Wild Vittles is a wild game cooking podcast focused on helping you become a better wild game cook. We will explore recipes and talk to professional wild game cooks as well as home cooks . We will focus on overcoming labels like "gamey", tough and dry by better understanding how to properly prepare your harvest or catch.
Latest episodes
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31 min
EP 36: New Mexico Rifle Mule Deer Recap
In this episode, Chris shares his journey of hunting mule deer in New Mexico. After years of applying for tags, he finally got lucky and discusses the application process, preparat…
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40 min
EP 35: Utah Muzzleloader Pronghorn Hunt Recap
In this episode of the Wild Vittles podcast, Chris shares his experiences hunting pronghorn in Utah with a muzzleloader. He discusses the process of obtaining a hunting tag through…
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1 h 23
EP 34: Montana Wilderness Archery Elk Hunt Recap!
In this episode, we will recap my 2024 elk hunting trip to Montana. This story actually began in late 2022 and took a few twists and turns along the way.
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17 min
EP 33: Buck, Buck, Moose Cookbook Review!!!
I've decided to start out my cookbook review project with my absolute favorite! I use this cookbook weekly and am a huge fan. If you don't utilize Hank Shaw's cookbooks or his on-l…
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13 min
What's Next? Cookbook Reviews!
I've decided to take a break from featuring recipe cooking on the podcast and will be pivoting to cookbook reviews for the next several episodes, so come along and hopefully you wi…
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16 min
EP 31: Grilling Sea Quail!!! (AKA Redfish Throats or Redfish Collars)
Many folks likely toss out throats or collars with their fish heads and that's really a waste when it comes to your Red Fish. In this episode, I show you how to harvest the collars…
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13 min
EP 30: Grilling Elk Flat Iron Steak!
The flat iron steak is a tender cut that, surprisingly, comes from the front shoulder where most of us think about tougher cuts and long cooks required to produce tender finished p…
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30 min
EP 29: Grilling Whole Flounder!!!
Now that the summer heat has arrived, the grilling season is in full swing. It's also fishing season, so I'm grilling a whole flounder for the first time. I'm utilizing a recipe fr…
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20 min
EP 28: Grilling Venison Kebabs!!! (Also known as Shish Kabobs)
Summer grilling season is here and I utilize venison kebabs to bring vegetables into my meat grilling scene! This is an easy recipe that can be scaled for a large or small groups.…
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18 min
EP 27: Grilled Redfish Tacos!
Today, I'm whipping up grilled redfish tacos outside! I'm using one fillet of redfish with the skin and scales on that I am grilling over medium high heat for about 12 minutes. I s…
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1 h 01
EP 26: The Outdoor Indoor Texan
In this conversation, Chris interviews Drew from the Outdoor Indoor Texan YouTube channel. They discuss Drew's passion for outdoor cooking, his love for hunting and fishing, and hi…
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18 min
EP 25: Cooking With Cast Iron
Have you every considered using cast iron pans, but thought that keeping them seasoned and clean was too hard? In this episode, I share my perspectives on utilillzing cast iron coo…
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23 min
EP 24: Venison Shank Tacos
Today I'm cooking whitetail shanks by braising them in a chili sauce that I made from dried chili. I'm utilizing a chili sauce recipe from Arnie Tex and I would highly recommend yo…
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58 min
EP 23: Talking About Wild Game Cooking @ Total Archery Challenge (San Antonio)
On day 2 of the Total Archery Challenge, I sat down with Joel Smith and Judson Brown to talk a little be about TAC and a whole lot about wild game cooking and what we think about i…
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22 min
EP 22: Cooking Venison Quesadillas!
Quesadillas are a family favorite and are very versatile. In this episode we will cook up some whitetail quesadillas with a simple mixture of onions, peppers and cheese on toasted…
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1 h 17
EP 21: Professional Wild Game Butcher Kriss Abigail
I had the good fortune to be able to have Kriss Abigail on the podcast to talk about her journey to becoming a professional wild game butcher and how she then uses that knowledge t…
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25 min
EP 20: Cooking Venison Cowboy Goulash!!!
This recipe comes to us from Cowboy Kent Rollins and is intended for ground beef, but I've modified it slightly and use ground elk (and have also used ground whitetail) with no fat…
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21 min
EP 19: Cooking Venison Stir Fry (The Catch-all Recipe)!!!!
In this episode I cook a whitetail eye of round in a stir-fry using sugar snap peas, matchstick carrots, bell peppers and mushrooms along with a homemade stir-fry sauce (see below)…
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32 min
EP 18: White Bass Spring Spawn (Frying White Bass!)
Spring to me is White Bass Fishing and Turkey hunting! In this episode I'll walk you through the process of frying up a mess of white bass that I caught just the day before. This i…
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28 min
EP 17: Be Curious, Not Judgmental (Cooking Elk Green Chile Stew)
This week I found roasted hatch chiles in a jar and a cold front blew into town, so I decided to cook up Elk Green Chile Stew! I'd never tried this recipe before and was blown away…