Hillbilly Heaven

My Favorite Recipe from MeatEater Season 10

“I ain’t eatin’ no raccoon!” you say. Trust me, you could cook your neighbor’s house cat with this recipe and no one would know the difference. After an hour in a pressure cooker, just about any critter turns into tender, fall-off-the-bone meat that can be shredded, topped with BBQ sauce, and turned into sandwiches. I’ve used this same simple recipe on elk shanks and mule deer necks. Meat that is smothered in BBQ sauce is hard to distinguish from...

Clay Newcomb's 8 Best Squirrel Hunting Tips

In Episode 5 of MeatEater Season 10, Steve, Janis, and Clay load up the mules and dogs for an Arkansas squirrel hunt. Here are some of Clay’s best tips and tricks to get squirrels from the woods, skinned, and into the crockpot, preferably served with dumplings. Find the Food, Find the Squirrels Clay typically breaks out the squirrel dogs in December and hunts through February. Tree squirrels don’t hibernate, so they’re active all winter. In order...