Tag Archives: #deer season

The Solution To Your Blaze Orange Problem

If you hunt in a state (or states) that require you to wear blaze orange on your body and you hunt in a ultralight or backcountry style, or you rely on technical hunting clothing, then you have a blaze orange … Continue reading

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Book Review: Chef in the Wild

Professional chef and hunting enthusiasts Randy King contributes to the ever growing pool of wild game cooking knowledge with his new book “Chef in the Wild.” The book is equally divided into four sections: Air, Land, Water & Home. “Air” … Continue reading

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Tennessee Buck Limits: For Better or For Worse

Deer hunters in my home state have spent the last couple of months in a bitter and highly divisional debate over antlered deer limits. Tennessee has had a statewide antlered bag limit (the state does not distinguish between sex of … Continue reading

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Training for Mountain Hunting

As a hunter preparing to pursue Elk and other game in the mountains, there are multiple factors to be considered in your training regime. Strength is what is going to get you there and is likely one of the more … Continue reading

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Big Meat Down

I spent some time yesterday breaking down this late season mature buck. Check out the size of that bottom round! These dry aged cuts all have prearranged marriages with the dutch oven for all kinds of dishes from Venison Bayou … Continue reading

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Late Season Mature Buck Success

In last week’s post, I wrote a bit about a specific area that I have been focusing on as of late. Though I do not consider myself a trophy hunter per say, like many hunters, within the confines of hunting, … Continue reading

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Venison Field & Meat Care Tips: Game Bags & Ice

I am a big proponent of skinning and butchering game meat as soon as possible. Part of this has to do with the weather this far South in Tennessee where cold fronts usually involve clear, sunny skies, meaning that cold … Continue reading

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Trophy Eating: Venison Shank Barbacoa

Back in November, I had a blog post entitled Shanks are not Contraband, encouraging hunters to utilize shanks in a direct manner rather than grinding them. Once again, referencing chef/hunter Jesse Griffiths’ excellent book Afield, I put together this simple … Continue reading

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Hot & Spicy Italian Drip Venison

The Pioneer Woman has a good lookin’ recipe for Hot & Spicy Italian Drip Beef (complete with step by step pics). We took this recipe and adjusted it slightly for venison. Couple of adjustments we made: -The beef recipe calls for chuck … Continue reading

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Quality Deer Eating: How to cook Venison Ribs

Venison ribs. That’s right, I said it. You can put them on the list with right up there with tongues, livers and even shanks.  But this ain’t coyote food, folks! Like everything else on the short list of discarded venison cuts,  it … Continue reading

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