The MeatEater Podcast

Welcome to MeatEater Radio Live! Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Randall Williams, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, and Phil Taylor.  Guests: "Bubbly" Doug Duren, Pat Durkin, and Kyle Lybarger of the Native Habitat Project. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Maggie Smith, Cory Calkins, and Logan Dove. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Dusty Lasseter, Cory Calkins, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Catching 67 grizzlies in barrel traps; figuring out where to put grizzlies you’re relocating; being trap savvy; the death of 399; Steve spilling coffee all over his laptop; the “My Favorite Animal Act”; a sow’s home range size; how bears eat over 260 different plants and animals in the Yellowstone ecosystem; when a bear eats human meat; avoiding eye contact; false charging vs. actual charging; management decisions; delisting; how many grizzly die per year; Steve's promise to never put in for a grizzly tag; and more.   Outro song "1187" by Shad Peters  Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to MeatEater Radio Live! Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, and Phil Taylor.  Guests: Our very own Clay Newcomb and Chloe Mikles of Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Corinne Schneider, Hanzi Deschermeier, Alyssa Smith, and Nate Mason. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Cory Calkins, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: How you pronounce “coyote”; a machete with handles on both ends; ninja throwing stars; MeatEater's Cyber Monday Sale; the little dentist hunting club; speech and debate; fighting babies; don’t “Skip the Flip”; issues around hunting deer with hounds; Steve Rinella’s “Rough Cuts” episode on rattling’ bucks down in Texas; how Steve wants to explain what carpetbagging is; more on reciprocity and how to leave your outside shoes at the door; ass chap over not being able to pay the resident hunting license fee for a state in which you’re not a resident; Doug’s place and Asian lady beetles; and more.   Outro song "Ode to Panfish and Squirrel" by Judge Holden Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to MeatEater Radio Live! Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, Seth Morris, and Phil Taylor.  Guests: Brogan the Turkey with Connor Smith; CEO of Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, Steve Kline; and Brady Bush of the University of Michigan Fishing Team. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brad Brooks, Janis Putelis, Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Anthony Finissi, Cory Calkins, and Reva Hansen. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are back for Season 2 of MeatEater Kids! It's a fun, educational, and engaging podcast for all of you outdoor kids. Learn about science and history from Steve's "Why It's the Way It Is" segment and impress your friends with your newfound knowledge, develop your ear for animal vocalizations with our "Guess that Critter" segment, and play along during "Kids Trivia" with host Spencer Neuharth. Connect with Steve, Spencer, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Check out our new Kids T-ShirtSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with the "Armless Archer" and Paralympic Gold Medalist Matt Stutzman, Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, Austin Chleborad, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Zero arms; polished form; winning Paralympic Gold; doing everything with your feet; how you must be physically located in the state of Arizona at the time of raffle tag purchase; 54 pounds of beaver sausage with a hint of red fox mixed in; listen to Season 2 of the MeatEater Kids Podcast; "The Fingerless"; hunting to feed your family; when your able-bodied competitors claim you have an advantage over them even though you're missing both arms; the foot that carries the gold; preparing and working to be the absolute best; and more.  Outro song "Opening Day" by Jared Hicks Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to MeatEater Radio Live! Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Spencer Neuharth, Janis Putelis, Cory Calkins, and Phil Taylor.  Guests: 3x World Goose Calling Champion John Walls and author of Valley So Low, Jared Sullivan. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Janis Putelis hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, and Penn State students Sean Farrell, Allen Clapp, Levi Haines, and Tyler Kasak. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're back for Season Two of MeatEater Kids, the educational, fun, and engaging podcast for kids. Segments include a science and history segment called "Why It's the Way It Is,” an animal vocalization segment called "Guess that Critter,” and "Kids Trivia." Subscribe on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meateater-kids/id1780300084 Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/05n332fqNEkbbDFpp7lWSwSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Rosie, Aina, Mable, Haddie, and Janis Putelis.  Topics discussed: Youth hunting; how to keep your spot a secret; killing a big buck on your first ever hunt; and more.  Outro song "Bull Mountain Blues" by Evan Fogle Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to MeatEater Radio Live! Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Spencer Neuharth, Steve Rinella, Janis Putelis, and Phil Taylor.  Guests: Renown whitetail photographer Matt Hansen and journalist Mitchell Black with the Post and Courier. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams,  Cory Calkins, Alyssa Smith, Matt MIller, Tressa Croaker, and Nate Mason. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Ron Kendall, Brody Henderson, Cory Calkins, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: More on cowboy hats in airports; spearfishing in Montana; explaining environmental toxicology; the treats to the Bobwhite quail; the boll weevil; coveys of quail; buzz bombs; the art of wing shooting; fire ants; Operation Idiopathic Decline; eye worms; mating inside the eye; caecal worms; surpassing the cycle; Quail Guard; and more.  Outro song "Hunters and Hounds" by Allen Wayne Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to MeatEater Radio Live! Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Steve Rinella, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, and Phil Taylor.  Guests: John Koprowski (aka The Squirrel Doc) mammalogist, Dean and Professor of the Haub School of Environment & Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming, Gaspar Perricone, Co-Chair of Colorado’s Wildlife Deserves Better, and wildlife capture specialist and hunting guide Cody Fahrion. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams,  Cory Calkins, Chilly Chleborad, Collin Fopma, Nate Mason, Sam James, and Sarah Delany. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Arthur Lawson, Renee Lawson, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: An inter-tribal arranged marriage; pre-chewed meat, the epidemic of food pouches, and weak jaws; drinking mother’s milk and a way to have cannibalism that isn’t bad; when a mysterious religious group squats on public land and erects a fence up; watch MeatEater's new series, "Rough Cuts" on the Outdoor Channel or MeatEater’s YouTube channel; hunting on Wind River reservation for tribal members only; tribal ID cards and blood quantum; how tribal lands are still considered war zones by the federal government; the Feral Horse and Burrow Protection Act; Wind River as the first reservation that created a wilderness area; getting your impounded horses back; bringing the buffalo back; getting tribal youth involved; and more.  Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to MeatEater Radio Live! Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Ryan Callaghan, Cory Calkins, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor.  Guests: Jeff Crane, CEO of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, Bob St. Pierre, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, and Reed Barganier of ReedsPianoNews. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Tressa Croaker, Max Barta, Logan Dove, Cory Calkins, Nate Mason, and Christine Sawicki. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Clay Newcomb, Brent Reaves, Randall Williams, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: The hardest working states; reciprocity; benefits of in-state residents; hypocritical arguments about fair chase; presidential hopefuls trying to establish their hunting and fishing bona fides; squirting milt; how bull redfish are actually females; Randall catching a huge bull redfish; Cal catching an alligator gar on accident; shrimp bait as just feeding fish; alligator gar as living fossils; cooking stingray; low yield creatures; "on the half shell'; and more. Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to MeatEater Radio Live! Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, and Phil Taylor.  Guests: Curt Scheewe of British Columbia, Canada, Mark Kenyon, Jason Phelps, and Smallmouth Bass record holder Dante Piraino.  Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Randall Willams guest hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Clay Newcomb, Brent Reaves, and Chilly Chleborad. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Tony Peterson, Mark Kenyon, Janis Putelis, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: When Steve fell out of the boat; Pat’s column getting scolded by Uncle Ted; complaining that the youth hunt kills all the big bucks; cowboy LARPing and wearing spurs at the airport; would Fawn Doe Buck and Bridger Boone Buck work as baby names?; fried in earl; trail cam reports; bait piles on public land; a wall of sea trout; mad fishing skills; and more.  Outro song "Nature is a Show" by kid grunge band, Largemouth. Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to MeatEater Radio Live! Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Spencer Neuharth, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, and Phil Taylor.  Guests: Fish Ecologist and Professor Solomon R. David of The GarLab at the University of Minnesota, Chester Floyd, and Danielle Prewett.  Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Chilly Chleborad, Tressa Croaker, Reva Hansen, and Nate Mason. