For years our Editor-in-Chief, Larry, has told me I needed shooting sticks to have a better chance at shooting an animal. Yes, I understood the practice of shooting sticks, and approved of the overall concept, but the homemade ones seemed…
Tenderloin goes ridiculously fast at my house. We usually eat the venison tenderloin and heart right after the hunt. If you’ve never had heart before, you’re in for a treat. This is a thick muscle that yields some very high…
Stroganoff is a comfort food around my house. Oddly enough, I never seem to make it nearly enough, probably because we seldom have sour cream and mushrooms at the same time in the refrigerator. The other day I made a…
The latest hipster craze has an ironic and unexpected twist, according to the Wall Street Journal. In pursuit of ever purer and exclusive organic, sustainable foods, uber-cool urbanites have discovered hunting. Hunters have always known they eat better than the…
Crossbows. How can something so simple generate so much controversy? Crossbows are, at present, displacing standard bows, whether recurve or compound, from the market. In other words, more hunters are buying crossbows than standard bows each year. Many crossbow buyers…
Every hunter needs a good rimfire rifle. They are excellent for inexpensive training and hunting, but which cartridges and loads are best? Until 1960, when Winchester introduced the .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, the question had three simple answers. .22 Short,…
Having a quick and easy meal with venison is important. My Country Venison recipe is a surefire hit that is also very fast to make. Use round or backstrap in this recipe and you can’t go wrong. You’ll enjoy this…