Field dress/Game processing
07.06.2025 - 10.06.2025
This hands-on Field Dressing & Game Processing Workshop is designed for hunters, homesteaders, or anyone looking to develop the essential skills needed to efficiently and ethically process wild game in the field with minimal gear.
Whether you’re preparing for your first hunt or refining your techniques, this class will walk you through the entire process—from the moment the animal is harvested to preparing it for transport or storage. We will be going through how to utilize as much of the animal as possible.
Cost: $175 CAD
We off a 10% buddy discount, So bring a friend!
Location: Choose dates at checkout
Once your deposit is paid, you’ll receive a registration form to ensure we can confirm your attendance and provide the best experience.
You’ll also receive a welcome packet with detailed course information and an online overview to support your tanning journey after the course.
We will be going over all the required steps from moment of kill, gutting/eviseration, cooling and preparing to transport, meat cutting and packaging to freezer.
You won’t just be watching—you’ll be actively involved in field dressing, skinning, and butchering an animal.
If you’re new to the process, don’t worry! We will provide step-by-step guidance, ensuring you leave feeling more confident in what to do next time you have an animal to process.
We’ll be using a fresh animal (sheep, goat, rabbit) to demonstrate and practice techniques.
One Day:
What to expect...
You'll learn...
Learn the best ways to maximize meat yield and minimize waste, ensuring nothing goes unused.
Different tanning methods and their uses, including the distinctions between buckskin, rawhide, and bark tanning.
You’ll get direct experience with knife work, meat handling, and hide care.
For those interested in tanning, we’ll cover how to properly preserve the hide for later use.
Discussion on respect for the animal, ethical harvesting, and legal considerations
You will need to bring your own knife to work with. Please ensure it is sharp before the course.
All raw course materials and tools are provided for the course with option to purchase tools at 10% discount from our supply to further your hide tanning journey past this course.
Please consider...
Expect to get your hands dirty—this is real, practical learning!