Time is on your side this week, with two holidays hitting on Thursdays and giving us long weekends to relax, enjoy family and friends, go deer hunting and eat like kings for a few days. Yes, eat like kings! Huzzah! Pile on the meats and cheeses, break off the necks of bottles of ale and […]
Alabama’s stunning state capitol is built on one of the highest points in Montgomery and is nicknamed Goat Hill for, back in the day, its use as a pasture in which goats roamed. According to the Alabama Archives, Andrew Dexter, one of the founders of the town, had held on to a prime piece of property […]
If you’re a diehard deer hunter then you probably love to eat venison, too, and likely are handy in the kitchen or manning the grill. If so, you could ramp up your skills with just a few changes. Deer & Deer Hunting Editor-in-Chief Dan Schmidt offers five of his best deer tips to give you a leg […]
Every time we visit Food for Hunters we come away with something that makes our lips want to beat our face to death. Take a look at this Blueberry Shitake Venison dish! Succulent venison, prepared just perfectly, with some fresh blueberries, mushrooms, butter and cream. Holy cow. The good thing, too, is it’s easy to […]
Last autumn while hunting in Ohio with Heartland Wildlife Institute, Banks Blinds and TenPoint Crossbows, our merry crew enjoyed great meals each day prepared by chef Ty Hartman. Hartman trained as a chef after a construction work injury put him on the sidelines. He always enjoyed cooking but ramped things up to a new level […]
We’ll always have a debate among deer hunters about trophies and meat, and there’s absolutely no getting around it whatsoever. Some guys hunt old, mature bucks and have specific antler requirements that fit their personal goal. Usually, it’s a specific inch-minimum or “bigger than my last one.” Others go by the old “I don’t shoot […]
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 keep […]
Season nine of Deer & Deer Hunting TV covered a lot of ground. From discussions about whitetail behavior patterns and evolving hunting tools to an examination of Bergmann’s Rule as it pertains to deer, viewers were treated to weekly advice from the experts on how to improve their hunting strategy. The thrill of the […]
In the coming several weeks, Arkansans will acquire tons – literally – of good meat for the table. Deer season begins this weekend in Arkansas. And as sure as you mention the topic deer meat, debates will follow on how to handle it. Let’s narrow the focus. The deer has been killed and processed, properly […]