S1-E42: Are Scent Control Practices for Deer Hunting BS? | Does Scent Control Work and How

What Is Koji Aging and Does It Work?

If you keep up with the trends in culinary culture, there is a good chance you’ve come across some mention of koji-aged meat. The widespread claim is that in three days you can recreate the flavors of meat that has been dry-aged for 45 days. I wanted to challenge that statement by testing it on wild game. I took some venison backstrap and rubbed it with koji for 72 hours to determine if this aging hack lives up to the hype. In English, koji is...

Video: Does Bleeding Out Walleye Work?

How do you make a backstrap or morel taste better? Like most things that you shoot, catch, or harvest, there’s a direct link between how you care for your protein and how it tastes. Walleye, the backstrap or morel of the river, is no exception. One thing that walleye anglers disagree on is whether to bleed fish. I’ve always been in the “not to bleed” and “not to kill” camp. In the past, walleye that I threw on ice never seemed to be an...

Does a Deer Hunting Lease Make Sense for You?

I’ll start this with a point of clarity: I have spent more money than I care to remember leasing ground to hunt. I’ve leased ground in my home state of Michigan as well as in about five other states. For the most part, I don’t regret it but, at the same time, I can’t say that I was really better off for having done so. Leasing is a fickle kind of thing, in my experience. These days, I’ve learned from those experiences and have adopted a simple...