How to Properly Brown Ground Meat

The standard weeknight ground-meat meal always starts with the same instructions: brown the burger. Most recipes, however, don’t take the time to explain how to do it in detail, which is probably why most folks don’t pay enough attention to this crucial step. Browning meat should actually turn it brown! Browning is a fundamental technique that every hunter should learn, especially those who put half their deer through the grinder. Properly...

How to Perfectly Cook a Venison Steak

Backstraps from elk, deer, and antelope are some of the most prized wild game cuts . Their tenderness and shape yields excellent steaks, and every hunter should  know how to properly handle them. Here’s how to get a juicy, perfectly seared venison steak every time. Butterflies, Medallions, or Filets? Everyone has their favorite way of turning a backstrap into steaks. But before you start breaking them down, take a moment to consider a couple of...

Undercooked Venison Can Cause Rare Blindness Disorder

Adam Crockett lay death-still and unblinking as a doctor pushed a needle into his right eyeball and withdrew built-up fluid. With that task complete, the doctor at the Cole Eye Institute in Cleveland pushed a second needle deep into the back of Crockett’s eye, all the way to the retina. Stopping just short of the optic nerve, he injected a steroid. After emptying the syringe and withdrawing the needle, the doctor grabbed a third needle, directed...