If you love eating fresh venison like we do, we have articles to walk you through the entire process, from proper field dressing, to butchering your deer, followed by some excellent venison recipes to help you get the most out of your harvest.
Venison
Smoked Venison Queso Dip Recipe
May 18, 2022Ben Westfall
Most of my non-hunting friends and family are extremely supportive of hunting but have been hesitant to try venison for a variety of reasons. Whether it is due to their misconceptions from popular culture or social…
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Hunting
Venison Backstrap Inside and Out: A Muscular Look at America’s Best Cut of Meat
Apr 13, 2022Ben Westfall
Venison backstrap. What more do I need to say? Most experienced deer hunters know where it is, what it looks like, and that we undoubtedly love to eat it. In fact, we’ll venture to say…
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Venison
Hunt & Gather: Clean Out the Freezer Stew
Apr 29, 2020Bruce and Elaine Ingram
The other day, I took a tour through our freezer and discovered a quartered gray squirrel from February, turkey wing meat from the fall of 2018 (yikes), and just two packages of roasts among our…
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Hunt & Gather: Venison Burger with Wild Watercress Potatoes and Dandelion Salad
Mar 4, 2020Bruce and Elaine Ingram
In mid-to-late winter and early spring on the 38 acres Elaine and I live on, I perform many of the typical tasks NDA members do: look for sheds of the never-seen buck that made all…
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5 Venison Recipes From NDA’s Field to Fork Events
Feb 12, 2020Hank Forester
When Charles Evans and I created the pilot project in 2016 that would become NDA’s Field to Fork program, we tried a novel approach for reaching non-hunting adults who might be interested in learning to…
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Hunt & Gather: Apple Venison Roast
Dec 11, 2019Bruce and Elaine Ingram
My wife Elaine and I enjoy venison year-round, and we also enjoy gathering and eating fruits and other foods that result from habitat improvements on our land. We’ve planted apple trees for deer nutrition, but…
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Do-It-Yourself Deer Processing
Nov 14, 2018Mark Turner
Moving to Auburn, Alabama to begin graduate school last fall brought about quite a few changes in the way I hunt. It was the first year I was away from my family’s farm in North…
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Hunt and Gather: Venison Pasties and Persimmon Nut Cookies
Oct 25, 2018Bruce and Elaine Ingram
The deer should have been coming within range of my bow, and the fact that they were not was making me become more and more frustrated and perplexed. I had found a classic food within…
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The Importance of Sharing Venison
May 16, 2018Clint Campbell
Every hunter likely has a friend or family member who is a non-hunter, if not several. You probably avoid hunting-related conversations with some or all of these folks for fear of getting into a debate…
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This Venison Backstrap Recipe is Too Good Not to Share
Jan 8, 2018Alex Foster
A lot goes into preparing a wonderful meal, especially one that gives your taste buds that “wow” reaction. Isn’t it amazing that a single serving of “wow” can have 26 grams of protein but only…
