Everything I Know About the Southern Wild.
Stories I’ve never put on camera. Every critter, every track, every recipe. And every copy feeds families right here in Mississippi.
Knockin’ Heads · Feedin’ Families · ExtraTable.org
Buy a Book. Feed Families.
Extra Table is a Mississippi nonprofit that fights food insecurity by supplying food banks and pantries across the state with what they need to keep feeding families. David has partnered with Extra Table for this book: every unsigned copy helps feed 12 people, and every signed copy helps feed 20.
Stories He’s Never Told.
Years of content, and none of it is this. The journal entries, the personal moments, the things he learned the hard way out in the bottoms.
The Field Knowledge
Southern species across furbearers, big game, small game, waterfowl, fish, and more. David’s actual methods for finding and catching them, the way he’s done it his whole life in Mississippi.
From Yawt Yawt’s Journal
Personal entries from the field David has never put on camera. Long-time viewers have watched hundreds of hours. The book has things they’ve never heard.
Wild Game Recipes
Not food blog recipes. David’s actual recipes, the ones he makes at home after a good day in the field. Wild game cooking the way it was meant to be learned.
The Appendix
Illustrated track diagrams and reference material you’ll flip back to after a day in the field. The kind of stuff that makes a book more than a one-time read.
Y’all know I’ve spent my whole life out in these bottoms learning everything I could about what lives out there. I finally put all of it in one place, every critter, every trail, every recipe. And the best part is, every book you get feeds families right here in Mississippi through ExtraTable. It means everything to me that you’d support it.
David Ellis · Yawt Yawt
Cover art subject to change.
Cover art subject to change.
Yawt Yawt’s Complete Guide to Huntin’, Trappin’, and Cookin’ Critters
by David Ellis “Yawt Yawt”
Ships November 25, 2026
Frequently Asked Questions
The official release date is November 25, 2026. Pre-order now to lock in your copy before it ships.
The signed edition includes a bookplate personally signed by David Ellis.
Yes. A portion of David’s royalties from every copy sold goes directly to ExtraTable, a Mississippi nonprofit that provides food to families in need. Every book feeds families. That’s not a marketing line. It’s how the contract is written.
A wide range of Southern species across furbearers, big game, small game, waterfowl, fish, and more. David covers the animals he actually hunts, traps, and cooks in rural Mississippi.
Both. If you hunt or trap, it’s a legitimate field reference. If you’re shopping for someone who does, this is the kind of book that says something: a hardcover, full-color piece from someone they already trust. It’s a solid gift for any Southern outdoorsman.
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Part Field Guide. Part Cookbook. All Yawt Yawt.
Yawt Yawt’s Guide to Huntin’, Trappin’, and Cookin’ Critters is the book Southern outdoorsmen have been waiting for. Part field guide, part wild game cookbook, part personal journal: this hardcover covers dozens of species across the Southeast, from white-tailed deer and wild hog to beaver, nutria, and catfish. Every entry centers on David’s actual methods: how he finds them and how he catches them, the way he learned it growing up in rural Mississippi.
But what makes this book different from any other field guide on the shelf is David’s voice. Each entry includes a “From Yawt Yawt’s Journal” section: stories from the swamp and the timber and the river bottom that have never been told on camera. And where applicable, you get David’s actual recipes with his actual opinions on how they should be cooked. Full color throughout. Illustrated track diagrams.
David Ellis “Yawt Yawt”
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