On a frigid final day of rifle deer season, Jeff Scavazzo’s Deer Processing business aims to exceed 1,000 processed deer.
MONTROSE, Pa. — December 13th, a frigid final day of rifle deer season saw a last-minute boost in business at Jeff Scavazzo’s Deer Processing near Montrose.
“Everybody’s out, the old saying, if it’s brown, it’s down today,” said Jeff Scavazzo.
It’s been a good two weeks for owner Jeff Scavazzo and his staff.
Last year, Scavazzo says hunters from across the area brought in 1,068 deer; this year, he expects to exceed that number.
“We are pushing toward 1000 right now. Beginning of the week when it was really, really cold, a lot of the guys didn’t go out. We’re only grabbing maybe 1012 a day, but today we got close to 55 in already.”
From summer sausage, Slim Jims, and kielbasa, owner Jeff Scavazzo says this year they’ve been able to feed customers and area veterans.
In its second year, the Venison for Vets program, started by Scavazzo, has donated over 900 lbs of venison so far.
“I’d love to see the community come together, and they’re all rallying behind every time I go to the store, I say, Hey, you’re doing venison for vets this year? I said, Absolutely, we are. They said, OK, we want to bring 3 or 4 deer over and donate.”
As he prepares for a few more donated deer and the last few stragglers to bring in their buck or doe. Scavazzo looks forward to the lull as he prepares for the next hunting season.
“Keep the, keep the sporting goods store going and then we’ll do late muzzle we’ll do the late muzzle loader season and the late archery season starting the day after Christmas.”