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How much meat?
11/19/2011 8:37:14 PM
I had a 92 pound doe processed this week (small I know, but she was an average sized doe for our club) and only received about 24 pounds of meat after processing.
I am new to hunting, but I figured she would yield more meat?
She was small, but not overly skinny.
Does the yield sound right?
I am new to hunting, but I figured she would yield more meat?
She was small, but not overly skinny.
Does the yield sound right?
11/19/2011 8:51:52 PM
Sounds about right. We half ass butched a big ole 8 point buck and it netted about 15-20lbs and we wasted a bunch.
It also depends on how "clean" your butcher gets the meat, cutting away all fat and "grissle" inbetween the meat fibers, etc. Know what I mean?
It also depends on how "clean" your butcher gets the meat, cutting away all fat and "grissle" inbetween the meat fibers, etc. Know what I mean?
11/19/2011 9:27:03 PM
That sounds pretty close ...
It would be a lot more fun to butcher a deer if all you had to do was skin it and slice the entire carcass into thick marbled steaks, eh?
There sure is a lot of bone, tendon, ligaments and other crap surrounding those choice cuts, though.
Lose the hide, hair, head, antlers, hooves, legshanks, and all the internal organs, and you've got about enough meat on a small deer for a couple big burgers!
It would be a lot more fun to butcher a deer if all you had to do was skin it and slice the entire carcass into thick marbled steaks, eh?
There sure is a lot of bone, tendon, ligaments and other crap surrounding those choice cuts, though.
Lose the hide, hair, head, antlers, hooves, legshanks, and all the internal organs, and you've got about enough meat on a small deer for a couple big burgers!
11/19/2011 10:11:06 PM
I do all my own butchering and I have been doing it for 20 years. I have this year gotten 46 pounds of meat from a very large buck and 27 pounds of meat from a very nice size doe. This is the first year I weighed every bit and was pretty amazed at how little you really get.
11/19/2011 10:53:10 PM
we just got done butchuring ours. didnt weight each deer but;
out of 7 deer we have about 310lbs of meat. we mix 60/40 with pork, so when its all said and done we will have
about 430lbs of meat.
out of 7 deer we have about 310lbs of meat. we mix 60/40 with pork, so when its all said and done we will have
about 430lbs of meat.
11/19/2011 10:55:00 PM
Originally Posted By J75player:
we just got done butchuring ours. didnt weight each deer but;
out of 7 deer we have about 310lbs of meat. we mix 60/40 with pork, so when its all said and done we will have
about 430lbs of meat.
we just got done butchuring ours. didnt weight each deer but;
out of 7 deer we have about 310lbs of meat. we mix 60/40 with pork, so when its all said and done we will have
about 430lbs of meat.
And yet no pics.
11/20/2011 12:25:04 AM
Camp meat. Beef usually only dresses out at 40%. Deer will go much less if its boned out and there is more waste, too.
11/20/2011 9:00:47 AM
Originally Posted By die-tryin:
And yet no pics.
Originally Posted By J75player:
we just got done butchuring ours. didnt weight each deer but;
out of 7 deer we have about 310lbs of meat. we mix 60/40 with pork, so when its all said and done we will have
about 430lbs of meat.
we just got done butchuring ours. didnt weight each deer but;
out of 7 deer we have about 310lbs of meat. we mix 60/40 with pork, so when its all said and done we will have
about 430lbs of meat.
And yet no pics.
11/20/2011 1:53:37 PM
sounds about right. i butcher myself and try not to waste anything. every bit of scrap i can manage gets ground for jerky/sauage/burger. on an average size buck of about 135-140 pounds field dressed, i can get between 45-50 pounds of meat.
11/20/2011 10:50:02 PM
Roughly dressed weight x 0.40 is the rough estimate. My 135lb doe got me almost 50lbs when butchered.
