Before you get started, position your buck so its head is a little uphill of its keister, if possible, and turn him belly-up. Now just follow the 6 simple steps below. Start with the poop-shoot. You ...

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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to big game, like deer, the golden rule is: get it clean, cool and dry as soon as you can. After the tag is ...

Field dressing a deer is a massively important piece of the harvest, and there are a few tools that every hunter should have to make the process all the easier. At Hunter Ed, it is always stressed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...