We've always taken our animals to small individual processors or cut it up ourselves. We always take such good care of our meat and get it hung and cooled fast so the thought of it getting mixed into other animals that were not taken care of the same way scares the hell out of me. That's why I just bought a new meat grinder to set up in the garage and just do it myself. Then I know how it was handled and processed. Plus the 1st elk will pay for the grinder itself.