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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The Venison Liver Pâté Challenge
May 6, 2025Elizabeth Kligge
I would not consider myself to be someone who likes liver. However, I had a desire to utilize more of my deer, and that meant tackling a portion that many claim is inedible. I wanted…
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How to Make Maple Wild Pork Breakfast Sausages
Apr 28, 2025Elizabeth Kligge
Wait a minute – that’s not venison! That’s right. This is a wild pork recipe, and we are the National Deer Association. Let me explain. A few years ago, when I was just starting out…
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Venison Backstrap Inside and Out: A Muscular Look at America’s Best Cut of Meat
Apr 13, 2022Ben Westfall
Venison backstrap. What more do I need to say? Most experienced deer hunters know where it is, what it looks like, and that we undoubtedly love to eat it. In fact, we’ll venture to say…
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Venison Wellington With A Wreath Twist
Dec 15, 2021Karli Gill
As hunters, we are forever grateful when we can fill our freezers with venison. However, usually after the third or fourth round of venison burger, we are looking to get creative with the rest of…
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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…
