Tom Venesky
Freelance Writer
Tom Venesky is an Outdoors Writer for Hook & Barrel, covering hunting, fishing, farming and wild game cooking. He also writes for Outdoor News and is a staff reporter for Lancaster Farming. His work has appeared in more than 60 publications nationwide.
A former newspaper sports and outdoors writer, Tom spent years with the Times Leader, where he wrote the "Outdoors with Tom Venesky" column. He hunts and fishes and lives with his wife and children on their family farm in northeastern Pennsylvania.Education:
BA in Journalism
Expertise:
Hunting, fishing, farming, wild game cooking
Location:
Hobbie, PN
What the outdoors mean to Tom:
My life has been defined by the outdoors. My father took me hunting and fishing at an early age, and those experiences guided me into my current career as a writer. If you write about something you love, it doesn't feel like work. My passion to be in the woods has kept me on a good path in life, and I cherish the opportunity to pass it on to my kids.
Articles by Tom Venesky
Music
Gun Drummer Nate Wilkinson Turns Gunfire Into Heavy Metal
Nate Wilkinson thought drums weren’t loud enough. So he added gunfire—and built a viral heavy-metal spectacle involving .50-caliber rifles, full bands, drones and thousands of rounds.
Food & Drink
StarWalker Organic Farms Raises All-American Meat from the Ground Up
At StarWalker Organic Farms, Jason and Kristina Walker are building better meat from healthier soil, raising organic beef, pork and chicken outdoors and keeping control from pasture to package.
Food & Drink
Inside Jack Daniel’s: How America’s Oldest Distillery Is Celebrating America 250
As America marks its 250th birthday, few brands are as synonymous with the USA as Old No. 7 as we take a look at what makes JD so iconic.
Food & Drink
StarWalker Farms: Hunting and Regenerative Organic Farming in Northern California
When Jason Walker's not raising Regenerative Organic Certified beef and pork, he's hunting blacktail in the Marble Mountains.
Food & Drink
Why Wyoming Whiskey Belongs on Every Outdoorsman’s Top Shelf
Wyoming Whiskey is about more than just bourbon. It embodies everything about Wyoming's great outdoors—just ask former NY lawyer David DeFazio.
Food & Drink
Aliceson Bales' Wild Game Recipes: Sandhill Crane, Duck & Wild Turkey
Aliceson Bales wrote the Bales Farms Cookbook after Dolly Parton told her to go for it. Here's three of her recipes.
Food & Drink
The "Chemist's" Deer Camp Drink and 6 Other Cocktails to Warm Your Hunting Cabin
A good hunting camp cocktail has to taste great, but just as important, there needs to be a good story behind the concoction.
Music
Aaron Lewis: How the Staind Rocker Found Country
Straight talk from the Staind legend who hasn't come close to forgetting his roots despite the chaos and attention that life under the lights brings.
Food & Drink
Behind The Yuengling Lager Legacy
Take A Virtual Tour through America’s Oldest Brewery
Music
Craig Morgan’s All-American Soundtrack
Explore the life of Craig Morgan, the country star who trades the stage for an Alaskan cabin each winter before touring.
