Food & Cooking

Venison tenderloin: it’s what’s for dinner. While many hunters enjoy processing their meat into jerky, we immediately turn to the tenderloin (one of the most tender cuts of meat) to celebrate a successful hunt (and holidays, too, I guess). The perfect venison recipe varies by household, but these six are an excellent sampling of what we’ll

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This isn’t just the best thing since sliced bread. It’s even better than sliced bread. You can make enough of this amazing bacon jam on your stovetop or in your slow cooker to be happy for a very long time. If you’re using a slow-cooker, all you need is: 1.5 pounds of bacon, 2 medium onions

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Well-known wild game chef Hank Shaw butchers and prepares an Arizona javelina in a delicious, chunky Mexican stew. There are two kinds of pozole, or Mexican stew: red and green. Hank Shaw says the green (verde) pozole goes best with lighter-colored meats like javelina or pork. First, Shaw shows you how to slice up a

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It’s just like what you remember as a child, only a little more grown up.  Recently, my two-year-old son realized how much he loves sloppy joes. Because of this, we’ve been eating more sloppy joes than we care to eat. It’s fair to say my kid has definitely developed a taste for venison, too. So

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Learn how to make delicious sandhill crane smoked bacon with a two-time Dove Cookoff World Champion. In many areas of the country, sandhill cranes are an unusual game bird. A lot of folks have never hunted them, and you can bet a lot have never dined on them, either. Here’s a recipe for sandhill crane

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Mule deer spaghetti? Yes, please!  There are few recipes more common in the wild-game cook’s kitchen than a good venison spaghetti. A big reason for this is that the recipe is normally pretty simple. Just go get some cans of tomato sauce, your choice of meat, maybe some veggies and some noodles, and you’re in business.

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Casey Lavere maintains that if you didn’t tell ten people that they were eating mountain lion, nine or ten of them would confidently assume that they were eating pork. Here is Lavere’s easy and simple recipe for cougar schnitzel (or chicken fried mountain lion). Last year Casey Lavere of the HUSHIN crew bagged a mountain

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In the mood for some fresh and unique wild boar recipes? Wild boar gets a bad rap, and not just due to their destructive nature. If folks aren’t concerned about the toughness, they’re quick to notice that the taste (which is much like pork) can come with a touch of gaminess. We’d also like to

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