If you love eating fresh venison like we do, we have articles to walk you through the entire process, from proper field dressing, to butchering your deer, followed by some excellent venison recipes to help you get the most out of your harvest.
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Easy Venison Meatballs That Melt in Your Mouth
Apr 12, 2023Elizabeth Kligge
Venison meals are an important part of NDA’s Field to Fork hunter recruitment program, and this tried and true recipe for venison meatballs has been a crowd favorite at many Field to Fork hunts. At…
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Easy Venison Philly Cheese Wonton Bites
Feb 8, 2023Ben Westfall
Whether you’re hosting a Super Bowl party, cheering on your favorite college football team, or tailgating for a baseball game, these venison Philly cheese wonton bites are one of our favorites. I sure do love…
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Culinary Christmas Gifts for a Deer Hunter
Dec 8, 2021Hank Forester
Give the gift of better venison this holiday season. Giving a hunter you know one or more of these culinary gifts will up their venison game and hopefully pay dividends your way. Digital Meat Thermometer…
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Pepper Medley Venison Pâté
Nov 24, 2021NDA Staff
Here’s a recipe we got from Joe Hamilton of South Carolina, the founder of the QDMA and a National Deer Association Board member. It’s perfect for a holiday dinner party. Season 2 to 3 pounds…
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Roasted Mediterranean Venison Backstrap
Oct 27, 2021Ben Westfall
We’ve all heard it before. You know the phrase. The one that nearly all hunters have heard when they bring up how excited they are to fill the freezer with venison. “I can’t eat deer,…
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Hunt & Gather: Mild Venison Chili and Wild Grape Jelly
Aug 4, 2021Bruce and Elaine Ingram
Many years ago, I interviewed a veteran West Virginia hunter who had recently killed a mature buck with his bow. The Mid-Atlantic region was in the midst of a poor acorn crop, and bowhunters were…
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Loaded Venison Scrambled Eggs Recipe
Jun 16, 2021Ben Westfall
As hunters, we all know the importance of a hot, home-cooked breakfast after a long, cold morning in the woods. For many, this is another integral part of the deer hunting experience and camaraderie that…
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Spring Tonic Salad With Deer Heart and Morels
Apr 7, 2021Bruce and Elaine Ingram
According to Southern Appalachian folklore, blood “falls” in the winter and “rises” in the summer. Come spring, in order to force one’s blood to start percolating again, a spring tonic was necessary. I’m not sure…
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10 Essential Tools for Home Deer Processing
Jun 10, 2020Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Long ago, I made the decision to process my venison for the freezer at home, in my own relatively small kitchen. My basic tools and procedures have remained simple because they work and because I…
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Hunt & Gather: Clean Out the Freezer Stew
Apr 29, 2020Bruce and Elaine Ingram
The other day, I took a tour through our freezer and discovered a quartered gray squirrel from February, turkey wing meat from the fall of 2018 (yikes), and just two packages of roasts among our…
