Keith Thomas wrote:

> 
> There is a third option which is available in some places: clubbing together
> to buy a side of lamb or a side of mutton and butchering and sharing the
> meat out among the buyers. You are likely to find that the cuts you prefer
> are not in high demand and so meat bought like this could work out as cheap
> as supermarket meat.
> 

There is another option, most paleo.
I could kill a bear next fall for its fat. Too late this year, it has 
started snowing.
Meanwhile the quest goes on.
Nih!

William