Deer Burger

I've been reading these "eating while broke and hungry post" and it reminded me of a story.

Several years ago I was hunting on an old logging road and came upon a small beater car, its doors were open then noticed two young girls on the bank about 50 yards from the road.

I figured they might need help so I stopped and ask. Yup they had a doe down and didn't know what to do.

Their story was, they were two broke single mothers and were looking for a way to supplement their meager food budgets. So they chipped in an bought a doe tag (then a resident could buy one for $10). The borrowed a rifle and ammo and decided to go deer hunting.

They got one and being first time hunters had no ideal what to do with the deer. I dressed it for them and stuffed it in their car.

In discussing what to do when they got it home, I suggested turning it into hamburger (deer burger). I told them to find a grinder, (borrow one from neighbors or call me if they couldn't find one and I'd loan them mine). Since the didn't know the cuts of deer, it would be easy to just cut off all the meat and feed it into the grinder. I figured the mule deer doe would produce 50 lbs of burger if they got all the meat off the bones and into the grinder. Not many places you can find $.20 a lb. burger. I was telling them they could cook it with beans, potato's, rice, or just about anything for a health meal.

A couple of happy young ladies. They called me a couple weeks later thanking me as they took my advise and the deer lasted them quite a while.

Its hard to find more learner, cheaper, healthy burger.

I don't know what hamburger cost in the store. Deer/Antelope tags are more expensive now, but I'm sure at twice the price, you cant find better then 40 cent per lb. burger anywhere.

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Deer Burger