RE: self butchering
the way my father and i do ours is we lay down something so we don't get blood everywhere. then we hang the deer on a game hoist, head pointing to the ground. then we skin the deer. after which we take out the tender loins, back straps, and rear hips and front shoulders, and whatever meat we can get from the neck. we try to use all the meat we can. i feel horrible if we waste any i figure i shot him, the least i can do is eat as much of him as i can. since that is what i had planned from the beginning. then we clean the meat up real good in the kitchen after we have quartered it into small enough pieces. then what ever meat i have left over (fat and scrap meat) i through in the dehydrator to make into snacks for my dog during duck season. so in a sense none of our deer goes to waste. hope i helped.
William
P.S. If anyone has an easier way please let me know.