Got my elk back from butcher...somethings fishy

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Been reading about bad butcher care a lot these days. Do these people know they corner the market so they don't care anymore or what? Hope if asked your Pming people who this guy is so they don't have that same mistake in the future. hate that since htis is a dying breed and art cutting and and wrapping, and butchering game meat people think they can just mess with people like this. This sucks.

I'm going to give it another day...If the shop doesn't make it right I'll let everyone know who it is.

That seems pretty fair since you have contacted the butcher......

[bobcat]

It's hard to find a butcher that wants to work on game animals. Most nowadays only want to do domestic livestock, as that apparently is where the money is. Can't say I blame them. Deer and elk get brought in dirty, half rotten, and full of bullet holes. When they're done trimming the bad meat off and cleaning what's salvageable, there's not much left to wrap and the customers are likely to complain about how little meat they got back.

Not only that but hunting season can only keep them busy for a couple months out of the year.

[KFhunter]

It's hard to find a butcher that wants to work on game animals. Most nowadays only want to do domestic livestock, as that apparently is where the money is. Can't say I blame them. Deer and elk get brought in dirty, half rotten, and full of bullet holes. When they're done trimming the bad meat off and cleaning what's salvageable, there's not much left to wrap and the customers are likely to complain about how little meat they got back.

Not only that but hunting season can only keep them busy for a couple months out of the year.

 

not to mention all the sanitary hoops the state recently imposed on butcher shops going from domestic to game and back, a lot of them said heck with it we don't do game meat anymore.

[pilebuck]

Right on bobcat my elk this year all was done by me the stuff I brought the best butcher around did my jerky sausage... they don't take but all boned out meat because of time of year they are swamped in beef..... There are plenty of people who can butcher meat its not a dying trade and also yes some of the game meat brought in to them yikes

[kisfish]

 
Cut more than my fair share of pure garbage brought in by hunters.

[Hawgdawg]

It's hard to find a butcher that wants to work on game animals. Most nowadays only want to do domestic livestock, as that apparently is where the money is. Can't say I blame them. Deer and elk get brought in dirty, half rotten, and full of bullet holes. When they're done trimming the bad meat off and cleaning what's salvageable, there's not much left to wrap and the customers are likely to complain about how little meat they got back.

Not only that but hunting season can only keep them busy for a couple months out of the year.

  just cut up this cow for a neighbor friend. Big fat Enumclaw girl. Got all the steaks and roasts out of her and still got 165lbs of burger after adding 15lbs of beef fat. Not a hair on it and no ribs were hit. Nice hauling them out in the tractor. Clean and mean and not blood shot.

[Hawgdawg]

Actually that was one from last year. Dang puter. I need to learn how to organize pics. Looks the same just a little bigger. guessing pushing 400lbs. Grain fed, fence breaking prime eating critter.

Here is the pic I meant to post.

[pilebuck]

Sweet that's the way to do her 

[JackOfAllTrades]

I wouldn't wait more than a few weeks to get my meat back. No matter what animal! There would be no second phone call. I'd be at his door and the butcher would have some esplainin to do and provide my animal meat pronto! Months? you've got to be kidding me! That's like waiting years for Taxidermy! 

Small Claims Court!

Post the butcher's name so other people don't get ripped off!

-Steve

[kisfish]

Nice job hawg.

[stevemiller]

Just found this in Long Range hunting magazine.

Average elk bull weighs 474 pounds
Hanging weight skinned no head no legs 337 pounds
total meat yield 242
steak and roast 77
burger 165.

I'm sorry for the OP, however, I'm not sure I believe 200+ pounds out of an elk.     The last elk I weighed my meat, self processed archery killl, no bloodshot meat, was about 110 pounds.  This was a 5 point Margaret bull, unless I am thinking of the cow I shot a few years later.  I'm pretty sure it was the bull though and I did not save rib meat, birds need to eat too.  ** OK, maybe it was the cow, young one. **

I do know that my moose was 500+ pounds of meat (untrimmed, no bones) brought to the butcher, and I find it hard to believe that more than a small percentage of elk would come close to half that, and cleaned up meat no less. ** Still hold be this.**

Not sure this is in an outmagazine,maybe they are lying  . All the math adds up.I agree you should get 55% of on the hoof in your meat.If the rib cage and back bone are gone so is that 55% figure should be more like 70%-75%.Bye the way an average bull elk is a 5x5.

