RE: what will become of your deer
If I get 1 or 2 deer, all of it will go to steaks, chops, and roasts. All the grind meat will go to make ground venison. If I get 3 or 4 I'll do the same as above but I'll also do summer sausage and hot sticks along with the rest of the meat.
Me and my wife give most of the summer sausage and sticks away and we use the ground meat and steaks and roasts all year long. We try not to buy any meat accept for chicken and a little bit of pork.