Deer Processing

ATTENTION SHOTGUN HUNTERS 

2nd Shot Gun hours

Please read below for more information about full carcass deer, drop off cooler (CLOSED DURING SHOTGUN), and boned out deer. We hope that you have a safe and successful hunt!

• Customers will be notified when their order is complete.  Storage fees will be assessed daily after 7 days of being notified. Fees are $5.00 per tray per day. 

• Abandoned Product Policy: Product left beyond 60 days will be considered abandoned and becomes property of Milo Locker Meats.

• We do not accept quartered or bone-in portions of deer.

• WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING QUARTERED DEER OR ANY OTHER GAME ANIMAL

  OTHER GAME ANIMALS: WE ONLY ACCEPT BONED OUT ELK, ANTELOPE OR BEAR

• We cannot accept Deer that have been tested for CWD – If you provided the DNR with a sample of your deer for testing you need to bone out your deer and put it in your freezer until you have received your test results. If negative you are good – if positive you need to destroy your meat.

• WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY BONED OUT MEAT FROM LAST SEASON – PER IDNR STATUTE 481 A.57 POSSESSION AND STORAGE RULE YOU ONLY HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THE NEXT SEASON TO LAWFULLY POSSESS. PLEASE BRING ALONG YOUR DNR TAG TO PROVE THIS SEASON’S MEAT.

• We will participate in the HUSH program! We are passionate about this program and love being a part of helping FEED our communities. The DNR provides the packaging, paperwork and funds to the processing plant to cover costs. We thank the many, many deer customers over the years that have donated to this program and hope you will use the program again.

• Products may contain allergens such as milk, wheat, & soy. Please ask staff if you have questions about which allergens may be present in a specific deer product.

• *ATTENTION MISSOURI DEER HUNTERS*
  If you harvest a deer from any of the counties below, you MUST bone out your deer. If you gave any samples out for testing, you must wait until you receive negative results before bringing in your boned out meat. We will start accepting boned out deer next week.

  Special regulations apply in CWD Management Zone counties. For the 2024–2025 deer seasons, the CWD Management Zone includes Adair, Audrain, Barry, Barton, Bollinger, Boone, Caldwell, Camden, Carroll, Cedar, Chariton, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Crawford, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Franklin, Gasconade, Greene, Grundy, Hickory, Howard, Howell, Jasper, Jefferson, Knox, Laclede, Lewis, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Madison, Maries, McDonald, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Newton, Oregon, Osage, Ozark, Pemiscot, Perry, Phelps, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Ray, Ripley, Saline, Schuyler, Scotland, Shannon, Shelby, St. Charles, St. Clair, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Stone, Sullivan, Taney, Vernon, Warren, Washington, and Webster counties.

  New counties in the CWD Management Zone: Audrain, Boone, Cole, Dent, Douglas, Howard, Lewis, Maries, Monroe, Newton, Osage, Phelps, Randolph, Saline, Scotland, Shannon, Shelby, and Webster.

  From the Iowa DNR’s website:

  “Carcass Transport

  Under Iowa law, hunters cannot transport into the state the whole carcass of any cervid (i.e., deer, elk, moose) taken from a CWD-infected area. Only the boned-out meat, the cape, and antlers attached to a clean skull plate (from which all brain tissue has been removed) are legal to transport into Iowa.”

Full Carcass Deer

On a full carcass deer, the straight cuts are from your animal and any ground meat is commingled. We take great care in processing deer meat to create a quality product. 

• • Straight cut processing is $125.00. Straight cut processing covers getting your deer skinned, boned out, and ground. This payment would also cover straight deer cuts of roasts, steaks, tenders, whole loins or butterfly chops and straight ground deer if you choose these selections. $100.00 payment down due at check in.

  • There is a discount for YOUTH/DISABLED FULL CARCASS processing. (Please note this discount is only available during youth/disabled season: September 21st to October 6th)  Field Dressed Deer Processing $95.00 and includes the skinning & boning of your deer. If requested, this would include your straight cuts & packaging, such as straight grind, back straps/loins, roasts, tenders & steaks. Any specialty items are extra.

  • Specialty items such as sticks or summer sausage cost extra. Cost for specialty items will be due at the time of pick up.

  • We accept field dressed full carcass deer with the hide left on.

  • Deer need to be tagged properly. The wider tag is the transportation tag and would be attached to the head. The thin tag needs to be attached to the leg of the deer.

  • Do NOT hindquarter leg tendons. Cutting the tendons will result in a $100.00 extra charge. (We cannot hang the deer if those are cut.)

DEER DROP-OFF COOLER CLOSED DURING SHOTGUN! ANY DEER LEFT OUTSIDE WILL BE HUSHED! 

This is available 24/7 for the hunter’s convenience for FULL CARCASS, FIELD DRESSED DEER ONLY – anything else will be discarded (boned out meat, quartered meat, etc) This cooler is located in the alley of our building at 223 Main Street in Milo with a Yellow and Black sign to identify it. After dropping off your properly tagged, full carcass deer you will call 641-942-6231 the next morning, by 9 AM to give us your deposit and order – if we do not hear from you by 9 AM your deer will be donated to the HUSH program.

• Deer must be tagged properly and called in before drop off. The wider part of the tag is a transportation tag and needs to be attached to the head on a buck. The thinner tag needs to be placed on the leg.

• If you would like the head, skull cap (antlers), or a cape, you MUST ATTACH A NOTE TO THE ANTLERS. Heads, antlers, and capes must be picked up the following business day by closing time. If you choose to remove the head before dropping it off double check that you have the thin tag on the leg!

Boned Out Deer

WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT THIS SEASON’S MEAT. PLEASE BRING ALONG YOUR DNR TAG TO PROVE THIS SEASON’S MEAT.

• Any boneless deer trim from the 2024-2025 season must be received at the Locker by March 29th

• Boned out deer may be brought in during our regular business hours. You do not need to make an appointment.

• WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY BONED OUT MEAT FROM LAST SEASON – PER IDNR STATUTE 481 A.57 POSSESSION AND STORAGE RULE YOU ONLY HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THE NEXT SEASON TO LAWFULLY POSSESS. PLEASE BRING ALONG YOUR DNR TAG TO PROVE THIS SEASON’S MEAT.

• Boned Out Meat is just for making specialty products and ground meat. We do not process straight cuts from boned out deer. You must bring in a a full carcass to get straight cuts back.

• MUST be brought in a clear food grade bag (ziplock) or food grade container. NO GARBAGE BAGS! We have food grade bags available to purchase in our retail area.

• We reserve the right to refuse any trim not handled properly. Treating your deer with care will yield a high quality product. We do commingle our deer and we want to keep our reputation of making quality meats, therefore we will reject meat if not in good condition.

• Instructions and payment are due at time of check in. Payment of half of the overall total is due at the time of drop off

• Customers will be notified via text message when their order is complete. Completed orders must be picked up within 14 days of notification. If not picked up within that time frame, they will be subject to storage fees of $5.00 per tray per day. 

• There is a 9# minimum order per selection.

  • Example: regular sticks and cheddar sticks are two different choices. You would need to use 9# of deer to make regular sticks and an additional 9# of deer to make cheddar sticks.)

  • For every 3 pounds of deer we add 1 pound of pork trim. We only use pork trim processed by us. No outside pork accepted.

• We do not accept ground deer

Payment Information

4% Convenience Fee for credit and debit cards

We accept Mastercard Visa Discover and American Express

We accept local checks under $500