community down the road a few miles . I might see if they would like some venison . Looks like good hunting land too . 
_________________________
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#420538 - 09/28/07 08:33 AM
Re: I'm having a tough time......
[Re: psycho]
|
WestTn Huntin'man
16 Point
Registered: 11/19/06
Posts: 10968
Loc: Benton Co.
|
|
Offline
|
|
I missed the discussion last year ?? I know it is illegal to sell for a profitt. It has always been my understanding it was OK to let someone pay the processing and have the meat.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#420583 - 09/28/07 08:53 AM
Re: I'm having a tough time......
[Re: WestTn Huntin'man]
|
psycho
16 Point
Registered: 10/21/05
Posts: 16212
Loc: Wilson County
|
|
Offline
|
|
I was incorrect WTH.. recouping for cost of processing is illegal
Edited by psycho (09/28/07 08:56 AM)
_________________________
Are you threatening me?
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#420685 - 09/28/07 09:53 AM
Re: I'm having a tough time......
[Re: psycho]
|
Bucket
4 Point
Registered: 08/22/03
Posts: 346
Loc: Cookeville, TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
At the check-in station at Ft. Campbell they will take any donated deer (even one not killed on base) because they keep a list of soldiers who want the meat.
_________________________
Political correctness offends me.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#421008 - 09/28/07 01:02 PM
Re: I'm having a tough time......
[Re: BSK]
|
treehanger27
4 Point
Registered: 08/31/07
Posts: 190
Loc: Spring Hill
|
|
Offline
|
|
Do you guys ever struggle with taking enough does , because you just get tired of processing them ?
YES!!!!!
We pass up way too many does because we already have too many deer to process hanging in the cooler. I wish there was a place to donate whole deer that didn't cost anything.
Thats why God gave us Mexicans. My workers beg me to bring them a deer.
_________________________
Bad day in the woods, beats a good day at work.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#421036 - 09/28/07 01:19 PM
Re: I'm having a tough time......
[Re: treehanger27]
|
psycho
16 Point
Registered: 10/21/05
Posts: 16212
Loc: Wilson County
|
|
Offline
|
|
Do you guys ever struggle with taking enough does , because you just get tired of processing them ?
YES!!!!!
We pass up way too many does because we already have too many deer to process hanging in the cooler. I wish there was a place to donate whole deer that didn't cost anything.
Thats why God gave us Mexicans. My workers beg me to bring them a deer.
feeding them only keeps them here... 
_________________________
Are you threatening me?
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
Moderator: Bobby G, Unicam, CBU93, stretch
|
12169 Members
39 Forums
117733 Topics
1429305 Posts
Max Online: 756 @ 11/20/12 09:10 AM
|
|
|
The TnDeer.Com Deer Talk Forum is for Tennessee Deer Hunters by Tennessee Deer Hunters. If you enjoy using our Talk Forum and would like to contribute to help in it's up-keep. Just submit your contribution by clicking on the DONATE button below and paying with PayPal or a major credit card. Any amount is much appreciated. Thanks for your support!
|
|
|
