Lesson learned - ask processor what cost will be prior to dropping off deer

[ted_kennedys_liver]

They charged you $115 to skin, quarter, and cut the backstraps out of a single deer?

Yes sir. It won't happen again. Nor will I ever stop there again for anything else after this experience.

[jdeleon]

I can skin and quarter deer for fun...

[venado]

Have you tried the place in Marion, TX? I have always been satisfied with their work and price.

[docmay]

FYI - I will gladly skin your deer, 1/4, cut out backstraps , and feed you a fine Cajun meal for $50 per deer

Can I get in on that offer? I'll load the bed of my pickup with a few and head that way. I could use a few Cajun meals!!!

[Patton]

It takes about 25 minutes per deer to do that, and that's taking your time with several beer sip breaks. And its part of the required fun/work in my opinion. I guess I always kind of chuckle when I hear somebody bringing in their deer like that.

[WBA2000]

I guess I'm just cheap. Only processing I've had done is sausage or salami and thought it was too expensive.

[one66stang]

Buddies deer just got done at processor . 145# live weight.

Skin, cut the steaks out , turn the rest into breakfast sausage.

$356


I choked...

[Bisch]

FYI - I will gladly skin your deer, 1/4, cut out backstraps , and feed you a fine Cajun meal for $50 per deer

I'll take you up on that one, but you have to come here to do it! Gas is cheap enough now too!

Bisch

[WBA2000]

Friend paid over $400 for 2 deer. He got out cheap because it was a invite hunt and that was his only expense for the season.

[popup_menace]

I'll never let anybody else process my deer. You can buy a grinder and make your own sausage for years for the same price as one year of processing a couple deer. Makes no sense to my why I would ever pay someone else.


That being said, I've never had more than 60lbs of deer to process, because I don't exactly get a ton of doe tags

[Gunnyart]

This year is the first time I did the skinning and quartering myself and the last time I'll pay $75 to have someone do it for me. I took the quarters to Kubys in Dallas and they only charge $10/quarter to process it.

[gingib]

$60 a pop for all the chili, hamburger and steaks you can make!

Hence why I skin and quarter all mine. WAY TOO CHEAP and saw how they were bending us all over

[35remington]

I just got violated

This x1000

[Yellowhammer]

So, you pay to have it skinned and quartered? Then what? Are you taking it home just quartered?

[rbertman]

I've thought about the cost of processing vs. buying equipment and doing it myself. I've never done more than gut them so I wouldnt really know where to start. I usually have breakfast sausage and summer sausage made then get the hamburger and backstraps.

Cha Ching that's where the cost goes way up