Showing posts with label deer hunting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deer hunting. Show all posts

Monday, October 3, 2011

Replenishing the freezer

The good Lord blessed us with deer this weekend.  It made or a busy, productive and thankful weekend.
I package things in pretty big packages since there are six of us in this house.

Here is the breakdown so far:

Deer 1:
Roasts - 4 packages, 7 pounds
Jerky meat - 1 package, 2 pounds
Back strap - 2 packages, 3 pounds
Stew meat - 4 packages, 5 pounds
Grinder meat 1 package, 2 pounds
(This will be made into sausage/summer sausage/ground venison later on.)

Deer 2:

Roasts - 2 packages, 4 pounds
Backstrap - 3 packages, 5 pounds
Steaks - 1 package, 2 pounds
Stew meat - 8 packages, 8 pounds
Grinder meat - 1 package, 6 pounds
Jerky strips ready to marinade - 1 package, 2 pounds

The guys field dress them before they bring them home and then skin and quarter them and then I take over processing and packaging.  They kept me busy this weekend!

Not counting left overs, that's 28 meals in the freezer, almost 50 pounds of meat.  It's a GREAT start to refilling the freezer and while I'm tired, I'm very happily tired.