For Every Thing There Is A Season
Renowned author and wildlife sportsman, Jim Casada, is hosting an online auction of a vast array of items from his personal collection. Indeed, you will find, for every thing there is a season. Although a strong case could be made for some of the Psalms, I would argue...
Meat And Wine Pairings For The Table
Meat And Wine Pairings After the butchering process is complete and all your hard work is finally pulled from the freezer and properly defrosted, the second part of the story begins. Preparing and enjoying all the delicious cuts of prized meat, from brining and...
William Harnden Foster
Whether he was shooting grouse or skeet, painting bird dogs or promoting wildlife conservation, William Harnden Foster never wavered in his unrelenting pursuit of perfection. I would like to have known William Harnden Foster — hunted with him, sat in his study talking...
Firearms Auction Lones Wigger March 6th-20th
Firearms from the estate of Olympic shooting legend and two-time gold medalist, Lones Wigger, are up for auction on GunBroker.com through March 20th, with proceeds benefitting USA Shooting youth programs. The family of Lones Wigger has generously donated more than 30...
How To Skin A Rabbit
How To Skin A Rabbit The best way to skin a rabbit or a hare is to hang it by its hind legs, on hooks. Cut the skin at the full length of the belly. Now proceed to remove the skin on either side, first, up to the first joint of the hind legs. Make incisions on the...
Lessons From The Wilderness
And now, he realized, he also knew something about these woods and waters his father had hunted and fished — something deeply personal. The boy was the youngest and smallest of the cousins, so at the family's gatherings, his cousins would reluctantly let him join the...
Different Methods Of Cooking
Different Methods Of Cooking BRAISING - Is a combination of stewing and baking meat through immersion in a covered vessel containing a solution of vegetable and animal juices called "braise," hence its name. The meat is exposed to a strong but not boiling temperature...
Lost In An Alaskan Blizzard
I realized then I was on my own — alone in a vast wilderness of ice and snow. Looking above camp toward where we’d be hunting brown bears, all we could see was snow and mountains, not a tree in sight. The only thing that wasn’t white was an occasional rock sticking...
Why Some Game Is Mortified
Reasons Why Some Game Birds And Large Game Are "Mortified" In the state of society which we have now reached, it is difficult to imagine a race living solely on bread, vegetables and fruit. If such a nation existed, it would undoubtedly have been conquered by...
Wayne McLoughlin – Eternally Fleeting Dreams
My life outdoors began as an escape, a way to get away from people, yet now I'm involved in the outdoors because of people — the people I've met there. Over the years, the most common question I've been asked about my painting is "How did your art evolve into such...
Gun Restoration – To Restore or Not Restore?
To Restore, or Not to Restore? Turnbull Restoration Helps Classic Firearm Owners Answer this Question. To restore, or not to restore? That’s the foundational question to ask yourself when considering what could become a journey to revitalize, or perhaps even...
Help Build Strong Muscles In Your Sporting Dog
SPONSORED CONTENT When it comes to optimizing performance, professional athletes know the importance of healthy muscles. The same applies to our canine athletes. Whether your sporting dog is a hardcore waterfowler or a big-running bird dog, maintaining healthy, lean...
How To Bone and Carve Wild Birds
How To Bone and Carve Wild Birds Bone Clean the bird as usual and singe. With a sharp-pointed knife, begin at the extremity of the wing, and pass the knife down close to the bone, cutting off the flesh from the bone and preserving the skin whole; run the knife down...
Why Dogs Drool – Part 2
I have plans when I drool. If you wonder if I drool, just look at Mike’s shirts, coats, truck interior and the windows at the backdoor or the floor around the kitchen table. Those many noticeable round spots are drool. Drooling is my way of saying, “Hey, I’m...
Elk Recipes – Roasted Elk In Beer Sauce
Roasted Elk In Beer Sauce Recipe Ingredients (serves 4): 1 elk roast (about 3 to 4 pounds) 1 yellow onion, peeled and sliced 1/2 cup chili sauce 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced 12 ounces beer Salt and black pepper, to taste Preheat the...
Non-Fiction Authors Association Award
Dorsey’s Call Time Wins Gold From Non-Fiction Authors Association Amid a field of more than 1,000 entries, Chris Dorsey’s latest book, Call Time was awarded a gold medal from the 14,000-member Non-Fiction Authors Association. It’s the highest award the association...
Bobwhite Quail – Comin’ Up With Bob
It was boots and chaps. Gents and hats. Shotguns and spats. It was dog-folks gentle and gay. It was dignified old live oaks, bearded grizzled and gray. It was a lazy old mule wagon, creak rattle and sway. “The Lord’s own symphony,” my Grandma Betts would say, “in the...
