Hunting with Mike

This is part of our hunting crew at my brother Brett’s place on Lake Diane. Even though we hunt in a few different areas; we meet up for a “hunting camp ” meal at Brett’s. Pictured is son-in-law Tony, grandson Quinn, brother Brett, and friend Mike Heil.

Each of us brings something for the meal, and what deer camp doesn’t have at least one chili dinner? This year my daughter Alena made our chili, and I think it was the best “camp chili” I’ve ever had. My daughter uses a lot of meat (venison) along with her own stewed tomatoes. She browns onion and green pepper, and uses both chili beans and kidney beans. As an added touch she dices up potatoes and adds them to the pot. She then seasons with chili powder, garlic salt, regular salt, and pepper. We had a great salad, along with oven warmed garlic bread, to compliment the chili.

The deer stories were few and far between this year, but I recently saw a picture of a 15 point Monroe County buck and it’s a “bruiser!” Once I get more information I’ll try and do a story on the deer and the fortunate hunter.

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