I have thought some more about your report about getting 20 LBS of jerky and left-over meat as hamburger. A buck that dresses out at 100 LBS may yield 50 LBS of recovered, de-boned meat (head, hide, bones get thrown away). Because of the dehydration involved, maybe 40 LBS of meat is required to provide 20 LBS of finished deer jerky? Maybe the processor faithfully executed your order to the best of his understanding and gave you all your meat!?

How big was your animal? If it field dressed 240 LBS, you might have questions; if it field dressed less than 100 LBS, maybe you got what you ordered.

Back on the butcher it yourself theme, it is easy and you have more control of what you get back. You want specific cuts, you cut it that way. Most people probably do have ideosynchratic processing desires -- or would if they knew that they could have it anyway they wanted it cut up!!!