In a side note where many people toss the deer necks ribs and back bones my oldest beloved brother and I would scavenge them.
The deer neck would be cut up and boiled in a big kettle the ribs and back bone segments would be salted peppered and smoked till dry like jerky.
That was our late night at the movies chew snacks.
The garage refrigerator was the beer and smoked jerky meat department.