I'm with you, we go fairly simple on Christmas and pay for it. Christmas is not a nightmare for us in Jan, Feb, March and so on because there are no credit card bills rolling in.
I prefer the shoulders and hams to be left on the bone. Here is a link to wife's blog for an excellent roast that was cooked on the bone. I believe the one pictured is actually a shoulder.
http://fiddledeedee-jen.blogspot.com/2010/03/preparing-game.html
Another hint. Instead of cutting the heads off with an axe and letting them flop around. I tie the legs together with string I take the other end and tie a loop. I take a shepard's hook that holds hanging plants (remove the baskets first) and put the loop over the hook. This allow the...
If you are plucking by hand 10 at one time may be alot. Hand plucking can take a while to do it right. I just processed 3 big girls 8 pounds a piece in the paper. Good luck.