It is disgusting, messy, smelly, and germ laden. It's also hard work. Do it wrong and you risk making yourself sick (eg puncturing the guts by accident and having that mix with the meat).
I don't know anyone here who butchers their own. Some of my friends raise their own animals, but I don't know of a single one of them who butchers their own. The animals are shipped to commercial processor or to one of the old Amish butchers. The last public meat processing place closed in my county 8 or 10 yrs ago, due to lack of demand, so those animals that are shipped to butcher are shipped a bit of a distance away.
Even the hunters here who take down deer rarely butcher their own. Most of the guys I know who hunt do it for the thrill of a kill. Some leave the animal or just cut off the head. Some just give it away. Those who I know do eat the deer take it to a processor and pay to have only the good parts cut & wrapped; I am unsure what the processor does with the less choice cuts?
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