Stories

Autumn in particular is a great time of year to discover Calvatia Gigantea, the Giant Puffball Mushroom. Temperate Forests the world over are home to over 1,300 puffball species. Fields and deciduous forests are a great place to start your search and any edible Puffball mushroom can be used.

In a word, it was a disaster. But you know what. We still broke bread with family and friends around a table. We laughed, we ate, we drank a few fingers of damn good whiskey, and to this day we all tell the story of year one haggis.

...the spoon remains to this day, the only lure you can successfully catch any target species, and in the widest variety of techniques: Troll, Cast, Pop, Pitch, Jig, or Flip. The spoon can do it all.

Yes, holding in farts can mean really F-ing bad, stinky and embarrassing breath. And if there’s one thing worse than kissing a ashtray, its going lip to lip with someone with Sloth breathe.

Now there are many Shepherd's Pie recipes. I find most of these recipes time consuming and requiring a lot of preparation and ingredients. This one is a favorite of mine because you have the ingredients easily, it’s fast, and even the littles enjoy it. An added bonus is you can actually make it during a busy work week.

So, wouldn’t it be nice if there was an alternative product? A product made in smaller quantities and in isolation of the ‘cheaper is better’ mindset. A product forged and durable, yet lightweight and nano-coated (i.e. water repellent and rust-resistant). A product tough enough to land a +40lb Salmon without straightening out and sharp enough out of the package to not need any hand-filing. What if I told you there was such a hook that could do all of this and much more. That this hook has never before been used in a trolling spoon application…That is, until now...  the hooks that we use on our lures are not inexpensive and they are not cheap, but they are the first, last, and only hook you’ll ever want on your lures.

When I asked her for the recipe she sent me a list of ingredients. No measurements. When asked about this she simply said, “I never measured, I just added until it looked good."

A 120-130lb animal (20% of the live weight is comprised of mostly stomach, intestines, and a bit of blood) will field dress down to about +/- 100lbs . If you’re prepared to harvest the internal organs (heart, lungs, liver, kidney) then you’re talking 45lbs of meat and 55lbs of hide, bone, brain, and other tissue: What can be consumed breaks down as follows: 45lbs of pure, lean, red meat: 6-8lbs of organ meat; +/- 20lbs of steak; and 18-20lbs of ground meat.

Chili is the ultimate cold weather comfort food. The best part about chili is the ability to prepare a large batch ahead of time and freeze it. A large container of chili comes with us in our cooler for our week long adventure in the mini cabin. A staple that can warmed over a portable stove. This hunting camp delicacy can then be poured in a bread bowl. A warm, hearty treat, after a night in the woods with those you care about. Stories told around the table of our success and near misses. Moments like these make me wonder if it is the time with others that warm me or the chili.

This recipe can be used with any kind of fish. You can also use a variety of typing's. We often have bluegill and crappie fillets in our freezer so those are my go to for fish tacos.

There’s an indescribable satisfaction that comes from designing and building your own lure, taking that lure out, fishing it, and catching fish with a lure you built.

Venison burgers are dense, rich, and creamy. They're filling, not fatty. Ground venison is a lean, high protein meat. Many would argue that you need to add fat to the ground venison. Personally, I think this changes the health benefits and the taste. In order to help these burgers stay together, bread crumbs and egg are added.