Learning (or remembering) how to field dress a deer can feel overwhelming, but if you have a sharp knife and a reasonably strong stomach, you’ll be able to figure it out. If you manage to do so ...

There’s more than one way to gut a buck. And that’s a good thing, because depending on the temperature, the distance from the truck, and the local regulations, you might want to (or have to) change up ...

If last year is any indicator, Pennsylvania deer hunters will harvest a quarter-million specimens of the official state animal over the next two weeks. Firearms season for white-tailed deer opens ...

You really want a small hunting knife to field dress a deer. What you’re doing is akin to surgery, and you wouldn’t want a surgeon to pull your appendix out with a bowie knife. That said, it helps to ...

Field photos and blood don’t mix well. For bloodless field photos, take them before you field dress your deer. Photo courtesy of Steve Sorensen It was an October morning a decade or so ago when a ...

A successful deer hunt can lead to a multitude of culinary rewards if you have properly prepared for this moment. Considerations for field dressing, transporting and processing need to be thought out ...

Now that seasons have opened in all 10 of our state’s deer hunting areas, it’s time to talk about turning this effort into wholesome food for the table. Realizing there would be an outcry if a photo ...

This column, “Field Dressing Big Game,” was originally published in the Camping department of the November 1952 issue of Outdoor Life. Every year a big quantity of game meat is eaten and enjoyed. And ...

DULUTH, Minn. - The idea came to Bill Hesselgrave one day when he was sitting on his deer stand. Hesselgrave, a meat cutter by trade, also processed venison. "We saw a lot of meat go to waste ...