Deer Hunting – Yard Bird

Guest post from Capt’n Salsa

Capt’n Salsa’s Grill Roasted Yard Bird

Capt’n Salsa’s Grill Roasted Yard Bird

By: Capt’n Salsa

Wow I have a hankering for some really good grill roasted chicken, the melt in your mouth variety with some fresh homemade salsa slathered right on top. Just seems that we never have time during the lazy days of summer to get everything done. You know, you have to mow the grass, weed the garden and if you’re lucky harvest a bounty of fresh produce from your own little truck farm.

Now you expect me to cook supper too? It’s time to tell you my secret and go hunting for my favorite yard bird, Capt’n Salsa’s Grill Roasted Yard Bird, to be exact.

Yes.

Delicious golden brown moist and tender some of the best melt in your mouth grill roasted chicken you will ever eat. Now, don’t let the hunting phrase concern you. The extent
of hunting chicken for me is looking for a big plump 3.5 to 4 pounder at the local grocery or meat market. I always bag my limit of two because it is just as easy to cook two at the same time to guarantee some leftovers…

“Come on, Capt’n Salsa, quit beating around the bushes and just give us the recipe!”

Oh, Okay.

Capt’n Salsa’s Grill Roasted Yard bird is so easy you will probably laugh. Of course it goes with out saying you need to rinse the chicken in cold water before you cook it. All you are going to need is a generous amount of Lemon Pepper Seasoning. Mix up a solution of 1 part vegetable oil with 4 parts of Apple Cider Vinegar, remember that’s the brown vinegar, together in a squirt bottle, an empty syrup bottle will do just fine.

Now we are going to cook our grilled chicken whole on your favorite charcoal or 2 burner gas grill using the “indirect heat” method. Your grill needs a lid that will close, too. Most of the time now I just use the gas grill, heating the grill with both burners, then turn one of them
totally off, yes, off and the other burner turn it all the way down to low.

I’m getting a little ahead of myself. Preheat your choice of grills. Then rinse and clean the birds. Now hose down the chicken with the mixture of oil and vinegar using the squirt bottle and sprinkle a generous portion of Lemon Pepper Seasoning all over the chicken. Don’t forget the body cavity.

Place the chicken breast side up on the grill away from the heat source, above the burner that is turned off, indirect heat method remember. Squirt a little more oil and vinegar into the cavity of the chicken until it “overflows.” Now close the lid. You want a low to medium low heat level. The objective is to take at least 2 to 2 1/2 hours to cook the chicken, nice and slow. Don’t worry after a couple of times you will have it “down to a science” and know what works best for you.

Once you have your chicken on the grill go mow the grass or work in your garden for the next 2 to 2 1/2 hours without even looking at the birds… well, if you insist on looking after about an hour, you can raise the lid and give the birds a good squirt of the oil and vinegar solution… Now, close that lid and get back to work.

You will know the chicken is done by grabbing the tip of one of the legs with a paper towel, careful it will be hot, and gently twist the leg bone in a circle. If the leg bone easily breaks free at the joint, the chicken is done – a beautiful golden brown, moist and tender every time.

Easy huh?

Place the chicken on the grill, mow the grass and when you are finished with your yard you have Capt’n Salsa’s Grill Roasted Chicken make that Yard Bird! Serve it up with one of your favorite homemade salsa recipes.

Roasted Corn Salsa or tasty Salsa de Tomatillos Delicious! Wrap it all up in a warm tortilla, complete with your favorite thirst quenching beverage and you will marvel about how great your yard looks.

Imagine. Mowing the grass and cooking supper all at the same time. Enjoy!

Author Bio

Capt’n Salsa provides an outstanding collection of free homemade salsa recipes at his web site, Great Salsa. Submit your favorite salsa recipe for publication at: http://www.great-salsa.com/submit_your_favorite_recipe.html

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Deer Hunting – From Deer to Turkeys

Watching turkeys

The snow finally melted down so today I took a walk through the woods to my deer blind; to see what winter damage has been done to the little shack where I spend so much time. Stepping over a log I heard a sound coming from behind a pine tree. One slow step followed by another; until I was right beside the tree but still couldn’t see what had made the noise. I made a mistake when I walked back here without my camera today because I had no idea what I was walking up on this time. Just then with a loud clatter two tom turkeys and who knows how many hens decided I was right in the path of where they wanted to go. Have you ever got ran over by 10 or 15 turkeys? I’m here to tell you it isn’t a pretty site seeing them come after you. Michigan’s turkey hunting has come a long ways since days when we were young. I remember seeing one or two but there wasn’t any seasons in this area. Now days the prospect of seeing a bearded turkey is a pretty good bet; getting him in your sights is another thing. Wild turkeys have an ability of evading hunters that most of us hunters like to think isn’t possible. Calling toms in is an essential part of any turkey hunt. I have tried several things to get pictures of turkeys over years of watching I have used a mirror to watch old tom turkeys strutting in front of their own image. Last year I used a man decoy that I purchased from http://www.procshuntinbuddy.com/ . If you like sitting outdoors where you are in an open area this is an item you should try. It’s professionally made so it is more lifelike than just putting a shirt & a pair of pants against a tree, like we have all done. I sat this beside a big tree with a black cameral size box around its neck on a cord. It sat there for two weeks before I replaced it one day with myself. These are pictures of some of these birds that came past that day. Last fall this worked great in my bow blind too. We all have taken an old shirt or pants to leave in our stand to make it look like something is there; so it looks more natural when we are sitting in our spot. This actually is lifelike & from testing this product I have to say it works great. It is not season here yet but I have heard reports that it has been a very good year in other states. Some people have sent in pictures & very interesting stories, like this one that was posted on April 1^st http://louisiana.huntography.com/blog/2012/04/07/april-fools-day-visitor/ .
More stories of long beard turkeys are filling magazines: with many great stories that are sure to catch your interest if you are a turkey hunter like me. Be sure to have your big Dutch oven ready because you are going to want to slow roast this big bird with your favorite seasonings. For us it is our favorite Cajun spices that go into our cooking pot. Be sure to give these products a try this year. Trying new things & testing new products is what most of us really like when we are planning out a new outdoor adventure.

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Deer Hunting – Huntography

Huntography

Being a sportsman or sportswoman means you are a person that loves being outdoors. Not just being outdoors but being a part of what nature has to offer. So often we are labeled by anti hunters as heathens & barbaric people that do not care about anything but butchering wild animals. They just don’t realize that hunting goes way beyond the aspect of taking an animal’s life. Some things we do as sportsman or sportswoman for conservation purposes make positive effects on wildlife habitat for many years. To get better views of conservation & how hunting is actually done we are taking to video cameras to show everyone we are not the barbaric non caring people most anti hunters think we are.
Last week we came across a blog that is doing just that. To my surprise a friend of mine is managing Editor for http://louisiana.huntography.com/ In this blog you will find great hunting videos with links to recipes & many other stories from bow hunting to fishing. It is just a great read for any sportsman or sportswoman. With Cajun seasoning spices from Camp Dog to cook with you will want to be sure to get these recipes for your next hunting trip too. Pack your cast iron skillets & large Dutch oven because these recipes make your mouth water just reading about them. Huntography is becoming more popular because there are always new & exciting adventures around every corner, behind every tree & over every hill. There is always something new to video tape in our wild adventures & Louisiana huntography plans to be there to share there experiences as well as yours.

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