Ken Perrotte 3 days ago 'Hunting With Beanpole' a Chuckle-a-Minute Read; Jim Mize's Latest Award-Winning Book Jim Mize, an award-winning South Carolina author who tends to come off as the reserved, quiet type, has a funny bone the size of a...
Ken Perrotte 4 days ago Preparing for a South African Safari Involves Planning and Gearing Up - Here's the Lowdown Post-COVID-19 Travel Hurdles, Gear Choices, Practice & Perspectives Note, much of this content in this ultimate safari preparation guide...
Ken Perrotte Jun 24 Shark Tooth Fossil Hunting in Florida - Fun Time! Arcadia, Florida -- Armed with a shovel, a ¼-inch sifting screen and optimism, we launched canoes and set out on a hunting expedition,...
Ken Perrotte Jun 11 Retired Marine Continues to Serve; Today, He's 'Semper Fi' Teaching and Helping Youth Archers The passage of 53 years had little effect on the delight betrayed by the eyes and smiles of both teacher and student. Indeed, it may have...
Ken Perrotte May 30 Tagging Merriam's Gobbler with Mossberg .410 Prompts Discussion about the Toughest Turkeys Note: a version of this article appeared in The Hunting Wire. Blog includes a video. Concluding any quest is often, at once, joyous and...
Ken Perrotte May 29 Flashback to When Catching Daytime Swordfish was Mostly a Fantasy -- Then Came the Stanczyks By Ken Perrotte Author's note: Lately, my mind is flowing back to some incredible fishing trips I've written about in the Florida Keys,...
Ken Perrotte May 20 Oh No! Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Another Virginia County - a Spreading Menace A third Chronic Wasting Disease management area is being established by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources after a...
Ken Perrotte May 20 Virginians Fare Well in 2021 Bassmaster Northern Open on James River with 14 in the top 40 Idahoan Brandon Palaniuk claimed the top prize at last weekend’s Bassmaster Northern Open on the James River, with a crowded field of...
Ken Perrotte May 7 'Highly Virulent' Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease has State Wildlife and Agriculture Agencies Scrambling A deadly and highly virulent disease that devastated rabbit populations in some countries is now in the United States -- mainly the West,...
Ken Perrotte Apr 14 Chukar a Key Ingredient in This Asian-Inspired Soup and a Delicious Dish We Call 'Legrolls' Chukar are a mainstay bird in many hunting preserves. For one, they tend to hold steady once placed allowing hunters and dogs, especially...
Ken Perrotte Apr 8 Florida Inshore Fishing Coast-to-Coast Offers Exciting Light-Tackle Action; Catch the 'Slam' Great inshore fishing on Florida's coasts - includes snook, redfish and spotted seatrout slam. St. Augustine, Charlotte Harbor, Ft Myers
Ken Perrotte Mar 14 Rabbit & Andouille Sausage Gumbo -- Try This Recipe with Your Next Batch of Cottontails Delicious rabbit and andouille sausage gumbo - prepared using wild cottontail rabbits.
Ken Perrotte Mar 12 Wishin' I was (Crappie) Fishing in Mississippi Lake Washington in the Mississippi Delta a couple hours south of Memphis offers incredible action to crappie anglers. The fish in the...
Ken Perrotte Mar 9 Ghostly Encounter at Belmont Plantation Leaves No Doubt About Delta Mansion's Playful Spirits “If only these walls could talk!” That is usually a figure of speech, representative of wonder about a dwelling’s stature, age, and...
Ken Perrotte Mar 8 Jameson at Full Speed During Upland Hunt, Equipped with a GoPro Camera Strapped On Jameson the Wonder Dog has only one speed when he's trying to flush and fetch birds in a field - namely "FULL SPEED." Prepare to be...
Ken Perrotte Mar 6 New Weatherby 18i Shotgun - Tested in Virginia Waterfowl Hunts: Marsh, Mud, Snow & Sleet Note: This review also appeared The Hunting Wire of March 1, 2021 There is something special about being in a duck blind during the...
Ken Perrotte Mar 5 Crappie Cleaning 101 - Pico Lures' Mitch Glenn Superbly Demonstrates Fish Filleting for Novices Pico Lures owner Mitch Glenn Mitch delivers an excellent tutorial and demonstration of how to clean a crappie using a fillet knife. The...
By Ken Perrotte Mar 1 Chicken Fried Venison, Mashed Potatoes & Peas - Ultimate Comfort Food Soon after joining the military, I found myself in a little Texas café where the waitress recommended the chicken fried steak, sometimes...
Ken Perrotte Feb 18 Geurink's 'In the Land of the Bear' is Compelling Read Covering 25 Years of Adventures in Siberia Hopping aboard an airplane for Siberia during the waning days of the Cold War with the former Soviet Union might not have fit everyone’s...
Ken Perrotte Feb 16 Bourbon-Glazed, Smoked Turkey Breast Tossed with Pasta, Vegetables & Cheese-Cream Sauce Ingredients Smoked turkey breast (see preparation below) 1/2 cup brown sugar 3/4-cup bourbon 1/2 butter 1 tablespoon Hi Mountain...
Ken Perrotte Feb 11 Special Youth & Veteran Hunting Days Create Conservationists and Promote 'Giving Back' Note: This article also appeared in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star. Some photos provided courtesy of Chip Watkins, Monquin Creek...
Ken Perrotte Feb 1 Venison Po Boys - N'Awlins' French Quarter Taste in this Incredible Wild Game & Gravy Sandwich In this video episode of "Cooking with Colton, created in partnership with The Hunting Wire, Ken Perrotte (www.outdoorsrambler.com) and...
Ken Perrotte Jan 30 Virginia Wildlife Resources Board Hears Public Comments about Regulations; Deer Dogs Drive Discourse The Board of the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources met Jan. 21 to hear initial details from a public comment period about...
Ken Perrotte Jan 21 Sunday Hunting on Public Land Again Defeated; Flip-Flop Politicians & Archaic Virginia Blue Law Hunting on Sunday remains curiously contentious in Virginia. After nearly a decade of acrimonious debate, it was finally allowed on...
4 days ago Preparing for a South African Safari Involves Planning and Gearing Up - Here's the Lowdown
Jan 12 Preparation is Key for any Survival Scenario -- Having a Plan and Emergency Supplies is Essential
