Deer Hunting = Locally grown, free range, hormone and antibiotic free meat.
The Instant Pot was invented for cooking venison. Well, maybe that wasn’t the first thing it was intended to cook, but damn does it do a good job turning tough cuts of meat into melt in your mouth morsels. When cooking with the Instant Pot, you can pretty much follow all the same traditional cooking … Continue reading “Easy Instant Pot Venison Chili”
Over the years, there has been a gradual shift in the way I process my deer as I get it in the freezer. In the beginning, we made sausage out of everything except the loins and tenderloins. And we did it all in one session. With a manual meat grinder. Never. Again. Lessons learned: Grinding … Continue reading “A Meat Grinder For Hunters”
The first deer I ever killed was an incredible learning experience. I was hunting with my father-in-law, who hadn’t hunted since he was a kid. Neither of us had any real experience gutting a deer. I read everything I could find on how to field dress a deer. I managed well enough, but where I … Continue reading “Let a Hitch Hoist do the heavy lifting on your deer”
Cooking on cast iron brings to mind nostalgic images of cowboys cooking over an open fire, stars shining, someone strumming a few guitar chords as the day winds to an end… Ok, hold on. I never ONCE saw anyone try to clean one of those pans in those old westerns I saw as a kid! … Continue reading “Cooking with Cast Iron Pans”
A meat/food slicer is one of those tools that can be hard to justify purchasing. If you are just starting out hunting, there are way more important things you should be spending your money on, namely the gear you will be using in the field. But after a few years, your gear needs tend to … Continue reading “Use a food slicer to expand your venison options”
When working with wild game, a common technique to “enhance” or “adjust” the flavor is to brine it. This is actually true with a lot of commercial meat as well, it just happens before you see it. For the most part, brining is soaking meat in a salt water/seasoning mixture for some time period. For … Continue reading “Brining Venison – Add flavor and tenderize in one step.”
When I started hunting, I read tons of books and magazines about hunting. As I refined my tactics over the years, and settled into my own hunting property, I became much less interested in how to hunt deer, and more focused on what to do with deer after I’m lucky enough to harvest one. One … Continue reading “Book Review: Making The Most of Your Deer”
When it comes to deer hunting, there are probably a few billion books out there on how to do it. When it comes to wild game recipes/cooking venison, the numbers are up there too. When it comes to butchering a deer, there are maybe five. Maybe I exaggerate a little, but you get my drift. … Continue reading “Book Review: Gut It. Cut It. Cook It. The Deer Hunter’s Guide to Processing & Preparing Venison”
I don’t watch hunting shows. Most of today’s shows are made purely for entertainment. I don’t hunt to be entertained. I hunt to eat (please don’t sue me Janis). So when one of my buddies told me about this show called “Meat Eater” with Steven Rinella, I was like, ok, whatever. Then he would pester … Continue reading “Book Review: Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter”