The first time you clip a deer’s stomach and hot digestive gasses spray into your face, you’ll want it to be the last time. Once the dry heaving subsides, you’ll have learned an important lesson: The ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Knives for field dressing can be as versatile or as specific as you want to make them. Regardless of the animal you’re hunting, if you have a successful hunt, you need a knife that makes it easy to ...