By: Elizabeth Kligge

Elizabeth Kligge of Pennsylvania is NDA’s Director of Hunter Recruitment. As a gardener, forager, angler, and hunter, she enjoys sourcing a variety of foods from the land and water around her. Elizabeth earned a bachelor's degree in visual arts from Gettysburg College and has studied and taught primitive survival skills at numerous locations around the country. She sees hunting as a way to connect people to their food and the natural world.

How to Host Your Own Field to Fork Hunt

Jun 19, 2025 Elizabeth Kligge

Learning to hunt is a rite of passage that many take for granted. They grow up in hunting families with longstanding traditions and hunting camps. Their friends hunt. Their neighbors hunt. There’s hardly anyone they…

The Venison Liver Pâté Challenge

May 6, 2025 Elizabeth Kligge

I would not consider myself to be someone who likes liver. However, I had a desire to utilize more of my deer, and that meant tackling a portion that many claim is inedible. I wanted…

How to Make Maple Wild Pork Breakfast Sausages

Apr 28, 2025 Elizabeth Kligge

Wait a minute – that’s not venison! That’s right. This is a wild pork recipe, and we are the National Deer Association. Let me explain. A few years ago, when I was just starting out…

The Joys of Serving Others Through Doe Harvest

Apr 8, 2025 Elizabeth Kligge

It’s really hard to find time to hunt deer when your job revolves around giving other people opportunities to hunt deer. As NDA’s Director of Hunter Recruitment, I make plans to get out there for…

How Much Venison Can You Expect From Your Deer?

Oct 23, 2024 Elizabeth Kligge

From scouting, to the thrill of the hunt itself, to the food we are able to procure, deer hunting is a year-round source of enjoyment. And when it comes to putting venison in the freezer,…

Deer Hunting Tips from a Master Naturalist: Listen to Other Wildlife

Sep 18, 2024 Elizabeth Kligge

Earlier this year, I sat down with professional naturalist and Maine guide Dan Gardoqui. He practices a technique, familiar to indigenous people worldwide, called bird language. This practice develops a deeper awareness of the environment…

How I Went From Vegetarian to Deer Hunter

May 29, 2024 Elizabeth Kligge

I wasn’t raised vegetarian. In fact, I loved meat so much as a child that my Dad nicknamed me “The Meat Eater.” Vegetarianism was something I adopted in high school, with complete disregard for the…

Warm Up After the Hunt With Slow Cooker Venison Chili

Nov 27, 2023 Elizabeth Kligge

Venison meals are a crucial part of our Field to Fork program. For the adults participating and learning to hunt for the first time, acquiring their own food is a key motivation, so we share…

Is It Safe to Eat Raw Venison?

Aug 15, 2023 Elizabeth Kligge

Many hunters are accustomed to eating their venison rare to medium rare, but there are some adventurous eaters who like to consume their venison completely raw. Eating a piece of uncooked meat from a deer…

Easy Venison Meatballs That Melt in Your Mouth

Apr 12, 2023 Elizabeth Kligge

Venison meals are an important part of NDA’s Field to Fork hunter recruitment program, and this tried and true recipe for venison meatballs has been a crowd favorite at many Field to Fork hunts. At…