Some moron from New Jersey. Worse, he was hunting with a buddy of his. So, not only did they shoot a cow, his buddy didn't stop him - meaning they too thought the cow was a deer.
They got a huge fine and had to pay for the cow. They lost the right to hunt (in Maine) for like a decade. I assume they're still hunting but not in Maine. It made the local paper, but the local paper isn't actually online. I think he paid like $3000 for the cow, so that's worth more than the cow's usual value. We'll sell you have a cow and process it for $600. We'll do the same for a whole pig at just $400. Both are pretty economical ways to get meat. Few people do it, however.
Right now, the farm also processes game. So, if you get a deer you'll likely bring it to us, or someone else, to properly process it into food. Nobody does their own really.
$600 sounds like a hell of a good deal for a whole cow processed.
The previous owner of my house did deer processing. There's a sliding track with a dozen meat hooks on it in my shed
Sorry... That's supposed to be 'half a cow'. There's no discount if you want the whole cow, but you're gonna need multiple freezers for that.
Yeah, mine's hanging right now. We'll let it hang for a few days, maybe a week.
That makes more sense, I thought that was awfully cheap!
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