After the hunts

[Wyo_Roadhunter]

After moving to Wyoming and trying a couple different meat shops we got sick of spending $600-$1000 every year for a halfway decent job on our meats so we decided to spend that money on all the equipment and do it all our selves. Between the 2 of us we usually end up with around 5 or 6 animals a year so we've just been breaking them down and putting them in the freezer until the middle of winter when nothing is going on to finish cutting up. This year we sucked and only had 1 elk and 1 whitetail to deal with. This set of days off we decided to do some burger 80%elk 20% bacon, general cooking burger 80% elk 20% pork did this with the whitetail also (use this mix for summer sausage and sticks), and breakfast sausage 50%elk 50% pork. We also did a 10lb batch of honey bbq jerky and another 10lb batch of mandarin teriyaki snack sticks. Not sure why but it makes these hunts that much better processing and being able to make some of this stuff. Ps the dog didn't quite make the cut to be part of the table-fare .

 

[Blank]

Looks good right there. The wife always enjoyed hunting but never ate it, but the kids and I did. Processing was always part of the enjoyment.

 

[Snoopdogg]

Winning combo right there. I enjoy processing all my game.

 

[SS!]

Nice! Anymore I like the meat processing more than the hunting.

 

[Wyo_Roadhunter]

Nice! Anymore I like the meat processing more than the hunting.

Makes sense when your shooting something the size of a bus! Can't imagine processing a Alaskan moose haha.

 

[DeerMadness]

Your Snack Stix are very uniform. Jerky looks good too.

 

[elkhunterUT]

Looks good! What mixtures or marinades are you using for the jerky?

 

[Wyo_Roadhunter]

Looks good! What mixtures or marinades are you using for the jerky?

I used valley sportsman honey bbq mix. It says use 15 lbs of meat I used 10. Then I added garlic, pepper, bachan's original japanese bbq sauce, and hot honey

 

[DeerMadness]

That's a lot of jerky in those coolers!

 

[Wyo_Roadhunter]

Well maybe Wyoming craziness has set in but I had some grayling in the freezer and decided to try and make jerky out of a couple. Actually turned out pretty good. Definitely edible

 

[DeerMadness]

The beat jerky I have ever tried was Sturgeon. Bought it in Ilwaco.

 

[2lumpy]

Anyone know where to buy pork jerky?

A couple of years ago someone offered me some and it was amazing. Best I’ve ever had. Look every where I go…….. never seen any for sale.

 

[SS!]

Anyone know where to buy pork jerky?

A couple of years ago someone offered me some and it was amazing. Best I’ve ever had. Look every where I go…….. never seen any for sale.

Costco has pork jerky. My kids are not a fan of it haha.

 

[2lumpy]

Tks SS! Must not taste like chicken…

 

[Wyo_Roadhunter]

Anyone know where to buy pork jerky?

A couple of years ago someone offered me some and it was amazing. Best I’ve ever had. Look every where I go…….. never seen any for sale.

Here's the Costco stuff

 

[Slick8]

Great job, I've been doing the same for many years for the same reasons as you.

I just upgraded to a 30 pound electric stuffer from a 15 pound hand crank. It's been one of the best things I bought and I wish I hadn't put it off for sooooo long.

 

[2lumpy]

Here's the Costco stuff

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Thanks. Next trip to CostCo, I’ll be heading to the jerky section!!

 

[Wyo_Roadhunter]

Great job, I've been doing the same for many years for the same reasons as you.

I just upgraded to a 30 pound electric stuffer from a 15 pound hand crank. It's been one of the best things I bought and I wish I hadn't put it off for sooooo long.

What stuffer is it? I have the 10 or 15 lb hand crank one. I bet that electric one is way nice

 

[cgmoonsky]

Wow! Your processing looks great! I'm with you that I'm getting tired of paying for a place to process my game, but with a young family and a busy job, it's nice to drop it off and pick it up haha. I'm definitely going to be getting into my own processing soon though.

 

[Snoopdogg]

Great job, I've been doing the same for many years for the same reasons as you.

I just upgraded to a 30 pound electric stuffer from a 15 pound hand crank. It's been one of the best things I bought and I wish I hadn't put it off for sooooo long.

Why did you have to say that?" Just bought a hand crank stuffer. Hmmm....

 

[DeerHunter53]

After moving to Wyoming and trying a couple different meat shops we got sick of spending $600-$1000 every year for a halfway decent job on our meats so we decided to spend that money on all the equipment and do it all our selves. Between the 2 of us we usually end up with around 5 or 6 animals a year so we've just been breaking them down and putting them in the freezer until the middle of winter when nothing is going on to finish cutting up. This year we sucked and only had 1 elk and 1 whitetail to deal with. This set of days off we decided to do some burger 80%elk 20% bacon, general cooking burger 80% elk 20% pork did this with the whitetail also (use this mix for summer sausage and sticks), and breakfast sausage 50%elk 50% pork. We also did a 10lb batch of honey bbq jerky and another 10lb batch of mandarin teriyaki snack sticks. Not sure why but it makes these hunts that much better processing and being able to make some of this stuff. Ps the dog didn't quite make the cut to be part of the table-fare .

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First class all the way what a set of equipment to have to work with....