Summer Kitchen / Bathroom / Game Processing / Living Quarters

[Foggy47]

OK....so I am thinking I need to enjoy more comforts at Deertopia. So I am planning to have built a small building that would have a new well directly adjacent, perhaps a holding tank or a septic and djainfield, a modest kitchen with sink stove and refrigerator, a decent bathroom with running water and a small shower area, some living space with large screen TV and a couple of bunks, and a good area to hang and process deer as well as a walk-in cooler area to hold up to 4 deer. That area could be made to have a floor drain and fiberglass walls to wash it all down....and be seperate from the other living quarters. I am thinking this building to be in the area of 20x20' or perhaps a few feet larger. I also think I would do an overhang area of about 20 x 10 feet to include a covered fireplace and area for a picnic table and a few chairs under the roof.

I'd like to have the Walk in Cooler cooled with a window AC unit....perhaps a track to move the deer.....a ss table area for processing.....and more. May as well plan for all the things a person may use.....even if they are added with time.

Appreciate the ideas you may have. I'd like to get this underway this fall and have a winter build by a local contractor. Likely hardy board type siding. Comments and ideas are welcome. TIA

 

[Brian662]

I said 50k in the other thread, if you're doing a well with septic I'd guess 60-70k.
Prices may vary in your neck of the woods, maybe contractors will be looking for something to keep them busy this winter and you'll get a price break.

 

[goatman]

Add a winch. The rest is thought out well. Can't think you would ever regret it.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

For the walk-in cooler, install a couple windows, so in colder deer seasons you can open them to get free outside COLD air blowing in. AC might be needed for earlier archery / muzzy seasons, but free cold air is FREE!!

SS table is a great idea - we have one at our camp. Clean-up is a breeze. Our processing area is outdoors, under a metal roof, with water right there. A winch is perfect for all of us as we get older - those deer don't get lighter as time goes on. Goatman above ^ ^ ^ ^ nailed it.

 

[Foggy47]

Does anyone have a trolly system they can reccommend. Here is one on FB with four units. Not sure if I should quarter deer to age em (and be easier to handle?). That would require simple meat hooks to hang the quarters. I think being able to hang four deer would be pretty sweet. Likely take less space to hang the whole critter.

https://www.amazon.com/SKTREX-Trolley-Assembly-unistrut-M10/dp/B0C8B5D3WT/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OLm349nc3HXbNycGjjNwh3Qfrjy0lsp032R3NJIw9kEmz-WBqmEZBfuYQSiNYHZy3jX2sbMDimMugAbO6Mf1sZNO-0jorCWEN7zWcsjfJxDpj5LDi8qiDviWc_NCpMaNn-pZTyC5E3Pmp1QJ5JwsaK-zsfQNkxynnGPtUUiDAUDhUBG9fbrt0P3ifsoq-VdJQABuzGfhTX1fhX7xFPMLbYUJb-gEhPUgrU-G12M3Ps4.r3LdFeo0xvRDky8qRVF1R7WavLpLZg9YfI8o2zOcmCA&dib_tag=se&keywords=meat%2Btrolley%2Brail%2Bsystem&qid=1757864972&sr=8-3&th=1

 

[Jerry-B-WI]

Does anyone have a trolly system they can reccommend. Here is one on FB with four units. Not sure if I should quarter deer to age em (and be easier to handle?). That would require simple meat hooks to hang the quarters. I think being able to hang four deer would be pretty sweet. Likely take less space to hang the whole critter.

https://www.amazon.com/SKTREX-Trolley-Assembly-unistrut-M10/dp/B0C8B5D3WT/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OLm349nc3HXbNycGjjNwh3Qfrjy0lsp032R3NJIw9kEmz-WBqmEZBfuYQSiNYHZy3jX2sbMDimMugAbO6Mf1sZNO-0jorCWEN7zWcsjfJxDpj5LDi8qiDviWc_NCpMaNn-pZTyC5E3Pmp1QJ5JwsaK-zsfQNkxynnGPtUUiDAUDhUBG9fbrt0P3ifsoq-VdJQABuzGfhTX1fhX7xFPMLbYUJb-gEhPUgrU-G12M3Ps4.r3LdFeo0xvRDky8qRVF1R7WavLpLZg9YfI8o2zOcmCA&dib_tag=se&keywords=meat%2Btrolley%2Brail%2Bsystem&qid=1757864972&sr=8-3&th=1

I just went to Tractor Supply and bought a barn door track and trolleys for the deer pole. Don't know why it won't work for you.