By Hal Herring

The Conservation Hawks is a new group dedicated to harnessing the power of sportsmen to address climate change. Stop. Before you give in to anger, or to the “conservation fatigue” that can fall upon us like a giant wet carpet whenever climate change is mentioned, consider this: If you can convince Conservation Hawks chairman Todd Tanner that he’s wasting his time, that he does not have to worry about climate change, he will present to you his most prized possession: A Beretta Silver Pigeon 12 gauge over/under that was a gift from his wife, and has been a faithful companion on many a Montana bird hunt. I know the gun, and I’ve hunted and fished with Todd for years. He’s not kidding. You convince him, he’ll give you the gun.  [ Read Full Post ]

By Chad Love

If you've ever seen the classic horror/comedy flick "An American Werewolf in London" you know that Old Blighty is a hotbed of lycanthropic activity. With all the rending and tearing of human limbs and such, it's entirely understandable that some werewolves must be controlled to maintain public safety. But British authorities may have gone too far this time in their persecution of a poor, gentle wolfman whose only crimes are poaching rabbits and maybe skipping a few too many baths...

From this story on foxnews.com:

A "wolfman" who has been living wild in dense British woods for five years was being hunted by detectives Thursday. Police issued a photo of eccentric Wayne Morgan, 37, late Wednesday and appealed for help tracking him down amid fears he could die in the cold weather. The long-haired loner, dubbed "wolfman" because of his wild appearance, apparently has hidden deep in the forest since 2007. He survives by hunting rabbits and foraging for plants and berries.

Locals used to glimpse him through trees as they hiked or walked dogs, but he always slipped back into the shadows, shunning contact. He was last... [ Read Full Post ]

By David Draper

Last week’s Super Bowl Snack contest garnered many great recipes, both here on the Wild Chef blog and on the Field & Stream Facebook page. As good as some of them sounded, I did have to disqualify a few for not following the rules. Though beer-can chicken is always good, that entry, as well as a few others, didn’t include wild game. The ones that did presented me with a tough choice, but I had to go with Greg Buchanan’s venison heart cheese steak egg rolls. These sounded like a great way to use the heart—an underutilized piece of game meat. So Greg, drop me an e-mail with your address to fswildchef@gmail.com and I’ll get a gift box put together and send it your way.

Speaking of the heart, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and it’s time to start working on a wild-game inspired menu to prepare for your significant other. If your Valentine’s Day plans include a proposal, you could drop the hint early in the evening with my take on Italian Wedding Soup.

Italian Wedding Soup

Ingredients
Meatballs
1 lb. ground elk or other venison
1 egg, lightly beaten
¼ cup bread... [ Read Full Post ]

By Hal Herring

(Editor’s Note: The Debutante Hunters won the Shorts Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival after this post was written.)

Sometimes it seems to me that conservation in the American West is like a Rocky Mountain river, wild with snowmelt, tumultuous and dramatic, with some new, obvious, challenge every second. But Southern hunting and fishing, and the conservationist ethic they spawn, seem more like a southern river, broad and slow and deep, shadowed with history and tradition.
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