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Chuck Black, Emily Lian, Danielle Prewett, Kelsey Rae Morris, Brent Reaves, Max Barta, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: Phelps' Cutting the Distance episode with Luke Combs; Brent Reaves straight off the World Squirrel Cookout; the Arizona raffle; MeatEater and Sig Sauer’s new collab ammo; MeatEater’s Wild + Whole cookbook by Danielle Prewett; pheasant feet; the Junior Duck Stamp competition; winning the Federal Duck Stamp competition as the highest honor for an artist; the five birds you can paint; surpassing the $1 billion dollar mark since the Federal Duck Stamp Program began; when art means conservation storytelling; studying the Fibonacci Sequence; collecting stamps; starting with pet portraits; the carrier image; waiting for the hen to arrive; and more.  Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new MeatEater Radio Live! podcast. Today, we're coming to you from Cypress Cove Marina in Venice, Louisiana. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel or catch the audio version of the show right here. Today's episode is hosted by Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Mark Kenyon, and Tony Peterson, and Phil Taylor, with guest Chester Floyd.   Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Janis Putelis guest hosts MeatEater Trivia with Spencer Neuharth,  Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Corinne Schneider, Nate Mason, Tressa Croaker, and Alec Zimmer. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Wyatt Brooks, Aaron Brooks, Malcolm Brooks, Ryan Callaghan, Chester Floyd, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Patience and willingness to be out the longest; oison oak monoculture; ticks in the ear and up the nose; depredation permits; the public perception of predators; management deficiencies; when you’re out shed hunting and run into a lion; how it won't back down even though you hit it in the face with your pack;  losing a brother, losing a son; Malcolm’s article in The New York Times Magazine; and more.  Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new MeatEater Radio Live! podcast. Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Spencer Neuharth, Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams, and Phil Taylor.  Guests: Dr. Bronson Strickland from Mississippi State University, Janis Putelis with Rene Cross of Cypress Cove, Corinne Schneider, and Ryan Beierman of Wisconsin.  Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Alyssa Smith, Garrett Long, and Logan Dove. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Diane Boyd, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Diane Boyd’s new book A Woman Among Wolves; a tame pet pigeon with the bird sitter; when Diane was on Ep. 166: Hunting with Teeth; it’s MeatEater's Whitetail Week!; F*cked Up Old Shitters calendar is here; a good use for a tandem outhouse; "a retraction never gets the traction of the reaction to the original action"; Sonoran hotdogs; if you could snap your finger and get rid of CWD, would you?; the first wolf reintroductions; lady wolf trapper; where are wolves tolerated?; bringing home any Mexican wolves that wander out of their area; being a lumper of a splitter; why wolves generally don’t kill people; the average age of wolf death; high running feelings about wolf management vis-a-vis deer hunting; re-listing wolves on the ESA?; wolves in Colorado; ballot box biology; and more. Outro song: "Fever" by Pick & Howl on Instagram Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new MeatEater Radio Live! podcast. Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, and Brody Henderson, and Phil Taylor. Guests: Patrick Berry, CEO of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Papa Janis Putelis Sr., and Wyatt Seep of Old Northwest Timber & Habitat.  Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Randall Williams, Brent Reaves, Seth Morris, Max Barta, Tressa Croaker, Cory Calkins, Matt Miller, Christine Sawicki, and Phil Taylor. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Brandon Maddox, Grace Sturdivant, Lukas VanLaeken, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Garrett Long, Matt Miller, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: How everything is surpassed everywhere else but in the US; our 2025 F*cked Up Old Shitters calendar is out; scratch and sniff; the black market for big game tags; laws about crossing state lines with skulls; bent or ejected hair cells from within the ear; decibels and pressure on your ear drums; how ear plugs are only going to do so much to protect your ears; and why you should double up; the Hearing Protection Act; legal for ownership in 42 states and legal for hunting with in 41 states; sonic crack and muzzle blast; a game warden opinion poll on suppressors; the now short waiting period for suppressors; the 3DB Rule; the brand new MeatEater-Silencer Central Suppressor https://www.silencercentral.com/products/meateater/; a muzzle break in a suppressor; get your Otopro hearing protection; and more.  Outro song: "Tired and Branded" by Bard Edrington V Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new MeatEater Radio Live! podcast. Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Spencer Neuharth, Janis Putelis, and Randall Williams.   Guests: Chester Floyd, Cory Calkins, MeatEater contributor Pat Durkin, fishing guide Chris Weber, and chef Yia Vang of Vinai. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Randall Williams, Will Tschetter, Connor Prokop, and Brady Bush at the University of Michigan. