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Six Ways to Tenderize Tough Cuts of Meat

Let’s face it, wild game can be really tough. For example, after harvesting my first tom last spring, I had the honor of cooking turkey thigh tacos for the MeatEater crew. To my dismay, the legs refused to shred apart even after eight hours in the crockpot. These situations are what give wild game legs, wings, and roasts a bad rap. It’s unfortunate because I know that even the toughest jackrabbit can make a delicious stew if given the proper...

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...

5 Organs You Should Save From Deer

If you are a hunter who lives by the ethos that you should try a new cut of meat every time you kill a deer, it could be easy to quickly run out of ideas. Ribs, shanks, necks, and brisket are all delicious additions to the typical quarters and backstraps, but at some point, you’ll have to start looking inward for new ideas. Into the guts of the deer, that is. Heart If there is one hunting tradition that spans cultures and generations, it is...