I have done this. I ended up with a truck-bed full of carcasses that probably freaked people out driving down the road....LOL...the butchers here don't care about how they get the hide off the carcass. so you end up with just pieces. But, I got a bunch of legs, and those bones comes in handy. And - ...

welcome -- I just joined myself, and have been "Jacky of all Trades" myself - I am a goldsmith, engraver, woodcarver, bone/horn/antler carver, leather-worker and I do some blacksmithing ... maybe it's time for me to find folks of a like mind