Why should you learn how to butcher a deer by yourself? Because the venison will taste better. Professional butchers need to profit from their efforts, and that’s fine. But since time is money, most ...

Warning: This story contains vivid descriptions and images of how a deer is butchered. Ohio opened its deer-hunting season to hunters with guns this week, which means butchers like Jay Mosley of ...

Dave Kannegaard keeps things simple when he butchers his deer. "I use a knife most Minnesotans already own," he said, "a fish filleting knife." As Kannegaard spoke on a recent day, he and his son, ...

NEWARK — The "deer guy" of Licking County is in a bind. A little over a week before Ohio's deer gun season kicks off, Matt Gayheart sits in City Barbeque, a Newark smokehouse restaurant, monitoring ...

The last time Neil’s Quality Meats didn’t make venison sausage for customers who brought in boneless trim, owner Bob Bursheim was 7 years old. That was 50 years ago, says Bursheim, who operates the ...

>> GEAR BACON, YOUR BRATS, SUMMER SAUSAGE. REPORTER: COURTNEY KININMONTH, WHOSE FAMILY OWNS A BUTCHER SHOP, KNOWS PRETTY MUCH EVERY WAY TO USE DEER MEAT. SHE, UNFORTUNATELY, ALSO KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE ...

Venison processing is a central part of deer harvesting, and area butchers are looking for new ways to keep the business afloat while the hunting tradition dwindles. Gearhart Meat Shop in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. More deer hunters in Maine may need to learn to butcher their own kills as ...

HAYS, Kan. (AP) — Deer hunters across Kansas may have trouble finding a local butcher to process their deer this fall because many of them are booked up for weeks or even months. The situation is a ...

With so many deer killed by cars during the mating season, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife says they’re encouraging hunters to kill does too, not just bucks. Stores like Wild Country Meats thrive ...