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Guy Groenewold, Randall Williams, Brent Reaves, Spencer Neuharth, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Buying all the furs off the Hudson Bay Company when it went under; watch our brand new “MeatEater Radio Live!” show on our Podcast Network YouTube channel live on Thursdays at 11am MT and listen as an audio drop here on Fridays; how Steve goes to yoga once a year with his wife; start your mornings off with the new MeatEater Crossword Puzzle; how following the simple rules of a landowner will earn you hunting permission for years to come; the link between big bucks and growing good tomatoes; the polyester threat; playing cowboy; mercury and The Mad Hatter; the number of Xs means the percent of beaver fur used; the tremendous difference in bobcat fur quality; deer tail used in hats; all about whitetail deer hides on MeatEater’s American History: The Long Hunters; the difference between wild mink and ranch mink; and more. Outro song: "Rabbit Chase" by Spencer Roberts  Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new MeatEater Radio Live! podcast. Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Brent Reaves, Seth Morris, and Max Barta. Guests: Jake and Riley DeBow of New England Naturals and wildlife geneticist Dr. Phil Lavretsky with the Population and Evolutionary Genetics Lab at the University of Texas at El Paso. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Max Barta, Alyssa Smith, Tressa Croaker, and Anthony Finissi. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Heather Douville and Seth Morris. Topics discussed: How to pronounce Tlingit; setting halibut hooks in competitive pairs of two; drying fish over spruce sticks; putting good energy into what you’re doing; “do the best you can, your friend is coming to fight you”; salmon as a part of a way of life; only take what you need even if the law says you can take more; wearing seal; the sea otter fur trade; Heather’s small business, Coastal Fur and Leather; how sea otters eat 25% of their body weight in seafood a day; how there’s more hair on one square inch of a sea otter than there is on an entire German shepherd; soft gold; shooting off hand out of the boat; supporting the cause; restrictions under the Marine Mammal Protection Act; how kids are sacred; get Heather's handmade fur items here; and more. Outro song: "The World To Me" by Jared Hicks  Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new MeatEater Radio Live! podcast. Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Brent Reaves, Brody Henderson, and Seth Morris. Guests: The New Montana state record holder for Chinook, Jim Fauth, and retired game warden Chris Powell.  Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Maggie Smith, Chilly Chleborad, and Collin Fopma. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with the one and only Will Primos, Janis Putelis, Seth Morris, Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  The importance of the attitude; zero negativity; crooked pinkys; prophylactics; the size of the pallet; the time when our very own Cory Calkins guided Will; Steve’s belief in being able to train up wildlife cinematographers on hunt acumen; patience is a good hunter; if you know you oughta do something, don’t; Will’s new book, “Straight Shooting for Hunters”; the nuances of shooting things flying through the air; the eye trick; when the hammer falls, the dragon breathes fire; don’t keep an eye on the bead; gun fit; shooting too hot; a shared love of "Jeremiah Johnson"; and more.  Outro song "My Dogs" written by Ron Boehme, host of The Hunting Dog Podcast, and sung by Michael Daggett. Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new MeatEater Radio Live! podcast. Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Spencer Neuharth, Janis Putelis, and Randall Williams. Guests: Seth Walk of Hauling' Ass Backcountry and Alaska grizzly attack survivor Tyler Johnson  Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Clay Newcomb, Mark Kenyon, Jordan Budd, Brent Reaves, Maggie Hudlow, KC Smith, Tyler Jones, Tony Peterson, and Jordan Sillars. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Danny Rinella, Jamie Fitzgerald, Andrew Radzialowski, and Seth Morris.  Topics discussed: Roommates; augering a hole through the butter; the first halibut Danny Rinella ever caught; making mac and cheese for hundreds of people; stocking super salmon; never forgiving your small town outdoor columnist for blowing up your fishing spot; the leader dog that kept destroying tomatoes; rotten tuna behind drywall; MeatEater Radio Live! Is live; fishing like Communists; how the cod disappeared for a decade; why Seth’s glad his A-frame was hit by a tree; how halibut can sit frozen for a few years and it’ll make no difference on the eating experience; octopus abundance after the sea star die off; my halibut substitute teacher; finding geocaches; not dating the meat you put in the freezer; scraping the slime off; the year of the cod; and more. Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new MeatEater Radio Live! podcast. Join Steve Rinella and the rest of the crew as they go LIVE from MeatEater HQ every Thursday at 11am MT! They’ll have segments, call-in guests, and real-time interaction with the audience. You can watch the stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel, or catch the audio version of the show on Fridays. Today's episode is hosted by Steve Rinella, Janis Putelis, and Randall Williams. Guests: Heather Douville of the Lingít tribe and John Hayes of Hayes Taxidermy in Libby, MT. