Author: Darren Cheverie
Darren Cheverie
My mediums are photography, pen and paper and most importantly food. I’m blessed enough to have multiple creative outlets that allow me to express my creativity and passion for the outdoors. Be it Instagram @humblehunting, The Alberta Bowhunters Association, North American Outdoorsman, North American Bowhunter, North American Deer Hunter or via the award winning restaurant my wife and I started in 2016, Chartier. www.dinechartier.com. Learned to fish on the Atlantic as a boy, now learning to hunt on the prairies as a man.
My daughter Rowan’s first buck is probably quite similar to the hundreds of thousands of first bucks taken by new hunters. There’s buck fever. The joy. The respect. But there are a few things about her experience that seemed unique enough that I feel compelled to share. My daughter and I have a really strong relationship. We look out for each other, lift each other up, push each other and hold each other accountable. We’re a good duo. So, at the end of last season, when she told me she didn’t want to hunt anymore, saying I was heartbroken would…
I’m a feminist. This HAS to be the first hunting article to ever begin with those three words. It’s hard not to be a feminist with an amazingly strong and independent wife and a carbon copy little girl that make up my world. My daughter started shooting a bow when she was five years old. One evening, as we spent some time in the yard shooting, I couldn’t help but wonder what the archery world looked like for female archers in years past. Aside from summer camp, how much exposure are young women receiving in the sport? What does the…
Providing for my family. Putting meat in the freezer. Field to fork. Sustenance hunting. Whatever you call it, I’m sure we can all agree on this: Eating free-range, organic, wild game meat that you harvested yourself is better than eating meat from your local big-box grocer. As hunters, we intuitively just know it’s good for us; that this way is better for the environment; that we are “doing our part.” We all tout the benefits of “providing” for ourselves, but do we really know the science of why it’s better for us to eat wild game? We’ve become too busy…