Venison

Hunt and Gather: Venison Roast and Wineberry Cobbler

Jan 26, 2015 Bruce and Elaine Ingram

“There are white oak acorns all over the woodlot up the hill,” the landowner said when I arrived for a scouting session a week before Virginia’s Urban Archery Antlerless Season began. “That’s where I want you…

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Hunt and Gather: Fix-Ahead Venison Cube Steak and Grimes Golden Applesauce

Jan 14, 2015 Bruce and Elaine Ingram

It was the weekend before the first Saturday of October, the traditional opening of Virginia’s archery season, and a friend and I had been searching my Potts Mountain land in Craig County for a stand site….

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Deer Tongue for Dinner

Dec 30, 2014 Bruce Ingram

About a dozen years ago, I began to feel guilty about leaving gut piles behind in the woods after field dressing a whitetail. I was uncomfortable knowing my wife Elaine and I might be wasting…

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Hunt and Gather: Venison Pastitsio and Crabapple Nut Bread

Jul 28, 2014 Bruce and Elaine Ingram

For a fortnight last October, the most exciting pattern I experienced involved a steady stream of deer coming to scarf up fruit under a pear tree. Setting up nearby, I ended up killing two fine does…

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Hunt and Gather: Baked Venison Burgers & Wild Blackberry Pie

Apr 25, 2014 Bruce and Elaine Ingram

While my wife Elaine and I were preparing this venison themed dinner, we thought of all the ways Quality Deer Management influenced how the entrée and dessert arrived on our table. I killed the doe, from…

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Deer Heart on the Menu

Dec 10, 2013 Bruce Ingram

As someone who depends on venison for all my wife Elaine’s and my red meat needs for the year, and who tries to annually kill 10 whitetails to fulfill those needs, I regard the consumption…

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