So today at processors.

[Bushwhacker]

My processor sells the entrails for organic matter. Prefers not be dressed. Doesn't charge to do it so I can only help oblige.

 

[kuduman]

I don't remember the last one I field dressed. Processor is minutes away and charges $7. No way I'm dealing with it for that.

Ten dollars at mine in Commerce, and less than 20 minutes from "bang" to "please fill out this form for choice of cuts". Not remotely worth it, but I'm not good at dressing them either. Got a buddy (who tried to teach me)-- he takes 'em apart like Lego. If I were that good, then maybe. But I'm not.

I'm with you, Geaux.

 

[Kman]

I shoot a couple every year and just let the processor gut it. I always field dressed, aged and butchered my deer. Hunting in Georgia changed all that. I have to drive to east bumble **** to hunt, it’s to warm to age a deer outside and I don’t have a walk in cooler to hang a whole deer. I do prefer to age and butcher my own deer. One day I’ll get back to it when I escape Atlanta.

 

[Justin87]

This processor wasn't in Murrayville by any chance was it?

 

[GeauxLSU]

Ten dollars at mine in Commerce, and less than 20 minutes from "bang" to "please fill out this form for choice of cuts". Not remotely worth it, but I'm not good at dressing them either. Got a buddy (who tried to teach me)-- he takes 'em apart like Lego. If I were that good, then maybe. But I'm not.

I'm with you, Geaux.

Work smarter not harder or something like that.

 

[THREEJAYS]

I don't remember the last one I field dressed. Processor is minutes away and charges $7. No way I'm dealing with it for that.

The biggest problem I have with folks not field dressing them is I’ve seen people letting the deer sit with guts for an hour or more time they get to a processor and then many places the meat is mixed with other folks deer because they typically process several at a time and I for one don’t like the idea of my deer being mixed with one that may have been dead several hours not dressed.

 

[Psilloh1]

I took my spike in and there was a guy there with three does he killed this morning.
He had this story about popping them all within minutes of each other with a crossbow from the ground while he was walking.
Said one ran up and he shot it then they all ran and he went after them and another one was lingering so he shot it, reloaded again then shot another one that was lingering.
It was hilarious cause none of the deer were field dressed and the poor kid had to do the dirty work on three deer.
Right in front of a few of us that were standing around including the shooter , the kid said “Every single one of these deer have corn in its mouth so they were all shot while eating at a feeder.”
The “hunter” turned beat red and said “They must have been eating at the neighbors feeder.”

The kid said “Uh huh.”

Then he turned to me and said “Thanks John for field dressing your deer for me.”

Man he was pissed.

He probably would have been fine with it if the guy wasn’t running his mouth with this big convoluted story of these deer coming at him from all directions while he was walking towards them on foot.

Regardless it was just another fun story to put in my hunting diary for my Grandkids.

Our processor gets pissed if you field dress it. They don’t like Deer hair introduced into their operation... Why did you shoot a spike?

 

[fattboyzz]

I don't remember the last one I field dressed. Processor is minutes away and charges $7. No way I'm dealing with it for that.

$7 is a real no brainer !

 

[fattboyzz]

My processor sells the entrails for organic matter. Prefers not be dressed. Doesn't charge to do it so I can only help oblige.

Wow !

Free is even better !

 

[kuduman]

The biggest problem I have with folks not field dressing them is I’ve seen people letting the deer sit with guts for an hour or more time they get to a processor and then many places the meat is mixed with other folks deer because they typically process several at a time and I for one don’t like the idea of my deer being mixed with one that may have been dead several hours not dressed.

Hmmm... I don't like that mixing, but I absolutely understand the concern there about stale meat. I don't think my guy did that, but I just found out he's out of the business. Doubly-moot for me; I'm in Texas now. Gotta find a new place to hunt, and a new processor.