Honestly this is what we need more. Showing that hunters are more than just killers. Thank you for enlightening us with your expertise! Best butcher video on TH-cam!
What I don’t get is all of this is happening with the store bought meats. I guess the difference is simply people aren’t part of the process when buying from the store.
Hi Guys- Im am a 50 year old women and your video helped me so much! I did it by myself with a doe that was frozen and that made it a bit more difficult for me. In ND this year the temps were below freezing when this deer was taken. I followed your video and it really helped me. Some of my cuts are not pretty but hopefully I will get better over the years. Again THANK YOU for sharing this video as I was completely lost with out it.
harvested, broke it down and final cuts my first ever last year. overwhelming AF to start, like they said though, pressure, angles and so on. it will present itself to just fall apart
After all the work is done. Eating is the joy. I can actually taste what ur eaten. Naturally because ive eaten the products before but im salivating, you guys make the food n eaten experience overwhelming. Lol
My Pro Tip. Save those shanks front and read. And then sear them off in a hot cast iron pan to get a bit of color. Then slow braise them with some beef stock, wine tomato paste and what ever your choice of vegetables you like, After about 3-4 hours of low and slow cooking you will have some very delectable venison shank stew with the most savory and delicious meat you never knew existed on that deer for such a lower end cut
Nothing better than having a good friend that's a a hunter he always hooks me up with stuff and I definitely appreciate it , he's took me on some adventures he pretty much taught me like your doing your son ,I enjoy helping him process the game making , burgers ,jerky, sausage and packaging it up, there's no better feeling than firing up the grill with your friends and family and everyone enjoying the day and the food you provided while having a couple ice cold bottles of beer .
I had to butcher a deer this weekend and this video was really helpful! Thx guys. And OMG you made it look so easy! Cuts you did in 30 seconds took me at least 15 minutes 🥴!! I admire your work even more now.
I absolutely love the respect that you have for one another and for your craft, as well the respect for the people who are watching you apply your craft in these videos. You don't "talk down" to your audience and I so truly appreciate that.
I honestly didn't know what I was gonna expect from this video so I wasn't gonna get my hopes up. But I thank you guys for making this. Very informational and respectful to the game we work so hard to pursue. Watching this should be a part of completing your hunter education course. Thanks again.
We’re glad that you enjoyed it and thank-you for watching! We agree that it should be part of Hunter Education courses. Too many people get an animal on the ground and have no idea what to do with it. -God Bless
I love that your not in it to win it and you take your time explaining everything and not making it less informational for the soul purpose of shortening the video. A lot of videos like this don’t explain anything and just do it. With your skill the video would be super short
At 27:40 you cut into a lymph node and it's best to not contaminate you knife and meat by cutting into it. Excellent video and thanks for teaching me how to better butcher my deer harvest. Thank you, gentlemen.
@@TheBeardedButchers How do you prep deer ribs durring the butchering process? I had them once before and after eating 2 of them my tongue started to stick to the roof of my mouth. It made me to never want to eat deer ribs again.
im usually dont like watching meat cutting but this guys acually makes it enjoyable, fun and interesting to watch. love the aboslut professional chemistry with the family too
Never actually been into hunting before, but after watching this I think I could process the meat respectfully and want to try. My brother has a couple of rifles appropriate for game hunting, and now I think we just need to educate ourselves on field dressing so we don't mess that part up. Love all the vids from you guys. It helped me get confident enough to start breaking down whole primals myself and the results are just awesome.
I could watch this 90 times over! Ever since I harvested my second deer, I was taught to butcher my own. I love how you guys go into great detail as to what you can do with each muscle group. I have learned so much from watching this. I honestly would have never thought about the 2 flat iron steak on each front shoulder! They usually ended up as burger, or a small roast. I'll be cutting flat iron steaks from them going forward! I can't wait to harvest a few deer this year so I can put this video to use, and put some mouthwatering goodness on the table. I also love how thorough you are about getting all the meat from the carcass! I hate seeing game wasted! Thank you guys very much from making this video. I'm clicking on the store link to go shopping now! Gotta go! LOL
Where were you guys 40 years ago, I have been butchering deer for 40 years and still suck at it..............I could have used this video from the start. 😃 Thanks, you guys rock.
I don't have a deer, a big kitchen or a tailgate. But I'm gonna watch this video anyway, just-in-case I need to butcher a deer short-notice on a tarp on my living room floor.
27:23, Thank you for showing the gland, for years I had no idea until I was watching a similar video. Believe me, it makes a world of difference in the taste.
I have to watch this video every year when I begin butchering up to 5 deer, but man I'm sure glad these guys made this. Hardest part to me is breaking down the legbsections
1:34 Removing hind quarters 2:00 Removing tenderloins 6:23 Removing front quarters 8:20 Removing backstraps 11:35 Removing ribs The rest of the video covers prep work for each cut.
my boys would love this show. it's clean, calm, professional set up. it's like watching a fashion show. in reality not one of us would do this. would throw up in person if asked to do so. but watching someone else, oh yeah sure.
One thing I love about living in Canada is the cool temps (for aging meat) during hunting season. Although even in Ohio I'm sure it gets nice and cool as well. Loved this video. Learned a lot.
