I don't do it to save money, I do it because I get a lot of satisfaction out of it. Over the years I have learned about the cuts, how to can meat, how to spice for sausage and how to make jerky. To me its just part of hunting and it pretty much always has been right down to keeping my knives razor sharp. I enjoy doing it and I enjoy teaching the young'ins how to do it. It's a great tradition I enjoy keeping alive. I even enjoy learning new ways of cooking it. Nothing like sitting down to a fine venison dinner, or agreat breakfastwith venison sausage,or chewing on a piece of jerky that I pretty much provided the whole thing. I highly recomend it. For me it enhances the whole hunting experience. One of my fondest memories when I was a youngin was the first venison dinner my mother,father, sister and I sat down to that I killed the deer and helped my dad butcher.

So my advice to you buckstruck is get started and don't even think about the money you will save. To me that's only a tiny fraction of the reward.