[KFhunter]

I wouldn't wait more than a few weeks to get my meat back. No matter what animal! There would be no second phone call. I'd be at his door and the butcher would have some esplainin to do and provide my animal meat pronto! Months? you've got to be kidding me! That's like waiting years for Taxidermy! 

Small Claims Court!

Post the butcher's name so other people don't get ripped off!

-Steve

one more phone call and a day later isn't going to hurt, no one's bringing in game meat now anyways.

[csaaphill]

Been reading about bad butcher care a lot these days. Do these people know they corner the market so they don't care anymore or what? Hope if asked your Pming people who this guy is so they don't have that same mistake in the future. hate that since htis is a dying breed and art cutting and and wrapping, and butchering game meat people think they can just mess with people like this. This sucks.

I don't see how Butchers have a corner on the market? 

There are several good butchers out there.  The one I use I have never had issue with. I have not heard any bad reviews from the people I have sent to him.

Didn't say there aren't good ones, but I have been reading on different forumns how they got screwed on Elk, and other game meats. They do kind of corner it nowdays for it is a dying business. Theres only one or two near us, and only one that will take game meat, the other wont even touch it. The one I liked he died and went out of business his son klled himself so ya aint no one to take his business anymore. he actually only did it for us because he knew us, but he'd quit doing game meat years before. So yes they do! Seems like I see at least one, or two on here every year. The other forum I've been going to just had one where he was missing meat, and just like this was more likely not his elk he'd braught in. Meaning he the butcher mixed his meat with others etc...
So yes it's a dying bread much like Taxidermists not a lot of call for them as it used to be, or ferriers (people that show horses) Not a huge demand for them either only in selective markets. Obviously on the Wet side and over there there may be a few more than here, but most here will only do cow and pig and rarlely sheep, they don't even touch game meat anymore. If I dont use the guy down the street from me I'd have to drive well over 50-60 miles out of my way to get one that actually does game meat.

[csaaphill]

Some people r a joke this post is worthless with all the negative comments 

How else should we comment? Huh? Hurray! he got screwed? Huh? OR dont blame butchers they got it hard?
Seems were commenting appropriatly for the post at least were not making comments on when old navy opens or something.

[Michelle_Nelson]

Been reading about bad butcher care a lot these days. Do these people know they corner the market so they don't care anymore or what? Hope if asked your Pming people who this guy is so they don't have that same mistake in the future. hate that since htis is a dying breed and art cutting and and wrapping, and butchering game meat people think they can just mess with people like this. This sucks.

I don't see how Butchers have a corner on the market? 

There are several good butchers out there.  The one I use I have never had issue with. I have not heard any bad reviews from the people I have sent to him.

Didn't say there aren't good ones, but I have been reading on different forumns how they got screwed on Elk, and other game meats. They do kind of corner it nowdays for it is a dying business. Theres only one or two near us, and only one that will take game meat, the other wont even touch it. The on I liked he died and went out of business his son klled himself so ya aint no one to take his business anymore. he actually only did it for us because he knew us, but he'd quit doing game meat years before. So yes they do! Seems like I see at least one, or two on here every year. The other forum I've been going to just had one where he was missing meat, and just like this was more likely not his elk he'd braught in. Meaning he the butcher mixed his meat with others etc...
So yes it's a dying bread much like Taxidermists not a lot of call for them as it used to be, or ferriers (people that show horses) Not a huge demand for them either only in selective markets. Obviously on the Wet side and over there there may be a few more than here, but most here will only do cow and pig and rarlely sheep, htey don't even touch game meat anymore. If I dont use the guy down the street from me I'd have to drive well over 50-60 miles out of my way to get one that actually does game meat.

There are quite a few Butchers around me.  Just off the top of my head I can think of Stewarts, Heritage, Western, Beef Shop, Littlerock, and a few I can't think of the names of but are fairly local.  That the slaughter trucks will deliver to from my location.  Not as many people raising and slaughtering beef for themselves since you can buy it in the store.

There are actually more Licensed Taxidermists today then there was 20 years ago.  Now a days anyone with a computer and access to YouTube can watch a few videos, thrown a set of eyes and a skin on a manikin and call themselves a Taxidermist.