Butcher Services?

Caldezar

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I'm curious if anyone in the BC Lower Mainland knows of a good butcher service for large game? After field dressing, I'd like to be able to drop off the deer somewhere to be professionally cut/wrapped rather than do this myself. I'm not a professional butcher, so my cuts aren't the best. Plus, I live in a condo, so I don't really have a work space for this.

Plus I'm curious what such a service would cost? I've heard that some smaller butcher shops will do the work for a share of the meat, but not sure if that's really the way to go?
 
Hey OP - check the lower mainland section of your regs. Typically they will charge by pound on the hanging weight. I would never try a trade arrangement and haven't heard of the practice but who knows eh.
 
Caldezar said:
I'm curious if anyone in the BC Lower Mainland knows of a good butcher service for large game? After field dressing, I'd like to be able to drop off the deer somewhere to be professionally cut/wrapped rather than do this myself. I'm not a professional butcher, so my cuts aren't the best. Plus, I live in a condo, so I don't really have a work space for this.

Plus I'm curious what such a service would cost? I've heard that some smaller butcher shops will do the work for a share of the meat, but not sure if that's really the way to go?
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"Professional" butchers aren't the best cutters you will ever meet. He best butcher you will ever meet is yourself. I only use a professional to have sausage made. Do it a few times and you'll be fine. It's not rocket science. Give it a try. The worst cuts of meat I have ever had came from "professional" butchers. Cows, pigs and deer are not the same breed of cat.
 
BigUglyMan said:
"Professional" butchers aren't the best cutters you will ever meet. He best butcher you will ever meet is yourself. I only use a professional to have sausage made. Do it a few times and you'll be fine. It's not rocket science. Give it a try. The worst cuts of meat I have ever had came from "professional" butchers. Cows, pigs and deer are not the same breed of cat.
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I a solute my second this.... A small investment in a bandsaw dedicated to meat will pay for itself over and over. And you will get great satisfaction from doing the deed from start to finish......
 
Unfortunately, this really isn't an option for me at the moment as I live in a condo with no space available for butchering and packing meat. It's something I'd consider if I moved to a house with a garage, but that's nowhere in the near future. :(
 
Caldezar said:
Unfortunately, this really isn't an option for me at the moment as I live in a condo with no space available for butchering and packing meat. It's something I'd consider if I moved to a house with a garage, but that's nowhere in the near future. :(
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Don't underestimate the space required to break a beastie, especially a deer, down into freezer-sized pieces. Bone out the ribs and neck, remove the tenderloins and backstraps and all you have to carry into the condo are four legs that are pretty easy to handle. Everything comes inside in three game bags. After that you can cut them up in about 3 hours with very little fuss and muss. Leave the legs in the bathtub and wrap as you go. Buy a big roll of saran wrap and double wrap all your cuts then wrap them in heavy freezer paper. I never cut bones so the whole process ends up being pretty simple and pain free.

Honestly, you poor ####s in the Lower Mainland, I feel for you. If I lived down there I would do traveling "Apartment Butchering" clinics to get you guys up and running. Once you start cutting your own meat you'll never go back.
 
how do you sneak an animal into an apartment. can just see the other tenanents when the elevator door opens and there 's a bleeding deer on the floor.
 
In pieces, see post above yours. Bones and rest of leftovers are green bin eligible. 100 mile diet ecofriendly embrace your inner hippy BC goodness!
 
lol - that would be awesome. But BUM is right, butchers aren't necessary. If you can shoot it and gut, you can cut it and gift wrap.
 
When I was living in the lower-mainland and not doing my own processing I use to use Sumas meets

Kurt crack was the owner but recently passed away.
His son is carrying on the family tradition

I have taken them
Moose deer and bear.

You won't find a Better jalapeño cheddar moose smokie
 
VanIsleCam said:
lol - that would be awesome. But BUM is right, butchers aren't necessary. If you can shoot it and gut, you can cut it and gift wrap.
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Ya know i butchered the muley i shot, by myself and with no supervision and.... it was still edible ;) took longer then a professional i guess but cheaper :)
 
BigUglyMan said:
I guess all the pestering we gave you in the other thread paid off, eh?
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Lol that did contribute. but the 2 chaps I went out with also pestered. They said it was easy and it was all common sense. told me a few minor things then said go at er lol

any rate saved a few bucks and the wife was dang proud of me lol
 
As above, no butcher needed. I helped a buddy cut up an elk on the kitchen table of his basement suite. None of us knew what we were doing, so he asked his dad over the phone for some pointers. We brought it in in quarters and got it done, no band saw. We didn't make any steaks, just roasts and stew meat, maybe we ground some too. Lots of space and a good band saw is nice but not necessary. More important is enough freezer space to space out the packages so it freezes decently quick.
Kristian
 
My last deer I boned out and had in rubber made containers in the garage and over a couple of days my wife made it disappear in the kitchen. She did a better job then me even as she stripped all the fat off of it before cutting and wrapping it. Tasted good was all that was important.
 
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