Butchering costs 2012
- Thread starter John Y Cannuck
- Start date
- Location
- Prince Albert, Sk
The butcher has bills and employees to pay just like everybody else.
Pathfinder
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Northeast Ontario
for straight up butchering...we usually get charged 45$ per deer...I never made out what it was per pound...ok on the average I think.
I took it to Gourmet Meats on highway 6 in Mount Hope.
- Location
- Dah Soo,ON
45 cents a pound for steak, roasts and burgers. clean, no hair, very professional. 2$ a pound for sausagification.
Last year though I did my own slice and dicing and much preffered it.
Last year though I did my own slice and dicing and much preffered it.
WOW! If I could convince people to pay me $100 bucks to cut & wrap a deer as a side gig, I'd have a season worth of hunting expenses and maybe a new rifle to hunt with and only work a couple days...that price seems rather lofty...but if people are happy to pay it then so be it...
skneub
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
min deer charge is i believe 80$ at south wapity meats .
I got lazy the other weekend so our 2 does are costin me lol
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
Actually, when we do butcher our own, I prefer to bone it out, and grind the burger myself as well. I think you get more meat when you do it yourself, and are not pressed by the time constraints of running a business.
I just got a call today that the sausages I had made up out of my goose meat were ready... Took them 23 lbs of goose meat, now I dont know how much pork or whatever they've added and I havnt picked it up yet so I dont know the total weight or how many packs of sausages.... Total bill $124 done locally.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
What is wrong with hunters?? Unless you live in an apartment there is no reason not to do it yourself! Processing meat is part of the hunt, and a very enjoyable one to me at least. I have only taken two animals to a butcher, because of work commitments. Done over 200 critters by myself and with family. Maybe it is easier for me because I come from three generations of butchers. But it is not rocket science!
Buy a good set of butcher knives. Buy a grinder. A smokehouse is easy to build. Enjoy YOUR meat! And get more out of your hunt!
Buy a good set of butcher knives. Buy a grinder. A smokehouse is easy to build. Enjoy YOUR meat! And get more out of your hunt!
"if you took 2 adult moose in at that price, you'd be over $1000 to butcher. I'd be looking for my own industrial bandsaw and grinder instead. Wouldnt take long to pay it off with moose, deer, and bear."
A friend of mine just had 2 moose returned from the butcher in Calgary. His bill totaled just under $1200. I believe it worked out to $1.69/lb. He thought it was quite a bit- but still much less than the $6.99/lb for beef roast at the supermarket. I guess its all how you look at it...
A friend of mine just had 2 moose returned from the butcher in Calgary. His bill totaled just under $1200. I believe it worked out to $1.69/lb. He thought it was quite a bit- but still much less than the $6.99/lb for beef roast at the supermarket. I guess its all how you look at it...
O'Kelly's Boys
Regular
- Location
- Grande Prairie
.80/lb hanging weight for cut and wrapped at H&M Meats in Grande Prairie. 1.99/lb for smoked farmer's sausages (pork added) on top of that and they are out of this world!
My father was a butcher and I grew up in a meatshop. He cut a lot of game. Hung for the right amount of time, clean, sausages with not a hint of wiff of mixing. He took pride in his work. I don't have space to cut my own. Like most things in life, I will pay top dollar for top product/service.
My father was a butcher and I grew up in a meatshop. He cut a lot of game. Hung for the right amount of time, clean, sausages with not a hint of wiff of mixing. He took pride in his work. I don't have space to cut my own. Like most things in life, I will pay top dollar for top product/service.
