I like to get the hide off as soon as possible if i can get my truck in close i wont gut but if i can't then i'll do in the field just the bare esentials I usually hang weather permitting if we need hamburger then i'll debone and grind otherwise wetake toa butcher close by.
I will always lend a hand when it comes to gutting and skinningI'm always looking at saving the cape and not make a mess of themeat with hair all over it.

Well during gun season we usually shoot 14-18 deer opening day, we usually have like 7-9 people skinning. We wait till the next weekend and butcher them, then within a couple of days we grind it into bologna, we end up with between 14-20 deer. Bow season, I and family/friends skin the next day after work/school, then within the week butcher it, then freeze it.

I butcher mine and my sons, i do it at my house in the pole barn where i have built a big swing arm out of I beams to hang them on. It swings over a 10'X1' grating covered drain in the floor for blood drain and water from the hose.

Quarter them up and let them age in the fridge for a week or so!

Good point BHF.

I will let mine hang with the hide on for at least 10 days, the enzymes start to break the muscle down and tenderize the meat! If the weather does not co-operate I'll quarter it up and let the meat age in the fridge for 2 weeks! The aging process does wonder for meat! jmo!

My old hunting group built a skinning shed on my prperty and thats where we hang our deer. We had 7 in there last Muzzleloader season. Nothin' like skinnin' deer and drinkin' beer!!!! Its normally a social event that everybody takes part in. But that hunting party has since broken up. Guys gettin old rifts in the family. So now its just me and some friends of mine.

Most of the time I do my own. If it is cool i will let it hang a couple of days. If it is warm I skin and quarter and put in fridge till I have time to finish. I've found that skinning is so much easier when the deer is still warm after the kill.

Unclebuilt a walk in cooler and a butcher shop and the farmer got a great deal on the band saw, cutting tables,
meat gringer, etc.... So it works out great.

Usually I put on some music from my truck, drink a beer or three, and take my time to get the most of the deer I spent so much time hunting. I actually enjoy the solitude sometimes. But I can tell you what, I arrowed 3 deer in a 10 day period this year, and by the third deer I was just sick and tired of butchering!