Butchering question
 

What would someone charge me to make a dvd of butchering a cow, goat, hog and rabbit.. Just curious. Ive got books that tell and show, but I cant learn from books as well asa I can from seeing it in motion.

I know they sell movies on butchering deer. But here's one online for cutting a side. http://www.gourmet.com/food/video/20..._beef_part_one

youtube it - i've watched several rabbit processing onces, i assume they will all be on there.

Take a quick run over to MO, FBB. Ozark Jewels can show you, in person, how to butcher a goat. Several folks, myself included, can show you, in person, how to butcher a rabbit. There. Problem solved.

Heck mama it cost a whole lot more to go to Mo, and I H A T E to travel, and besides I didnt see where you mentioned H O G. Jullom, I have dialup and as such utube take forever , and I dont really think it works here, either that or I just gave up on it. And Finally, I have the big A, and am extremly forgettful, so Id like to have a dvd so whenever I get ready to do somma that, I can take a refresher course, in the comfort of my own liveing room

http://www.askthemeatman.com/meat_cutting_videos.htm

$27 each. Processing and Slaughtering. Deer, Beef Pork. So 6 DVDs in all

No idea how good they are.

Michael

Supply the cow, I'll supply the blank dvd, and I'll get er done!!!:thumb:

The ask the meat man video is very good

I wonder if someone could coppy the correct Youtube videos to DVD and send the DVD to FBB...would they play all right that way?

Mon

I would really suggest to watch and be guided for the first time with someone in person. I am a hands on type of learner and I bought the videos to butcher a deer. Well didn't turn out so good(lots of sausage and ground venison) But if nothing else the videos can give you a start and you can learn from experience. Just be prepared for alot of ground beef and what not.

If you have dial-up and want a youtube video, the trick is to use a download manager and set your computer to do the download overnight. Many of the download managers have a resume function, so if the download gets interrupted or takes a couple of nights you don't have to start over.

This one is good for regular files:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/freedownloadmanager.html

This will download and convert youtube videos:
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/int...converter.html

Both are FREE, and I have never had a virus issue from files downloaded from Snapfiles.

I found a good on on pigs on you tube that was done by a pro butcher and was on a cooking show, the guy was from Canada, and spent a lot of time explaining the process,
(I call it cutting it up)
Butchering A Pig part 1, I think there are 12 or 13 parts, (one of them is not numbered or missing and the one on the hams is not numbered), click on the name of the poster and all the parts may be easer to find,

this guy is good on the killing skinning gutting, this guy apparently working in a small locker plant,
(the part I call butchering he has beef and pork),
beef

there are others when you search Carcass break down that look like there done by pros,
Beef
I have not watched all the parts on this but looks good,
if you have Real Player one can down load them to your computer most of the time, (I have the free version of Real player),

If you can get someone to show you how to butcher a deer, a goat is pretty much the same thing. Cow too......just a LOT bigger.

Yes, and iffn I coulda got someone to show me how to butcher a deer, I would agree that the others are much similar, even to a point a hog, BUT I havnt seen anything butchered since the mid 70s, and that was done with a tractor and manure bucket with a chain tied to a couple of the prongs on the outside of the bucket and chained to the beef, and the beef butchered with a chain saw.

Just thought it might be easier to find someone near you actually butchering a deer than it is to find someone who butchers their own beef or goat.......Around here most hunters could show you how to do up a deer...but very few people even dream of butchering their own livestock.:shrug:

Most critters are, once you get their clothes off. I was taking an advanced EMT class one time, and the instructor wasn't really up to snuff on his body parts... the class was looking through the texts trying to figure out 'parts'... I was naming off the parts. They asked how I 'knew'... some halfway wondered if I was a psycho killer (they were all friends ;))... told em I'd butchered hundreds of critters, and parts is parts...

The tools are what you need to make sure are good. With the right cutting tools and the right place to slay, hang & wash your animal, half the work is already done.

Also remember "timing" is as important as skill in meat processing. The meat is most tender if you slaughter the animal at a time when it is "gaining" weight.

I would agree with the responses of others in here, i.e. that you watch someone else process your animal before doing it yourself.

rofl! thanks...i needed a good laugh!

Farm Boy you have not one friend that does his own deer?If not get the beef number 1 and 2 and a good book on butchering live stock and give it a try.Same for pigs the rest comes easy.If you dont have the equipment then just forget it.Here is the least you have to have to even thing of doing a cow.(1A) one horse grinder/3/8 and 1/8 die(2)Saw all with 10 inch blade all purpose(3)Roll of 18 inch waxed on one side butcher paper this is a commercial size roll(4) Comercial size roll of plastic wrap.(5)A set of good Dexter or other brand name butchering knifes/curved 6in./striaght 6in./skinner/10in.spliter/at the very least.Check out LEM.Procesing supply LEM.com.With out this at the mininum dont start as you wont be satisfied with your results.Try a deer or goat first then a pig then a cow.If you get good and make this investment you will have others that want you to do theres, and there lies the way to pay for your equipment.

Maybe a local butcher shop will show you how, if you provide or buy a whole hog they might even let you do the butchering on it. Just a thought

Yeah, blooba, im sure a butcher would let me watch and learn how to butcher, that way he could lose a potential customer. I have 2 books on butchering. I have gotten butchering knives. I just dont feel assured by reading books enough to end an animals life and then cobble up the rendering of it.

I recently saw an article where someone referred to rabbits as a "gateway animal". Funny, but so true. Rabbits are the perfect animal to learn on. Once you are comfy with butchering rabbits a goat is really just a larger-scale project. I butchered my first goat this fall and was able to use my rabbit experience to get the entire job done quickly and efficiently. Very smooth transition. I would expect that a deer is extremely similar to a goat.

We just butchered our first pig last week. Now that's a little more involved if you want to scald / clean the pig. And it's a whole lot more difficult to move around than a goat or deer. The pig was a way, way bigger job than a goat. Mostly because of all the learning and cutting up that it takes to get your chops, bacon, tenderloin, hams, etc.. And we also rendered lard.

My advice is to focus in on getting a video and hands-on learning with rabbits first. Once you get comfortable with processing rabbits you may find that you don't need as much detailed information for larger animals.