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I spent Friday evening and most of the day Saturday grinding, mixing, and stuffing four varieties of sausages (over 30 lbs worth). Flavors include venison/bacon bratwurst, Tom's venison/pork sausage, venison/pork chorizo, and pheasant/goose/duck hunter-style sausage. I like the bratwurst the...

A friend and I left the day after Thanksgiving for Wyoming for a doe/fawn hunt. We drove straight through, dealing with some dicey road and weather conditions, but as the week went on, it got nicer and nicer. Our plan was to hunt public lands and see if we could fill 3 tags, or more if there was...

Filet mignon of elk, seared in a very hot pan, with butter, olive oil, salt, fresh cracked pepper, smashed garlic, and a sprig of rosemary from the bush out front, and finished rare in a hot oven. Served alongside red potato hash with white onions and green bell peppers. Super fast, and super good!

Earlier this year, a friend and I put in for a cow elk hunt in Arizona. He drew, I didn't. I went along anyway in order to learn the ropes. I've never hunted elk before. My friend did last years, but was unable to close the deal on some massive elk. We left VERY early Friday morning, dragging a...

Many years ago, a friend asked me if I would take him hunting. I readily agreed, and told him to take his hunter safety course and buy a license. Years passed, and he didn't say anything more about it. But then a few years ago, he brought it up again, and finally got his license. So in 2013, we...

Take a look at these pictures. What do you see? Look closely. I know what I WANT to see, but I don't want to bias things by saying it outright.

On Labor Day, I was lazy and slept in. I got up to the mountains at about 2:00, and decided to check out one of my stand-by spots. The game trails looked pretty good, so I sat down and waited. Thunder rumbled, and after a while, it started raining on me. But I stayed, because it was still warm...

25 years ago, my uncle, my aunt, my dad, 2 of my brothers, and I backpacked 13 miles in to Rae Lake in the Western Sierras (not to be confused with Rae Lakes on the East side). Back then, the lake had decent brook trout fishing. We also hit Lower and Upper Indian Lakes, which had more fish, but...

I have an old Howa that I picked up last year as a project gun, and I'm finally getting around to building it. I don't have everything planned out yet, but parts are starting to arrive. Here are the specs so far: Action: Howa 1500 Long Action (have it) Barrel: Bartlein stainless, #3 contour...

Went to wister Saturday with a couple buddies. I got 3 teal, a pintail, and a Canada goose. At the time I left, my buddies each had 4, mostly teal, but also a wigeon and a spoonie. Last weekend, my buddy and I scored a limit apiece, mostly teal and spoons, a couple pintail, and a ruddy...

Any of you get "randomly chosen" to participate in the DFG poll on deer management? Questions like "how satisfied are you with deer hunting in CA?", "would you support some zones being merged to create larger zones?", etc. I found some of the questions to be vague or stupid: "what do you...

Hey guys, A buddy and I are heading to Southeastern AZ after Christmas to hunt Mearns' Quail. I've never been before, so I'm looking for any information you guys might have on the subject. The info I've gathered so far indicates that they thrive after healthy summer monsoons, and that they like...

Last year, I bought two cheapo trail cameras from Wally World. I went super cheap because I hunt public land, and don't want to worry about losing them. At least, not too much! I'm trying to help a friend who is new to hunting. Last year, we didn't see any deer (except some eyes in the dark)...

Wow, what a dinner! I wanted to try something new. Here's the recipe: 1/2 lb bacon 1/2 lb Whitetail doe backstraps, sliced into medallions 1/2" thick 1 lg portabella mushroom, sliced in 1/2" strips 1 med red onion, finely chopped 3 cloves of garlic, finely sliced or minced Garlic salt Freshly...

Think Orange Chicken, but with pheasant instead of chicken. MMMMMmmmmmmmm..... No pictures (I know, pics or it didn't happen). This is the recipe I used, substituting pheasant breasts for chicken, served with steamed rice: http://www.food.com/recipe/orange-chicken-354466 Easy to cook, unless...

Ok, small game hunters, here's your quiz question of the day: What are the legal methods of take when hunting rabbits? Instead of looking it up first, then posting, how about posting what you THINK they are, then look it up, and edit your post with what you learned (or confirmed)!

This thread will suck without pics, and I apologize, but I don't have any. On Saturday, the San Diego Sporting Dog Club, along with a few volunteers from other clubs and friends in the area, had the privilege to provide dogs, handlers, and bird planters for the latest DFG(w) Heritage junior and...

I don't have any photos (yet), but Saturday was a day of firsts: First time in my life that I've ever hunted dove, pheasant, deer, and turkey all in the same day. Maybe the first time I've ever shot a limit of dove (I know, that's pathetic for a growed man, but I haven't truly tried all that...

Sorry, no pics- but last night my brother and I prepared venado asado (think carne asada, but made of venison- Wyoming mule deer doe- instead of beef) and Spanish rice. Marinated for 24 hours in orange juice, lime juice, lemon juice, Guinness, salt, pepper, garlic powder, cumin, cilantro, and 1...

Someone just had to go and use some off-color language, and now it looks like the good admins around here have had to kick in the anti-profanity programming. Now we can't use the words pass, bass, grass, class, crass, lass, sass, mass, Massachussets, etc. Took me a few minutes to figure out...