My family ran a grocery store and was 3 generations of meat producers/cutters. My father-in-law spent 30 years working in and around meat processing. All that knowledge and there are still times I'd like to have a deer, be by myself and take hours to watch this video at my own pace and butcher step-by-step with a better understanding of what I'm doing. Good stuff gents.
Great video guys! You gave me the confidence to process my own deer and yield the best results. Also, I like the fact of how much respect you had for the deer. Its not all about the kill. There's so much more to it. Thanks!
@The Bearded Butchers I'm new at this and really appreciate the video! What did you do with the thin meat (membrane) that was at the end of the ribs and was part of the belly? I hope that makes sense.
It's truly great to see brothers working so well together. You are blessed. I can watch you butcher meat all day long. Scary to do your first one. There is a lot to remember. All the best!
Thanks so much for your incredible videos! I'm new to hunting, and would never take an animal without properly respecting it. Your respect for what you are taking is very much appreciated and it shows in all that you do. So Thank You! I love that you are teaching your kids how to appreciate what is on their plates and to respect where it came from. I give you much respect for all that you do - but more importantly, HOW you are doing it. Thank you very much!
I love how educational this video is! This helps me out a lot thank you guys 🙏🏼 Yes this is a long video but I love how y’all go step by step start to finish. I love how y’all are constantly talking and describing everything. Even though this is a video It makes me feel like you’re actually here with me guiding me every step of the way so I can enjoy every bit of the deer I harvested! Again thank you I’m going to put this into good use!
I don’t know what kind of dummies would give this video a thumbs down. I just spent the last 1 hr. & 12 min. of my life learning so many great things thanks to you fellas. I’ve just learned that I’ve been gutting, skinning and processing deer for a large portion of my life the wrong way. 🤣 Thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge with us. I have a deer in the cooler right now that I’ll be doing up tomorrow and I’ll be rewatching and pausing this video again. Thank y’all so so very much. 😍😘
Just a little tip I found with the neck. If you cook it down in a crockpot until it shreds apart, remove the bones add bbq sauce and continue to cook it makes great pulled bbq sandwiches It’s great for parties it makes a lot Thank you guys this is the best deer butchering video I have watched
Wont be doing any of this anytime soon, but I browsing for some writing inspo and y'all really packed this hour with great, extensive information! Definitely sticking around.
Self taught deer butcherer here , i don't do it much different than you guys , just 10x slower . GREAT knowledge and skill thx for sharing as your videos have really improved my technique and speed.
Slowly but surely does the trick too! But yeah, definitely with a lot of practice and experience, we're sure you can do it faster than you can say "The Bearded Butcher." 😏
As a hunter i have developed my own ways of processing my deer. Usually I disagree with others on their ways of of processing animals. I was glad to find a video that I not only agree with but intend to use information from. Y'all did a great job with this deer and an even better job describing what you where doing. Thank you for the educational video. I would like a video on processing a bear, it's been years since I have done it myself and would love a professional guide/explanation. Y'all have earned my respect, and a subscription.
I stopped deer hunting 10 years ago because of when growing up, i never had the opportunity to learn how to process the meat properly, There was no youtube & no matter who had venison to eat - It always tasted very gamey & smelled like actual shit....... UNTIL,, just a couple weeks ago a buddy had some venison that he had processed with the help of someone who takes hunting/processing seriously & I was pretty floored at the difference in taste !!!!!!!! Lets just say that I will be hitting the field this year since they both offered to help process my next deer..........
That’s awesome! Glad to hear you’re headed back out. With the proper field dressing, cooling and processing, you can eat some of the finest Wild Game. Happy hunting!
I self taught myself how to butcher venison because it drove me crazy to pay someone to do what I knew I should be able to do myself. I really enjoy watching videos like this to either gather more info or to validate my methods. When you say in the past venison tasted/smelled foul, that is most likely from improper field handling. I'm a Laboratorian by occupation so in as much, I deal with bacteria. From the time you put the animal down, the natural Flora(bacteria) inside the animal grows exponentially and is giving off nasty gases. You have to get the guts and organs out asap and cool the carcass. That is the most important part of keeping the venison from obtaining the foul smell and flavor. Simply put, get it gutted as soon as possible after the kill and cooled down. Oh, if you get any gut material on the meat, you have to wash with a lot of water and hope for the best.
@@Peakbase Preparation and care from the moment that animal is shot is everything when it comes to the flavor of venison. Poor shot placement, waiting too long to get the deer field dressed, improper storage during the hanging process(temps too high or low), not removing the silver-skin or excess fat, not removing the glands, all these things can contribute to very gamey tasting meat. Done properly, to the trained pallet venison has it's own flavor but to the average person, they likely won't even know it's not ordinary store bought beef. It should never EVER taste gamey. I've been butchering my own for a number of years and have been hunting all my life. The only time I've ever encountered a situation like that is due to my own mistake because I hit the animal poorly, rupturing the stomach and on top of that, I didn't find the deer for 6+ hours of tracking. All that combined left me with severely tainted meat and it was extremely disheartening. Thankfully that's a once in a blue moon type of situation for me.
below is a note for myself, and anyone I refer this video to. Thanks for the video. It is a big help. 27:05....between the eye of round and the bottom round there is a chunk of fat and in that chunk there is a gland, and this should be removed....
