One of the updated models is the Upland Ultralight All-Terrain, which I’ve been using in 20 gauge. It’s lightweight, it’s beautifully constructed, and it comes up on-target every time game flushes. Read on for a close look at all the features as well as a few things that could be better.

If your kids are like my kids, then they love eating drumsticks from all the game birds I bring home. Well, this recipe is for drumsticks from big game animals.

This is a great dish for a cold Sunday in January. It’s rich and creamy with spices for the season. Prep it in the morning, pop in the oven and go to church or take the dog for a walk in the woods and it’ll be ready when you get home.

Once you enjoy breakfast with your own links and a delicious sandwich at work made with your own salami, you’ll be shopping for a grinder and looking for more meats to grind in no time.

These are some of the tools I found myself reaching for again and again this season. Use these to ignite your imagination for your own list or to shop for the hunters in your life.

It’s too bad that the waterproofing on the leather and nylon outside your boot wears off so quickly. This is the waterproofing that you need to renew to keep your feet dry.

If your season is going like mine, then you’re up to your elbows in meat processing. I was fortunate to kill a mule deer doe late in the archery season and I just killed my first elk, a cow, last week. In less than three weeks my freezer is overflowing.

This recipe is perfect for meat that is less tender or coarse. Velveting the meat with the marinade is the first step, and it’s one way restaurants make thin-sliced meat feel tender and smooth in your mouth.

When I take my grandkids hunting, I expect they’ll inherit from me a gun and a cast iron skillet. I’ll teach them to kill and cook all in the same trip.