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Surprises and savings.

November 15th, 2006 at 12:41 am

Thanks for the very warm welcome! It was a very happy surprise today when I logged on. I wasn't expecting it, but it made the rest of the day much easier to deal with.

Today was a no-spend day on our little mountain. After just having a weekend away in a large city to visit friends and do a little shopping, it's nice to just stay home and breathe. The breathing got a little labored, though, when a friend of my husband's got home from his weekend trip as well.

This friend hauled an old car off for us, and promised to bag a deer for us in exchange. (He sold the car to the scrap metal dealer and we let him keep what he made for his efforts and gas money.) He was just back from hunting and decided to deliver our winter's roasts to us on his way back home. Still on the hoof, so to speak.

Our normal procedure when presented with a deer is to take it to the processor and then pick up the results, with the price per pound normally in the .50 to .75 range. This time, however, my husband was talked into home processing by his friend, so our afternoon was spent filling the freezer with our acquisition.

In the end, we added about 75 pounds of meat to our freezer at no cost to ourselves. The cheapest animal protein I currently buy is whole chickens at .49/lb, so this has saved us 36.75 on our grocery bill for the winter.

We also received two free magazines in the mail: "Backyard Poultry" and "Hobby Farms". I generally count a free magazine as a dollar, so two more dollars saved today.

That gives us a grand total of 38.75 in savings today. Not too bad for only day two of this blog.

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5 Responses to “Surprises and savings.”

  1. janH Says:
    November 15th, 2006 at 01:12 am 1163553169
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    We used to split a beef (steer?) with my grandfather each year and had meat all year long in the freezers. It really made things nice for my mom, who worked part time, to go out and get what she wanted to thaw out for dinner without thinking of going to the store.

  2. Craigthor Says:
    November 15th, 2006 at 02:30 am 1163557823
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    I just helped my FIL a couple weeks back chop up his first deer of the season and brought some home with us. He won't take them to be processed because of the cost when 2 people can do it in 3 hours time. Lots of loin, steaks, burgers, and roasts

  3. tinapbeana Says:
    November 15th, 2006 at 12:57 pm 1163595467
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    my FIL processes his own deer. i'm not a huge fan, but he makes a wicked good venison sausage! good on a biscuit, good browned up in spaghetti or chili too.

    there's a local ranch that'll sell you a whole or half cow, and my mom and i have talked about going in halves on a side of beef. once i get a freezer, i'm going to consider this a little more seriously, i think it would be a huge money saver...

  4. fern Says:
    November 15th, 2006 at 03:53 pm 1163605987
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    Sounds like this is working out well for you. The cheapest i see whole chickens going for here is .99/lb. Plus, the venison is a lean meat, high in protein and not processed with antibiotics and growth hormones, plus much more fresh than what you'd find in the store.

  5. Ima saver Says:
    November 15th, 2006 at 04:02 pm 1163606566
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    Good savings!

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