Chesters Wild Meat & Game — Local services in Cooper Charter Township

Edit: I am coming back to add more to this review after trying more of my meat. Everything is so good. The deer dawgs, the brats, snack sticks, jerky, sausage, salami. Even the burger isn’t offensive. Exceptional. You’d never know it was venison. Anybody who’s related to him must be lucky lol.

Original review:

I brought in the first deer I've ever got and didn't really know the 'drill' on these types of things but I was taken aback at how friendly and helpful Chester was. They gave me an "A" on my field dressing and said it was better than most they see. Chester did a great job helping me get my harvest entered into the state database and then walk me through his process. He also took a lot of time to answer my questions when I had called to pick up my meat. When I picked up my meat, the front staff was also extremely friendly. It was a great experience, the jerky and snack sticks are phenomenal, and pricing seems fair for what I get (I got the Hunter's Bundle, highly recommend). Bonus that everything comes vacuum-sealed with the net weight labeled. I brought in a 106 lb doe and got 46 pounds of meat back. Would...

While the building is cute and staff friendly, I won't recommend nor will ever use them again for processing deer. I dropped off my deer for basic processing and on picking up the meat received barely 1/4 of the field dressed weight. Both my experience and scientific data show that boneless meat should be half the dressed weight or more. This appallingly low result can, in my opinion, only be due to one of two things: A) The butchering was done extremely poorly (either due to it being a sloppy rush job, or hiring incompetent workers), or B) They are keeping the difference in meat to sell at their store. Either way, for $135 to get not even half the expected amount of meat, it's little more than robbery. I could have honestly got more meat using a weed wacker...

If you bring a deer to Chester, he will take good care of it! I was fortunate enough to work here when I was in high school. The staff is very friendly and hardworking. The deer are processed extremely quickly, while yielding tasty and high quality meat at the same time. Everything is nicely bagged and vacuum sealed. In addition, he has plenty of options and specialty meats as well! The jerky is fantastic! I often miss this place, but no longer have time to come back due to being in college. This is hands down the best processor in Kalamazoo, and I would not recommend...