Prepare Your Deer for Skinning Before you can skin your deer, you need to gut or field dress your deer, which involves removing the internal organs from the chest and abdominal cavities. Once your ...

This article originally ran in the September 1981 issue of Outdoor Life. One of the most valuable parts of a deer is its hide. Unfortunately, thousands of skins are discarded every year because many ...

Learning how to tan a deer hide is a rite of passage, cementing blood ties to our hunting forebearers who depended upon skins for warmth and who respected slain animals by never letting any part go to ...