<body><div>SAGINAW, Minn. (KQDS-TV) -- Rifle hunters are getting the job done in Minnesota, a local deer processing shop is seeing a record number of deer coming in so far this season.It's that time of the year, where rifle hunters take to the woods and meat shops get the fridges ready."We had archery season, youth season, and now this rifle season has taken off, and one of the best ever," said Robert Parrott, The Bear's Den Owner. The Bear's Den meat processing shop in Saginaw is seeing a record number of deer coming in at this point in the season."We're just about well, well over 50 deer over from last year at this point. So we're up to 250 deer right now, and it's just getting going," said Parrott. Owner Robert Parrott says other processing shops have had to turn hunters away because of lack of space."We can really get through a lot of deer. But once it gets to a point that we can't safely take an animal, then we'll just have to have take it home for a while and keep ice on it or something until we can take it. But it hasn't happened yet, and I don't plan on shutting down anytime soon," said Parrott. Processing includes skinning and cutting up the deer meat.The shop can also turn those deer into sausage, venison bacon and more."You just name it, we do a lot of it. And people can bring their own trim in, or they bring their deer in. That we can take that trim off of that and do it as well," said Parrott. Parrott says the best part of rifle season is hunters coming in and telling stories, and of course showing off their harvest."They're all telling their stories, and the excitement's high, and it's just fun to see, you know, it's really cool. Then there's some amazing bucks coming in this year, so it's really fun to see the big, big bucks," said Parrott. If you are processing deer at home, The Bear's Den takes in hides and hunters can get a pair of gloves in return.It's not just deer, spring and summer months are also busy at the shop."We do shares of beef, eighth quarter, half or whole beef, we do whole and half hogs, we do chicken bundles, we do turkey, we do all kinds of stuff."You can drop off deer 24/7 at The Bear's Den, every deer is marked with a metal tag in order to keep track of each hunter's harvest. </div></body>

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SAGINAW, Minn. (KQDS-TV) -- Rifle hunters are getting the job done in Minnesota, a local deer processing shop is seeing a record number of deer coming in so far this season. It's that time of the year, where rifle hunters take to the woods and meat shops get the fridges ready.

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