It will surely take more than 2 or 3 hours to do the job right. More like 5 or 6, but I would never take a deer to the processors. You might get back somebody elses deer who was lying out in the field a day or two before it was even gutted. I will agree with the person who said that making only jerky or sausage out of a deer is a complete waste. Venison can provide some really good tablefare and a whole lot better can be made of it instead of jerky or sausage.