What’s cooking?  More wild game of course! As we come together this holiday weekend with family and friends, there is no better way to celebrate than with food.  I discovered The Meatball Shop in NYC three years ago and was delighted to learn they also have wild game recipes because they have a hunter friend. If ever in the Big Apple do yourself a favor and check out the shop – delicious!  In the meantime, here’s a recipe I’ve adapted for Venison, AKA Bambi, Meatballs – Whitney

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.  Drizzle the olive oil into a 9×13-inch  baking dish and use your hands or a paper towel to evenly coat the entire surface.  Set aside.

Combine the butter and chocolate in the top of a double boiler and melt over medium heat...

“Staycations” are becoming increasingly popular as Americans are cutting back on their budgets. Check out this infographic on where – and what kinds of – camping are the most popular:

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A Life Among the Silver Backed Males

I work in a pretty male-dominated field. I remember 20 years ago when I was interning for a wildlife conservation organization, my supervisor described our colleagues as “silver backed males,” a fairly apt description for the typically gray-haired men leading most of the conservation movement at the time. At the first conferences I attended, I was often struck by how skewed the gender demographics were in traditional wildlife management.

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I felt I had another strike against me as I was trying to shoulder my way in to the profession, because I grew up in the most densely populated state in the country. New Jersey – little bitty state, lots and lots (and lots) of people...

Heather shooting an MR-15 at SEOPA.

Shooting can be really fun. It can also be really intimidating, especially when surrounded by a bunch of men who seem to know what they’re doing.

For work, we attend conventions and some of them include days at the shooting range. I’ve been trap shooting and felt rushed, trying to fumble with a too-big-for-me gun while the experienced shooters wait for their turn. By far the best experience I’ve had is at SEOPA, where they hosted a women’s-only shoot for an hour or so before it was opened up to everyone.

Most of the women who attended this hour-long shoot didn’t have any experience with guns. Others were like me: like to go to the range but don’t very often. It was awesome to see the difference in atmosphere when it was just the ladies lined up...

The following is a repost from Archery360.com by Shannon Rikard.

Photo credit: Dead Snow

Zombies are everywhere! OK. If you consider that legions of undead aren’t actually swarming the streets – there’s really no need to run to your window and look – zombies aren’t everywhere. They are, however, featured so often in books, movies and TV shows that it’s hard to escape the topic.

When someone mentions zombies, it’s often in the context of a “zombie apocalypse,” a term made mega-famous by “The Walking Dead,” “World War Z” and other media references. But what exactly does the term mean? Generally, “zombie apocalypse” refers to a widespread rise of undead humans that engage in an assault on civilization.

Zombie “facts” are as abundant as are the ideas about how to...