The Pocket Guide to Field Dressing, Butchering, and Cooking Deer

A handy reference book on caring for your deer once it’s down—handing, skinning, butchering, transporting, and more.

Hunting, butchering, and preparing deer has been a way of life for Monte and Joan Burch. Drawing on their years of experience living off the land and practical skills gained while butchering livestock, Monte and Joan offer The Pocket Guide to Field Dressing, Butchering, and Cooking Deer as a must-have resource for the hunter on the go. Included is essential advice on:

• Field dressing
• Transporting
• Hanging
• Skinning
• Caping
• Butchering
• Cooking

Each step is accompanied by black-and-white drawings and color photographs that further illustrate the advice being offered. So whether you are a novice or an experienced professional, The Pocket Guide to Field Dressing, Butchering, and Cooking Deer will undoubtedly prove to be an essential reference.

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