by Game & Fish Online Staff
November 13th, 2013

Pictured Above: Tiffany Haugen is sure to make short order of cooking up this delicious bird!

Editor's Note: Tiffany Haugen is a full-time cookbook author and recipe developer. Along with contributing recipes to our Game & Fish print edition, she's also the nation's leading wild game cooking columnist, and appears regularly on Trijcon's The Hunt, on the Sportsman Channel. She'll also be making guest appearances on Scott Leysath's, The Sporting Chef, coming to the Sportsman Channel January 2014.

Here's a note from Tiffany Haugen about Thanksgiving cooking:

While many folks are pre-ordering organic, free-range turkeys from a local farm or butcher, or simply picking up a frozen bird from the grocery store, those of us who hunt have more options for our Thanksgiving table. Just a peek into my freezer this time of the year may reveal a few wild turkeys, pheasant, grouse, quail, pigeons, doves and a variety of waterfowl.

There is great joy in planning Thanksgiving and wild turkey recipes around what fall's great harvest has provided for our family. From the appetizers to the main course to leftovers, there's room for game birds in every holiday menu.

Only a few pheasant in the freezer? Try Pheasant Musubi so everyone can get a taste of that delectable game bird. Want to fire up the grill and plank cook that wild turkey breast? Be sure to put the legs and thighs in the crock pot to slow cook for some super tender burrito filling. Looking for a little "wow" factor as a centerpiece? Try deep frying your wild turkey or putting several game birds together for Turkpheasquail. Maybe easy and convenient is on the menu? Go for Wine Bagged Grouse and let the oven roasting bag do the work for you. Time to fire up the smoker? Wild Turkey jerky is a great, healthy snack for the football fanatics at your house.

When planning those Thanksgiving recipes, don't overlook what you can go out and hunt or find in your own freezer.

These are some of the tastiest fall and Thanksgiving recipes from Tiffany and some of your favorite hosts from the Sportsman Channel. Time to get cooking!

Read more: Wild Game Thanksgiving Recipes.