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 ...

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 ...

Kerry Swendsen and Wendell Ball of the Twin Cities and their DeerDummy.com website recently have launched a smartphone application that shows in photos and text, and also video, how to field dress a ...

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 ...

Why should you learn how to butcher a deer by yourself? Because the venison will taste better. Professional butchers need to profit from their efforts, and that’s fine. But since time is money, most ...