Learning (or remembering) how to field dress a deer can feel overwhelming, but if you have a sharp knife and a reasonably strong stomach, you’ll be able to figure it out. If you manage to do so ...

There’s more than one way to gut a buck. And that’s a good thing, because depending on the temperature, the distance from the truck, and the local regulations, you might want to (or have to) change up ...

Field photos and blood don’t mix well. For bloodless field photos, take them before you field dress your deer. Photo courtesy of Steve Sorensen It was an October morning a decade or so ago when a ...

The first time you clip a deer’s stomach and hot digestive gasses spray into your face, you’ll want it to be the last time. Once the dry heaving subsides, you’ll have learned an important lesson: The ...

There’s no substitute for a good field dressing knife when you’ve got a deer on the ground and daylight’s... The post Knives ...

A reliable field dressing knife can make or break your success after the hunt. Once the shot is made, the work begins, and having the right blade ensures you get the job done cleanly and without ...

Before you get started, position your buck so its head is a little uphill of its keister, if possible, and turn him belly-up. Now just follow the 6 simple steps below. Start with the poop-shoot. You ...

You really want a small hunting knife to field dress a deer. What you’re doing is akin to surgery, and you wouldn’t want a surgeon to pull your appendix out with a bowie knife. That said, it helps to ...