Oz,

Well, I would at least field dress it first. But, some people will take the deer to the processor to gut it, I would not suggest this.

When you do harvest your deer and field dress it, keep it in a cool environment until you can get it to the processor. If the weather is not cool enough you will need to pack the chest cavity with bags of ice for the trip to the processor. Your hunting camp should have a cooler to keep game in at a regulated temp which is ideally about 45 degrees.

As far as the cost I usually pay about Sixty bucks for the top package.

Good luck on takeing you first deer!

KEEP HUNTING THE GREAT OUTDOORS & GOD ALIVE, PASS IT ON!

Edited by - jred on 11/06/2002 22:29:09