--- product_id: 52395152 title: "Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game: Beef, Veal, Pork, Lamb, Poultry, Rabbit, Venison" price: "R939" currency: ZAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/52395152-basic-butchering-of-livestock-and-game-beef-veal-pork-lamb store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game: Beef, Veal, Pork, Lamb, Poultry, Rabbit, Venison **Price:** R939 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game: Beef, Veal, Pork, Lamb, Poultry, Rabbit, Venison - **How much does it cost?** R939 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/52395152-basic-butchering-of-livestock-and-game-beef-veal-pork-lamb) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description This guide takes the mystery out of butchering, covering everything you need to know to produce your own expert cuts of beef, venison, pork, lamb, poultry, and small game. John J. Mettler Jr. provides easy-to-follow instructions that walk you through every step of the slaughtering and butchering process, as well as plenty of advice on everything from how to dress game in a field to salting, smoking, and curing techniques. You’ll soon be enjoying the satisfyingly superior flavors that come with butchering your own meat. Review: Great advise - Buy this learn to feed and heal yourself Review: A book on how to slaughter & butcher your own meat - I thought I might just comment on the content of the book: This book tells you how to kill, slaughter, and cut up your meat, and a bit on preparation (curing / salting etc). I had hoped it would have more on the "butchery" aspects, i.e. cutting up & preparing the meat / processing etc. I'd just bought a fore-quarter from the butcher and I bought this book to help me cut it up, and it wasn't exactly what I was after as there isn't that much on things like curing etc.. I tend to buy pork / lamb by the half animal (much cheaper) and I was hoping this book would teach me to cut it up myself. Note that its American written so some of the cuts are different to what we're used to in the UK. Still, if the day came that I was going to kill an animal for my own consumption, I'd definitely want this book at my side! UPDATE ON MY REVIEW - 3 years later. I've just revisited what I wrote above, and to be honest with a bit of hindsight, this is still the best book on butchering I've come across. With it at my side I've learned how to cut up venison, lamb & mutton, and of course beef. I syill wish there was more about butchering in it but then again it is called "basic" butchering. And I've yet to find another book which deals with DIY butchering as well as this one does. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 79,871 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 39 in Food Science (Books) 151 in Agriculture & Farming 181 in Meat, Poultry & Game (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,610 Reviews | ## Images ![Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game: Beef, Veal, Pork, Lamb, Poultry, Rabbit, Venison - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71iwIjuoYDL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great advise *by D***T on 31 January 2026* Buy this learn to feed and heal yourself ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A book on how to slaughter & butcher your own meat *by T***B on 18 December 2007* I thought I might just comment on the content of the book: This book tells you how to kill, slaughter, and cut up your meat, and a bit on preparation (curing / salting etc). I had hoped it would have more on the "butchery" aspects, i.e. cutting up & preparing the meat / processing etc. I'd just bought a fore-quarter from the butcher and I bought this book to help me cut it up, and it wasn't exactly what I was after as there isn't that much on things like curing etc.. I tend to buy pork / lamb by the half animal (much cheaper) and I was hoping this book would teach me to cut it up myself. Note that its American written so some of the cuts are different to what we're used to in the UK. Still, if the day came that I was going to kill an animal for my own consumption, I'd definitely want this book at my side! UPDATE ON MY REVIEW - 3 years later. I've just revisited what I wrote above, and to be honest with a bit of hindsight, this is still the best book on butchering I've come across. With it at my side I've learned how to cut up venison, lamb & mutton, and of course beef. I syill wish there was more about butchering in it but then again it is called "basic" butchering. And I've yet to find another book which deals with DIY butchering as well as this one does. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good Carve-Up Guide *by G***G on 1 January 2020* Bought for a present. User says it is excellent. Only downside is I got a lot of similar offers for something I’m not interested in. ## Frequently Bought Together - Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game: Beef, Veal, Pork, Lamb, Poultry, Rabbit, Venison - A Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing & Smoking Meat, Fish & Game - The Ultimate Guide to Home Butchering: How to Prepare Any Animal or Bird for the Table or Freezer --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/52395152-basic-butchering-of-livestock-and-game-beef-veal-pork-lamb](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/52395152-basic-butchering-of-livestock-and-game-beef-veal-pork-lamb) --- *Product available on Desertcart South Africa* *Store origin: ZA* *Last updated: 2026-09-07*