Where to get your deer processed in the Northland
Oct. 27—DULUTH — Here's the News Tribune's annual list of venison processors provided as a service to hunters.
Note that some possessors do the entire skinning and butchering work, while some only take trimmed meat for sausage. Best to call ahead, even before the season, to set up your deer processing and find out the price.
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* The Bear's Den, 5231 Highway 33, Saginaw. New state-of-the-art facility. Complete processing (skinned, quartered, cut, ground, including vacuum-sealing). Sausage available. Fully Minnesota-licensed. Call 218-591-1677.
* The Brat Barn, 3872 Okerstrom Road, Hermantown. Family owned and operated. Does not skin or debone, but will process wild game into brats, sticks, summer sausage and more. Six-pound minimum. Custom batches. Cryovac-sealed in package sizes of your choice. Cost is based on finished weight. Guaranteed to get your own meat back. For prices and products, go to
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* Cole Cuts, 4040 Normanna Road, Duluth. Deer processing includes skinning, cutting, grinding, wrapping and freezing. Sausage available. Custom cutters. Call 218-391-1619.
* Emily Meats Your Ol' Fashioned Meat Market, downtown Emily, opens at 8 a.m. seven days a week. Boneless cutting, $175; skinning, $25. Over 75 varieties of fresh and naturally smoked sausages are made for an extra cost. Call 218-763-6328.
* Kocian's Family Market, Main Street South, Bigfork. Full line of venison processing. Cost: $125. Cutting and sausage making are all done on-site. Variety of sausages and smoked meats for an extra fee. Call 218-743-3113.
* M&M Deer Processing, 5535 Forestry Road, Aurora. Skinning, fully processed (cut, deboned, ground and wrapped). Cost: $100. Call 218-229-3847.
* Stokke's Meat Market venison processing. Whole-deer drop-off at 4019 Canosia Road, Cloquet. Drop-off hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. All venison comes in vacuum-sealed packaging. Call 218-624-9680.
* Superior Meats, 6301 Tower Ave., Superior. Accepting all wild game; must be boneless and hairless. Options include bulk breakfast/seasoned sausage, fresh breakfast links, sausage patties, venison bacon, fresh brats, including potato sausage; smoked sausage brats, including hot dogs; smoked chunks, summer logs/salami and snack sticks. Call 715-394-4431.
* TJ's Country Corner, downtown Mahtowa. A large variety of fresh and smoked sausage made from your trimmings. Guaranteed to get your own meat back. Hours: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Call 218-389-6257.
* Hursh Meat Processing, 10083 E. Oak Road, Poplar. Skin, debone, cut, grind and vacuum seal for $120. Venison jerky sausage, smoked hinds, snack sticks, venison bacon, meatloaf and more, for an extra fee. Licensed to accept deer donations for the food shelf through the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Minnesota deer welcome. Call 715-364-6855 or 218-393-1887.
* Carlton Meat and Grocery, 500 Third St., Carlton. Processes all types of big game. Cost: $150 per deer. Offers a full line of sausage making and smoked meats. Guaranteed to get your own meat back. Call 218-384-9910.
* Four Seasons Market, between Coleraine and Bovey on U.S. Highway 169 in Cotton Park. Deer processing includes skinning, cutting, grinding, wrapping and freezing. Many varieties of sausage are available, along with bacon, sticks, jerky, gyro meat and more. Call or stop in for prices. Deer is accepted during hunting season. Licensed to accept deer donations for the food shelf through the state of Minnesota. Call 218-245-1669.
