Processing your own Game

[Elkman]

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The video is mind boggleing! I can't guess how many deer and elk I have processed but this will speed it up. I liked the boneing out of the hinquarters, and the shoulders. I end up with the same cuts but do it pice by piece instead of in one unit. Thanks a lot for posting it. It "will" be a great help this fall. :grin: :grin:

 

[1Shot]

I hang my deer up by the hind legs through the hocks and skin out and debone it while hanging up using nothing but a knife made by Cutco Cutlery of Olean NY with the Double D edge. It is VERY sharp and stays that way for a looooooooooog time. It usually takes me 17 to 20 minutes from start to finish. I have found that if you get the deer out of the hide as quickly as you can and debone the meat then place it into a large container, I use a 48 qt cooler, cover it up with cold water and add 1 to 2 cups ow WHITE vinegar to the water and let it soak 12 to 24 hrs. will loosen up the meat (tenderize it) and pull much of the blood out of it (get rid of the so called wild taste). It is usually cool enough during deer season that I just set the meat in the cooler in the back of my truck with the camper top on it and leave the lid up on the cooler all night. In the morning I take the cooler out and drain the water out. Then take the meat and wash it and trim any fat etc. off and cut it into the portions I want and place it into zip lock style FREEZER bags and place it in the freezer. When grinding burger I don't add any fat other than what the deer had on it. When they eat soy beans and peanuts like where I hunt in east NC they have a good bit of fat on their back and rump. Adding beef or pork fat to me ruins the deer meat. It takes 6 to 7 deer a year to feed my family. Matter of fact I have a deer roast cooking in the crock pot at this very moment for supper. :mrgreen:

 

[jmad_81]

Mostly I on deer and elk I cut up the backstrap, and tenderloins for steaks. I use everything else for jerky meat and hamburger (I really like a good burger!). A guy at work runs a meat shop in the winter, and he makes hamburger for cheap, and make some very good smokes sausages, and little pepperonies.

I married a ranchers daughter, so she is a bit of a beef snob, and trying to get her to cook game steaks is like trying to pull teath from a live croc. So When I cook its game, when she cooks its beef.

ATM- would love to split a grinder with you.

I watched that video on youtube a few months ago. I watched it a few times, and tried to use some of his motions on my bear this spring. I felt like it helped, but I'll watch it again a few times.