David Karczynski

Aug 11, 2023 | outdoorlife.com | Gerry Bethge |Andrew McKean |David Karczynski |Ben Long

This story originally ran in the Fall 2019 issue. THE BEST wild fish or game meal is usually a simple one: meat, fire, and maybe a little salt and pepper. Actually, the best wild-game meal isn’t really a meal at all. It’s a custom that you follow not because it tastes good (even though it does), but because it jolts you right back to the hunt—and all the hunts that came before. You probably practice some of the following rituals yourself (or at least a version of them).