Thread: Processing animals

Progressively more and more myself. Last lot I did sausies and mince myself too. Was a right PITA with the hand mincer. Will invest in a good electric number soon I think.

Its a pretty satisfying process doing the whole lot yourself. Will have a crack at salami and jerky next one I shoot.

Originally Posted by bigbear

Got my own chiller, so hang it for about five days. Then take in to the butcher mainly steak/mince mainly.$65ish comes back bagged and labeled.
Young fella from down the road shot one couple weeks ago stuff both front shoulders, so took the back steaks and back legs and gave them to a old guy down the road that can't hunt no longer he was over the moon. Feed the rest to the working dogs.

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I do deer, pigs and sheep myself (got a fridge full of lamb right now), I grew up on a sheep farm and also did a few months in the meatworks during uni holidays. Homekill guy does the beefies, they are way beyond my knowledge/capabilities.

All small goods to the butcher that stuff is beyond me & mostly don't have the time even if I did no how but I can cut up pigs & sheep (they are the same) deer , cattle ..I got most of the shearers & some of the shedhands onto killing/butchering sheep as its so easy a couple of years ago was trying to help them save a few bucks & buy direct off the farmers so at the end of a shed we would have a slay up ended up quite entertaining especially watching the girls get into it , current prices killed that idea though muttons are around $150 at the mo .
chillier is on the todo list , conclusion I don't no what box to tic

all my game meat I do myself and have done sheep for years...my Mrs currently prefers spending $50-70 to get butcher to bandsaw muttons up...got to admit its plurry nice having all bar hams buzzed into chops when there is only 2 of us at home.even the ham roasts get buzzed down smaller.we had roast on saturday and shepherds pie with left overs tonight,enough left for tomorrow might and still got slices of cold meat for sammies .

For me the whole process is important, do all myself including sausage and salami. Also nearest butcher is an hour plus round trip and not particularly cost effective as far as I see it.

Yeah depends on where and how far you got to lug it out. Usually cut up steaks and get butcher to do schnitzel, snags and mince as it’s cheap as chips to get done properly.

I try to do it myself but I'm hopeless. Just don't get out enough, see them when I'm out and only able to get the odd one when that happens. Perfect shit storm really.
I do cut the lot up myself. It's either stewing steak or steak lol. Missus not a fan, the lad doesn't mind nor the B-in-law. Just as well I don't shoot many, I'd have to give it away.
I wouldn't try a sheep or anything, to worried id bugger up a decent cut of meat.
last one I got 18 months ago, we stuck it in the mates chiller for 3 weeks until I went back to the coast to get it.
very nice.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

all my game meat I do myself and have done sheep for years...my Mrs currently prefers spending $50-70 to get butcher to bandsaw muttons up...got to admit its plurry nice having all bar hams buzzed into chops when there is only 2 of us at home.even the ham roasts get buzzed down smaller.we had roast on saturday and shepherds pie with left overs tonight,enough left for tomorrow might and still got slices of cold meat for sammies .

I take my muttton to the butcher as well. Get the front shoulders band sawn in to chops and just have the to back roast. $20. Just depends on how busy i am at work. The other option is i cut up the rest and freeze the front shoulders and when the wife goes to town she just gets them cut up frozen.

The front legs on a mutton I leave whole and cook as a roast.... beautiful..


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It might be good idea if the odd member on here who get deer regularly do a demo.

I would be quite happy to bring out a whole one and demo cutting it up, mincing, making sausages and packing. It would be a fun half a day.
It takes me about 20 minutes to skin and break one down on the hook, and then another 20 mins to bone it out.

If there are enough people interested in the Wellington area we could combine it with a lunch time bbq or something. So long as everyone buggers off early and no one drinks too much.

PM me if anyone is interested.

sounds good, I'd be keen as it would be a good time to catch up with other locals, as well and see others techniques. judging by you and Craig's reports you get plenty of animals to bring out whole.

Originally Posted by oneshot

sounds good, I'd be keen as it would be a good time to catch up with other locals, as well and see others techniques. judging by you and Craig's reports you get plenty of animals to bring out whole.

Nah. We are just full of shit really.

Mmmmmm might have to move closer to Wgtn