What Is Game?
What Is Game? A Few Foundational Points On Game: Under the generic name of game, we understand and include all the animals good to eat which live free in the woods and fields. To the culinary point of view, game is divided in three classes: large, medium and small....
Siberian Ibex – Heart of the Tian Shan
And here, among these crumbling cliffs and dizzying heights, I had come to hunt the Siberian Mid-Asian ibex in the dark heart and sharp teeth of dead winter. Eons ago, in a great battle of continents, the Indian and Eurasian plates collided with planetary force,...
Introduction To Cooking Wild Turkey
Introduction To Hunting And Cooking Wild Turkey Nearly 2.5 million hunters in the United States pursue wild turkey each year, making it the second most hunted game after deer. The wild turkey is often mistakenly thought of as an "upland game bird." But this isn't so,...
Tiger Attack in Vietnam
In the dark night, the men sat listening. Originally no more than five feet from the last team member, Sgt. Phleger had disappeared. As a Marine deployed to Southeast Asia 25 years ago, I had heard of tiger sightings in the bush and an incident where a Marine had been...
Upland Birds Preparation
Introduction to Upland Birds from THE MANEATER FISH AND GAME COOKBOOK My early exposure to upland birds was pretty limited. We had almost zero pheasants in the area of Michigan where I grew up and there was no dove season. i never ran into any quail, sharptail grouse...
Art For The Ages, Through The Gifted
Fine and decorative sporting art can gather up your soul, bringing happiness to you or whoever else might come to own and cherish it. Life is life, and even in the theater of our greatest passion the difference between a laugh and a tear is as capricious as the...
Timetable For Cooking Game
Timetable for Cooking Game (According to Size) Venison - Well Done - 30 to 40 minutes Venison - Rare - 20 to 30 minutes Large Game - Roasted - 20 to 40 minutes Large Game - Broiled - 15 to 20 minutes Small Game - Roasted - 20 to 30 minutes Small game - Broiled...
Eukanuba Dog Food – Off-Season Nutrition
What to Feed Your Sporting Dog When Hunting Season Ends SPONSORED CONTENT: Sporting dogs burn a lot of calories during the hunting season. To support their elevated nutritional needs, savvy handlers feed them performance kibble. Off-season nutritional needs are often...
Advice On Selecting Gun Pups
It’s that time of year when many dog breeders have pups for sale. I can give my advice, if you are seeking a dog — they are all good. I understand dogs. I speak with authority, I am a dog. First rule of thumb is look at the pup’s parents and guess how much that adult...
Trout On The Table – Part 5
Trout On The Table - Part 5 CRAB-STUFFED TROUT For a truly toothsome combination of flavors, one sure to impress even dyed-in-the-wool trout aficionados, give this a try. It works best with smaller trout (under 10 inches) of precisely the type likely to make up a...
Daniel Smith – Nothing Less Than Magic
In a market increasingly dominated by loose, painterly works that imply rather than show, Daniel Smith is an unreconstructed realist. “Let me show you some real cool sheep,” Daniel Smith says. He rifles through a stack of slides, pushes one of them across the light...
Shoot United Effort From Winchester
In the 1984 film Red Dawn (48 percent on the Tomatometer), director John Milius harnesses Cold War tensions with a portrayal of a joint Russian and Cuban invasion of the central part of the United States. A band of teenagers led by Patrick Swayze and C. Thomas Howell...
Field Dressing Equipment
Field Dressing Equipment - Small and Large Game, and Wild Game Birds Once you have successfully identified and targeted your specific game, the real work will begin if you have downed you animal. For small game and birds, the task isn't terribly daunting, but field...
Trout On The Table – Part 4
Trout on the Table - Part 4 Ingredients for Honey Pecan Trout: 2 pounds trout fillets (fillet large trout or split small fish down the middle and remove as many bones as Possible—leave the skin in place) ½ cup all-purpose flour Salt and pepper to taste ½ cup finely...
New Zealand – A Sporting Country is Born
There was once a land with no people, no mammals, just forested mountains and clear rushing rivers since the rocks were laid down. No deer or antelope, no wolf or bear had ever left a footprint there. That place lay brooding for millions of years, a thing unto itself....
Saving The Great Salt Lake
The loss of the Great Salt Lake would lead to an ecological and economic catastrophe the likes of which America has not seen since the Dust Bowl. Utah is a state blessed with more than its share of natural wonders and beauty, and residents and visitors are never far...
