With the uncertainty of processed foods lately, there seems to be more interest in the process of canning, or as we call it, bottling. This is a great way to tame those tough cuts of venison to be used later for chili, stew or sandwiches. Bottling meat is a fairly simple process, if [...]
"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." -Ernest Hemingway I'm sitting in our den next to the wood stove in what my wife, Valerie, and I fondly refer to as a "heat coma." The snow and bitter cold has me [...]
The morning started out much like the first few of our eight day elk hunt high in Idaho's back country. My partner Dave Stanley and I got up well before dawn, had breakfast, and then made plans for the day. We decided to hunt a long ridge about a mile west of camp [...]
Like most big hunts made by folks of limited means, the one I did for caribou in 2017 started with a whole lot of procrastination. One is always finding excuses to put off a dream hunt—money, family, work, hair appointments—the list goes on and on. However, after I returned from my 2015 Alberta [...]
Seeing women in a hunting camp these days is not at all uncommon. It happens so regularly, in fact, that their male counterparts simply accept the female member of the party as just “one of the guys”. Indeed, bowhunting is one of our truly gender-neutral sports. One might assume this is the result [...]
Are you a gutless hunter? There are pros and cons to gutless field dressing of your game. This video from Elk101.com is a good tutorial for how to field dress an animal without gutting it. DISCLAIMER: Check your own state's regulations as some states have specific requirements for removing meat from [...]
Yana Robertson is Pure Venatic! It's not a matter of "getting" ready, but living a lifestyle where you are always ready for hunting. Sound like any traditional bowhunters that you know? We don't just hunt in the fall, we live the traditional life year 'round. P.S. Watch for our cameo appearance. [...]
This article is reprinted from the Oct/Nov 2018 issue, Skin a Cat column. Tell us your favorite hunting arrow in the poll and the end of the article. Wood Although no one knows exactly how long bows and arrows have been part of human culture, their use as weapons and hunting tools has [...]
It was the last hour of our last hunting day. My brother and I were on our way home, and feeling defeated. Here we were, in the forests of our home country of Spain, during the peak of the rut for red and fallow deer, and it looked as if we were going [...]
Well, here's a topic that affects everyone, but nobody likes to talk about. There is a right way to poop in the woods! (Stop snickering.) You might think everyone already knows this, but I'm guessing that's not true. Be a good steward of the land, and keep the backcountry safe and [...]
