I WOULD JUST BUY A GOOD SET OF KNIFES AND A GRINDER AND GET STARTED...CAN'T MESS UP MEAT. I FEARED DOING IT MYSELF AND GOT STARTED LAST YEAR. BY THE 6TH DEER IT SEEMED EASY AND I STARTED TO WONDER WHY I WAS PAYING $70 TO HAVE ONE CUT UP. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I BET YOU WILL ALSO DO IT ALOT CLEANER THAN A SHOP WOULD. AND YOU ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOUR EATING. I TAKE THE TIME AND CLEAN ALMOST ALL THE FAT OUT OF MINE.