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How to Build a Home Butcher Shop

Any space including a garage, shop or storage shed can be turned into a game-processing center. Learn about hoists, knives, vacuum sealers, grinders and dehydrators you need to build your own butcher shop.

The Buck Pole: A Symbol of Success

It is often the first installation in a deer camp. It is usually a timber cut from nearby woods but it could be a salvaged scrap pipe. Regardless, it is always a place for hunters to gather, assess and admire deer. It is the buck pole, a symbol of success to American hunters.

How to Field Dress a Big Game Animal

The first step to ensuring the quality of game meat is field dressing. Although there are many ways to do so, this method is proven, relatively easy and used by hunters around the world.

How to Skin and Quarter a Deer

Processing your own deer is easy and fun. It saves the cost of having it commercially processed, the quality of the resulting meat is outstanding and you don’t need any fancy tools or a butcher shop.

First Look: Ranew's Outdoors Hanging Judge Gambrel and Scale

The Hanging Judge Gambrel and Scale, allows hunters to get an accurate weight on their deer while skinning and butchering.

Gear: Field to Table

Here's what you'll need to get your harvest to the dinner table this fall.

The ‘Crimes’ of TJ’s Father

Old-timers tell great stories about their first deer. But what if the story of your first deer is a lie?

Stuff You Want: Gearing Up in the Off Season

With most hunting season's at an end for the year, the time to start saving for new gear is now. Here is what you'll want to check out when gearing up during the off season, straight from the pages of American Hunter.

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