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And most importantly are you happy with them?
What do they charge?
Where are they located?
And most importantly are you happy with them?
I will have to admit that every time that I have had a shop do my butchering for me I have been disappointed in the final results. This last year I had a quick turn around between hunts so I dropped my deer off at a butcher shop. I told them what I wanted and when I opened the first package of burger I saw quite a bit of fat that was mixed into it after I said I didn't want any fat in it, it even said that on my receipt. Their reply when I called them was that they put fat into all the burger. I now have 50 lbs of burger with fat in it.Quality sky rockets when you butcher yourself.
This is a new innovation that I will be incorporating with my next kill...
https://store.butchersupply.net/wild-game-bag-p2765.aspx
Now if only I could get something on the ground....
When you become a home butcher hunting becomes a way of life. Harvesting game has more meaning and it provides food at an affordable price. It is part of the experience of hunting that a lot of people bypass or skip and it is very rewarding. If you invest a little at a time in a grinder and wrapping materials you will be glad you did. Preparing wild game in the home really needs to be experienced by everyone.
I trim it as well as I can, then run it through. Any residual just gums it up a little bit.So you grind it with the silver?
How often do you sharpen the knife? the plate?Myself.
Grinder $99.
I will eventually upgrade the grinder. Silver skin gums up the grinder holes more often than I would like. I buy a bunch of pork shoulders when ey are on sale, and cube and freeze them so I can make sausages out of the venison or elk. Plus, I know I'm getting my own meat back.
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QFT, We eat'em the day of the kill almost always.I always eat the tenderloins fresh.
I'm sure that's a large part of my problem. Doing my cow this year was getting a bit frustrating having to disassemble the grinding apparatus and clean the plate every 5 lbs.How often do you sharpen the knife? the plate?
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I found on mine a #32 hand grinder if I use the larger plate for the first grind that everything will go through with no problem. If I use the smaller one it clogs real quick with the senuew. I then switch to the smaller one to do it the second time when I mix in the fat.I'm sure that's a large part of my problem. Doing my cow this year was getting a bit frustrating having to disassemble the grinding apparatus and clean the plate every 5 lbs.