>>>We do like our gallows humour. Still - it beats ending the life of some poor dumb animal with a high-powered rifle, eh?
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>>Depends on how the animal tastes when served medium rare with a little BBQ sauce..
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>About six jobs ago couple of guys in the office had an encounter with a deer (in a Yugo!). Net result, minor grill irony (I mean ironing and smoothing, bit of a paint) and a deer paprikash (not sure it maps 1:1 to chowder, but that should be it; differs from goulash by already having potatoes or pasta in it, not being poured over them). It was perfect, except there were too many cooks in charge, and each made sure it didn't lack salt. (yep, happens to programmers too)

I think I've had deer served like that years ago. I don't think it was called paprikash, but it was VERY good!

You need to have one COOK and everyone else can be a HELPER. The cook needs to demonstrate his/her authority to ensure proper meal preparation. Wielding a big butcher's knife would be a way to demonstrate the authority.