
Field Notes of a Rookie Sportsperson: The Basics of Butchering a Deer
A week later, I was back in class, learning more about how to cook wild game from professional wild game chef Jason Nauert.
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A week later, I was back in class, learning more about how to cook wild game from professional wild game chef Jason Nauert.

On the big day, Natalie and I met Wilkins at 6:30 a.m. in Limon. It was a cold Saturday morning, but I was burning with the Big Game Fever.

Paula Linhares vividly remembers the first time she hunted, harvested and field-dressed a wild turkey, describing it as a spiritual experience.

Halfway across the field, I heard Natalie say “chukar!” I looked at her, puzzled.“What?” I asked.“Chukar,” she said, pointing to the ground in front of her.

My first dove-hunting trip as a member of the CPW Rookie Sportsperson Program (RSP) had nearly everything I could want in an outdoors weekend.

Who knew hunting has its own language? Thanks to our participation in CPW’s Rookie Sportsperson Program, Natalie, and I are becoming fluent in hunting.
Colorado Outdoors, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s magazine, features a wealth of information for hunters, anglers and outdoors enthusiasts.