Who is the best deer processor?

In my opinion, in central MS, its Dwight's on Highway 18 in Raymond. Does a great job.

Vans in Brandon is excellent

I had some processed at Van's and he does do a good job.

One concern I have with Van's and It may be just a rumor, is that he wieghs your meat when it comes in and thats the weight you get back, but all of it (yours and everyone else's deer) is processed together. Like I said, this may be a rumor and Ive never spoken to the folks at Vans about it, but that what Ive heard from others.

Double D's in Bogalusa, LA does a fine job.

Processing has gotten so high these days. I will generally send off some meat off a deer I killed for sausage, but the rest I put up as tenderized steak on my own.

I took 2 deer to the processor. I had 40 pounds of sausage made and the rest into hamburger. The bill was $ 214.

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--- YuneMan20 wrote:

Double D's in Bogalusa, LA does a fine job.

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Just be sure you have your safe search on before you google Double D's...

LMAO, Just imagine the advertising possibilities.

I searched for a pic of Double D processing....been looking all day....I gots distracted.

Yep I do, I used to try to do it myself, but its just not worth it. I would rather get someone else to do it.

smoke16 wrote: Yep I do, I used to try to do it myself, but its just not worth it. I would rather get someone else to do it.

I hear ya bud! I guess the redneck in me just won't let anyone other than myself do it. Cleanin' the sucker is half the fun!

The cleaning part is not hard, and if done properly, not bad messy, to the one cleaning that is. I had a friend who worked at a processor show me a quick way to clean one and over the years Ive gotten fairly quick at it. I can have one cleaned, meat in the cooler and remains hauled off in about 20 minutes.

Growing up, I belonged to a large deer camp, me and several others around the same edge used to have to clean the older guys deer. It became a contest to see who could clean one the quickest.

I *can* clean one faster on the ground...
with a flash light at night...
while trespassing...
with the game warden looking for the source of the shot...
buts that's another story altogether. Faster, but a lot less efficient and messier.

I dont like vans because you dont get your meat back. its all mixed in. if i take the time to quickly clean my deer and ice it down. i dont want to eat someone elses meat that was probably ran by dogs and possibly layed on the ground for half a day before it was dressed properly. vans is too high any way for what you get.i do my own now. i use the whole deer on jerky that i make myself any way.

I did that one time, (the jerky) turned out pretty good, used one of those dehydrators.

Ive heard that about Vans and feel the same as you, I take the time to soak the deer meat in icewater to draw out the blood before I send it to the processor. I dont want to eat the meat someone else didnt clean and care for properly.

Mr. Gunter's place in Pontotoc does a great job and doesn't cost a fortune.

Attala frozen foods in kosciusko is as good as anyone and not that expensive.