Insane $ to have daughters deer cut and wrapped/ pepperoni

[carpsniperg2]

That is indeed crazy. Most places are around .50cents a pound. On the weight of the animal then 3.00 a lb for the extras like summer sausage and pep.

[Biggerhammer]

Let me guess, the clown up Navare Coulee.

[Ridgeratt]

I think most butchers around Spokane are 90 cents a pound more or less. Thats for wild. If they are a usda place the wild falls under a differant set of cutting guidelines they have to follow. Then you have the speciality work for the Pepperoni and sausage.  I stopped by a buddies just yesterday to talk to him. He was saying that he has seen the decline of the harvest as well. 10 years ago he said they did close to 1600 wild and now it is about 600 perhaps a shade more.

[longknife]

Yes, i will definatly take the scrapps in to the butcher, no more $ being thrown out like that!

By the way it was Thompsons meats in Twisp, i would use them for a locker but thats it. (should have went with my instinct, had to drive over there also).

[gasman]

If you have a pep. recipe you like from a local butcher, they will usually sell you the seasonong also. I some times buy the seasoning from a butcher locally and make my own with there seasoning.

You dont need a press to make pep. All you really need a grinder. Feed the meat back through after its mixed with the seasoning in to the casing and you got pep.

No need for a smoker either. The smoke does not penitrate the casing (unless using hog or pig casings), so an oven will work too 

Making Pep. and Summer Sausage, is a no brainer to make. You just get to experiment on what you like to add to it.

I have know guy that take there scraps to the butcher and have them ground with fat to make pep. and SS on there own at home.

[Ridgeratt]

Without shanghing this post here is a link to the place I get my spices to do my stuff!

http://www.spokanespice.com/

[butcher98951]

That price s crazy, we have a deal on deer any size plus 25lb pepperoni for 150.00, I am sorry to hear that he took you to the bank on her deer, i actually just got done making a little buck all into pepperoni for a young lady for free, just because i got to hear her storie and see her excitement.....

[Arteman]

WOW they are sure proud of there processing over there!

[fishngamereaper]

Thats crazy...Guess thats why I do all my own processing. Next time spend the money on a good grinder and you can do all your own meat, from hamburger, pepperoni and summer sausage. Sounds like the grinder would have paid for itself after one use.

[hugheshunter]

Yeah that is a lot to spend.  I proccessed my two deer last year and my brothers and this year did one and have two more to do.  get a nice grinder and it is a piece of cake.  I mix mine with a pork but and cook it in the oven.  just sucker a friend over to help and it doesnt take to long.  I wont pay to have another deer proccessed again.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Cabelas has some nice deals on meat grinders and sausage stuffers in their Sale Flyer, FYI.  I have a cheapie Rival meat grinder, but I'm tempted to get a good one.

[Antlershed]

I take my elk in to have butchered every year. I drop off a whole elk (literally...not quartered) and it is $0.89/lb cut and wrapped for burger, steak and roasts. I take my deer to have made into pepperoni to a different place and it is $3.05/lb.

[GrainfedMuley]

That does sound a little high. The last deer I had processed was about that much but twice the weight. "Stuart's" Meat market in McKenna. They are not the cheapest but have been around for a very long time and do a decent job. The quality of there product is good. Just DO NOT ever take a deer to "Green Valley Meats". Unless you enjoy bending over! I took a deer there one time and walked away paying over $500.00. Never again!     

[wraithen]

I've actually never heard a peep about anything bad about stewarts. Everyone I know loves that place. Some people will ONLY buy their meat from those guys. They've built quite the rep and seem interested in keeping it.

[Curly]

I've read some bad reviews about Stewart's on this board............

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=10883.0

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,12563.0.html