This handy guide is an almost indestructible how-to tool. It includes need-to-know information about basic cuts, skinning, boning, packing and more. Best of all, the guide is waterproof, dirt-proof and pocket-sized, so you can take it everywhere!

Most experienced hunters agree that the real work begins after the animal is down. No hunt is complete until an animal has been properly field dressed and packed out of the field. What you do in the minutes after the fatal shot determines whether you will enjoy the savory flavors of wild meat, or find yourself with "gamy", unpalatable fare. For most of us, the experience of field dressing comes infrequently. In the intervening months (sometimes years) our memory of the proper techniques can grow rusty. That's where the "Pocket Guide to Field Dressing Game" comes in. Waterproof, dirt-proof, and stain-proof, it covers everything from basic field dressing to cutting up an animal in the field when it is too big to pack out in one piece. It even covers the proper techniques for cleaning game birds. This guide should find space in every hunter's pack, next to the hunting knife and game saw. Gilbert, a wildlife biologist, has hunted, fished, and guided throughout North America for over 35 years.

This handy new field guide provides a simplified introduction to common safe practices and procedures for field dressing various species of game and fish, including rabbits, squirrels, deer and large mammals, ducks and geese, pheasant, turkeys, small game birds. Also includes sections on hunting etiquette, safe cooking of wild game and the edibility of reptiles, amphibians, insects and road kill. This practically indestructible guide is the perfect companion to have in your pocket whenever you head out during hunting season.

A handy reference book on caring for your deer once it’s down. Hunting, butchering, and preparing deer has been a way of life for Monte and Joan Burch. Drawing on their years of experience living off the land and practical skills gained while butchering livestock, Monte and Joan offer The Pocket Guide to Field Dressing, Butchering, and Cooking Deer as a must-have resource for the hunter on the go. Included is essential advice on: Field dressing Transporting Hanging Skinning Caping Butchering Cooking Each step is accompanied by black-and-white drawings and color photographs that further illustrate the advice being offered. So whether you are a novice or an experienced professional, The Pocket Guide to Field Dressing, Butchering, and Cooking Deer will undoubtedly prove to be an essential reference. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

To a hunter, nothing beats the savory taste of properly dressed, butchered, and prepared game. With step-by-step instructions and illustrations, Monte Burch passes down the wisdom of his practical experience and explains how to field dress and butcher small game in order to prepare and preserve it for cooking and storage. (6 x 9, 148 pages, b&w photos, illustrations)

From field to table, The Hunter's Guide to Butchering, Smoking, and Curing Wild Game and Fish gives you all you need to know to harvest your big game, small game, fowl, and fish.

"Adapted from the late Captain James A. Smith's classic Dress 'Em Out, ...."--P. [4] of cover.