“gutting”

Follow these guidelines on how to cool, cut, age, prep and cook game meat, and you’ll never hear complaints about “gamey” flavor again.

Elk country presents its share of challenges, especially when a bull dies in a deep, dark hole. Follow our man’s tips the next time an elk’s death throes force you into a precarious recovery position.

While hunters in the North can seem about as scarce as the bucks that call it home, this is where massive borealis deer thrive. Hunt the dense forests of the Boundary Waters and you’ll soon see why.

When you eat what you kill, it’s your job to ensure your prime cuts stay in prime condition between the field and the fork.

Here’s how to build a fire when you need it most.

Outdoor Edge has announced the introduction of a new replaceable-blade knife, termed the RazorBone. Accepting a 3.5-inch drop-point blade, a 5-inch boning/fillet blade and a blade with a guthook, the RazorBone allows the field dressing, skinning and deboning of meat with a single knife that never needs to be sharpened.

Designed to work with any of its 3.5-inch RazorSafe System disposable-blade knives, Outdoor Edge has released a new six-piece Skinning-Boning-Gutting-combination blade set.

The JaegerPair, a lightweight and compact fixed-blade combination set from Outdoor Edge, weighs only 8.5 ounces, but is capable of taking on big-game-sized jobs.

A lifetime in the backcountry of the Last Frontier has provided the author with some front-row views to what it takes to stand your ground against a bear that may or may not be bent on harm.