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Hunting Deer for Food

The Beginner’s Guide to
Hunting Deer for Food
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192 pages; 7 x 9
for Food
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Choosing a Rifle and Ammunition
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Hunting Tactics and Field Dressing
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The Locavore Hunter
The Locavore Hunter
A
vid locavores are growing their own vegetables, raising
Contents:
chickens for eggs and meat, maybe even making their own cheese An Introduction to Hunting.....................10
. . . and now they can fill their freezers with venison from a
local forest with The Beginner’s Guide to Hunting Deer for Food. Providing Chapter One: Understanding Deer...........22
practical information for the beginner, author Jackson Landers offers
many reasons why hunting is the ultimate “low-carbon footprint” way to Chapter Two: Whitetail Anatomy
source meat — often, deer can be hunted within a few miles of home. and Biology.......................38
Venison is healthy as well, not having been treated with antibiotics or
hormones. It’s also economical; deer hunters can save hundreds to
Chapter Three: The Evolution of Deer...... 53
thousands of dollars per year by hunting deer rather than buying beef Chapter Four: Choose Your Weapon........ 65
in supermarkets.
Chapter Five: Safety.............................. 78
Writing in a friendly, accessible tone, Landers (whose blog, The Locavore
Hunter, can be found at at www.rule-303.blogspot.com) gives the aspiring Chapter Six: Tactics.............................. 90
hunter the knowledge needed to outfit a hunting bag, track an animal, shoot
to kill, dress and butcher deer, and cook venison. He also offers vital safety Chapter Seven: Shot Placement............ 105
information and techniques for guaranteed success. The Beginner’s Guide
Chapter Eight: After The Shot............... .121
to Hunting Deer for Food is the locavore’s best resource for a full freezer and a
sense of satisfaction from acquiring local, healthful meat. Chapter Nine: Field Dressing................ 138
Chapter Ten: Butchering....................... 150
The Author Chapter Eleven: Cooking...................... 166
Jackson Landers was born into a vegetarian
household and never tasted a cheeseburger Chapter Twelve: Where to Hunt.............. 182
until the age of 10. As an animal lover, his
desire to avoid factory-farmed meat led Resources
him to take up hunting as an adult. He now
teaches classes and workshops on locavore
hunting and home butchering.