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 ...

There are a lot of great wild game processors out there, but there are plenty of bad ones, too. With a shady butcher, you likely won’t get back your specific deer but rather a mishmash of all the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Becoming an Outdoors Woman program will host a deer butchering workshop on Sunday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. near Fairfield. The free ...

Every second weekend December, I take a new hunter deer hunting. I hunt the same farms, in the same county, with the same landowners. Year after year, we stick to the same program, literally: Through ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Nine participants recently took part in a Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) deer-butchering workshop, where they learned hands-on techniques for processing game meat. The group ...

Game animals are generally hunted for butchering and display mounts. Russell Sorensen makes capes and clothes from the hides and has all sorts of uses for trotters, from food to tools. She held a ...