The suggestion above that your equipment will be paid for in a few deer is a good one. When I was growing up the local locker would cut and wrap any size deer for $40, I think elk were $75 or maybe $100. I heard last fall from the guys at work that a deer is $125 now at the same locker and they won’t even do elk. The locker that will take elk is $275.
We can shoot about 7-8 deer and a couple elk a year here, plus we hunt out of state every fall. Wouldn’t take but one good season of tag filling to pay for a good setup if you can find the time.
Been processing my own meat for many decades and the equipment is long amortized. I cannot imagine handing the job over to someone else and walking away...
