Venison Shepherd’s Pie
February 7, 2014
Ingredients: – 1 lb ground venison – 1 can of peas and carrots – 1 small can of mushrooms – 1 can of sweet corn – 1 jar of beef gravy – 2 packets of instant mashed potatoes – 1 tsp of minced garlic – Badia Complete Seasoning – Salt – Extra Virgin Olive Oil […]
Tagging Wilson
January 17, 2014
When I got in the truck with John for my second pronghorn hunt with him in two years, I was expecting a similar hunt to my first: glassing for hours, seemingly without end, and walking the open prairie mile after mile in search of an antelope to shoot. I wasn’t looking for a conventional trophy, […]
The Science of Deer Sight
December 26, 2013
Over at OutdoorHub they have a great article explaining the science behind how deer see. The better we understand our quarry, the better we can prepare to hunt it. It’s that simple. The short of it? – Deer are NOT color blind – Deer have a wide band of vision – Deer cannot focus on […]
Kentucky in the Big Time
December 26, 2013
For many reasons, my home state of Kentucky has made in to the big time for whitetail hunting over the last two or three decades. There are surely a large combination of reasons why we have larger whitetails and larger whitetail populations that we’ve traditionally had, better land management on behalf of both Kentucky Fish […]
Counting Points and Game Management
December 6, 2013
Over at Deer and Deer Hunting Nicole McClain makes an interesting point that gets lost in much of the hoopla of hunting television and magazine coverage: that hunting shouldn’t be about killing an animal with a large number of points, but about the opportunity to participate in killing and retrieving an animal. In her article […]
A Fortunate Mistake
December 1, 2013
On the first day that we decided to hunt a piece of public land about ten miles north of Upton, WY* we went straight to a spot where John had seen a group of does regularly. Just after sunrise they would feed out of the pine and cedar woods and on to the sagebrush flats, […]
Creamy Mushroom Venison Roast
November 28, 2013
Ingredients: 1 Venison roast (Any game roast will work) 1 Ten ounce can of Cream of Mushroom Soup 1 Soup Can of water 1 Small can of mushrooms 1 One ounce packet Lipton Onion Soup/Dip Mix Montreal Steak Seasoning Western Style Deer Steak Seasoning Instructions: Mix the cream of mushroom soup with the water until […]
Busting My Cherry: Tagging Jackson
November 28, 2013
Our third day of hunting was a miserable day. The rain was pouring down, the wind was blowing from the north at nearly thirty miles per hour, and it was hovering just below forty degrees. It was a terrible day for hunting. The pronghorn, seemingly smarter than John and I, were bedded down and weathering […]
Why Deer Hunters Should Be Coyote Hunters
November 25, 2013
Why all deer hunters should be coyote hunters (PDF): To date, the SRS research has found that coyotes are, in fact, taking a tremendous toll on fawns. Of 60 fawns monitored over the course of the work, only 16 have survived until autumn, when they are old enough to be safe from predation and can […]