If its a bigger deer ill take it to a local butcher who does excellent work with cuts of meat. I have him mace goetta which is a local thing not sure how many people know what that is, also sausage, ground, roast, steaks, butterfly chops, loins. Its 55 bucks if you skin the deer and an additional 10 for the goetta but well worth it. For the smaller does Ill do it myself and I actually have been makin some excellent brats and snack sticks the past few years. I have a grinder, slicer, and sausage stuffer. Bass pro makes some excellent seasoning kits for sausages and bratwurst.