Ash Canyon Sanctuary RecipeIf you’ve never been to Ash Canyon, or SE AZ, and you like birds, what are you waiting for? It has long been regarded as a birder’s paradise, but here are some …
Hunting & Fishing
Roadkill Barney
It’s springtime in the Rockies, and that means the days are getting warmer and the grass by the side of the road is getting green. A sad result of this spring awakening is that deer …
How to Clean Pheasant
I am actually just going to link to a good description from the Kansas Department of Wildlife site, but I did clean a pheasant for the first time last week, by myself, with no idea …
Deer Hunter
Annie’s first deer hunt, October 2007 Let me start by saying I have been traipsing around the woods of Colorado, Elk hunting for 6 years now. I DO NOT have one in the bag. I …
Annie 2, Barney 1
Sept. 1, 2009, Grouse hunting, Lenado. Barney and I went hunting in Lenado. (Few things for the audience – I am a much newer person to the ol’ hunting game than my husband. When I …
Grouse Hunting: A Walk in the Woods with a Gun
I know, there’s a reason they call it hunting and fishing, as opposed to killing and catching. And I certainly wouldn’t expect to come home with my limit every day. But sometimes I feel like …
It Can Be a Grind: How to Grind Your Own Wild Game
A lot of people take their animals down to a local meat processor, if not for the whole animal, at least for grinding the scraps and less tender pieces of meat, and for making sausage …
Hunter Safety 101: Is that Gun Loaded?
I’m a 40-something woman and I grew up in the South and yet somehow until last week I had never fired a gun before. I strangely had several friends who also expressed interest in taking …
Aw, shoot!
Sometimes they get away. It is definitely easier to be a catchatarian in Colorado than it would be in, say, New York City or San Francisco. But as the days start getting shorter, and the …