Processor question

**Tater** · 12-11-2021, 05:35 AM

Took a deer to a processor for the first
time in 7 years and I have a question. 118lb doe, heart shot. I asked for the back straps and tenderloin whole, this is what I got back…..

So, I’m supposed to believe there’s 2 backstrap and 2 tenderloin divided up amongst those 3 packs?

**Huntinjunkie** · 12-11-2021, 06:03 AM

Ground shrinkage

**hunterjw** · 12-11-2021, 06:06 AM

Is the package under the dollar bill the back straps? Def looks like you were shorted on them.

**Greenwing** · 12-11-2021, 06:14 AM

Looks like that's just the tenderloin, not any back strap (whole loin).

**SCWOODROW** · 12-11-2021, 06:23 AM

Them using freezer paper should have been clue number one

**Tater** · 12-11-2021, 06:24 AM

Originally Posted by hunterjw

Is the package under the dollar bill the back straps? Def looks like you were shorted on them.

All three are stamped “tenderloin”.

**Tater** · 12-11-2021, 06:25 AM

Originally Posted by Greenwing

Looks like that's just the tenderloin, not any back strap (whole loin).

2 tenderloins in 3 packs?

**Chuck the Duck Slayer** · 12-11-2021, 06:38 AM

I think you got shorted

**billyjack** · 12-11-2021, 06:42 AM

I took a 120 lb lung shot buck to a popular processor in Chester and they returned to me a whopping 22 lbs of meat.

Never again.

**Tater** · 12-11-2021, 06:54 AM

I got back 12 packs of cubed and 26 packs of sausage and I have zero issues with that. I assume each pack is a pound and I certainly don’t expect them to weigh it out. Getting fucked on the backstrap is a different story…..

**Palmetto Bug** · 12-11-2021, 07:27 AM

Why don't you open them and look? It's not like they are vacuum sealed.

I cleaned a ~90-100 lb. doe recently and the backstraps and tenderloins easily fit in three quart sized ziplocks.

**Glenn** · 12-11-2021, 07:47 AM

Two packs contain one trimmed and folded backstrap each. The third contains two trimmed inner loins, aka tenderloins.

Let me know if I’m right.

**Remy** · 12-11-2021, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by SCWOODROW

Them using freezer paper should have been clue number one

Heck I’d rather them use butcher paper. Seems like most people at the processors don’t know how to properly use a vacuum sealer. I’ve kept meat 2 years in butcher paper and it looked like the day it was put in the freezer.

**ShortMagFan** · 12-11-2021, 08:15 AM

Seems when I dress my own the back straps are 2-3x in size vs when I have them processed.

**huntinghagen#12** · 12-11-2021, 08:18 AM

Even if I take a deer to a processor, I usually pull out the back straps and tenderloins myself.

**Whaler_Dave** · 12-11-2021, 08:20 AM

What Glenn said….

**Tater** · 12-11-2021, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by Glenn

Two packs contain one trimmed and folded backstrap each. The third contains two trimmed inner loins, aka tenderloins.

Let me know if I’m right.

You are incorrect and I don’t even have to open them up to know it, lol

That’s all thee packs in one hand to show how thin they are. This is 2/3s of one backstrap from a 60 lb doe for reference…

And as you can see, I trim my backstrap very well

Originally Posted by Remy

Heck Iâ€™d rather them use butcher paper. Seems like most people at the processors donâ€™t know how to properly use a vacuum sealer. Iâ€™ve kept meat 2 years in butcher paper and it looked like the day it was put in the freezer.

Yeah, I have zero issue with the butcher paper. The three mystery packages above and the cube are in butcher paper and the sausage is in the plastic sleeves. Both are fine with me.