I don't think you're too far off if at all. The guts and the hide probably weigh 40 lbs or more on a 100lb doe. By the time you clean all the connective tissue, the net yield really drops. Yes, a bigger grinder might help with this, but do you really want to keep that in your meat?


"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."

"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona