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It has nothing to do with being a man or not, myself I would rather pay the money and use the time to spend with my kids or do more hunting or fishing
I do it with my daughters 11-15 and they love it. Whats this? Whats that? This is my steak!!! Etc. Etc. They do enjoy themselves, but my wife hates to see the kitchen table loaded up with a bunch of venison. I have as much fun doing the boning and cutting as I do hunting. Kind of turned into a tradition.
we have opened steaks that were over 6 years old wrapped this way, and they look as though you had wrapped them yesterday. We make the cutting and wrapping sessions fun, with maybe a football game going, drinks, or music, snacks, story telling....just plain fun to hang out with your buds, or family and reminisce about the hunt.
It depends on how much crap I have going on. Usually i do it myself but if I am short on time, I will have it done. I usually will hand my elk in a cold storage whether I have them cut it up or not.
I dont really hang my game. I just put it all into a few big coolers full of ice and rock salt. Everyday, I drain the water and add more ice and salt. I keep this up for seven days, then I do most of my wrapping. Works for me.