RE: proccessing your own deer
After 3-4 days at camp we usually have a cutting day where all the guys from two camps get together and work stations; some skinning, some trimming, some grinding, some packaging. We will process everything hanging up till that point (I'm in Canada so we can let a dressed animal hang a few days w/ skin on).
It can be fun, but I lose a day of my vacation to work instead of hunt, personally I'd rather have everyone pitch in 10-20$ so I can get in another day of hunting, unless its raining out.
I have a video that shows how to debone a hanging animal in very little time (a link was posted here a few years back, but it gets flagged by a copywrite violation if I try to put it on Youtube now). I mailed a burned copy to member down south just recently, but sorry guys; I can't afford to send a copy to everyone looking for instruction on this thread.