The question was asked in the middle of a post but nobody answered so I will ask. I have heard of guys doing it but a buddy of mine who has hunted around 20 years says you don't have to so we butcher the deer ourselves as soon as we get to it. All we eat as steaks are the tenderloins and backstraps sometimes the same day and it tastes great!!! The rest of it is ground, summer sausage, breakfast sausage etc...

Two cents?