What an informative video! I just realized I grew up about 30 minutes east of you in Green, Ohio. I've been in the military since 2014 and am currently deployed, but next time I head that way to visit the family I'll be sure to stop by Whitefeather Meats to try out some of your products. Take care y'all.
Thank you for the information. I shot a waterbuck over the weekend and used your video to process the meat. It's a little bit larger than the deer you did here (mine was just over 200 lbs), but the principles are the same. Took me about 9 hours, but it's in the freezer now.
Scott where's your beard bro? 😂 You guys are awesome to watch. I worked the oilfield for 35 years and had a bad accident that put me on disability 4 years back. Needless to say I haven't been able to hunt in many years. It's true when you don't use your knowledge you can lose it. You guys have been great at refreshing the memory on the things. Thanks guys and God bless you both.
Average American123 Mine was a forky.. but the success rate is 4% in the zone i was hunting so i feel good that I got one my first ever day hunting . All by myself too lol . goodluck brother !
I've been a meat cutter at Hannafords supermarket for about a year now and I wanted to learn how to process game for not only myself but for some extra money. This video certainly helps and gives me a good idea on how to go about it. Now all thats left is some hands on experience. I was able to make some connections with what I do processing primals at the grocery store to the different portions of meat shown here. This was well put together, and thankyou!
My neighbor JC showed me how to do a complete deer prosses from field dressing to butterfly back staps in 1978. As a 9 year old I was in awe. So here I am watching it still. The difference between Ohio deer and her in North Carolina is your extra trimming pile equals one full buck haha.
I've never watched a video on TH-cam that's longer than 30 minutes, most simply aren't worth it. That being said, I was thoroughly enthralled watching you guys work, great video and knowledge!
I processed my first deer this season and i totally missed those inside tenderloins! I did it with no training so i think i did ok but im still learning.
First time deer butcher here. Great video! It's been a huge help! So far I've only skinned it and took a tenderloin off, gonna let the rest hang for a few more days. I'll probably have watched this whole video five times before I get started in ernest
Awesome content, I've hunted deer for nearly 60 years here in NZ and have never had venison ribs ! I usually just trim all the meat from between and along with most of fore 1/4 get it made into patties (burgers). One comment you made about being given some meat and just saying it's deer reminds me a a joke. Dad was given some venison and while the family are eating it the boy says "what sort of meat is this dad?" Dad says "it is what your mother calls me". The girl yells "don't eat it! its a fucking dick!"
They make it look so easy. I look like a spastic head case with a weed wacker in comparison... And I'm one of the guys my buddies enlist to help butcher their game animals. I get the job done, but not nearly as smooth as they make it look. Those "little tips" their tossing out are priceless.
I haven't checked the consensus and / or the popular opinion; but as a Le Cole Culinaire alumni (which included meat fabrication) you guys are the best I've seen with my own eyes. Best content on TH-cam!
Great job guys! I’m an old time hunter who hasn’t gutted an animal in years ‘ I just fillet the meat off the bone’. But you guys have shown me how to properly care for the prices I’ve been cutting off. Thank you.
Really great video been doing this for 50 years now. The big difference in what i do i dont grind. Just never cared for ground vinisen. I take all the chunks of trim meat and pressure can it makes great venison pot roast for vinisen splits. The canning process breaks down any sinews left and make it incredibly tender also slice my back strap about 1/2 to 3/4 inch to make great sandwich steaks.
You guys are on a whole nother level. The information is AWESOME. The experience that you have shows in every single movement. Nothing waisted. The presentation in the end product when you are finished really is professional. I've watched ten or so shows and every one of them i learned something and butchered my critters for years
My Uncle actually has a fridge he bought just to age his game in if the weather isn't permitting in the garage or barn he took all the rack and stuff out and has it set at like 45-50 last time I looked at it and he put a hook in it and hangs the carcass in there or whatever else he wants to age before butchering and taking it into the house, very good and definitely comes in handy if you have a spot for it ...
One of the best videos on how to do this and I have watched a lot, including australian guys who call the tenderloins "filet steaks." I hunt on pubilc land, so mostly, I will have to quarter and pack out a harvest. Except for two days. Opening weekend of general season and Thanksgiving weekend where I hunt, you have to bring your harvest whole to the USFS deer check station. They want weight data of the whole deer, plus a tissue sample to check for Chronic Wasting Disease. However, the state does have racks and gambrels so that you can go ahead and skin and quarter. So, now, I need to get a deer sled. Basically a thick tobagan with straps so that you can pull a deer over the rough ground. Some even come with a harness. I like cooking steaks and roasts and my friend, John would either cut his as medallions and fry them or cut chunks and make slow cooker stew. He once gave me a rack of ribs from a doe and I smoked it on my charcoal grill with mesquite logs. That was good. I also did a feral hog he gave me, that he skinned. I did not debone. I broke the back bone in two and smoked the whole dang thing. It is lean pork, which sounds like an oxymoron. Seriously, though, if you get to hunt feral hog, they are good eating.
They keep the best cuts for themselves or to sell while charging you full price. I stopped buying cattle after our old butcher retired and left his son the business. You can get fleeced real fast with a bad butcher.
