~Enjoy this guest blog from avid sportsman Brandon Bartosh.~ “My dinner is still in the woods.” ~Author Unknown Last night we ate the most amazing meatloaf, and it was elk. While this may not seem a big deal, having an epiphany for dessert was. Let me explain. I am from South Texas, and in South […]
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Another Shed Hunting Adventure
“I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” ~ Joseph Campbell One thing I have learned over the past year is hunting can very quickly evolve from a leisure activity to work. It starts with receiving a tag. There is […]
Mama Mia: Elk Steak Pizza!
“I think of dieting, then I eat pizza.” ~ Lara Stone I have heard many times that people dislike the “gamey” taste of elk or deer. I will admit I found deer and elk to be “gamey” when I first started working with, but as I have eaten it more that taste is somehow gone. […]
The Most Important Meal of the Day: A Dutch Oven Breakfast
“What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?” – Anthony Bourdain Guess what kind of shoes I have on today? Sandals! It has been an unseasonably warm winter here in southeastern Utah, and spring has arrived much earlier than past years. I looked up the average temperature for our area in […]
A Perfect Combination: Parmesan and Horseradish Crusted Elk
“My favorite animal to hunt is probably elk. There’s nothing like the sound of a bugling bull splitting the cold air at first light. And that smell is unmistakable. Once you experience their musk in the wild there’s no going back! A close second would be a varmint hunt.” – Chris Pratt If I could […]
Adventure Four: Pheasant Hunting
“No, I’m not a good shot, but I shoot often.” – Teddy Roosevelt Pheasant hunting had pretty much become a hunt of the past in Utah until two years ago. Most of the areas I remember my dad hunting when I was little have not had pheasants for several years. This has been a problem […]