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Farmer-Rick

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27. When I process my own animals

Fri Sep 12, 2025, 06:33 PM

Sep 2025

I do it outside. In private. Quickly and quietly. I clean up immediately and freeze the meat.

Even slaughter houses don't allow others or "visitors" unless they own the animals being processed.

This supposed processing was more like displaying their prowress and subjecting others to the smell.... it's pretty awful.... the mess, the blood splatter and the unsanitary conditions in a group kitchen others will have to use. Yuck!!!

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Cornell students kill bear, bring it into residence hall to skin and butcher [View all] Coventina Sep 2025 OP

Will they hang the body parts to decorate the walls of their dorms in the customary way? Ping Tung Sep 2025 #1

Have these kids been hanging out with RFK jr? Bayard Sep 2025 #2

Careful! Worm brain has a taste for bear meat. GreenWave Sep 2025 #3

You're pretty much right jmowreader Sep 2025 #16

And of course, no charges. StarryNite Sep 2025 #4

Even dorm kitchens must have some enforcement of sanitation laws. This was unbelievably stupid. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 #5

Stupid? choie Sep 2025 #9

How do you think people process their own kills? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #10

Somewhere other than a college dorm kitchen, as a general rule. Paladin Sep 2025 #13

My question was more about "sanitation laws" than the specificity of a dorm. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #17

AFAIK most people do this partly in the field and outside at home, but not in a kitchen which is not their property ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 #28

"not in a kitchen which is not their property" -- again, my question is more about "sanitation laws." WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #35

You obviously never lived in ANY of the dorms or apartments I did. eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 #45

. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #47

When I process my own animals Farmer-Rick Sep 2025 #27

Once you've field-dressed it, it's just raw meat. If you've skinned it, you won't smell anything but raw meat. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #37

Not sure they field dressed it Farmer-Rick Sep 2025 #43

. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #44

Actually many farm animals are much cleaner Farmer-Rick Sep 2025 #48

Or in the garage. Lice come off dead animals. mainer Sep 2025 #51

I didn't think about that Farmer-Rick Sep 2025 #52

Right I meant ticks mainer Sep 2025 #54

It was a wild animal--Not in a shared/communal kitchen. Parse each word in that sentence. Hekate Sep 2025 #66

Wild animals are what people hunt. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #69

You're being cute. I think you and every other person in this board know exactly what I mean. Hekate Sep 2025 #70

As I say, it was a rude move. But it's not like a chlorine leak or black mold. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #71

Might not be illegal, maxsolomon Sep 2025 #6

Doesn't Cornell have a Hotelier program? Turbineguy Sep 2025 #7

Fucking bastards. choie Sep 2025 #8

A little consideration would not have gone awry. Good eating on a bear. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #11

Is there? Conjuay Sep 2025 #34

Nevermind Conjuay Sep 2025 #41

Wtf is wrong with people? Bluestocking Sep 2025 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 2025 #14

Cornell has a webinar, "What Now?! Creative Slaughterhouse Workarounds" sl8 Sep 2025 #15

Time out!!! WVreaper Sep 2025 #18

The hell with that. No Cornell student is starving. This was way out of line. Dock_Yard Sep 2025 #19

Does a person have to be starving before hunting is okay? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #36

The point: It's not OK to bring a carcass into a shared public area. Dock_Yard Sep 2025 #58

It's how they "processed" it that's a problem. Farmer-Rick Sep 2025 #31

Yeah, right. johnp3907 Sep 2025 #33

I came back to my college apartment.... Hope22 Sep 2025 #20

WTF is wrong with people? Ya see, when you're a guy who was gifted with a small appendage. Ya gotta compensate. 3Hotdogs Sep 2025 #21

not appropriate for shared spaces. ecstatic Sep 2025 #22

But if they do it out of shared spaces then they don't get misanthrope Sep 2025 #24

They could have rented a processing kitchen Farmer-Rick Sep 2025 #32

Sounds like frat boy behavior misanthrope Sep 2025 #23

Gosh, and my college roommate complained about my keeping a fetal pig in our refrigerator. milestogo Sep 2025 #25

They must have slept through health class. littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #26

RFK Jr skipped the hunting part. underpants Sep 2025 #29

Sounds like a stunt to get into a fraternity underpants Sep 2025 #30

Are we sure . . . AverageOldGuy Sep 2025 #38

Engineering students, am I right? NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 #39

What's in their housing contract? nilram Sep 2025 #40

Fresh brainworms, all around... Blue Owl Sep 2025 #42

A grisly scene Orrex Sep 2025 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 2025 #49

Had a friend in Northern Minnesota invite me Emile Sep 2025 #50

If bear meat is not processed I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2025 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author Random Person Sep 2025 #55

If you eat meat - something died DenaliDemocrat Sep 2025 #56

I do happen to be a vegetarian, but beside that point Coventina Sep 2025 #57

It is NOT a dirty job DenaliDemocrat Sep 2025 #59

According to the article, the carcass was brought to be skinned Coventina Sep 2025 #60

In YOUR opinion DenaliDemocrat Sep 2025 #61

Well, there were plenty of people upset by their actions, so your opinion is not universal. Coventina Sep 2025 #62

And there are plenty like me DenaliDemocrat Sep 2025 #64

Well, maybe you should contact Cornell, if you feel so strongly. Coventina Sep 2025 #65

I'm not the one calling for people to get arrested DenaliDemocrat Sep 2025 #67

I'm not calling for their arrest. Maybe take it up with those who are? Coventina Sep 2025 #68

I'll never understand or trust those who kill for entertainment Torchlight Sep 2025 #63

Wild bears carry trichinosis, just as wild pigs do. You kill it, you eat it, & I won't complain. But don't be an idiot. Hekate Sep 2025 #72