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Old 10-23-2009, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Okotokian View Post
So how do you take a deer to a butcher? I'm assuming they want it gutted, skinned, head and lower legs removed? Wrapped in what? How soon after harvesting? Never used one before.
Eviscerated for sure. Depending on the shop, some will only take in deboned product and others will take the carcass with the hide on. Some prefer to skin them for you (for a price of course) because they can skin them so much cleaner and that in turn makes their job just that much easier when it comes to breaking it down into cuts or deboning.
If the carcass is skinned, as long as it is CLEAN, most butcher shops will accept them wrapped or unwrapped, aged or not, fresh or frozen. Just be sure to call ahead and and get the details from your shop of choice, they are all different.
Remember, as mentioned above, to bring in all appropriate license/tag information.
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