Deer hunting is more than just a sport for many; it’s a way to provide high-quality meat for the family. Processing your own ...

It’s been 48 years since Kip Padgelek and his dad launched their custom deer processing business together. After a career ...

I know some people think it’s too much work to (process your own deer), but it really is a lot of fun. I highly recommend it.

We really have to get processors on board if we’re going to participate in programs like Hunters Sharing the Harvest.” ...

"They process the deer into 3-pound packages of burger, off the whole deer." Christ's Table works through two local meat processors, Phillips Meat Processing in Zanesville and Olde Village Meats in ...

I was at a deer processing shop to give a deer away. Although the processor didn’t participate in a venison donation program, he graciously offered to take the deer if I would pay part of the cost.

A little over two days into deer season and one local meet processor is already keeping busy. Jim Karsina, Karsnia Meat Processing, said after the first weekend of the Minnesota firearms deer ...

For the price they pay to get the meat prepared, they are going to eat it regardless of the CWD test results, one hunter said. The Game Commission’s CWD test is free, but processing deer meat is ...

Deer donated to food shelves can be processed at no cost to hunters thanks to a program coordinated by the Minnesota departments of natural resources and agriculture. Prior to 2007, hunters could ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will host a free-to-attend “Field to Freezer” workshop teaching the basics of deer processing from 10 a.m. to noon Feb ... and identifying cuts of meat, ...