OMG this is good!

[CO Hugh]

We have a butcher that comes to the house and with an assistant takes about 2 hours per elk. They will grind and supply beef fat or suet. No fancy sausages you have to do that yourself. Excellent job.

Check at local meat shops to see if any of the butchers will process, CO Dept of Agriculture has a licensee list that may help. I don't think its hard to do yourself but the experience of a butcher makes it go fast. They cut pretty quick. You may also need a heavy duty meat grinder, like a hobart, and they are pricy. I've been looking on craig's list and auctions for a while to find a cheap one.

[One Shot]

Used to go to Steves a lot but found Hudson lockers. Cheaper and just as good!!! I did two elk a whitetail and a bunch of ducks and geese there last year in every possible thing they offer and it's all amazing!

I have had issues with getting the same meat back from Steves. A buddy shot an elk with a bow and ended up biting down on a chunk of copper/lead.

We have found copper bullet fragments in the deer we had processed at Steves. I like handing out pepper sticks etc to friends and family but I can't do this with that deer. Because of this I am going to process our own this year.

[hollohas]

I've heard good things about steves.

With all this talk about copper being found in stuck animals it reminded me that a few years ago, a bull my buddy shot had an broadhead in it. We didn't see it when we quartered it, but the butcher found it. Had been in it a while.

I think there are more once wounded animals than you would believe.