Got to love this ! I used to hunt back in the day, like late 70s and early 80s. I hunted West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. I've field dressed many of them but I hunted another friends property, and most of their meat was acquired during the different hunting seasons and eaten right away, dried or frozen. the whole mountain people "owners" shared in the spoils. They asked for half of the meat, but they were all fairly broke, while living life abundantly. They grew their own food, or hunted. They worked well with each other and to me it seemed they were living in the lap of luxury. I let them keep it all. I asked for two steaks and a lb. of ground meat. There is no better spaghetti than meat sauce of venison. Thanks so much for the memories ! I'd like to go hunt again one day, but now I live in Florida which throws a big assed monkey wrench into the drying, and aging. Do you have any advice ? I've always avoided deer hunting down here because the greyhounds at the track are bigger than our deer.
Honestly this is what we need more. Showing that hunters are more than just killers. Thank you for enlightening us with your expertise! Best butcher video on TH-cam!
We agree 100%! Thank-you for watching!
Travis Unruh well said. It’s a skill to be able to process your own harvest. It’s something to pass on to the youth.
Drama/Shock in the Internet sells...
Travis Unruh hunting > factory livestock hunters are abusing animals 100x less than KFC
What I don’t get is all of this is happening with the store bought meats. I guess the difference is simply people aren’t part of the process when buying from the store.
Hi Guys- Im am a 50 year old women and your video helped me so much! I did it by myself with a doe that was frozen and that made it a bit more difficult for me. In ND this year the temps were below freezing when this deer was taken. I followed your video and it really helped me. Some of my cuts are not pretty but hopefully I will get better over the years. Again THANK YOU for sharing this video as I was completely lost with out it.
• *Removing Hind Quarters* - 1:27
• *Removing Front Quarters* - 6:24
• *Removing Backstraps* - 8:18
• *Removing Venison Ribs* - 11:32
• *Venison Backstrap Prep* - 15:57
• *Breaking Down the Hind Quarters* - 24:29
• *Making Venison Jerky* - 33:16
• *Breaking Down the Front Quarters* - 38:02
• *Venison Trimmings* - 44:33
• *Making Venison Bratwurst* - 58:17
• *Grilling Venison Bratwurst* - 1:07:19
(Timestamps for future reference.)
26:55 removing gland in hind quarter
27:52 prepping meat for jerky
38:23 removing gland in front quarter
1:12:37 awkward sharing of a bratwurst. :)
You the man!!!
You’re doing gods work, thank you!
Thanks. No problem. Lol
@@Gutslinger THE GENTLEMAN!!
4 years after posting this video you still have people referencing it. Just processed my first deer thanks to you. Great job guys! 👍
That's fantastic!
It's enraging watching how easy he makes this look. These guys are good.
Sharp knife is very helpful too
harvested, broke it down and final cuts my first ever last year. overwhelming AF to start, like they said though, pressure, angles and so on. it will present itself to just fall apart
It is actually easy to skin a animal
Very well done!
Having a sharp knife is #1
After all the work is done. Eating is the joy. I can actually taste what ur eaten. Naturally because ive eaten the products before but im salivating, you guys make the food n eaten experience overwhelming. Lol
My Pro Tip. Save those shanks front and read. And then sear them off in a hot cast iron pan to get a bit of color. Then slow braise them with some beef stock, wine tomato paste and what ever your choice of vegetables you like, After about 3-4 hours of low and slow cooking you will have some very delectable venison shank stew with the most savory and delicious meat you never knew existed on that deer for such a lower end cut
Nothing better than having a good friend that's a a hunter he always hooks me up with stuff and I definitely appreciate it , he's took me on some adventures he pretty much taught me like your doing your son ,I enjoy helping him process the game making , burgers ,jerky, sausage and packaging it up, there's no better feeling than firing up the grill with your friends and family and everyone enjoying the day and the food you provided while having a couple ice cold bottles of beer .
I had to butcher a deer this weekend and this video was really helpful! Thx guys. And OMG you made it look so easy! Cuts you did in 30 seconds took me at least 15 minutes 🥴!! I admire your work even more now.
I absolutely love the respect that you have for one another and for your craft, as well the respect for the people who are watching you apply your craft in these videos. You don't "talk down" to your audience and I so truly appreciate that.
I honestly didn't know what I was gonna expect from this video so I wasn't gonna get my hopes up. But I thank you guys for making this. Very informational and respectful to the game we work so hard to pursue. Watching this should be a part of completing your hunter education course. Thanks again.
We’re glad that you enjoyed it and thank-you for watching! We agree that it should be part of Hunter Education courses. Too many people get an animal on the ground and have no idea what to do with it. -God Bless
@@arnoldromppai5395 what do you mean? Why wont you butcher anyone's wild game? Is it because they don't know how to properly field dress the animal?
That was best damn infomercial I've ever watched. Seriously though thanks for doing this guys very informative.
I love that your not in it to win it and you take your time explaining everything and not making it less informational for the soul purpose of shortening the video. A lot of videos like this don’t explain anything and just do it. With your skill the video would be super short
At 27:40 you cut into a lymph node and it's best to not contaminate you knife and meat by cutting into it. Excellent video and thanks for teaching me how to better butcher my deer harvest. Thank you, gentlemen.
Probably the best deer butchering video on TH-cam. Great job, guys.
