Deer hunting is more than a pastime; it’s a way of life for many Americans who spend crisp fall mornings perched in tree ...

Ground meat has slightly different rules, Pendley says. “That’s a whole other topic. Ground meat does not last as long in the freezer as whole cuts,” he explains. He chalks this up to the increased ...

I think the 5-year-old who understands that deer are for dinner because they’re made of meat—not because venison is one stop on a voyage of gastric discovery—is learning pretty well. A lot of the ...

Learn proper venison freezer storage times, packaging techniques, and quality preservation methods to keep deer meat fresh for 6-12 months. Expert hunting tips included.

And a basement chest freezer from Home Depot, brimming with some 130 pounds of tenderloin and roasts, rumps and grind. And nine months later I haven’t bought an ounce of beef from the supermarket.

When Colleen Ballantine, Cheryl Sanders and Bradley Kennedy size up meat for their freezers, they’re thinking three things: free-range, low-fat, clean of antibiotics. The three women are deer… ...

Another element of the meat-hunting emphasis is gender-related. The number of new or returning female hunters has increased since 2006, and female hunters seem significantly more likely to ...

Seal meat properly: The best way to avoid freezer burn is to properly store meat in a zip lock bag or vacuum seal the meat; vacuum sealing is the best because you are taking the oxygen out ...

Hunting for meat is representative of place, labor, time, and community. The deer season where I was hunting was short, and I’d really wanted to bring home meat.

"Really interestingly, hunting for meat increased the most," Mike Damien Duda, the firm's director, said. "It was actually the biggest single reason why people hunted, about 35 percent, and showed ...

If hunting is the only way to obtain meat, the supply of meat would plummet, the price would soar, and it would be more lucrative to hunt on contract than to hunt for your own consumption.