Quote Originally Posted by jackie53 View Post
Good post nimrod.We just slice up or own have a friend that was a butcher for safeway before it closed has a walkin freezer pretty handy thinking of grinding our own.Have been looking at grinders what is a good price and where is a good place to buy a grinder!!!!!
You can get a grinder just about anywhere these days, Walmart, Cabelas, Bass Pro, they even have them at Lowes. You can get one for under $100 and it will last for years if you take care of it. It can easily pay for itself in one season. I do my own deer processing too, for the same reasons Nimrod has stated. You know exactly what you are getting, you can do it anyway you prefer, and I guarantee I do a much cleaner job than any paid processor is going to do. BTW deer grinds better if it is just a little on the frozen side, not rock hard but good and stiff. I always like to cut mine up in chunks and spread it out on a pan, place it in the freezer for a little while and then grind it. It just goes through the grinder easier that way. It might not matter much if you are adding fat with it but I never add fat.