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Make the most of the harvest with wild game recipes, cooking tips, and field-to-table inspiration.

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Tailgate Turkey and Beer-Braised Nopales

A turkey hunting road trip from Texas to New Mexico ends with a campfire meal of fresh turkey and foraged cactus pads.

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In-Depth Wild Game Butchering Tips

Professional butcher Sierra Jepsen reveals the tender cuts of game meat that usually end up in the grinder by mistake.

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Bone Broth

Turn your leftover game bones into a nutrient-rich broth with this simple roast-and-simmer recipe.

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Elk Ramen

This elk bone broth ramen, topped with spicy ground elk and a soft-boiled egg, makes a hearty soup.

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Sticky Sweet Whole Braised Neck

Neck is one of the most underused cuts on any game animal. Get the braise recipe that turns it into your best camp meal yet.

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Turkey Leg Adobo

Turn tough turkey legs tender with this Filipino-style adobo braise, ready in about an hour.

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Duck Bolognese

Turn tough duck legs into a rich, slow-simmered bolognese that freezes well and makes the most of a soupy-slough duck.

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Spicy Cranberry Duck Wings

Braised tender, fried crispy, tossed in a hot-sweet-tart sauce, these duck wings turn scraps into a holiday favorite.

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Green Chile Venison Queso

Roasted Hatch green chile and ground venison come together in a queso that's ready in under 40 minutes flat.

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Whole Grilled Catfish & Curried Vegetables

Whole catfish stuffed with wild sumac and grilled over coals, topped with a home-garden curry. Get the full recipe.

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Morel Mushroom Pizza

Foragers camp in British Columbia's burn scars each spring, then turn a hard-won morel harvest into a wood-fired pizza.

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The Ultimate Turkey Sausage Breakfast Sandwich

Grind your own turkey sausage, then stack it with chipotle mayo, avocado, and egg for the ultimate camp breakfast sandwich.

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How To Render Bear Fat

Spring bear season fills more than the freezer. Learn how to render bear fat into lard that makes the flakiest biscuits.

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David Halloran's Wild Turkey Smash Burger Recipe

Bacon, guac, Swiss and a pound of ground wild turkey, smashed thin on a hot griddle. Get David Halloran's full burger recipe.

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New Mexico Green Chile Stew

Red or green? A hunting buddy's Hatch Valley stew recipe settles New Mexico's favorite debate after a day chasing ibex.

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West African Peanut Elk Stew

Turn sliced elk into a rich West African-style peanut stew with tomato, ginger, and habanero, ready in one pot.

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Butt, Beak, Bang: How to Prepare & Cook Wild Duck & Goose

A duck hunter breaks down how to use the whole bird, from pan-seared breast to a stock made from roasted bones.

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Backcountry Meat Care

Keep it clean, cool, and intact: a guide's three rules for field-dressing meat that actually holds up on the pack out.

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Comfort Food

Turn cubed venison and roasted beets into a deep purple, dill-forward sausage, smoked, piled on buns, or tossed into pasta.

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No Need for a Supermarket

A Montana fire chief raises his own livestock and fills his freezer with elk, deer, and waterfowl he hunts himself.

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Preserving the Harvest: Canning Venison with Timo Rova

One teaspoon of salt, one garlic clove, no water: the simple recipe a hunter's used to can venison for decades.

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Saving Your Hide: Timo's Handmade Coffee Bags

Timo Rova turns deer hide into rainproof coffee bags, a tradition from his family's Finnish Lapland roots. Get his pattern.

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Backcountry Power Breakfast

Tired of sweet oatmeal on sheep hunts, two brothers built a vacuum-sealed breakfast to fuel a day in the mountains.

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Hawaiian Axis Burger Recipe With Mark Healey

Big wave surfer Mark Healey hunts invasive axis deer on Maui and turns the meat into burgers with charred shishito peppers.

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