Dudley is a certified master butcher, a virtuoso when it comes to optimal preparation of raw beef, pork, venison, lamb, and ...

Venison shanks are one of the most underrated cuts. Photograph by Krissie Mason The meat on a deer’s body can range from cut-with-a-fork-tender to too chewy to bite through. Some of these tougher cuts ...

Aichem says for game dinners he’ll get in about 50 deer and butcher them into whole muscle cuts or reserve some for grinding, ...

gray or discolored meat, [and] the wrong cuts for the recipe you are looking to execute," he warns. The best venison will come from a younger deer that's sold between October and January and will ...