How to Render Bear Fat with Clay Newcomb

How to Cook With Caul Fat

When field dressing a deer, you may notice a sheer, lacy net covering the stomach. Don’t mistake this as something to be left in the gut pile. It’s a web of valuable fat that can be used to wrap around meat to impart flavor, juice and shape. Caul fat, sometimes referred to as lace fat, is a delicate, thin membrane of connective tissue with fat deposits embedded in it. This thin membrane covers the stomach in the abdominal cavity found in deer...

Ep. 144: Bear Grease Predicts the Weather, Connecting Hunting to God, and Elk Failures with Clay Newcomb and His Flashy Mules

This week on the show, Ben is joined by Bear Hunting Magazine’s Clay Newcomb on an elk hunt in the Missouri Breaks. The guys talk about their trip, the landscape, becoming a hunting craftsman, and valuing your kids. Clay extols the value of bear grease and talks about how his faith in God translates to his hunting pursuits. Enjoy.   Connect with Ben and MeatEater Ben on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop The...

How to Make Birdseed Suet with Deer Fat

Whitetail fat isn't something that you'd typically keep during the butchering process. It’s often trimmed off, tossed into the waste pile, or “left for the birds.” However, it's worth knowing that the waxy fat melts nicely and hardens up as it cools, making it perfect for a few out-of-the-ordinary applications. When I was a young fellow, my dad taught me the value of using as much of a harvest as possible, including hanging on to the fat and...