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,...
An unlikely life. He was an English banker who ran off to America at an early age. He nearly starved in Mexico, bunked in a California bordello. He passed himself as a cowboy, farmer, lumberjack, Yukondog-musher and gold miner. He drove an ambulance in the First War...
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...
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...
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 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...
“Many people have the basic ability to draw what they see. All children love to draw. It’s just that most lose interest in it for whatever reason. But I never did. I fell in love with art and the outdoors when I started fishing the stream by my house as a...
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...
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...
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...
