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CWD Safer Way Testimonials
Here's what newspapers, outdoor reporters and even Ted Nugent's web site have said about the CWD Safer Way video.
Hunter Teaches Others How to Fillet a Deer
Published in Farm Show, 2004
Filleting a deer carcass right in the woods is the safest and easiest way to process a carcass, says Rick Richert, a New York hunter who's been cleaning deer that way for years. He's put together a DVD (or video) showing how to “bone out” a deer at the kill site without field dressing it.
Richert's methods are a way to help avoid exposure to CWD or Chronic Wasting Disease, which afflicts deer and elk, similar to the way mad cow disease attacks cattle. The disease is found in the nerves, spinal cord and lymph nodes, as well as the brain and several other organs. Concern is high among deer hunters in areas where it has been identified, as well as in neighboring states. To deal with the problem and concern, Richert developed his preventative methods of processing.
"We teach hunters how to process deer easier while avoiding the parts of the body that carry the disease," says Richert, who has 30 years of experience as a meat cutter.
In the video, he demonstrates removing all lymph nodes, while leaving all connecting bones attached. He uses a five-inch filleting knife to de-bone the muscles in a time-saving process for either home or field processing.
To fillet a deer, he peels back the skin and removes the meat without puncturing the body cavity. The entire process takes only half an hour and is his personal favorite.
"You need to check with your state's regulations to see if it is allowed,” advises Richert. “I bone my deer out on site and walk out of the woods with a bucket of meat and my tag."
He suggests chilling the meat in the coldest part of the refrigerator for two to three weeks before packaging it for the freezer.
Key points he makes in the video related to CWD are to avoid cutting into bone or spinal cord, and to find and remove all lymph nodes. With his techniques, there are only a few lymph nodes of concern, and he carefully identifies them for the viewer. If the head is to be saved, or if it needs to be turned in for CWD testing, Richert suggests using a separate knife and soaking it in a 50 percent bleach/water solution for an hour afterward.
The video sells for $29.95 while the DVD goes for $41.03. Shipping and handling is $5.95.
Contact Farm Show Followup, Rick Richert Productions, P.O. Box 517, West Seneca, NY 14224. Phone: 716-675-3991 or 866-830-0610.
It's your meat
By Ron Kulas
Published in Rub-Lines Whitetail Magazine
If a picture is worth a thousand words, than how much is a moving picture or video worth. Finding that answer has been my goal, and over the last few months I spent many hours in front of the television pouring over tapes and DVDs sent to me by some very nice people.
"CWD, the safer way" from Rick Richert Productions is one of those tapes. After watching many tapes, Rick Richert's was the only one that was made to specifically address CWD. The tape is unique in that Richert butchers 3 deer in his tape, one hanging from the hind legs, one hanging from the neck and the most unique to me was the deer he skins and de-bones without even gutting (he even gets the tenderloins out). These extra steps set the video apart.
If you hunt in a CWD area, skip the sawing and watch the de-boning portion of the tape. If you're in a CWD area or if this is a real concern to you, then you need this tape from Rick Richert. He never uses a saw or cuts through any joints and shows where all the lymph nodes are located.
The video sells for $29.95 while the DVD goes for $41.03. Shipping and handling is $5.95. Contact Rick Richert Productions, P.O. Box 517, West Seneca, NY 14224. Phone: 716-675-3991 or 866-830-0610.
Video comes clean on safer ways to process deer
By Mike Levy
Published in The Buffalo News on November 9, 2003
With deer camps about to reopen, today we review a neat gift to bring to your hosts that should educate: a videotape.
The videotape, showing a safer way to process deer by local hunter and meat cutter Rick Richert, might be missing a wider audience because it is being marketed for those concerned with chronic wasting disease. What Richert demonstrates could have a far wider market. Watch this and anyone could learn to process perfect boneless venison steaks, roasts and chops at home.
Richert is a meat cutter by profession and a deer hunting enthusiast by avocation. He has several deer nuisance permits and he doesn't waste any meat since he is on a one-man mission to provide beautifully processed venison to families in financial straits who can use the protein.
As readers may know, chronic wasting disease is a disorder similar to mad-cow disease that attacks elk and deer. No deer farther east than northern Illinois have been found with this, and the State Department of Environmental Conservation is testing regularly -- checking road kill year-round, for example -- and says none of our deer are affected.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control say no humans have ever been infected from eating venison, but since the prions that carry the disorder are found in the nerves, the spinal cord and the lymph nodes (as well as the brain and some other organs)there are ways to process deer that would remove this possibly infected stuff. Richert's video shows how.
But regardless of any worries about CWD, the video could be sold by just calling it "Processing deer the master's way."
For example, I never guessed how a golf ball could help skin a deer, saving the hide -- without tearing it -- for tanning. I really never knew where a sirloin or a top or bottom round came from either, and this video shows how to get them without any bone, gristle or tendon using the 4-inch filet knife in your tackle box. True, Richert uses an electric carving knife, too, but I suspect that's optional.
He even shows how to process a deer without field dressing it. He works from the outside and leaves the body cavity alone.
Okay, this may not be what you want to read about over morning coffee -- and even less, view this video. But for those who wish to process deer easily and safely, this is a real no-nonsense winner. It costs $29.95 on tape and $31.95 on DVD, plus $5.95 for shipping and handling and 8.25 percent sales tax in New York State, and can be ordered by calling 1-866-830-0610.
West Seneca archer produces deer cleaning video
By WILL ELLIOTT - News Outdoors Reporter
Published in The Buffalo News on October 5, 2003
Rick Richert, West Seneca archer and gun hunter, has some neat ways to clean up after a deer kill.
Richert recently produced a video/DVD "C.W.D. The Safer Way," showing how to process deer meat with the least amount of contamination from Chronic Wasting Disease.
While CWD has not been found in deer and other game in Western New York, Richert's production provides both a clear indication of where CWD could appear and a three-step approach to deer cleaning.
He removes all lymph nodes while keeping all connecting bones intact -- from a deer's neck base to its tail tip. At each step, he shows where each node must be removed. His adept cutting methods -- he uses a five-inch filleting knife throughout the boning process -- could save hunters who do home and field processing a lot of time.
The VHS goes for $38.86 and the DVD is $41.03, including shipping and state tax. To order call 1-866-830-0610.
Topic: CWD Deer Processing Video
Posted 3-9-04
Author: Nuge Moderator
Killer education for all pure protein fans out here, Rick Richert in NY has a very informative video out that shows clearly how to process our own deer, elk, caribou, etc. without any CWD dangers. I like it. 1-866-830-0610. Important stuff. Kill em & grill em. Enjoy.
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