Much like domestic beef, wild ungulates have many different muscle groups, each with their own best use. While it isn’t a disaster if the meat doesn’t come off the bone in perfectly separated muscle…
Processing 101: Big-Game Hide & Hair Removal Tips
Outdoor Edge Butcher Max Knife Set
Growing up under the watchful eye of a custom butcher, there were a few things my brothers and I learned…
Sometimes a target ranged at 400 yards isn’t actually 400 yards away. At least as far as a bullet is concerned. The fact is, while measured distance is one component of understanding how much to…
The Advantages Of Butchering & Eating Wild Game
Cabela's Carnivore 1/2 HP Meat Grinder
Even among hunters, butchering is often the point of disconnect between hunted animal and food on the…
Enhance The Flavor Of Fowl By Cooking It On Your Grill
Grilling duck and goose isn’t complicated, but it does require equal parts science and art. There are two key components to creating…
What do you get when you cross a venison backstrap and a hickory tree? We aren’t too sure either. But we are sure that using hickory wood chips to properly smoke a backstrap is delicious, so we’ve…
I'd never been one for camping cots, mostly because I'd never tried one that was comfortable. I'm a side sleeper, and the few times I slept on one, my knees, shoulders and head were constantly…
This is Why You Should Get Off the Water — and Shoreline — During a Lightning Storm!
The best way to protect yourself and anyone with you from lightning is to avoid the threat. Summer is the peak…
Keeping your muzzleloader clean is often key to the accuracy, performance and longevity. Failure to do so can result in misfires, corroded parts and wasting money on a problem that could have been…
Fruit roll ups are a fun, healthy snack that’s great for packing on camping trips, fishing, hunting and sending in school lunches. If you’ve got a dehydrator and a blender, you’re basically all set.…
Preseason practice improves your chances of a successful hunt
By Wade Middleton
I’ve seen it time and time again: that moment of truth when a buck or a doe walks into bow range and the hunter…
We found my friend Chuck's Brittany, Wyatt, pointing staunchly into a laurel thicket twice as high as his head.
“Maybe it's a grouse,” I said.
We hadn't planted any training birds in that area, and…
