ESetter,

FYI, since you are in Colorado, if you decide you want to use horses to help take the " sting" out of hunting success, then Davis Tent and Awning in Denver puts on a Packing school in the Spring each year. It' s only one day, and it WON' T make you an expert but it will teach you enough for meat packing. Now, having learned how to use a horse, the events that take place AFTER the kill are my favorites: field dressing and quartering (Alaskan method), packing the meat on a horses with panniers, and in camp butchering.

Never Go Undergunned, Always Check The Sight In, Perform At Showtime,
EKM