RE: Do you process your own deer?
There you have that Big old John Deere tractor and you are complaining about how much it costs to get your deer processed.
Where I live, the Amish does it as a second income and they charge $25 for a simple cut - if you get the meat processed.
$1.50 per a pound for Jerky, weiners, kelbassa, pepper sticks / even with cheese.
$3.00 for bologna - which weighs about 3 lbs.
I get my whole deer cut up for about $90!
That's 10 lbs - dried - jerky
10 lbs. - kelbassa
10 lbs weiners
10 lbs - pepper sticks with cheese
and the rest ground into hamburger.
I wonder how much that would cost where you live?
Then again, most of the jobs in my area only pay's $8 - $8.50 an hour!
A $10 an hour job - even for a skilled machinist is considered a good job!