Farming the Wild

Mike heads to Sweden to do a guest demo at the Swedish Game Fair; he must harvest roe bucks to demonstrate their butchery; Mike cooks a ramen for his huntress guide, Ulrika.

Mike heads to Sweden to do a guest demo at the Swedish Game Fair; he must harvest roe bucks to demonstrate their butchery; Mike cooks a ramen for his huntress guide, Ulrika.

Mike heads to Block Island to help cull the increasing whitetail deer population; he helps local fire chief and chef Kirk cook rolled stuffed backstrap for the first responders at the town fire station.

The cull continues, and Mike learns how to use a traditional muzzle-loader to cull whitetail; the meat is donated to the local Southeast Asian community, who celebrate by cooking a traditional Cambodian feast.

Mike learns how to use a traditional muzzle-loading rifle and makes a pilgrimage to the birthplace of American rifles, Springfield, Mass.; Mike tours the Savage Factory, where the craftsmen develop a rifle with his own modifications.

Mike experiences the culture of Thanksgiving as a guest of town chief Jim; he hunts and butchers whitetail as a guest of his new friend Matt and his young family; Mike debones and stuffs a turkey for hot smoking and creates a carpaccio starter.