Wild Turkey Butchering Basics

Mark Kenyon showcases a method of butchering a wild turkey after a successful hunt. The Benchmade blade makes quick work of the turkey, getting the tasty flesh off the bone and ready for packaging and cooking.

MeatEater Launches Wild Game Spice Collection

Just in time for holiday cooking season: MeatEater Charismatic Megaspices. Seven exceptional blends straight from Steve’s kitchen to yours. These spice mixes come from years of tinkering and testing. Most commercial blends combine low-quality spices with too much salt. Not these. They’ve been specifically designed for wild game meats—bold enough to hold up, but not overpower, what you worked so hard to bring home. We could go on and on, but just...

The Worst Wild Game Cooking Advice

From soaking venison in diet soda to letting birds hang until their heads separate from their bodies, there’s a lot of bad advice floating around when it comes to cooking wild game. Do a quick search for “best way to cook (insert wild game)” and you’re less than five clicks away from instructions to soak the meat in vinegar or the cliché “throw it away and eat the cedar plank” joke. Luckily, the amount of helpful, thoughtful, and tasty...