game processing tools

[Dushon]

If you're going to buy the majority from bass pro, and you don't already have one, sign up for their credit card. It knocks 10% off your bill.

[SwampRabbit]

Check on the classifieds or post a "wanted" thread. There are a bunch of guys that think they will have the time to get into it, but never do and will sell their very lightly used equipment.

[LemmeOut]

Check on the classifieds or post a "wanted" thread. There are a bunch of guys that think they will have the time to get into it, but never do and will sell their very lightly used equipment.

On this note, you might try and help someone make sausage or someone who will let you use their equipment the first time to see if it is something you want to do. You could end up one of the guys selling stuff. The cutting boards, knives, totes, grinder and vacuum sealer can all be used to process out to steaks and even grinding your own wild game burger but you may want to try sausage making before committing to doing it.

It isn't hard to me but I have been making sausage with my family since I was tall enough to see over the folding table, and I'm in my 30's now. Even when we didn't hunt (due to cost) we made sausage most years from chuck roast and pork butts or we helped other families that did hunt because we had the equipment. We do pan sausage, regular rope sausage, slim jims and I have started making boudin but we are German so sausage is in our blood. We also have an old smoke house to put smoke flavor on the rope sausage (what they call cold smoked now), make dried sausage and jerky too, when the weather is right.

My next experiment will be smoked boudin.

[SwampRabbit]

On this note, you might try and help someone make sausage or someone who will let you use their equipment the first time to see if it is something you want to do. You could end up one of the guys selling stuff. The cutting boards, knives, totes, grinder and vacuum sealer can all be used to process out to steaks and even grinding your own wild game burger but you may want to try sausage making before committing to doing it.

It isn't hard to me but I have been making sausage with my family since I was tall enough to see over the folding table, and I'm in my 30's now. Even when we didn't hunt (due to cost) we made sausage most years from chuck roast and pork butts or we helped other families that did hunt because we had the equipment. We do pan sausage, regular rope sausage, slim jims and I have started making boudin but we are German so sausage is in our blood. We also have an old smoke house to put smoke flavor on the rope sausage (what they call cold smoked now), make dried sausage and jerky too, when the weather is right.

My next experiment will be smoked boudin.

Smoked boudin is yummy and easy. Just make boudin and smoke it

I really want to do dried sausage.

[LemmeOut]

Pork terderloin jerky


Smoked rope sausage (pork and beef)


Slim Jims or buck sticks


Stuffing sausage

[LemmeOut]

Dad and I getting ready to make smoke for the sausage hanging in the smoke house.