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dove hunter with shotgun and doves

Dove Hunting: Tips, Tricks, and Recipes

Whether you’re hitting the fields for dove season right now or trying to decide if you want to add a hunting season to your whitetail habit, we’re here to help.

Simple Gourmet: Fried Elk Heart

My kids love heart, and they talk about eating it all year. It’s too bad elk (or deer, or bears) only have one. Fried elk heart is a great way to enjoy it.

Simple Gourmet: Venison Sausage French Toast Bake

Venison sausage, fluffy eggs, and toasty bread: It’s a match made in heaven. My kids eat this up, and my wife loves it, too.

Man and boy holding three large trout by the mouths.

Simple Gourmet: Canning Smoked Trout

When you bring home a bunch of fish, canning smoked trout is a great storage option.

Simple Gourmet: Morel Mushrooms & Bear Backstrap

I don’t love cooked mushrooms. Having said that, I love cooked morels. I’ll show you how I drizzle morel mushrooms over bear backstraps. Morels make you look like a great cook.

Recipe - Simple Gourmet: Spiced Braised Marmot (Or Other Small Game)

Recipe – Simple Gourmet: Spiced Braised Marmot (Or Other Small Game)

This spiced vinegar marinade will tenderize small game. After braising, even Rock Chucks are a tasty meat.

Close up of Scotch eggs, one cut open on a plate.

Simple Gourmet: Deer Sausage Scotch Eggs

Scotch eggs are like a complete breakfast in a compact bundle. They are pub food in Britain, but I could eat them for any meal — serve them mustard, ranch sauce, or maybe maple syrup at breakfast. The best part is that they are simple to make and they put your wild game sausage to good use.

Finished soup in a bowl with noodles and meat.

Simple Gourmet: Szechuan-Style Noodles with Bear

The GunsAmerica team had a dish like this at SHOT: It was delicious. The soup broth is full of flavor from several spices, and the braised meat is tender and tasty. We had it with beef, which was mostly fat, and the whole time I was dreaming of eating it with bear meat.

Simple Gourmet: Badger Potstickers

Simple Gourmet: Badger Potstickers & A Fun Hunt

I know what you’re thinking: “Badger Potstickers?!” But don’t worry, they’re easy to make. The hard part is hunting the badger.

3-November-How to Cut the Humble Hindquarter

Cutting the Humble Hindquarter

The hind quarter is easily broken down into some really nice and extremely underrated pieces of meat.