I started hunting because I was in the wine business and wanted game to eat while drinking fine red wines. I wanted to cook game but didn't want to pay the high price for game from a butcher.
25 years later, I don't drink much of anything anymore and if you add up all the money I've spent on guns, ammo, clothes, airfare, gas, etc. I probably could have bought all the game I ever wanted to eat but I'd have never known the feeling of being out in the wild at some ungodly hour to experience the things I have, meet the people I have, appreciate the outdoors and the hunting tradition.
I never kill anything I don't plan to eat and I love to cook it all. Currently have saved up all the pheasant legs and thighs from the past season and will turn them into confit. Then it's on to venison terrine.
My friends and family love it all if properly prepared and I love to prepare classic game dishes.
Will be out in AZ next week chasing javelina. Hopefully javelina in green chile sauce for the Superbowl!
Rob
