Enjoying great meals of venison you’ve hunted and brought home involves more than a good recipe because without proper care, you can have a pile of meat that may not taste worth a flip. “Venison Wisdom Cookbook” is a compilation of great recipes by Tracy Schmidt that are easy to prepare, delicious and will...
You’re the best bleater out there. In the words of Christian Bale, “Good for you!” But your seductive bleat calls are worthless if a deer can spot you hanging out in the tree or down in the brush pile. All hunters have to stay hidden from a species that is accustomed to watching for...
The kids’ eyes looked like they would bug out of their happy faces. Oohs and ahhhs permeated the 4th grade classroom and the boys and girls were clearly gaga with fascinated excitement. I hauled the giant buffalo head around the room as I told thrilling stories of wild Indians on horseback with their bows...
This venison chili is one of our all-time favorites and we thought now, with a little snow falling up north and cooler temps down south, would be a great time to see it again. This chili recipe looks so good you’ll be cryin’ if you don’t have any venison left in the freezer to...
For more than 50 years I have been doing everything in my power to turn people on to the ultimate quality protein and sustenance known to man – VENISON! In each and every case, I have succeeded in educating non-hunters and even anti-hunters, and even animal rights freaks to this inescapable reality. In many instances...
By the end of October bucks’ and does’ hormone levels have peaked. Combine this with the fact that a full moon hung in the sky on October 18 and you have the ingredients in place for the rut to begin. But don’t be fooled into thinking the rut is about to go hot-to-trot. That...
Jim Bianchi, a Deer & Deer Hunting reader from Rochester, N.Y., wrote in to ask a few hunting-related questions after reading Steve Bartylla’s story about scent control in the October issue of D&DH. They were good questions, so we thought we’d pass along Bartylla’s answers. Getting the straight dope right from the source always...
If you were to look in Jesse Hurley’s hunting closet you’d find the normal stuff like bows, tree stands, or trail cameras. What you might not expect to find would be a rake and leaf-blower, too. By Dan Durbin Hurley has filled a lot of tags, eight of them burned on bucks that bested...
It’s time to break out the CanCooker or fire up the smoker for some slow-cooked venison, then turn that delicious meat into a fiesta! One of the most fun things about hunting season is being in the kitchen with venison and trying some new dishes. Or, using the venison to give an old standby...
I love the guys that tell me scent has no affect on their game. Let’s keep this simple: We are predators to deer – so go into the woods as scent-free as possible. The smell of deer hunting and dating a woman I usually encourage you to think like the game you’re hunting… but...
