I don’t buy beef, and all my elk, moose, sheep, and pronghorn get made into mostly fresh cuts (roasts, steaks, stew meat, grind), and all my WT and MD get made entirely into sausage and jerky. I suppose if I ever ran low on fresh non-deer meat, then the deer would turn into fresh cuts, as well, but so far that’s never been necessary. I used to make fresh cuts out of deer as well, but decided I prefer the other critters if eating fresh meat, and deer sausage/jerky is mighty fine.
