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Joe Lasher, Founder

It's been said "There is no greater love than the love of food".  And in our opinion, when you harvest that food on your own, it makes that appreciation even greater.  This website is dedicated to all of you that live the outdoor lifestyle and understand that our wildlife resources are a renewable natural resource that should be protected through conservation efforts that include selective harvest.  And, most importantly, we realize that legal and ethical harvesting of our wildlife resources must end with consumption.  Bon Apetite!.

Joe Lasher & Joe Lasher Jr. after a successful Mountain Ruffed Grouse Hunt For me, it’s always been about the experience.  My father always said I had to learn things the hard way.  I choose to call it “taking the scenic route through life”.

The greatest joys and experiences in my life consistently revolve around these things  - family, friends, great food, hunting and fishing.  No matter what, with these life elements present, I cannot help but feel satisfied daily.

I learned to hunt and fish at a young age.  My Grandpa Lasher was ultimately responsible.  His passion for the outdoor sports was always evident.  My Dad, of course, took me bream fishing, trout fishing, squirrel hunting, and dove hunting at a really young age.  Until I was 12 years old, we lived on a mountain side with plenty of small game, a rushing creek full of crayfish and salamanders, and a small pond teaming with pollywogs and fish.  I wish all kids could have that!  Just before I turned 13, we moved off the mountain and into a neighborhood. My Father and his partner opened what would become aFulfilling our Hunter Heritage as Food Providers17 year landmark restaurant and catering company in Asheville NC.  I spent my formidable years in that restaurant, working with food and people. From there, and for over a decade now, I have owned and operated at successful special event and facility Management Company, with two commercial kitchens and a number of employees.  Over that same decade, I have honed my hunting and fishing skills and have experienced the great joy of teaching my own children to love and respect God’s great outdoors.

This website and this company are the result of my passion – for food and the hunting and fishing lifestyle.  I hope that you will join me in educating hunters and non-hunters, fishermen and non-fishermen, that legal and ethical harvesting of our wildlife resources ends with consumption.

See you in the woods or on the water!

Joe Lasher
Founder
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Chef Allen Dye

I am not a hunter. I am a chef.

For the past 25 years or so I have been working in restaurants around the country, learning my craft by getting my hands messy. Like most things in life, I believe food is something that must be experienced to be understood, and that in this understanding one gains entrance into a vast and complex world that is intimately tied to our environment and culture.

To me, nothing quite captures this intimate relationship quite like Wild Caught foods.

My Wild Game Journey began just a few years ago when I met the Lasher family and began preparing their annual Family Game Dinner. As time passed and my confidence grew, I began to experiment with different treatments in an ongoing quest to surpass the previous years? efforts.

Parts of this site are the result of those efforts, and I truly hope you find them helpful and fun.