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“Try and keep your feet dry when we’re out humpin’….”
"...I want you boys to remember to change your socks wherever we stop. The Mekong will eat a grunt's feet right off his legs..." -Lt. Dan The downtime between hunting seasons is a great opportunity to take a look at your gear and assess if any of it needs replacing as...
Deer ejected for targeting
Have you seen this video? Absolutely crazy. Imagine getting blindsided by that deer. Essentially the reverse of what typically happens when we're driving and they get in front of us. Luckily for this guy the deer didn't actually lead with his head or it could have...
Creating your own “Hall of Horns”
Ha, I know they're really Whitetail "antlers" and not horns but it seemed to flow a little better. Right now they're just in my garage but someday...someday the goal is display them all, and more, proudly in a man cave or equivalent. For the longest time I kept only...
In preserving small town culture, hunters are key
If you're anything like us you appreciate the nostalgia, rich history and culture of small towns. As you know we're in Texas and small town Texas is a treasure unlike any other. There's a certain aura about them that conjures up feelings of hard work, pride, and salt...
Heart: Perhaps the most underrated yet most tasty cut
How to cookIn the past when my friends and I were cleaning our deer we had always discarded the organs along with the carcass but I asked myself, why aren't we eating some of this? So after searching for some recipies and seeing testimonials about the deer heart I...
Supplemental Water for Wildlife
Water...one of the few absolute necessities in every animal's life. They have to have it, whether you're a deer or a bird. Water is the key to life. A lot of hunters get caught up in supplemental feeding such as feeding deer protein pellets, cottonseed and other...
Corn Bandit’s Venison Meatloaf
Meatloaf. It's as American as apple pie. Kids seem to dread it while adults fall back on it as a comfort food. Either way, be it yay or nay, meatloaf is here to stay! We are often asked by our followers for new venison cooking ideas. Our standard answer is whatever...
Respect Your Trophies!
Every harvest is a trophy but it's just not financially feasible to put every harvest on the wall. Not only is the taxidermy work expensive but adding more wall space to your home isn't cheap either! All of this being said, most folks tend to put the harvests they are...
Ultimate Camera Mount and Rack Addiction Minerals – Joint Product Review
Game camera mounts and supplemental mineral both are yet another essential tool in the arsenal of any dedicated hunter. We were sent a few Ultimate Camera Mounts and some more Rack Addiction Mineral to try out so we tested them both at Rancho Bandido and they both...
Wild Hog to Table Ham – A Field to Fork Story
Feral hogs, the scourge of the Texas landscape. Feral hogs can be an infestation that inflicts many millions of dollars of damage on pasture land, farm land and water sheds across the U.S. Hogs are responsible for many a ruined deer hunt as well and can sometimes ruin...