Need deer processing advice - by christmas eve !!

[curious aardvark]

CA,
Since it's a "Roe", save the eggs!!

Bear

lol - like that

Cleaned up some bad spelling on my original reply. If I had the time and a passport I would just jump on a plane and show ya in person.

No sure how big a 'roe" doe is in "pounds" but if it is big enough I trim out the flanks and ribs for sausage. I am pretty anal about trimming all fat and silver skin from the meat for sausage so on smaller donors it gets ground up for animal treats.

Like Ryan said I like hanging from neck unless its a wall mounter.
its a lot easier to quarter and what is left is hanging on a rope for easy disposal.

I have changed the way I process deer over the years. The way I do it now, the only bones that are cut is when the feet are removed.

To Add my thougts:

Grind the front shouldes and neck and everything in that area.

The rear quarters....seperate each muscle group (practice on the first one and make stew pieces) on the second one you can make some smaller steaks (or butterfly) and

lol - you guys crack me up sometimes. Over here a deer is RARE and I mean rocking horse shit rare ! Last year we got a muntjac, this is the first chance for something bigger in about 3 years. So NO I won't be grinding the shoulders, I'll bone them out and use for roasts. Trust me, there'll be no waste :-) Hell I even cooked the muntjac ribs - not much meat, but tasty :-)
Should be enough trim for sausage.

many thanks for all the info, particularly nicklemore - feeling a bit more confident now lol.
And it looks like it might have just stopped raining - although I think weather forecast is storms over the weekend.
Right deer not here yet, so I have to climb up a ladder and change the old, poorly, security light for the new one :-)

Snackstix done overnight, salmon got 13 hours of smoke yesterday and is fabulous. I've been pressing the gravad lax beneath the turkey - sneaky eh :-)
Not wrapped a single present yet - but we'll eat well

[curious aardvark]

well, that went well. Pictures when i've got my camera with me.

My dad and I just laid it on a table in the garden and skinned and jointed it. Took an hour, Not bad for a first time :-)

'course it's taken me another couple of hours to clean, trim and pack.
So I'm now 3 hurs behind lol

Pretty small deer I ended up with 20lbs in the freezer.

The fillets were 1.25 lb each. Now that works out at 545 gms.
Wild scottish venison (what this was) fillet sells for (wait for it) £34 a kilo or around £15.50 lb ($23)
So that's nearly £40 in the fillets alone.

the haunch is a wee bit cheaper at £8 lb
So that's £64 for the haunches.

At £20 and a few hours work - I think we did good :-)

Pics most likely after christmas as I'm now going to attempt to catch up on three hours :-)

The haunches were around 4.5 lb

[curious aardvark]

Did I mention this 'deer' was delivered by a large bloke in a red jacket and a red and white balaclava bobble hat, who went away muttering: 'that's the last time he pisses on my seat !'

So if santa's sliegh seems a bit light in the reindeer department this year - it wasn't us, we weren't there, we didn't see nuthin' and neither did youse, kapice !

Definitely NOT Rudolph

[Richtee]

it wasn't us, we weren't there, we didn't see nuthin' and neither did youse, kapice !

Definitely NOT Rudolph

“capisce” LOL... not a word. He’s not quite sleeping with the fishes...but...

[Bearcarver]

Did I mention this 'deer' was delivered by a large bloke in a red jacket and a red and white balaclava bobble hat, who went away muttering: 'that's the last time he pisses on my seat !'

So if santa's sliegh seems a bit light in the reindeer department this year - it wasn't us, we weren't there, we didn't see nuthin' and neither did youse, kapice !

I heard he had trouble steering the sleigh----Kept pulling to the Right!!


Bear