With their dish, Antelope Jackrabbit Tacos, Johnathan O’Dell and Michael Cravens of Arizona BHA captured the spirit of their region and won the 8th Annual North American Rendezvous Wild Game Cookoff in Boise. You can find their winning entrée recipe, pictured, in the summer issue of the Backcountry Journal. (Not a member? Join now to get your copy!) The tacos that the duo carefully prepared were served with Elote style cholla cactus buds as an hors d’oeuvre and a side of rattlesnake. For a ...

At BHA, we believe food to be an important part of our hunting heritage—a sacred link to the wild world that drives many of us into the mountains, forests and plains of North America. Holding the meat we harvest in such high regard, however, can create some challenges in the kitchen. At times it causes us to play it safe, preparing only a few tried and true recipes that ultimately leads us to miss out on the breadth of dishes wild game affords. Other times, we’re simply left wondering what ...

I hate recipes. They’re confining and require that you have every ingredient at hand. Life doesn’t work like that, in my estimation, and neither should cooking. I prefer, instead, a bit more anarchistic approach in the kitchen with general guidelines, concepts and ratios that can be applied at all times utilizing what you’ve got in the pantry. I love backstraps. They’re easily thawed if frozen, they cook quickly and they are arguably the best grilling cut of many game animals, be it a deer, ...