New information, updates, and listing of processors.

Great cause. Hall's in Coleman doesn't charge anything if you've already gutted the deer.

This is awesome and great cause.

Can anyone here say for sure, that I could KNOW that the meat I paid to process and donated to HH actually got to the needy and didn't end up in the sausage bin of the processor so he could sell a few pounds here and there?

I hate to be the one casting a doubt and I don't have any particular processor in mind, I'm just saying, what keeps the processor from not turning it in?
Is there a part of the system that keeps them accountable for the meat that is left with them?

good cause

Interesting how all these comments the processor should do it for free. Bet you won’t find another suitable way to process donated game to give away and then you think processor should be on the hook to receive, process, package and store every animal that comes in. Maybe if it was 4 deer a year, but I be the number is far greater for a lot of them. They are for profit companies offering a service at a reduced cost, that IS their donation and without them otherwise likely would not be available. Maybe y’all need to find a cheaper solution and post it on up. $.25 a # is pretty cheap but maybe you can get the cost down.

a good honorable program

before you go

google processors in your hunting area, CALL them and BE SURE they are doing this. These lists are OLD !!!

Selling a few pounds " here or there", is illegal. Most processors aren't going to risk major fines to fudge their books. Processors are checked regularly by the GW.... Kenny Fred's deer processing in Bluff Dale is who we use. Best I've found. I've used a lot. Their smoked jalapeno cheese sausage is out of this world.

As of a couple years ago Kubys in Dallas took donated deer or pig. All or part, (if you only wanted, say, 20 lbs. of sausage) though they were not part of this program they did send it to a local food bank. No charge to the hunter.

Sounds like a great cause, wish there were participating processors in Bosque and Coryell Counties where I hunt. Prob be able to donate 1 or 2 a year.

I think Halls is doing what all processors should do. As hunters we donate the deer in good faith after spending what is quite a bit per pound in dollars and cents. Maybe the processors should be a bit more generous.

By paying the nominal fee to the processor you are essentially paying them for their time only without profit. The program would not work if all of the processors were asked to work for free. So, yes, you've spent money on the tag and the gas and the corn but come on. All of us spend THOUSANDS of dollars a year when you add up all of the receipts. What's another $35 if the result is 50 pounds of meat that feeds people?

Is there an updated list?

Too bad the three I called are no longer working numbers. Throckmorton, Breckinridge and Pilot Point. Anyone on here from Throckmorton know if Escalon’s is still open? New number?

Tried a new processor this year. Wildwood Game in Lockhart.
Small independent guy, spoke with him at length before taking a deer to him.

Had some jalepeno cheese sausage and smoked sticks made..
great stuff

Keep up the good work!

Here's a more current, though much shorter, list.
Don't know if it's the same group or not.
https://www.feedingtexas.org/solutions/hunters-for-the-hungry/

Timestamp Processor Name Street Address City
8/23/2023 11:57:23 Tip of Texas Deer Processing LLC 1316 E. University Drive Edinburg
8/25/2023 14:55:02 Vera's King O Meats 2012 E. University Drive Edinburg
8/29/2023 15:53:21 Casa Venado 5200 Historic Old Hwy 90 San Antonio
9/14/2023 16:17:14 Hibler Wild Game Processing 209 South 5th Street Kingsville, Texas
9/29/2023 13:43:34 Klein Smokehaus 342 N Main St Boerne
9/29/2023 13:47:42 Trophy Buck Inc 20256 IH 35 South Lytle
10/5/2023 11:36:34 Massingill's Meat Market 3728 US HWY 69N Lufkin
10/5/2023 13:26:55 Fleming's Processing 5680 US Hwy. 190 Point Blank
10/5/2023 13:28:25 Fleming's Processing 1940 S. Pine Lake Rd. #B Montgomery
10/17/2023 8:37:17 Bay Area Deer Processing 2243 Pasadena Blvd. Pasadena
10/17/2023 8:39:16 Chappel hill Sausage Company 4355 Sausage Ln. Chappel Hill
10/17/2023 8:43:02 Midway Meat Market 5901 Hwy. Blvd. Katy
10/17/2023 8:48:37 Royalty Meat Company LLC 951 E. FM 646 Suite B League City
10/17/2023 14:45:11 Buesing Deer & Exotics Processing 2226 FM 2816 Westhoff
10/19/2023 8:26:51 7-H Processing 170 CR 2112 Quitman
10/20/2023 9:24:40 Lone Star Taxidermy-GSM Deer Project 9901 N. Hwy 183 Owens
10/20/2023 9:31:28 Double R Processing-GSM Deer Project 5100 FM 2126 Brownwood
10/20/2023 9:35:03 Santa Anna Processing-GSM Deer Project 503 Wallis Ave. Santa Anna
10/20/2023 9:40:00 Full Draw Processing- GSM Project 200 East College Rising Star
10/20/2023 9:42:47 Potter's Processing 10718 Hwy 36 Cross Plains
10/20/2023 9:54:32 Coleman County Processing LLC 3500 N Hwy 84 Coleman
10/20/2023 10:53:15 Owen's Deer Processing, LLC 500 Hutchins Ave Ballinger
10/24/2023 14:15:11 Ruiz Custom Meats 2119 E Lyon St Laredo
10/25/2023 14:17:14 Escalon's Buck N Hog 6490 West Hwy 180 Albany
10/31/2023 12:44:33 Slovacek's 9500 Slovacek Rd. Snook
10/31/2023 12:46:34 Readfields Meats & Deli 2701 South Texas Avenue Bryan
11/1/2023 13:19:23 Harwell's Custom Processing 7804 FM 236 Victoria
11/2/2023 20:38:09 The Country Store & Custom Processing 20601 HWY 110 S. Troup
11/2/2023 20:40:58 FTF Deer Processors 1258 Palmer Drive Hooks
11/27/2023 13:32:10 M & M Butcher Block 608 E Ave. J Lampasas
9/10/2024 11:51:27 Vera's King-O-Meats 2012 E. University Drive Edinburg

San Antonio area most current 2024 information I've found!

https://safoodbank.org/hunters/

Call before you make the long drive and just show up to a locked gate!

'Cool thing about them is that they have a couple of refrigerated trailers they'll loan out if you reserve them and are gonna whack a number of animals. I haven't tried it personally, but I talked to the guy at the Texas Trophy Hunters show and they seem to have it down pretty well. If I ever need to shoot a bunch myself again, I'm definitely going to give it a try. I think Trinity Oaks, on the NE side of San Antonio, has a decent program, but I could never get the comms smooth to coordinate someone coming with a trailer. (They don't loan out theirs.)