There are a lot of useful parts in the lower leg of deer and similar animals. I've processed many of them over the years while skinning deer for hunters. When you're faced with a pile of 70 or 80 of the things you have to cut to the chase and giterdun. Here are a few pointers for the would be leg dismantler.
I have processed tons of deer legs over the years acquired from hunters who don't want them. Processing in quantity forced me to become fast and understand what is and is not worth doing or keeping. I think the way I was taught to remove sinew is inefficient because it creates extra work and that seems to be the way most people do it.