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Clay Newcomb, Mark Kenyon, Jordan Budd, Brent Reaves, Maggie Hudlow, KC Smith, Tyler Jones, Tony Peterson, and Jordan Sillars. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Charles Whitman and John Stallone of HOWL, Ryan Callaghan, Maggie Hudlow, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Our new video series, Whitetail EDU with Mark and Tony; tune into our brand new, live-streamed podcast, ME Radio, Live!; Turks and Caicos walks its law back; two different correct pronunciations of “Roosevelt”; bipartisan support for the expansion of nuclear power; Chetiquette on how to deal with a nuisance turkey; a wolf saga in Wyoming and wanting to see ethical predator management; being a tree-hugging hippy redneck; how you can’t bring a harvested mountain lion from another state into California; the problem of ballot box biology; Sarah McLachlan’s hits; manipulative anti-hunter billboard campaigns; conservation vs. convenience; the Land Back Movement; coming from different angles but landing at the same conclusion; the difference between feral and wild horses; management practices and balance; the merits of salvage requirements; and more. Outro song “Wildlife Song” by Ryan Posh Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Hanzi Deschermeier, Tony Peterson, Janis Putelis, Seth Morris, Brent Reaves, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Watch MeatEater Rough Cuts coming in November on the Outdoor Channel and MyOutdoorTV; bears messing with trail cams; how you can’t use processed food as bear bait; the challenges of making video content of trapping; Coach Tony; the hero story; calling the moose to the airstrip; filming an entire hunting show in half a day; how Clay wants to open up a sweet corn stand when he retires; rattling in 22 bucks; awesome buck footage; bucks power-slapping the decoy; how Brent's This Country Life podcast is about relationships; the real fish heist; and more.  Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Randall Williams guest hosts MeatEater Trivia with Spencer Neuharth, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Cory Calkins, Tressa Croaker, Reva Hansen, Logan Dove, and Alec Zimmer. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Mark Kenyon, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Don’t perpetuate the misinformation spread; more of “Steve Reads Books So You Ain’t Got To”; can you really breed CWD-resistance into deer?; the importance of a healthy, balanced deer population on the hunting experience; more arguments for and against governor's tags and raffles; equal right vs. equal opportunity; grease; are governor's tags un-American?; what's actually better for the resource; no more auction allocation for tags in Arizona; Cal's mic drop; and a sneak peek story from our new Campfire Stories 3: Discoveries, Revelations & Near Misses. Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Mark Kenyon, Tony Peterson, and Brent Reaves. Topics discussed: First Lite's new reengineered whitetail system; Elevation, angles, leaning, positions; chasing specific deer; when you can’t chose the perfect tree; stalking the spot you wanna be in; number one reason why folks miss or wound deer; never shooting under and always missing high; target panic; the wait time to expiration; hot tips of before and after the shot; and more.  Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, MacKenzie Elmquist, Maggie Smith, Anthony Finissi, and Matt Miller. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Chris Denny, Charlotte Crosmer, Ryan Callaghan, Tony Peterson, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Austin "Chilly Chleborad," Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Please support Chris Denny's new album HERE; a terrible duck hunting accident; Steve’s favorite song, “Ride On” by Chris and his album, "If the Roses Don't Kill Us"; cautionary tales about drinking; why you shouldn't trade the first shotgun you ever bought yourself for a guitar; Koe Wetzel lickin’ his finger; Tony Peterson's note on why you need to stop believing you live in a big buck black hole; animal moms attacking Coloradans; the Makah tribe finally gets a waiver under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to exercise their treaty right to hunt grey whales again; how JT Van Zandt used to be Chris Denny’s manager; life is forgiving and time heals; the ace up his sleeve; too much hiking for the poodle; vulnerable talk about addiction and recovery; having masters degrees in chamber music and violin; a live performance; how to contribute to Chris' kickstarter campaign; and more. Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new podcast, MeatEater Kids! It's a fun, educational, and engaging podcast for all of you outdoor kids. Learn about science and history from Steve's "Why It's the Way It Is" segment and impress your friends with your newfound knowledge, develop your ear for animal vocalizations with our "Guess that Critter" segment brought to you by Katie Rinella, and play along during "Kids Trivia" with host Spencer Neuharth. Connect with Steve, Spencer, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Randall Williams, Max Barta, Corinne Schneider, Cory Calkins, Matt McCormick, Brady Davis, and Nate Mason. