Michael Pendley

Michael Pendley is Realtree’s Timber 2 Table blogger. He grew up running wild and free in the Pond River bottoms of western Kentucky. He developed equal passions for hunting and food early in life and quickly learned to combine them by incorporating wild game meat into a variety of recipes.

After college at the University of Kentucky, Michael and his wife Cheryl settled in the central Kentucky area where they are raising their three children to love the outdoor lifestyle as much as they do. They process their own game and use it frequently in the family’s meals.

Michael’s love for food runs so deep that he nicknamed his youngest son Potroast at birth. Nine years later, the name still sticks. Michael freelances for several magazines and websites on the subjects of youth in the outdoors, wild game cooking and barbecue.

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Old Florida Fishing Town-Style Smoked Mullet

October 27, 2021 | Timber 2 Table Wild Game Recipes

Ask a fisherman down in Texas what a mullet is good for, and he or she will probably answer with either “not much” or as bait, at best. But travel along the fishing towns that dot the Gulf Coast starting about Mexico Beach and running down to the Keys, and...

Grilled Florida Spiny Lobster

October 22, 2021 | Timber 2 Table Wild Game Recipes

Mention lobster in most of the country, and most folks will assume you are talking about the Maine version ( Homarus americanus ). But mention lobster around the Gulf of Mexico, particularly down in the Keys, and folks know you are talking about the Caribbean, or Florida, spiny lobster (...

Bacon-Wrapped Venison Avocado Taco Bombs

October 20, 2021 | Timber 2 Table Wild Game Recipes

If you like venison burgers, avocados, tacos, bacon, and cheese, you will love this recipe. We season up ground venison, peel and pit ripe avocados, stuff them with cheese, then cover everything in ground venison and give it a bacon wrap. Cook them up on your Traeger grill until the...

Crab-Stuffed Whole Flounder

October 15, 2021 | Timber 2 Table Wild Game Recipes

I’m a big fan of flounder. A Gulp shrimp on a 1/4-ounce jighead bounced along the sandy bottom of the Apalachicola Bay usually yields a keeper or two. And if it’s the right time of year and the conditions are right, you can’t find a much better time on the...

Southern Fried Topsail Saltwater Catfish

October 13, 2021 | Timber 2 Table Wild Game Recipes

Saltwater cats get a bad rap. They will wear out baits intended for flashier species like trout, pompano, redfish, and flounder. They are slimy beyond compare, and if you get stung by one, it hurts. I mean it really hurts. For days. For years, I’d use a pair of pliers...

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