Park Rapids, Minnesota · Hubbard County
Deer processing for
Park Rapids hunters.
Individual processing since 1940 — your animal stays your animal, start to finish. Real sausage, real wood smoke, made in our Turtle River smokehouse about an hour north of Park Rapids.
Drop-Off
7972 Farley Dr NE
Turtle River, MN
Call First
(218) 586-2149From Park Rapids
about an hour north
Highway 71 north
Why Park Rapids Hunters Drive Here
Your deer, your meat, your name on the package.
Park Rapids sits at the south end of a straight shot up Highway 71, and Hubbard County hunters make that drive for a reason: individual processing is getting harder to find, and a real hardwood smokehouse harder still. If you are hauling a deer anyway, an hour north gets you both.
Most processors batch during deer season: several hunters’ animals get run together and everybody takes home “a fair share.” It’s faster for the shop. It also means the meat on your table in March isn’t the deer you shot in November.
We don’t work that way. Every deer is processed individually. Your trim is your trim, your sausage is made from your animal, and your name goes on every package. It takes us longer. It’s the right way to do it, and it’s why hunters from Park Rapids and across Hubbard County have hauled deer to Stittsworth for four generations.
Straight Pricing
What it costs.
No mystery invoice at pickup. These are the same rates every hunter pays, posted publicly.
Processing
- Full processing — any deer$150
- Skinning only$50
- Cape skinning (for the mount)$75
Wild game is processed boneless only.
Sausage & Smoked
- Summer sausage$5.00/lb
- Brats — pre-cooked, smoked or fresh$5.00/lb
- Ring bologna$5.00/lb
- Polish sausage$5.00/lb
- Jerky$5.50/lb
- Snack sticks — pepper or teriyaki$6.00/lb
18 lb minimum per flavor. Priced on top of processing.
Full rate card, worked cost examples, and what actually drives your total: see deer processing prices →
Before You Head Our Way
Drop-off from Park Rapids.
- · Call first. (218) 586-2149 — especially opening weekend. We’ll confirm the drop-off window before you make the drive.
- · Whole hide-on deer go to Turtle River. 7972 Farley Dr NE. Quarters and boneless trim can come to either location.
- · Field-dressed and cooled is enough. You don’t need to skin or quarter it first.
- · Know your sausage plan. 18 lbs of trim minimum per flavor — worth deciding on the drive in.
- · Tag stays with the deer. MN DNR requires the tag attached through processing.
- · Pick up within 30 days to avoid the $6/month freezer charge.
We also take deer from Nevis, Akeley, Menahga and Lake George — and anywhere else in Hubbard County you’re willing to drive from.
Hunter resources: Wild Game Guide, Field Dressing a Deer, Aging Venison, Venison Sausage Recipes, Cooking Venison.
Nearby: Bemidji deer processing · All custom processing