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My life is governed by the near-constant need to process, butcher and store the fish and game we bring home. This is the Imperative of Protein, and while it is indeed hard work, I would not choose to live any other way.
Ducks and Geese
Diver ducks have a reputation as smelly, fishy tasting birds. Sometimes that's true. But as I found out last week, even a clam-eating, saltwater duck can be magnificent at the table. Believe me, I am as shocked to write this as you are to hear it.
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I've seen a lot of hunters "breast out" a lot of birds this hunting season, leaving the legs and wings for the coyotes - or even just tossing them in the trash. It pains me to see this. It's my hope, in my own small way, to convince those hunters who do that to change their minds.
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I tend to be a home body when it comes to hunting ducks. California's duck hunting is just so good, I rarely see a reason to leave. But when I got an invite to hunt the Great Salt Lake I had to take it -- and it did not disappoint.
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Something about squirrel hunting touches me deeply. Moreso than anything else, hunting squirrels in the Eastern forests takes me back to childhood, to the woods that were my home when as a boy. I miss those days of exploration, but they all came flooding back recently in one epic day in Ohio.
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Sometimes a hunt is more than a hunt. Sometimes it is a window into the dark reaches of this world, and the next. I came away from my Wyoming antelope hunt with a vision of courage -- not by me or by any of my companions, but of the animals we pursued.
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Catfish swim through a murky stream of race, class and regional rivalry. No other fish in North America defines where you stand in this world quite so much as the catfish. Eating one can border on being a political act.
How-To (DIY stuff)
I've been spending long days by myself, combing the piney woods of the High Sierra, looking for Mr. Brown, the spring porcini mushroom. I am happy to say I've found him.
Fish
Fishing for striped bass means far more to me than merely chasing my dinner. Stripers have become a marker for the key moments in my life.
How-To (DIY stuff)
I have dug clams my whole life. But nothing prepared me for the thrill of clamming for Pacific horseneck and butter clams. This wasn't foraging, this was hunting. And I love it.
Wild Game
For the first time in years, I've shot a wild hog. That I am able to say that is a sign that karma comes back to you, if you have faith and persistence.
Fish
After half a decade of sporadic search, I have finally caught myself a legal sturgeon. It is not my first. That first fish showed me why sturgeon are so sought after. This one showed me humility.
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