From my point of view cuuting up deer is half the hunt. Get your buds togeather after the hunt give each one of them a job. You need to cut CROSS grain. I get a lot of extra cuting time. Elk take 4 to 5 times as long to cut up :}

I would say the best way to figger it out is go help some one that knows.If you do not know any one vido tape or just start cutting.At worst cass you will have little stake and lots of grind.I feeze all my grind till I am done hunting.This way I will only grind one time a year. Cleen up sucks with the grinding.

I would say the best is a vacume packer. Takes about 1/4 of the time and it last for years. It will allso make room for WAY more meat in your freezer. I normal have4 to5 elk and12 deer after seasion.We do most all the buchering at my house. Than at the end of the year they come and get there meat :}I have a 29 cf freezer and there is no way it would all fit if it was not vacumed.