Fishing with longtime striper and hybrid guide Chip Hamilton on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell, we were primed to get our fishing strings stretched by these powerful fish. Getting three outdoor writers on the same boat, and all in accord on the singular objective of...
Keep your freshwater fish fillets flavorful and moist by using foil pouches and a sauce to protect them from overcooking or other harm. Grilling freshwater fish fillets over a fire can be tricky. A lot of the species have small fillets with lean flesh and delicate...
Spring black bear is more flavorful and tender than fall bear, and this bear ribs recipe brings out the sweetness of the delicious game meat. The taste of black bear meat is said to be similar to venison, only sweeter. Like venison, it’s a deeper red meat than...
This roasted wild boar recipe brings out the rich, savory flavors of the game meat with its tangy mustard caper sauce. As anyone who has eaten wild boar will testify, it doesn’t taste like domestic pork or “chicken.” Wild boar meat has a concentrated...
From properly seasoning and cleaning your cast iron skillet to tried-and-true recipes, this is your guide to the best cast iron cooking. “Nein! Keine seife!” Sternly blurted my grandfather. The tone of his voice surprised me so, I almost dropped the heavy, dark cast...
Squirrels had been a significant item of diet all the way back to our country’s beginning. Here are a few scrumptious squirrel recipes with “all the fixins.” One of the favorite family meals when I was a youngster was squirrel with all the fixins. That...
Kick those tried-and-true recipes up a notch! This simple game stock recipe adds powerful flavor to any kind of sauce used for game cookery. One of the most important operations in game cookery is to know how to prepare game stock, also called “Fumet”...