Thank-you!
Nick
Damn bro, you seen them all?
I have 👀
there really isn't a crazy amount of vids focusing on deer butchering here on yt
@@TheBeardedButchers How do you prep deer ribs durring the butchering process? I had them once before and after eating 2 of them my tongue started to stick to the roof of my mouth. It made me to never want to eat deer ribs again.
First time hunter here. This was so informative and respectful. It was just the right amount of info delivered in an easy to digest way. Great video!
If God allows it, I will hunt and process my first deer this weekend. This video helped me to learn a lot thank you guys!
Good luck and God Bless Jimmy!
So did you get one yet? Keep us posted
Jonah Trout Not yet, deer movement is slow in Ohio due to these hot temps. Stay tuned!
Jonah Trout, did you happen to see the field dressing video that we posted?
Hi Jimmy, did you harvest your first deer yet. That us your hunting story. First hunt is the best story to tell. Good luck and good eaten.
im usually dont like watching meat cutting but this guys acually makes it enjoyable, fun and interesting to watch. love the aboslut professional chemistry with the family too
Definitely will have to watch again before I butcher my next deer. I think it took me an entire day to butcher my last deer. Thanks for the video.
Happy hunting and thank-you for watching!
They're spot on with the advice for beginners the main thing to do it take your time and basically work on one primal at a time.
Never actually been into hunting before, but after watching this I think I could process the meat respectfully and want to try. My brother has a couple of rifles appropriate for game hunting, and now I think we just need to educate ourselves on field dressing so we don't mess that part up. Love all the vids from you guys. It helped me get confident enough to start breaking down whole primals myself and the results are just awesome.
did you get anything :D
totally awesome video - thanks for showing us those that have no idea what to do a great start - may watch this several times!
Happy to help, Chris! 🙏
I could watch this 90 times over! Ever since I harvested my second deer, I was taught to butcher my own. I love how you guys go into great detail as to what you can do with each muscle group. I have learned so much from watching this. I honestly would have never thought about the 2 flat iron steak on each front shoulder! They usually ended up as burger, or a small roast. I'll be cutting flat iron steaks from them going forward! I can't wait to harvest a few deer this year so I can put this video to use, and put some mouthwatering goodness on the table. I also love how thorough you are about getting all the meat from the carcass! I hate seeing game wasted!
Thank you guys very much from making this video. I'm clicking on the store link to go shopping now! Gotta go! LOL
Where were you guys 40 years ago, I have been butchering deer for 40 years and still suck at it..............I could have used this video from the start. 😃 Thanks, you guys rock.
I don't have a deer, a big kitchen or a tailgate. But I'm gonna watch this video anyway, just-in-case I need to butcher a deer short-notice on a tarp on my living room floor.
Same here
Sod Fish tarp on the living room floor seems pretty ballsy lmao good luck friend
LOL!! Same!
I got my first deer last year. I didn't have a mentor, so stumbled along butchering the carcass on a tarp on my kitchen floor.
If your living room floor is clean enough to eat off, like mine is, then why not.
I have used your most excellent meat processing videos for guidance for the past five years. Just finished another whitetail. Thanks guys!
27:23, Thank you for showing the gland, for years I had no idea until I was watching a similar video. Believe me, it makes a world of difference in the taste.
You're welcome!
I have to watch this video every year when I begin butchering up to 5 deer, but man I'm sure glad these guys made this. Hardest part to me is breaking down the legbsections
1:34 Removing hind quarters
2:00 Removing tenderloins
6:23 Removing front quarters
8:20 Removing backstraps
11:35 Removing ribs
The rest of the video covers prep work for each cut.
You pretty cool man
The real MVP
I'm vegan
my boys would love this show. it's clean, calm, professional set up. it's like watching a fashion show. in reality not one of us would do this. would throw up in person if asked to do so. but watching someone else, oh yeah sure.
One thing I love about living in Canada is the cool temps (for aging meat) during hunting season. Although even in Ohio I'm sure it gets nice and cool as well. Loved this video. Learned a lot.
Been processing deer for 16 years and still learned a lot from this video!
Awesome! Thank-you for watching!
I've always struggled to get good cuts from my deer and this video was really helpful this past season. Thank you guys for your awesome content!!
Really happy to hear that! We appreciate your support on our channel.
My family ran a grocery store and was 3 generations of meat producers/cutters. My father-in-law spent 30 years working in and around meat processing. All that knowledge and there are still times I'd like to have a deer, be by myself and take hours to watch this video at my own pace and butcher step-by-step with a better understanding of what I'm doing. Good stuff gents.
Great video guys! You gave me the confidence to process my own deer and yield the best results. Also, I like the fact of how much respect you had for the deer. Its not all about the kill. There's so much more to it. Thanks!
That’s fantastic! Thanks for watching!
@The Bearded Butchers
I'm new at this and really appreciate the video! What did you do with the thin meat (membrane) that was at the end of the ribs and was part of the belly?
I hope that makes sense.
@@travisbracha9728 thinly fileted a much of the meat out from the connective tissue and put it in the grind pile.
It's truly great to see brothers working so well together. You are blessed.
I can watch you butcher meat all day long.
Scary to do your first one.
There is a lot to remember.
All the best!
