I made the very best ham I have ever tasted and after reading this week’s column, I have absolutely no doubt you can easily accomplish the same. Don’t get the wrong Idea when you read some of my columns that pertain to outdoor cooking. I’m certainly no chef but I...
Curing and smoking pork is a very simple process that has been practiced for hundreds of years. As a boy growing up in very rural Red River County in northeast Texas, I remember watching my dad cure and smoke hams from the domestic hogs he raised. Through the years,...
After you’ve been kicking around in the outdoors hunting and fishing as long as I have, it’s pretty exciting to partake of an entirely new outdoor experience such as deer hunting with an airgun. This past week, during the peak of the cold weather pushed down by the...
Booking a hog hunt on a Texas hunting ranch, like any other outdoor adventure, requires a bit of forethought and planning. Topics such as hunting rates, availability of group hunting trips and exotic hunts available should all be considered. But, there are some other...
At first glance, the little 12-by-20-foot building nestled in the trees behind the house might look just like a shack used to house lawn equipment and ‘stuff’ that will eventually wind up donated to a resale store. Once inside my little “Cooking Shack,”...
Through the years, while working as a guide in Colorado’s high country, I’ve called in a lot of elk and bear. I’ve learned that the right sound, at the right time will bring most critters in for a close look. I’ve also called in coyote, bobcat, turkey, deer, waterfowl...
As a youngster growing up in very rural northeast Texas, I remember reading about fishing remote lakes in Canada in outdoor magazines. The image of a group of fishermen setting around a campfire, enjoying a shore lunch of fried walleye or pike stuck in my mind. I...
When I was a youngster growing up in northeast Texas, we fished strictly with cane poles that we cut from a stand of switch cane that grew near the back of our little farm. We usually kept a 12-foot Calcutta pole or two for when we needed to really reach out from the...
Many of my non-duck hunting friends often inquire about what is so special about crawling out of bed way before the sun even thinks of spreading its golden rays, swigging down a couple of quick cups of coffee, then loading the duck boat with decoys, shotguns and all...
Discovering a new dove recipe, with wild hog as a substitute! Well, I sat out the opener of dove season this year. But I’m making plans to head up to Ranger Creek Ranch in Knox County the second weekend. From all accounts, dove numbers were excellent and shooting...
