Patriot
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I want to butcher my own deer so I can take more does and have plenty of venison and not worry about paying a butcher. I have no friends who hunt let alone butcher or show me how. I’ve watched YouTube videos and it doesn’t look too tough, I have some questions though:
1. I can’t find a GREAT DIY video for newbs. Any suggestions?
2. Do I have to have an expensive meat grinder or will the $100 one I saw in the bass pro add get me by? Should I buy once cry once? Or is it ok to use cheap equipment if I’m only doing a handful of deer per year?
3. Do I have to have a vacuum seal or can meat last over a year in nothing but a zip lock?
4. Can I just skip meat grinding and only butcher steaks? I don’t want to waste a lot of meat bc it’s not fair to the animal. But can I substitute the excess cubes as little cubes for frying or something or do you have to use that type of meat for the grinder?
Sorry for all the questions. I’m just trying to figure out if I can teach myself to butcher on a budget without wasting meat.
1. I can’t find a GREAT DIY video for newbs. Any suggestions?
2. Do I have to have an expensive meat grinder or will the $100 one I saw in the bass pro add get me by? Should I buy once cry once? Or is it ok to use cheap equipment if I’m only doing a handful of deer per year?
3. Do I have to have a vacuum seal or can meat last over a year in nothing but a zip lock?
4. Can I just skip meat grinding and only butcher steaks? I don’t want to waste a lot of meat bc it’s not fair to the animal. But can I substitute the excess cubes as little cubes for frying or something or do you have to use that type of meat for the grinder?
Sorry for all the questions. I’m just trying to figure out if I can teach myself to butcher on a budget without wasting meat.