Thanks so much for your incredible videos! I'm new to hunting, and would never take an animal without properly respecting it. Your respect for what you are taking is very much appreciated and it shows in all that you do. So Thank You! I love that you are teaching your kids how to appreciate what is on their plates and to respect where it came from. I give you much respect for all that you do - but more importantly, HOW you are doing it. Thank you very much!
What's crazy is how much more appealing it looks the more you process the deer.
""Sometimes I'll start a sentence, and I don't even know where it's going. I just hope I find it along the way." - Michael Scott"
- Scott Perkins
All the time. 🤪
My dad was a butcher by trade and always wanted to teach me .after watching you I am sorry I didn't learn u are amazing thank you for the video!
Hope you can still take up your dad's offer! 😀
I love how educational this video is! This helps me out a lot thank you guys 🙏🏼 Yes this is a long video but I love how y’all go step by step start to finish. I love how y’all are constantly talking and describing everything. Even though this is a video It makes me feel like you’re actually here with me guiding me every step of the way so I can enjoy every bit of the deer I harvested! Again thank you I’m going to put this into good use!
HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS... im addicted to your videos...very very easy to follow , smart to-the-point information.
Watched this a dozen times this season. You guys helped a ton in getting my deer to the freezer!
So glad we could help! Thanks for watching!
I don’t know what kind of dummies would give this video a thumbs down. I just spent the last 1 hr. & 12 min. of my life learning so many great things thanks to you fellas. I’ve just learned that I’ve been gutting, skinning and processing deer for a large portion of my life the wrong way. 🤣 Thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge with us. I have a deer in the cooler right now that I’ll be doing up tomorrow and I’ll be rewatching and pausing this video again. Thank y’all so so very much. 😍😘
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing. Glad to know that it was helpful. :)
The world needed this video. The various cuts have always been some great mystery...thanks for demystifying. Cheers! Chris.
Thank you for watching! Cheers
of course we did says the bearded chris powell.
Just a little tip I found with the neck. If you cook it down in a crockpot until it shreds apart, remove the bones add bbq sauce and continue to cook it makes great pulled bbq sandwiches
It’s great for parties it makes a lot Thank you guys this is the best deer butchering video I have watched
Wont be doing any of this anytime soon, but I browsing for some writing inspo and y'all really packed this hour with great, extensive information! Definitely sticking around.
Thanks for tuning in! Hope our videos help when you're ready to grill!
Self taught deer butcherer here , i don't do it much different than you guys , just 10x slower . GREAT knowledge and skill thx for sharing as your videos have really improved my technique and speed.
Slowly but surely does the trick too! But yeah, definitely with a lot of practice and experience, we're sure you can do it faster than you can say "The Bearded Butcher." 😏
I love how enthusiastic they are about using every part of the animal and not wasting the life
As a hunter i have developed my own ways of processing my deer. Usually I disagree with others on their ways of of processing animals. I was glad to find a video that I not only agree with but intend to use information from. Y'all did a great job with this deer and an even better job describing what you where doing. Thank you for the educational video. I would like a video on processing a bear, it's been years since I have done it myself and would love a professional guide/explanation. Y'all have earned my respect, and a subscription.
Thank you!
I stopped deer hunting 10 years ago because of when growing up, i never had the opportunity to learn how to process the meat properly, There was no youtube & no matter who had venison to eat - It always tasted very gamey & smelled like actual shit....... UNTIL,, just a couple weeks ago a buddy had some venison that he had processed with the help of someone who takes hunting/processing seriously & I was pretty floored at the difference in taste !!!!!!!! Lets just say that I will be hitting the field this year since they both offered to help process my next deer..........
That’s awesome! Glad to hear you’re headed back out. With the proper field dressing, cooling and processing, you can eat some of the finest Wild Game. Happy hunting!
Good to here you are getting back into the woods. Bacon wrap you some back straps. 🤪you’ll slap someone else’s momma silly.
I self taught myself how to butcher venison because it drove me crazy to pay someone to do what I knew I should be able to do myself. I really enjoy watching videos like this to either gather more info or to validate my methods. When you say in the past venison tasted/smelled foul, that is most likely from improper field handling. I'm a Laboratorian by occupation so in as much, I deal with bacteria. From the time you put the animal down, the natural Flora(bacteria) inside the animal grows exponentially and is giving off nasty gases. You have to get the guts and organs out asap and cool the carcass. That is the most important part of keeping the venison from obtaining the foul smell and flavor. Simply put, get it gutted as soon as possible after the kill and cooled down. Oh, if you get any gut material on the meat, you have to wash with a lot of water and hope for the best.
Proper care from the field to the table makes a huge difference in quality and flavor. Good Luck this season.
@@Peakbase Preparation and care from the moment that animal is shot is everything when it comes to the flavor of venison. Poor shot placement, waiting too long to get the deer field dressed, improper storage during the hanging process(temps too high or low), not removing the silver-skin or excess fat, not removing the glands, all these things can contribute to very gamey tasting meat. Done properly, to the trained pallet venison has it's own flavor but to the average person, they likely won't even know it's not ordinary store bought beef. It should never EVER taste gamey. I've been butchering my own for a number of years and have been hunting all my life. The only time I've ever encountered a situation like that is due to my own mistake because I hit the animal poorly, rupturing the stomach and on top of that, I didn't find the deer for 6+ hours of tracking. All that combined left me with severely tainted meat and it was extremely disheartening. Thankfully that's a once in a blue moon type of situation for me.
below is a note for myself, and anyone I refer this video to. Thanks for the video. It is a big help.
