Monthly Archives: December 2009

Not many foods can thaw a cold winter chill like a hot hearty stew made from meat with an animal you have taken. This is how I built my last batch of elk stew, courtesy of an animal taken this October in Colorado with the Burris company.

In a large slow cooker, add the ingredients in the following order:

A few carrots cut into one inch pieces, or baby carrots.

A few ribs of celery in one inch pieces

Several red potatoes cut into one inch chunks

A few parsnips cut into one inch chunks (this

A week or so after I fell coming down a mountain on my last elk hunt I discovered I buggered my knee. Wasn’t getting better, so I had to see someone. I filled out the form at the doctor’s office, and in the paperwork under the explanation of how the injury happened, I put “fell while hiking.” When I finally saw the doctor and he asked me exactly what happened, I said “fell while hunting” instead of “fell while hiking.” He looked at me strangely and said, “Hunting, huh? Did you kill anything?” I thought, oh, crap. Here