I normally do my own but was curious what y'all are paying for a basic cut to have your deer processed?
Deer processing?
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Wow. I'm glad I started doing my own again a few years ago. But, every time I cut one up, I'm reminded of how much work it is. I don't blame a processor for charging what they do.
When I lived in Michigan, you could get a case of beer and 2-3 buddies to do it with you. Wasn't too bad.
Haven't been able to do that here. I've done some myself. It's a cost vs. time thing with me.
During my brief stint in CT, I took one to a guy and paid $70 in probably 2007 or 2008. I stayed while he did it. He was a butcher at a local grocery store and processed deer on the side in his basement. He had all the equipment. It was done in an hour. It was worth the $ just to watch him work.
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mjwendorf
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$70 but have to skin deer before dropping it off.
Remington700
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$125 here. The issue in our area is that there are not many people still doing deer processing. They have transitioned to beef and pork or just shut down.
Was $80 for the one I dropped off last night.
TnSaw64
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$75 for one dropped off yesterday
85 last year,100 this year
Omega
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Lasy year, Hunters Harvest was $100 for traditional cut (4 roasts, 2 steaked roasts, steaked backstraps, whole loins and the rest in either ground or sausage, will also do 50/50), or $150 for all summer sausage. They offer other services but my friends stick with those two.
cbrock84
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$125 for the 1 we dropped off in Huntingdon Sunday morning. Had to pay half up front
timberghost35
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Y'all should see Masons in Covington. Last year he was $1 per lb base price. My first buck I killed I ended up paying over $240 for a 195lb deer… They are priced like that cause they can. No one else close does deer anymore… I took my 2nd to Brownsville and had it done… it was $115 out the door.
backyardtndeer
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Yep. I spend a lot of time at the kitchen counter trimming, the most time consuming part of the job, but I know it is done how I want it. I am not very efficient, even though I have been doing all of ours for over 20 years.
I couldn't imagine paying $125 a deer, but I know many do, and know some pay way more than that.
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$90 for standard cuts at one location.
$70 for standard cuts at another location but has to be skinned and cleaned.
$70 for standard cuts at another location but has to be skinned and cleaned.
Omega
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Ever ask them why no skin? The places I have used for the deer I get for friends requires skin on, due to inspector rules (USDA?), if I take one in skinned I have to pay extra ($25) because they have to bump it to the front of the line. They also offer to field dress them ($40), and cape them out ($30) but I field dress any I drop off.
The no skin location is actually a meat market, not just a season deer processor. So yes they have to follow certain USDA guidelines.
Omega
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Ah, ok that probably means they don't store them, which is why I am told deer at processors have to keep skin on until they begin to process them.
backyardtndeer
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The no skin posts remind me of an incident over 25 years ago when I used to take deer to a local processor, cost was $45 for a deer back then. Anyway, I was dropping off a deer, and a black man comes in in a Cadillac with a deer in the trunk. The deer had already been skinned and the entire deer was wrapped in saran wrap. Kind of got a laugh of that.
East Tennessee Butcher
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I charge a 100 bucks to process with vac seal on all cuts n burger only extra charges is for Cape, skull cap, euro mount, and summer sausage.
