Raber's Custom Meats

02/12/2026

This past week Marion and Malinda attended the Ohio Meat Processors Convention in Newark. While there, they were able to get a caricature of themselves. We think it's spot on! What's your thoughts? Don't hold anything back!

02/04/2026

To our valued deer customers: we can't thank you enough for entrusting us through our second year of being in business. Last year we had 426 deer, this year we finished the year with 910! With this being said, this Saturday is the deadline for anyone still holding on to deer for processing. We have moved on with our regular processing schedule of beef and hogs. Again, our business could not thrive without our faithful old and new customers! Thank you so much!

01/17/2026

Updated pricing and cut sheets on hogs. Beef cuts have not changed.

01/02/2026

Just a friendly reminder that we will be closed on January 6th for Old Christmas. Thanks!

01/02/2026

One of the most asked questions we receive is, "Will you sell us some deer meat?". In short, no...we cannot and do not sell any forms of wild game. This short article does a good job with the explanation! Happy hunting friends!

One of the most misunderstood hunting laws in America is why you can’t legally sell wild game meat. To many people, it sounds arbitrary. Historically, it’s anything but.

In the 1800s, wildlife in the United States was treated as a commercial resource. Deer, bison, waterfowl, and passenger pigeons were harvested by professional market hunters and sold for their meat. Game was shipped by rail to cities, restaurants openly served wild meat, and wildlife populations collapsed at an industrial scale. This wasn’t subsistence, it was extraction.

By the late 19th century, the damage was undeniable. Entire species were disappearing, and state game laws meant little when animals could be killed in one state and sold in another. The turning point came in 1900 with the Lacey Act, the first federal wildlife conservation law in U.S. history.

The Lacey Act made it illegal to transport or sell wildlife meat taken in violation of state laws. More importantly, it broke the commercial incentive that drove market hunting. By removing profit from wild game meat, the law shifted hunting away from markets and back toward personal use and responsibility. Wildlife was no longer a food commodity, it became a public resource held in trust.

This distinction is important. Fur, hides, and taxidermy are often regulated differently because they don’t create the same widespread market pressure on wildlife populations that commercial meat sales once did. Meat is what drove mass exploitation, and that’s what the law targeted.

That principle became a cornerstone of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. If wild game meat can’t be sold, wildlife can’t be monopolized by wealth, land ownership, or industry.

We learned the hard way that when wild meat has a price tag, wildlife disappears.

Aaron B. Futrell
Author|Owner, Delong Lures

12/24/2025

We will be closed tomorrow for Christmas. Remember the reason for the season!

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."
Luke 2:11

Merry Christmas from all of us at RCM Meats!

Marion Raber & Family

12/23/2025

Saturday morning we gave deer #750 away for free processing! With over 60 deer in this weekend, the rush is starting to slow down! Starting in January we will go back to our schedule of beef and hogs but we are STILL accepting late season deer and muzzloading so don't forget us!

12/10/2025

As of this morning, 729 deer for the year! Another free processing coming for deer #750!

12/09/2025

📣Who doesn't love a CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY❓

📢You heard that right, we are giving away a Rada Kitchen Knife Block Set. Retail value is $189 but it could be yours for free‼️

How to enter:
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Comment "DONE" when all three items are complete.

The entries will run from December 1st - 22nd, 2025. The drawing will take place in-store on December 23rd, just in time to wrap it as a gift or use it for Christmas dinner

Winner must present ID to collect item or notify the store of who will be picking the set up!

BEST OF LUCK!

12/08/2025

Over 300 deer this past week! Our cooler is as full as it has ever been but we're still working hard to get everyone's meat ready to go. Thank you all for continued support!

12/05/2025

Couple days late, but our 500th deer processing winner goes to Zane Gaffin. Congrats! We've had over 160 deer in just this week with plenty of room for more!