H&H Meat Processing

The family who runs this business went out of their way to receive my elk when I needed to drop it off. They did a very nice job butchering and packaging. I thought the price was fair and they were happy to work around my schedule for pick up. I will definitely use them again.

I had high hopes for this shop. I hired H&H Meats to process the elk I shot in December, 2013 in Raton. Normally, I use the locker plant in Raton (Cummings) but several of my friends wanted to use H&H because they use vacuum plastic packaging whilst Cummings still wraps in white paper. Although I have no problem with white butcher paper (it’s all I have used) I think most would agree that the plastic when done right is better.
Everything was going fine until they called to ship. I was informed that they would ship 86lbs of meat. That was the problem.
The elk I delivered for processing was 320lbs dressed out. It was weighed on a digital scale at the game barn known to be correct. After removing the hide (est 70lbs), bones and carcass (est 70lbs) I should have ended up with 180 lbs of elk meat. Then they added 10% pork to the burger. No way I should only get 86lbs of finished, packaged meat.
They said my elk was badly shot up and much meat was damaged and discarded. This is a baloney excuse and I am not buying it. I killed the elk with ONE LUNG SHOT. The bullet went in the carcass and did not exit. I know this as I thoroughly inspected the carcass BEFORE sending it to H&H. I was looking for the bullet as a souvenir.
So, what happened? One, maybe H&H accidentally switched my larger elk with somebody else’s smaller elk. It’s possible. This can easily happen during a busy season. If so, they should have a better inbound quality and identification procedure and paperwork. Or Two, somebody at H&H kept about 100lbs of my prime elk meat. This is possible, too. You can draw you own conclusion on #2.
Either way, next year I am not processing my elk at H&H Meat Processing in Springer.