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Distinctly Distilled

Distinctly Distilled

Many a tall tale have come from hunters sipping whiskey. Heck, you might have told a few yourself. But did you know this ritual represents an integral part of whiskey…
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Coffee Crusted Lamb Chop with Truffle Mashed Potatoes

Coffee Crusted Lamb Chop with Truffle Mashed Potatoes

Chef Lenny McNab Kessler Canyon Guest Ranch Coffee Crusted Lamb Chop Ingredients for the Coffee Crust
1 cup of Starbucks Verona coffee (ground fine) 1 cup of light brown sugar 1/2…
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Coffee Crusted Cowboy Steaks with Truffle Mashed Potatoes

Coffee Crusted Cowboy Steaks with Truffle Mashed Potatoes

Chef Lenny McNab Kessler Canyon Guest Ranch Serve with Truffle Mashed Potatoes & Grilled Asparagus Coffee Crusted Cowboy Steaks Ingredients
2 26-ounce steaks (Chef prefers bone-in ribeye) Garlic-herb marinade for the…
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A Will and a Way- T. Boone Pickens

A Will and a Way- T. Boone Pickens

Roberts County lies in the northeast part of the Texas panhandle, its 924 square miles of high, lonesome emptiness occupied by fewer than 1,000 hardy and independent souls. Some of…
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Filet of Elk En Croute

Filet of Elk En Croute

Author: Fred Minnick Chef Lenny McNab Kessler Canyon Guest Ranch Filet of Elk Ingredients
2 5-ounce center cut elk filet mignons 1 tablespoon garlic, minced 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme 1/2…
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Bronze Sculpture

Bronze Sculpture

Sculptor Kreg Harrison shapes still life from real life. In this image, a 10-by-12-foot stone wall served as a canvas on which Harrison scupted a covey rise with life-sized and…
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The Last Hunt- Blowin' in the Wind

The Last Hunt- Blowin' in the Wind

Totally exasperated, I pulled the truck to the side of the road, jumped out and checked my boots. “It’s got to be you, Vic,” I growled. “Get out and check…
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A Hunter's Heart- An Alaskan hunting Adventure Clarifies the soul of the Sport

A Hunter's Heart- An Alaskan hunting Adventure Clarifies the soul of the Sport

It was willow ptarmigan that did it… …The plane spit us out on the edge of Heart Lake, so named on our first approach because – well, hell – it…
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Venison Short Loin Filet with Tomato Basil Butter Sauce

Venison Short Loin Filet with Tomato Basil Butter Sauce

Chef Tim Creehan Cuvee Bistro Serves 4 For Pheasant and Red Cabbage: Ingredients
2 pheasants, dressed 2 pounds red cabbage, rinsed and finely shredded 2 medium onions, peeled and thinly sliced…
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Pheasant on Red Cabbage and Cranberries with Roasted Vegetables and Wilted Spinach

Pheasant on Red Cabbage and Cranberries with Roasted Vegetables and Wilted Spinach

Chef Tim Creehan Cuvee Bistro Serves 4 For Pheasant and Red Cabbage: Ingredients
2 pheasants, dressed 2 pounds red cabbage, rinsed and finely shredded 2 medium onions, peeled and thinly sliced…
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The Last Hunt- Primum Non Nocere

The Last Hunt- Primum Non Nocere

Old Dr. Foshee loved to bird hunt. He basically assumed the hunting rights in all the New Site area and wherever he could get in his Ford Model T or…
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Ruark's the Old Man's Boy

Ruark's the Old Man's Boy

In the vast annals of the quail hunting experience, possibly no story carries greater power and poignancy than Robert Ruark’s “But Not on Opening Day.” Originally published as one of…
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