27:05....between the eye of round and the bottom round there is a chunk of fat and in that chunk there is a gland, and this should be removed....
And right at the top of the shoulder blade 38:20 (about)
I was a sloppy butcher until I started watching your videos thank you brother
What an informative video! I just realized I grew up about 30 minutes east of you in Green, Ohio. I've been in the military since 2014 and am currently deployed, but next time I head that way to visit the family I'll be sure to stop by Whitefeather Meats to try out some of your products. Take care y'all.
Thank you for your service sir! You’re welcome to swing in anytime!
Thank you for the information. I shot a waterbuck over the weekend and used your video to process the meat. It's a little bit larger than the deer you did here (mine was just over 200 lbs), but the principles are the same. Took me about 9 hours, but it's in the freezer now.
I can literally watch this all day
Alot of effort into this. Alot of skill. And I betcha TH-cam didn't give them a penny. These dudes love what they are doing.
THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! This is what my granpa done with no AC. I'm building a small butcher shop now! And how to butcher? LEARNED A LOT!!!!
Scott where's your beard bro? 😂
You guys are awesome to watch.
I worked the oilfield for 35 years and had a bad accident that put me on disability 4 years back.
Needless to say I haven't been able to hunt in many years. It's true when you don't use your knowledge you can lose it. You guys have been great at refreshing the memory on the things.
Thanks guys and God bless you both.
Watching this in Ireland, amazing job. Well done guys.
These videos are all so satisfying. I'll probably never butcher meat myself like this, but it is extremely pleasing.
Excited for my first deer hunt this month, thanks guys !
Same. Good luck👌
Average American123 got mine opening day (: going for #2 tomorrow or a black bear ..
@@jacob11b Damn. Im jealous. This will be like my second or third time. Hoping to get a huge buck.
Average American123 Mine was a forky.. but the success rate is 4% in the zone i was hunting so i feel good that I got one my first ever day hunting . All by myself too lol . goodluck brother !
@@jacob11b Good luck.
I've been a meat cutter at Hannafords supermarket for about a year now and I wanted to learn how to process game for not only myself but for some extra money. This video certainly helps and gives me a good idea on how to go about it. Now all thats left is some hands on experience. I was able to make some connections with what I do processing primals at the grocery store to the different portions of meat shown here. This was well put together, and thankyou!
Im gonna process my first deer this year granted I am able to harvest one. Thanks for giving me the knowledge to do so from a fellow Ohioan!
My neighbor JC showed me how to do a complete deer prosses from field dressing to butterfly back staps in 1978. As a 9 year old I was in awe. So here I am watching it still. The difference between Ohio deer and her in North Carolina is your extra trimming pile equals one full buck haha.
Great video. Thanks brothers, looking forward to doing this in a couple months
That was absolutely bloody brilliant. What a resource. A lot to take in, have to watch it again with a notepad in hand. Cheers fellas
Cheers mate!
This video was amazing. Very intelligent and informative. I could watch this all day. I'm subscribing and I'm looking forward to videos year round.
I haven’t ever been a huge fan of hunting but I seriously watched the whole video.. I can’t believe it. It was intriguing for sure
OUTSTANDING!!! Thank you for sharing all this knowledge and experience with us!!!!!!🤜🤛🇺🇸🇺🇸
You guys make it look so effortless and clean cuts like watching meat art
That was best damn infomercial I've ever watched. Seriously though thanks for doing this guys very informative.
Joe, we’re glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!
I've never watched a video on TH-cam that's longer than 30 minutes, most simply aren't worth it. That being said, I was thoroughly enthralled watching you guys work, great video and knowledge!
I processed my first deer this season and i totally missed those inside tenderloins! I did it with no training so i think i did ok but im still learning.
you guys are masters, hunting for years .never have I ever seen better, thanks
Well, I guess I’ve gotta clear my schedule for the next 1:12:53. Liked and subbed gentlemen, 🤙🏼.
First time deer butcher here. Great video! It's been a huge help! So far I've only skinned it and took a tenderloin off, gonna let the rest hang for a few more days. I'll probably have watched this whole video five times before I get started in ernest
Awesome content, I've hunted deer for nearly 60 years here in NZ and have never had venison ribs ! I usually just trim all the meat from between and along with most of fore 1/4 get it made into patties (burgers). One comment you made about being given some meat and just saying it's deer reminds me a a joke. Dad was given some venison and while the family are eating it the boy says "what sort of meat is this dad?" Dad says "it is what your mother calls me". The girl yells "don't eat it! its a fucking dick!"
You guys do such a nice , respectful, of job processing an animal. A credit to your profession.
Thank you!
I watch this video every year
They make it look so easy. I look like a spastic head case with a weed wacker in comparison... And I'm one of the guys my buddies enlist to help butcher their game animals. I get the job done, but not nearly as smooth as they make it look. Those "little tips" their tossing out are priceless.
was anyone elses mouth watering when he bite into that brat?
They were awesome!