Game Bird Terrine Recipe
Making a game bird terrine is a lot of work, but it's well worth the effort when you want to make a lasting impression on your guests. You could spend a week studying the distinctions between terrines and pâtés and not fully understand it all, but here's a good...
Dorsey Featured In American Outdoor News
The February edition of American Outdoor News includes a cover story interview with Chris Dorsey. The feature follows the recent American Outdoor News podcast as host Chris Avena and Chris Dorsey cover a variety of topics including Dorsey’s background in outdoor...
Why I Bark – Cameron the Weim
Candid Cameron Just the other day I was riding down the road – Mike drives and chauffeurs me about, as it should be – and then I saw it. Another dog on a leash being led along the highway by a hooman. I instantly let out a few loud barks — never mind Mike’s ear was...
Trout On The Table – Part 3
Trout On The Table - Part 3 TROUT BAKED IN FOIL While I’d argue, perhaps with some vehemence, that nothing quite matches fresh-caught trout fried over an open fire in a backcountry campsite, perhaps with a side dish of ramps and branch lettuce or fried potatoes and...
Trout On the Table: Part 2
TROUT ON THE TABLE - TROUT OMELET This is a fine breakfast dish but can be served at any meal. If used for dinner or supper a green salad or fruit mix is a nice accompaniment, while at breakfast a cathead biscuit partners up in mighty fine fashion. 2 cups cooked and...
Trout On The Table: Part 1
TROUT ON THE TABLE One of the more frequently used quotations from 19th century wilderness wanderer, writer, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau suggests that “some men fish all their lives without knowing it is not really the fish they are after.” Perhaps that is...
Iceland Brown Trout – A Place Out Of Time
The situation in Iceleand reminded me of an existentialist stage play, like Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Being lost in the fog, with its sensory and sound-deadening effects...was akin to having wandered into the off-stage of life. Iceland it...
Belgian Squirrel – Guide to Cooking Game
Belgian Squirrel Ingredients (Serves 6): 1/2 cup unsalted butter 3 large squirrels 9Skinned, cleaned and de-boned; use hind legs and meaty back; cut into serving pieces) 2 white onions, peeled and sliced 3 tablespoons white vinegar 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme Salt...
From One Hunter To Another
I could go on and on; the bill of laden is interminable . . . all the things that can displace or render to anguish a joyful day of hunting or fishing. But it's quibbling over pocket money. Folks who've lived past yesterday will tell you life is unpredictable. But I...
Henry Repeating Arms Maintains Continued Growth
Through Products and Customer Service Henry Repeating Arms Continues To Grow. SPONSORED CONTENT When it comes to American firearms manufacturers, Henry Repeating Arms may offer the most extensive and eye-catching firearms line of any manufacturer. This is great news...
Important Points In Wine Cookery
Here are a few important notes to keep in mind for wine cookery: Wine is affected by unfavorable conditions, by changes of temperature. It languishes, it sometimes recovers. When it has reached its allotted span of life, it dies. Wine is best appreciated in cookery...
Things Lost and Found – Candid Cameron
While milk cartons (Remember those? They were made of paper, har har!) once featured the faces of lost or missing folks, I know that many people who venture outdoors also lose things — lots of things. The list of things I have discovered, or pointed to so Mike could...
Chicken Stew – High Country Comfort Part 3
CHICKEN STEW Chicken soup is associated with being a bit under the weather for good reason. It’s nutritious, tasty, filling and somehow seems just the thing for when, as Grandpa Joe would have put it, “a body is ailing a bit.” Curiously, I don’t remember Grandma...
The Guides: A Collection of Untamed Stories
This book is a collection of stories from guides, outfitters, professional hunters and trappers. These stories are not about the game hunted or the fish caught. They are about everything else a sportsperson experiences in the field: the environment, the weather, the...
Grilled Duck Nachos – The Meateater Cookbook
Grilled Duck Nachos Ingredients (makes one 9x13-inch pan): Duck 2 pounds duck breasts 1 tablespoon finely ground coffee beans 2 teaspoons kosher salt 2 teaspoons packed brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon...
Colorado Anti-Hunting Measures
Colorado residents are now mystified that the state’s legislature is about to take up a controversial bill that would ban mountain lion and bobcat hunting. Not long ago, Denver could have been the literal manifestation of Ronald Reagan’s, “shining city on the hill.”...
Brays Island BBQ Swordfish
A Brays Island Winter Classic: Grilled BBQ Swordfish with Pimento Cheese Grits Heat up your winter season with a dish that is sure to start a conversation at the dinner table. There is nothing quite like a swordfish freshly caught from Atlantic waters, and enjoying it...