It's been 48 years since Kip Padgelek and his dad launched their custom deer processing business. After a career revolving around all things meat, including an education at the Culinary Institute of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ wildlife division helped collect 3,350 pounds of processed venison ...

>> DURING THE HOLIDAYS, WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT LENDING A HELPING HAND. SOME HUNTERS ARE LENDING THEIR UNUSED VENISON TO HELP AREA FAMILIES EAT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. >> IT IS TRULY A DIRTY JOB AND IT’S ...

As grocery prices rise, more consumers are buying meat directly from local farmers, increasing demand for custom processors ...

Deer processing is preparing a deer carcass for meat consumption. This can include field dressing, skinning, butchering into various cuts and packaging. When is deer hunting season in Tennessee? Deer ...

Deer meat isn’t your traditional holiday ham for a Christmas dinner, but a local meat processor in Galax was handing out bags ...

In addition to favorites, local butcher also makes hot dogs, kielbasa, salami and red hots. Kevin Naugle skins a buck in his shop. Naugle processes several hundred deer each season. Aimee Dilger/The ...

COLUMBUS - Richard Kneifel didn't get a deer when he went hunting last weekend, but on Wednesday he got about 20. Kneifel is a hunter, but except for his foray on opening day, he's been processing ...

Firearms deer season has passed in Pennsylvania, and some processing centers have banked on the incoming game that has passed through their doors. Thomas Smoked Meats in Johnstown tells WTAJ they have ...

HOWARD (WLUK) -- After nine days, Deer Hunt 2023 is in the books. Although deer harvest totals won't be released until Tuesday, hunters are reflecting on the season. Many who bagged a buck or doe are ...

NEWARK — The "deer guy" of Licking County is in a bind. A little over a week before Ohio's deer gun season kicks off, Matt Gayheart sits in City Barbeque, a Newark smokehouse restaurant, monitoring ...

As hundreds of deer hunters flock to the woods in hopes of bagging a deer, Chalstroms Bait and Tackle is ready to help those who do find success. “Today’s an opener and it’s been a very successful ...