Does anyone here butcher or process their own deer? Is it difficult?
I ask, because I'm planning on going deer hunting this year, as it's been 23 years since I bagged my first when I was 17 and I'd like to learn how to process it myself, instead of just blindly taking it to a processor somewhere like I did before.
I guess as I get older (and hopefully wiser), the more inclined I am to learning the basic survival skills of processing one's own meat, that seem to be going by the wayside these days.. Plus, to tell you the truth...it kind of feels like the "right thing to do" to experience the whole process of "honorably" harvesting a yearly deer.
Anyone with any experience in doing that that can help me learn or maybe point me in the right direction to read/watch something about doing it?
I ask, because I'm planning on going deer hunting this year, as it's been 23 years since I bagged my first when I was 17 and I'd like to learn how to process it myself, instead of just blindly taking it to a processor somewhere like I did before.
I guess as I get older (and hopefully wiser), the more inclined I am to learning the basic survival skills of processing one's own meat, that seem to be going by the wayside these days.. Plus, to tell you the truth...it kind of feels like the "right thing to do" to experience the whole process of "honorably" harvesting a yearly deer.
Anyone with any experience in doing that that can help me learn or maybe point me in the right direction to read/watch something about doing it?