There have been a lot of threads popping up on these two subjects and I thought it would be useful to have it combined into one thread for the FAQ.

I haven't hunted much therefore I have only have so few contacts:


Taxidermy:
http://www.lstaxidermy.com
12703 N CR 405
May, Texas 76857
Phone: (325) 646-9759
Cell: (325) 203-7595

Competitive pricing and although I haven't seen my buck from last year yet, her other work looks to be well done.

Processing:
http://www.jsmeatprocessing.com/
903-389-6169
180 FM 833 E
Fairfield, Texas 75840

Quick turnaround time.



And go....

J&S mixes meat from several deer to make a batch of sausage. Not a bad thing if you bring several deer in yourself...terrible if you get your head shot meticulously cared for and iced doe mixed with someones pissed all over himself, gut shot hung all day in camp rutting 4.5 yr buck. No thanks.

Then make other recommendations.

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Got to tour J&S's full operation, and I will say compared to many processors I've been to, I was pretty impressed. Their level of sanitation, especially in the smoked meats and sausage room is pretty impressive. I wouldn't hesitate to take a take a deer there.

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In the Austin area - Wyatt's Processing

Brandon Wyatt
12303 Edgebrook Dr.
Manchaca, TX 78652
512-913-4275

Just south of Austin and only about 5 miles from Cabela's in Buda. Just started doing this as a business, but has been doing it for fun since before high school where he was tops in the meats class about 10 years ago.

He is a family friend and good kid. You will get back all of your meat, but only your meat. If you use him, let me know and I'll meet you for a beer at pickup or dropoff. Tell him to call the Aggie attorney down the street and we can make plans. He has my number. He can also ship it, as he did to some guys in California who came over here to hunt.

If I didn't do my stuff myself, I would take it to him even if we weren't friends.

Kuby's Wild Game Processing
Dallas, TX

Fair warning, they don't use any preservatives in their sausages and they tend to go bad in about a year even if frozen. Well worth it though. Beats the hell outta Syracuse.

Fischer's in Meunster is also very good.

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How does the sausage go bad just bc it lacks preservatives?

I've made fresh sausage for years and never had a problem with it going bad when I vacuum seal it.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a processor near Livingston, TX?

Processors:
Fischer's Meat Market- Muenster
Probably the best I've ever had.

M&M - Zephyr
Good sausage, good prices. Not packaged as well as some others

Whaley's - Hamilton
Not bad, casings a little tough. Good taste though.

Taxidermy:

Black dog Taxidermy- Hamilton
Does good work. Great to deal with, about $500 a mount with 10 month turn around

Trophy Taxidermy- Brownwood
Does outstanding work. Tans his own capes. $500 a mount with 10 or so month turn around.

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Readfield Meats and Deli in Bryan off of Texas Ave. I took my deer to the guy at Taylor Meat Market last year and it wasn't that great and his jerky wasn't dried out enough so I left my deer this year in Bryan with Readfields. They're much better and make fantastic jerky. I'm pretty sure they mix other peoples' deer in with yours if you want sausage though.

Hudsons Sausage in Austin is fantastic, 1800 S. Congress, dont be fooled by a meat processor in the heart of hippieville down there.

Goodson Taxidermy, has shops in both Menard and Baytown, excellent quality and fairly priced.

Anyone know anything about Whitakers Processing in Iowa Park? Its the closest to the lease on the way home and they say they "specialize in sausage".

taxidermy:

Micky Donahoo.
333 CR 411
Goldthwaite Texas 76844
325-938-5207

call first. Last year was $340 with about a 3 month turn around.

Processing - not recommend
Mills County meat - goldthwaite. all sorts of tendon and *****in their ground meat.

Processing:

Prairie Dell Meat Co.
4401 Solana Ranch Road
Salado, Texas , 76571
phone: 512.731.4099

This guy runs a shop just behind his house. He works all year long. He does the usual processing and will do any sort of combination you want for sausage. He also does a Deer Wellington (which is amazing). A+ quality, they can be hard to get in touch with by phone, but someone is always at the place if you stop by. Very friendly and competitive prices.

I had 2 shoulder mounts completed through him. He sent them to someone else (can't remember who). It was about a 7 month turn around @ $385 each. They turned out great!

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Wiatrik's Meat Market
Poth, Texas

Processors:
E-NE Dallas = Po Boys in Merit. Good people and excellent products.
CS Area = Slovaceks in Snook. Haven't used them since I was in school, but they were very good back then.

Taxidermists:
Double D Taxidermy in Rockwall.
or
Ron Kelley in Rockwall.
both are excellent taxi's and reasonable prices. I will say that Ron is slow on return time, but he makes up for it in quality work.

Allen Palermo Taxidermy
1751 North Earl Rudder Frwy
Bryan, TX 77803
979.778.1020
http://www.allenpalermotaxidermy.com/

They do fantastic work. Full disclosure, I worked there while at A&M.

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We use Granzine's in new braunfels. They make some damn good buck sticks

Anybody have any experience with wenzel in hamilton?

For Taxidermy I really like Post Oak Taxidermy out of Yoakum. Mike Mischer did a really great job on my buck.

Contact:
Post Oak Taxidermy
Mike Mischer
Yoakum, Texas
361.293.4887
mischerm@gmail.com

Processing - Fischer's in Muenster

Taxidermy - Double D Taxidermy in Rockwall. Dave Dooley, 972-771-6284, $425 for a standard deer mount.

Any recommendations for processing in the Fort Worth area?

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I've used Major Creations in Cypress for several years and they always do a great job.

Major Creations did a good job for me last year.

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J&S mixes meat from several deer to make a batch of sausage. Not a bad thing if you bring several deer in yourself...terrible if you get your head shot meticulously cared for and iced doe mixed with someones pissed all over himself, gut shot hung all day in camp rutting 4.5 yr buck. No thanks

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That time of year

Only shot one, but I brought him to Slovacek in Snook. We'll see how it turns out, but should be good like all their other stuff.

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Any recommendations for processing in the Fort Worth area?

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Go to Kuby's in Dallas.

To answer my own question from last year, wenzels in Hamilton is great. Took 4 or so there last year and will be going back. Be sure to grab a jar of pickles if you go.

Syracuse in Keller is about as good as I have ever used. They are better than Kuby's from my experience, but everyone has their own taste. One thing I do not care for at Syracuse is ther chorizo, but everything else I have had is very good.

Any East Texas recommendations for processors? Tyler, Longview, Lufkin, Nac?

Slovaceks had some of the best jalapeño and cheese sausage and summer sausage i've ever had from 2 of my deer last year. Absolutely loved them.

I've used Rudolphs in deep ellum in dallas at thanksgiving last year and they turned it around in about a week. Hard to beat that. Wasn't crazy about their smoked sausage, but they jalapeño and cheese is pretty good too.