elk meat lost?

[hunt it]

My butcher cuts out the backstraps and gives them to us when we drop the deer off. We take them in skinned already so it is only a five to ten minute job for him to do this. This way they never go missing. After this he hangs them and weighs them and writes the weight in his book and we sign it. Once in awhile a box of meat goes missing but he always finds it at some point and calls us.

[BOFF]

Don't know, but I thought most butchers charged by weight? Doesn't have scales? Doesn't sound legitimate to me. I would confront the butcher with your concerns and questions, but not with a bat.

[Outwest]

One solution would be to butcher your own animals. Problem solved and its a good experience.
If you get set up right you can cut up an elk in a day including wrapping and clean up.
Its not that difficult.
I always figured its part of hunting anyway.

John