Big fat butchering

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I still have 4 more permits but I don't think I've got four more days of butchering in me. The most intense part is the thousands of tiny decisions you have to make when cutting. At this stage for me it is not automatic, like chopping up a carrot would be. I can do that in my sleep. But with the deer I have so many questions in my head it is mentally tiring. I need to watch a real butcher work and pick up some tips.

If you had 3 or 4 more to cut up, would you be concerned with the other stuff like sinew and bones?