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 ...

It’s been 48 years since Kip Padgelek and his dad launched their custom deer processing business together. After a career revolving around all things meat, including an education at the Culinary ...

Agricultural & Natural Resources: Hunting is a way of life for many citizens of Indiana. In 2022, 121,812 deer were harvested across the state. While some of these deer end up at commercial meat ...

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 ...

Take a spin through the butcher section of your local supermarket—you’ll surely see labels reading “organic,” “grass-fed,” or “free range” on cellophane-wrapped meat stacked inside the refrigerator ...