NOTE: This is a post about elk hunting, and how we got our freezer full of YUM-O elk meat (which was not connected to the hunt, BTW…), and has photos of all that entailed. Remember that the meat you eat was once a live (and often beautiful) creature, and that Read more…
Ever since my husband and I returned from our Road Trip across the USA and Canada to Moose Hunt in British Columbia in 2013 (about which I blogged extensively: https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2013/12/oh-canada-british-columbia-moose-madness.html is the post about my getting us our moose), we have been talking and dreaming about doing an elk hunt! Read more…
BEST. BURGER. EVER: Chef Dan’s Moose Burger!From Elisse’s moose! 🙂 I truly can’t even Begin to describe HOW good these are! Seared on the outside, rare in the middle… So simple and SO good! IMHO, this TRULY belongs on the list of Great Burgers of the World! Moose courtesy our Foodie Read more…
Day 8: Moose Packin’… Out As my few intrepid blog readers know, Dan and recently I went moose hunting in British Columbia, Canada, and the preceding post was about me learning to hunt and, finally, getting a moose. J The morning after I got the moose, Joe, our Hunting Guide, whom we’d Read more…
Note: This is a post about moose hunting for meat, and about how I learned to hunt. I did shoot a moose (and am eating a delicious Chef Dan moose burger as I write this), and there are photos below of me and the moose, and the photos I took of Read more…
In Search of Moose Kebabs! Joe, calling moose… Day Two: No Más (No Moose)Up and out by 6:30a.m. in the drizzle, my Hello Kitty Rifle pendant on for luck… but no moose. L At noon, after a fruitless morning of moose pursuit in the rain (which made hunting seem Read more…
Leaving Jasper, Alberta we headed for British Columbia, stopping at Mount Robson for coffee and to enjoy the beautiful view: Doesn’t it look fake? Like a plastic set for a production of “Heidi”? LOL and funny things, too…  We made it to Prince George in the late afternoon- just minutes Read more…
After our 8-day $8500 “fully guided” two-moose hunt with “Big Country Outfitters”, we can definitely say that we do NOT recommend them. They are unprofessional, unprepared, incompetent, and just plain ugly people, who seriously shouldn’t be allowed to deal with the public, much less run an international hunting business. “Big Read more…
By now you’ve all heard of “Glamping”- Glamorous Camping- but this season’s newest, hottest trend is Glunting- Glamorous Hunting! And yes, I am the creator of this term, and I need your help to see that it goes viral!!! I am totally convinced, due to the amazing selection of clothes (from Read more…