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 believes bad-tasting venison is more the fault of the deer hunter than the deer. A lifelong hunter who has been cutting and processing meat since he was a kid, Swendsen is -- in a word ...

Among my cherished hunting mementos is a tattered canvas knapsack I carried in 1975 on my first Wisconsin white-tailed deer hunt. It holds a folding knife, a ball of twine, a drag rope and a red ...

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 ...

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 ...