PIEDMONT, S.D. – A sudden shortage of South Dakota butchers and meat cutters willing to process wild game has been bad news for hunters but good news for Josh Clark and the small butcher shop he ...

Processing wild game meat is an element of being a hunter. It’s becoming harder to find quality deer processors. The good ones are so covered up in work, they can continue to raise prices but the ...

I associate hunting knives with joy for a simple reason: I only break one out after I’ve tagged an animal. At this point in the process, I’m usually brimming with a sense of accomplishment—and ...

Big game hunters need the best meat grinders to process their own game. Properly ground meat should have a consistent texture with no large pieces of gristle or connective tissue. To do so, grinders ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. PIEDMONT, S.D. (SDNW) – Earlier this year, well before big-game ...