Posts Tagged ‘meat’

Written By: Chef John McGannon George and the draw After pursuing nature’s harvests for the past four decades, June 2010 will go down as one of the most exhilarating times for me as a hunter. The ritual of applying for all of the western states starts in January and runs through June. For those of [...]

Written By: Rob Dunham When my partner James Brion, the president of Magnum Hunt Club, told me we should film a moose hunt in the Yukon Territory, I was all ears. We needed content for Nosler’s Magnum TV, and moose hunts always make for a great show. Thinking about where to go for a trophy [...]

Written By: Jim Kinsey A large figure moved through the small stand of jackpines nearly 300 yards away as Jana and I peered intently at the ghostly shape. My fingers still cold from the crisp clear morning begged for warmth from the sun, which still lay hidden by a large mountain to our east. Slowly [...]

Field dressing refers to the gutting and skinning of the game that you have harvested. Field dressing is the first step involved in preparing your game for butchering and ultimately consumption. Proper meat care is absolutely imperative if you desire to have good tasting, healthy meat from your deer. Once you have killed an animal, [...]

There is another way to field dress deer that has come to be known as the gutless method. The gutless method is just that, it eliminates the need to remove the intestines and internal organs from the deer. Rather than starting on the inside and working out, as in traditional field dressing, with the gutless [...]

Choosing to butcher and process your own deer gives you complete control over the handling of your venison while saving you money over the long run. Processing your own also guarantees that you will be getting your own deer back. Meat processors do their best to keep the meat from individual animals separate, but it [...]

Cooking with venison really isn’t much different than cooking any type of meat, but there are a few guidelines to follow that will increase your enjoyment of venison. The main difference between venison and beef is that venison is very lean. In other words, it contains very little fat. For this reason, venison is much [...]