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Tracy Collins, Ronnie Collins, Greg Fonts, Asa Jackson Clark, and Austin Chleborad.  Topics discussed: What a bayou is; fishing oysters by hand; Steve’s self-improvement; ways to catch turtles; sacks of oysters; how water source changes the flavor of the oyster; oyster thieving; shrimp heads falling away; looking for the po’ boy spot in the hospital; when a porpoise flips you a fish; the snail situation; getting digested in stomach bile and then sucked out of your shell; a special gumbo recipe without sausage; eating over a dozen dozen oysters in an oyster-eating competition; and more. Outro song “Liquid” by Adam Patrick, Drew Clayton, and Caleb Widmer. Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new podcast, MeatEater Kids! It's a fun, educational, and engaging podcast for all of you outdoor kids. Learn about science and history from Steve's "Why It's the Way It Is" segment and impress your friends with your newfound knowledge, develop your ear for animal vocalizations with our "Guess that Critter" segment brought to you by Katie Rinella, and play along during "Kids Trivia" with host Spencer Neuharth. Connect with Steve, Spencer, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shelby Huber guest hosts MeatEater Trivia, Wives Edition, with Jennifer Jones, Katie Finch, Carrie Henderson, Kelsey Rae Morris, Samantha Bates, Adrienne Taylor, Sydney Williams, Alex Eigen, and Sarah Calkins. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Josh Smith of Montana Knife Company, Seth Morris, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Our new collab MKC x MeatEater Stubhorn Knife; Salty Phil; how Boudin changed Steve’s life; vats of hot sauce; it's an insult sandwich; Steve reads books so you ain’t got to--excerpts on Alaskan hunters, anglers, and trappers; becoming a journeyman smith at 15 and master blade smith at 19; the 90-degree bend; throwaway blades vs. passing down heirloom knives; the BLM revokes its permit for the proposed Ambler Road; Heffelfinger’s issues with  bringing back mammoths; Larry challenging Steve on muskies; no more OTC archery tags for non-residents in CO; more on wolves; legislative wins in Michigan; First Lite’s brand new whitetail line coming July 30th!; how metal loses its magnetism when heated to a certain temperature; the Rockwell Score; how to properly sharpen a knife; edge geometry; hair farmers; and more. Outro song “Echos Home” by Dan Kruse Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new podcast, MeatEater Kids! It's a fun, educational, and engaging podcast for all of you outdoor kids. Learn about science and history from Steve's "Why It's the Way It Is" segment and impress your friends with your newfound knowledge, develop your ear for animal vocalizations with our "Guess that Critter" segment brought to you by Katie Rinella, and play along during "Kids Trivia" with host Spencer Neuharth. Connect with Steve, Spencer, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Mackenzie Elmquist, Cory Calkins, Garrett Long, Chilly Chleborad, and Anthony Finissi. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Mark Kenyon, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Jani and Cal's perfectly average results in Sig Sauer’s shooting competition; how Jani shot a target a mile away; subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network Youtube Channel; a steelhead burned onto a tie dyed hoody; our gnome shirts are back in stock and where was the mermaid hooked?; another call for your outro music submissions; the noises Dirt makes while eating; how Steve’s the OG freeze dried expert and his face is on the new collar Peak Refuel freeze dried American buffalo meal pack; no to captive cervids, yes to bison ranchers; how many notches in Steve’s spoon?; join Mark Kenyon’s Working for Wildlife Tour in August; calling Doug Duren for acorn advice; saving horses by hunting ground squirrels; sharing vasectomy stories; “Steve reads books so you ain’t got to”; eating rats; and more. Outro song “Open Country” by Dirt Myth and Andrew Smith Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new podcast, MeatEater Kids! It's a fun, educational, and engaging podcast for all of you outdoor kids. Learn about science and history from Steve's "Why It's the Way It Is" segment and impress your friends with your newfound knowledge, develop your ear for animal vocalizations with our "Guess that Critter" segment brought to you by Katie Rinella, and play along during "Kids Trivia" with host Spencer Neuharth. Connect with Steve, Spencer, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Chester Floyd, Hanzi Deschermeier, Chilly Chleborad, Mackenzie Elmquist, Christine Sawicki, Alyssa Smith, Cory Calkins, and Logan Dove. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Larry Ramsell, Ryan Callaghan, Chester Floyd, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Books by the reel musky expert; the man at the end of the line; if we didn’t have catch and release for muskies, we’d have fried them all; all muskies all the time; two different species?; the best way to handle a musky; the world record wars; contextualizing and challenging the "musky manifesto"; photometry; how live sonar can educate; standing against spearing and catching through the ice; tiger muskies; and more.  