When I took a buck this year, I kept the liver, rather than leaving it in the gut pile for the coyotes. My family's not big on organ meats, but I had seen some recipes that called for deer liver and I wanted to try it.

Here's the basic recipe I followed yesterday to make venison liver pate:

Attended the fishing expo in Novi MI this weekend.

As Andy says, there are givers and takers. There's a lot of people who contribute tremendous effort for the oudoors. On balance, at least around here, I think those efforts show themselves in the pretty high quality of our public access areas.

I pull up to one of the dozen or so parking lots scattered widely around the Holly State Game Area in northern Oakland County, planning to be the first guy in the woods. No dice. Two trucks are here already. Yes, it is 5:45 a.m. on November 29 and the sun’s first light is over an hour away. Yes, it is 10 degrees. But no, I am not first.