Field Dressing Tips with Steven Rinella

Wondering why it's smart to cut leather to hair or the difference between long-term storage of fat and meat in your freezer? Steven Rinella goes over these tips and more while field dressing his blacktail deer in Alaska.

Butchering & Processing

Field Butchering Tips Part 3: Dealing With Damaged Meat

Brody Henderson

In parts 1 and 2 of this 3-part collection of field butchering tips, we discussed how to break down big game animals for packing purposes. If you’ve made a clean kill, field butchering animals is a pretty straight-forward process. But, not all kills are the result of a single shot to the vitals. Sometimes, due to poor shot placement, additional field butchering is necessary before your pack-out can begin. An errant shot is a problem every hunter...

Wild Foods

Want Steven Rinella to Cook You Dinner?

MeatEater Staff

Not many people can say Steven Rinella has made them dinner. Now’s your chance to become a part of that small group of lucky individuals. You and three friends could spend the weekend at the historic Kimpton Armory Hotel in Bozeman, Montana, where Steve will prepare a wild game dinner for you. The raffle’s grand prize includes a two-night stay at the hotel and an airfare reimbursement up to $3,500. Each attendee will also receive a signed and...

Conservation

Steven Rinella Addresses Questions About MeatEater, Inc.