Old Timber Outdoors
A weathered wood cabin with a covered porch in hardwood forest near Leicester, North Carolina
Old Timber Outdoors

Pull up a chair. Where are we headed?

Hunting, fishing, foraging, and cooking what you bring home. New to it or been at it for years, pick where you want to start.

Plan a trip

What are we cooking?

Deer steakBackstrapGround venisonShankRoastTenderloinSomething else
A young white-tailed buck leaping through a forest clearing

Hunting

Gear for a cold sit, and the official rules to check before you go.

A cast-iron skillet over a campfire

Cooking

Recipes for deer, lobster, morels and more, matched to the cut you have.

An angler fly fishing a shallow river below bare woods

Fishing

A day on the bank or the creek, planned and priced.

A hand holding two morel mushrooms in spring woods

Foraging

Where to check the rules for picking, and how to cook morels safely.

Vintage glass canning jars on a shelf

Keeping it

Jerky, freezing and canning, done the tested way.

From the cabin kitchen

Find something good to cook

All recipes
A dirt path through a sunlit summer hardwood forest

Make the trip fit your time and budget.

Mark the gear you already own and see what's worth buying, borrowing or skipping. Then add up the gas, food and fees, with a cheaper backup plan.

Plan a trip