I was thinking about the same lol
Your first deer video in your butcher shop was your best!
Wow, thanks!
I always refer back to it when I butcher my deer! Awesome demonstrations guys!
TH-cam recommendation algorithm: "Pssst...wanna watch some bearded dudes carve up a whole deer?" Me: "Uh-Kay"
Lol 😂 😂 😂
Watching this in Ireland, amazing job. Well done guys.
I haven't checked the consensus and / or the popular opinion; but as a Le Cole Culinaire alumni (which included meat fabrication) you guys are the best I've seen with my own eyes. Best content on TH-cam!
We certainly appreciate that compliment! Thank you!
Great video fellas. Do you ever give leftovers/scraps to the dogs?
Great job guys! I’m an old time hunter who hasn’t gutted an animal in years ‘ I just fillet the meat off the bone’. But you guys have shown me how to properly care for the prices I’ve been cutting off. Thank you.
Im in the south. I have always aged my deer in a cooler full of ice but the meat never this color or texture. This looks much better.
Need to dry age, need some airflow
Really great video been doing this for 50 years now. The big difference in what i do i dont grind. Just never cared for ground vinisen. I take all the chunks of trim meat and pressure can it makes great venison pot roast for vinisen splits. The canning process breaks down any sinews left and make it incredibly tender also slice my back strap about 1/2 to 3/4 inch to make great sandwich steaks.
I watched the whole thing. And now im starving lol
You guys are on a whole nother level.
The information is AWESOME.
The experience that you have shows in every single movement. Nothing waisted. The presentation in the end product when you are finished really is professional.
I've watched ten or so shows and every one of them i learned something and butchered my critters for years
Can y’all make a vid of aging deer
you litterally just hang them somewhere cool for usually a week if possible.
Hide off or on?
devin shafar off
@@deebomb86 On if outside.
My Uncle actually has a fridge he bought just to age his game in if the weather isn't permitting in the garage or barn he took all the rack and stuff out and has it set at like 45-50 last time I looked at it and he put a hook in it and hangs the carcass in there or whatever else he wants to age before butchering and taking it into the house, very good and definitely comes in handy if you have a spot for it ...
You guys are deadly!....I'd just like to see how you can use a band saw for steaks if possible.
One of the best videos on how to do this and I have watched a lot, including australian guys who call the tenderloins "filet steaks."
I hunt on pubilc land, so mostly, I will have to quarter and pack out a harvest. Except for two days. Opening weekend of general season and Thanksgiving weekend where I hunt, you have to bring your harvest whole to the USFS deer check station. They want weight data of the whole deer, plus a tissue sample to check for Chronic Wasting Disease. However, the state does have racks and gambrels so that you can go ahead and skin and quarter.
So, now, I need to get a deer sled. Basically a thick tobagan with straps so that you can pull a deer over the rough ground. Some even come with a harness.
I like cooking steaks and roasts and my friend, John would either cut his as medallions and fry them or cut chunks and make slow cooker stew. He once gave me a rack of ribs from a doe and I smoked it on my charcoal grill with mesquite logs. That was good. I also did a feral hog he gave me, that he skinned. I did not debone. I broke the back bone in two and smoked the whole dang thing. It is lean pork, which sounds like an oxymoron. Seriously, though, if you get to hunt feral hog, they are good eating.
Drinking game: do a shot every time dude says "eating experience."
Excellent video, thank you!
Haha 😆
Or when one of them says "Absolutely" 🤣
August Cook Hahaha 🍻
“Product” - you’re wasted.
You guys are too funny. Lol
The fact that you use everything is so AWESOME! I have seen so much waste over the years it ticks me off. GREAT HOW 2 VIDEO!
Sons of Tyrion Lannister. They inherited the skills from Tywin
Great guys! A little late...but so glad I had the opportunity to see two pros at work!!!! Thanks! Nick, London, Canada..
By the looks of this I think my butcher is wasting a lot of my meat
They keep the best cuts for themselves or to sell while charging you full price. I stopped buying cattle after our old butcher retired and left his son the business. You can get fleeced real fast with a bad butcher.
or stealing it....lol
I'll never take a deer to a butcher again
you never even know if it's your own deer you're getting back
I've always heard that butchers eat well.
Got to love this ! I used to hunt back in the day, like late 70s and early 80s. I hunted West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. I've field dressed many of them but I hunted another friends property, and most of their meat was acquired during the different hunting seasons and eaten right away, dried or frozen. the whole mountain people "owners" shared in the spoils. They asked for half of the meat, but they were all fairly broke, while living life abundantly. They grew their own food, or hunted. They worked well with each other and to me it seemed they were living in the lap of luxury. I let them keep it all. I asked for two steaks and a lb. of ground meat. There is no better spaghetti than meat sauce of venison. Thanks so much for the memories ! I'd like to go hunt again one day, but now I live in Florida which throws a big assed monkey wrench into the drying, and aging. Do you have any advice ? I've always avoided deer hunting down here because the greyhounds at the track are bigger than our deer.
How was this deer killed? I haven't noticed any wound marks.
It's from Ohio. It lost it's will to live.
Larry St. George good lord lmfao! 😂😂
Ha Ha!!!!
@@stgeorge143 Bravo, Sir! Bravo!
You didn't see the head.