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Deer Field Dressing Step-By-Step

Outdoor Edge The Outfitter Field Dressing Kit Most people who go hunting are thinking, “I can’t wait to get my hands on my deer,” not “I can’t wait to gut my deer.” While field dressing is rarely…
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Choice Cuts Of Venison Meat

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…
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Big Game Hide Removal Tips

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…
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Understanding Shooting-Angle Compensation

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…
lady butchering meat
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Why Butcher Your Own Big Game?

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…
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Grilling Waterfowl

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…
Venison roast
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Wild Game Smoking Tips

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…
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Disc-O-Bed XL Cot Bunk Beds

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…
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Muzzleloader Maintenance

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…
Making fruit roll ups
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How to Make Dehydrated Fruit Roll Ups

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.…
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Preseason Archery Practice

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…
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Hunting Turkeys After The Hens Have Been Bred

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…