Try these three fantastic Dutch oven venison recipes for campfire cooking

Venison and Dutch ovens go together like peas and carrots. These recipes are delicious, easy to prepare and virtually foolproof. And, they’re delicious!   by Leon Pantenburg Cooking venison outdoors in a Dutch oven just seems so natural. After all, you’re celebrating a successful wild game harvest in the great outdoors, and what’s not to …

10 reasons your venison tastes “gamey” (and what you can do about it)

Don’t like venison? It tastes gamey? Solve these problems and enjoy the feast. by Leon Pantenburg My kids were raised on wild fish and game meat. So imagine my surprise when my daughter Mary came home after her first semester at college and announced she was now a vegetarian. The reason for the diet change, …

Venison recipe |Try Bob’s Minnesota Venison Jerky for a tasty, quick energy snack

I hear from my hunting buddies after successful hunts, and we swap recipes, stories and lies. Here’s a jerky recipe from a successful Minnesota hunter. by Bob Patterson Bob and I were  college roommates at Iowa State University, and have done many, many camping, backpacking, climbing, canoeing and hunting trips together. Bob retired after a …

How to make bone broth for healthy – and delicious – soups and stews

Every wonder what secret ingredient was in your grandmother’s chicken soup that made it so tasty? And why did that soup seem to cure coughs, runny noses, sniffles and cold-related maladies? Well, the broth may have had something to do with that. by Leon Pantenburg The best way to show respect for a harvested animal, …