Have you ever been at a loss as to how to butcher your prize game? This is the book for anyone who hunts, farms, or buys large quantities of meat. Mettler takes the mystery out of slaughtering and butchering everything from beef and veal, to venison, pork, and lamb.

Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game tells you everything you need to know: at what age to butcher an animal, how to kill, skin, slaughter, butcher and how to dress out game in the field, salting, smoking, and preserving as well as tools, equipment and set up are reviewed. This book doesn't stop there. Also included are more than thirty recipes using all kinds of meat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture calls Mettler's book "a must-have book for anyone who is slaughtering."

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