Yeah, that's the pleasant part compared to brain tanning- finest venison steaks and roasts in the world and the jerky is awesome, too. Since I try to salvage all the sinew I can for other purposes- before and after butchering so as to get the longest- there's never any gristle and no waste.
Ever stuck four deerlegs vertically in the snow outside someone's house and then called them up to tell them Rudolph had fallen off their roof?
I'd love to have done that, but, uh, we got four inches of snow, once, in Kerrville, in 1985.
I lived in Colorado for a while, good snows (and 300lb. deer!), but always _way_ out in the country...
Now lightly cover a red lensed (or LED) flashlight near the front legs....