Articles posted by "Dan Stefanich"
Baked Garlic Jumbo Perch Featured Recipe
Walleye is one of my favorite fish to eat. But I recently learned from some of the fine guides and business owners from Mercer Wisconsin that fresh Jumbo Perch is at the top of the list. I think they might be right. After a recent trip there, I was fortunate to bring home a pile [...]Read more
Wild Turkey Kill Video – A Textbook Example of Patience
It takes dedication, stealth and most of all patience to kill a wild turkey. And that’s what Jason Hobbie demonstrated recently during the 2016 Illinois spring wild turkey season. I love hunting wild turkey in Southern Illinois in the spring. But a cold snap gave the birds [...]Read more
Lightfield Sabot Slugs Featured Product
With deer season still lingering in my mind, I can’t help reflect on the gear and equipment that helped me get through yet another Illinois deer hunting season. Arguably one of the keys to helping my son and I put four deer in the freezer was our choice of slugs – Lightfield [...]Read more
Italian Venison Meatball Stuffed with Cheese Feature Recipe
This recipe is simple and deliciosio! Take your ground venison and mix in italian seasoning, garlic salt, one egg and italian breadcrumbs. Wrap the mix around a cube of mozzarella cheese, forming a meatball. Place a thin layer of olive oil in a baking pan, place the meatballs in [...]Read more
The Art of Designing a Trophy Room – Easy Tips for your Taxidermy
Outdoorsmen and women often bring the outdoors world inside by preserving their trophies through taxidermy. It’s a great way to turn a living room, den, man cave or a dedicated room into the place to keep and admire trophies. But it’s not just a place to hang dead [...]Read more
Featured Recipe Crusted Venison Loin
This might be my new favorite way to prepare my deer loins. Super simple, and the combination of spices is endless. We are simply placing a dry rub — a combination of various seasonings and spices — on a venison loin, then cooking it at a very high heat for a short period of [...]Read more
Featured Product – Endurance LER Slug Gun Scope by Hawke Optics
When I was looking for a great piece of glass to put on my son’s new Savage 20 gauge bolt action slug gun, I once again turned to my friends at Hawke Optics. I have their scopes on several of my other slug guns and they’ve been nothing short of exceptional when it comes to […]Read more
The Science of Tracking Wounded Deer – 5 Good Blood Trailing Tips
Tracking a wounded deer is more like forensic science or an exercise in CSI than it is an art form as some people think. By understanding how an animal bleeds from different wound types, you can better recognize blood trails after each shot. But in order to successfully recover [...]Read more
Feature Product – Yukon Ice Hunting Boot by LOWA
For over 4 decades, I’ve tried many different brands and styles of boots during my days afield. Some have been great, and others not so much. But I’ve come across a boot that has been outperforming them all — the Yukon Ice boot by LOWA Boots Inc. I’m hard on my [...]Read more
Stuffed Venison Brisket
Rolled brisket roasts can be prepared hundreds of ways with a variety of ingredients for stuffing. I decided I wanted to try a “meat lovers” brisket roll. I used the brisket from a young doe take I took recently — the thin, flat cut of meat is perfect to create a [...]Read more
