I have been butchering my own game for several years now. I guess I don't understand why you would want a bandsaw if you are boning your meat?

The tools that I use have all been mentioned. I have the Outdoor Edge Game Processing kit. Nice knives and they seem to hold a pretty good edge. I have a Wyoming saw to cut bone and skull caps. I also invested in a Cabela's meat grinder so I could make my own hamburg. It paid for itself the first year I had it as I did an elk and 3 whitetails. Other than that, I can't think of anything else I would really need.

If you want clean good tasting meat it takes time to trim all the scap off, other than a sharp knife, you can't really get around it. If you do sausage and hb invest in a good electric grinder, worth the money. With the right size it will grind the meat and spit it out as quick as you can feed it, plus you can stuff your own sausage with it. The band saw is expensive for just cutting steaks, but makes them nice. I have one and its stored in butcher house where mice are, so it must be washed and cleaned before and after use, it actually takes longer to do that then cutting the steaks up. So we will only use that once or twice a season and do a bunch of hinds at once. They can be cut by hand but need to be partially frozen just right to do decent. With band saw freeze hinds and when season is over do them all. Definitly quicker than by hand if you alot to do.

Basic tools for butchering: Chef's knife, boning knife, bone saw (if only used during deer season I would stick with a hand saw unless I was butchering for extra cash), meat hook, and a good table.