RE: took 1 in the a$$
You didn't have time to take care of it yourself...that's where the problem lies. I would rather take a day off work and cut up the elk to make sure I get all my meat, if that's why you didn't have time. I took one of my deer to a butcherer once and I know that I got screwed. I didn't care as much because my dad was gone on vacation and I was too young/inexpierenced to do it by myself. Never again will we take our deer to get processed by someone else. I'd put someone try to let people know what they are in for if they do take their deer/elk there.