Outro song "Fishing Lures" by Peter Block. Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our brand new podcast, MeatEater Kids! It's a fun, educational, and engaging podcast for all of you outdoor kids. Learn about science and history from Steve's "Why It's the Way It Is" segment and impress your friends with your newfound knowledge, develop your ear for animal vocalizations with our "Guess that Critter" segment brought to you by Katie Rinella, and play along during "Kids Trivia" with host Spencer Neuharth. Connect with Steve, Spencer, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Janis Putelis guest hosts MeatEater Trivia with Spencer Neuharth, Tony Peterson, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Max Barta, Christine Sawicki, Reva Hansen, and Chester Floyd. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Tony Peterson, Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Janis Putelis, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Steve reads "A Vaquero of the Brush Country" so you don't have to; terrorizing the neighborhood with a slingshot; listen to our new HOUNDations podcast covering all things dog with Tony Peterson on Cal's podcast feed; reading entries for the first MeatEater Podcast essay contest; what's happened to the Gulf; the future Fish Shack South; join Steve and the crew for some fishing with MeatEater Experiences in Venice, LA  and waterfowl hunting with MeatEater Experiences in Kansas; Jani's Gould's turkey; a public service announcement for hunters in New Mexico; hog hunting bans; bonus points for kids; and more.  Outro song "MeatEater" by Brad Pike Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Tony Peterson, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Corinne Schneider, Hilary Byrne, Cory Calkins, and Hanzi Deschermeier. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Matt James of Colossal Biosciences, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan,  Brody Henderson, and Randall Williams.  Topics discussed: Explaining de-extinction; bringing back the woolly mammoth, dodo bird, and Tasmanian tiger; bringing back Mingus, or Mingus 2.0; watch our Bull Boat race video between Steve and Cal; gene editing with CRISPR; how do you manage habitat for an animal that hasn’t been around for 400 years?; nature-based solutions for restoring ecosystems; developing technologies to create artificial wombs; eradication; and more.  Connect with Steve, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Mark Kenyon, Justin Gaethje, Mark Healey, Josh Smith, Patrick Hanley, Luke Caudillo, Scottie Lago, and Troy Hellman. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Shayne Burke, Chloe Burke, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan,  Brody Henderson, and Randall Williams.  Topics discussed: When your wife is an EMT and is there to help when you get mauled by a grizzly; when you go from catching and selling pigeons to raising baby pigeon chick pets; shed hunting and getting a stick in your eye; brain surgery; a honeymoon in WY; a momma bear with cubs; biting down on bear spray; a confiscated can; getting saved off the mountain; and more.  Connect with Steve, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steve Rinella, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Mackenzie Elmquist, and Max Barta. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with independent presidential candidate for the 2024 election, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  Topics discussed: Brain worms and bonding over parasites; getting mercury poisoning from eating all the fish you harvest; raising homing pigeons at age 7; being a master falconer; fighting polluters to keep water clean; making a list of every bad thing you ever did; focusing on what matters to people; government-subsidized vs. free market energy sources; Secret Service security; and more.  Connect with Steve, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Christine Sawicki, Max Barta, Alyssa Smith, and Logan Dove. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Doug Duren, Karl Malcolm, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, and Randall Williams.  Topics discussed: The Aldo Leopold Foundation; a diamond anniversary; how “A Sand County Almanac” remains powerfully relevant today; celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Gila Wilderness; Aldo Leopold quotes; the object and its shadow; get a chance to be part of our MeatEater Podcast recording by joining ME Experiences in Cypress Cove; our Trivia board game is back in stock; when the kid has a bully body; It’s-Better-When-You-Don’t-Get-One-Jani; bird watching with opera glasses; Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work; how you can’t put Aldo Leopold in a box; killing the things we love; Doug’s non-profit organization, Sharing the Land; pulling that saw; and more. Outro song "Shoot Straight" by Jared Hicks Connect with Steve, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella speaks with Patrick Hanley and Daniel Horner from Sig Sauer, Janis Putelis, Garrett Long, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: When a guy dares to do a "stick 'em up" robbery of your dad's veterinarian business; getting schooled at shooting competitions; the Sig Cross; the "man bun" caliber; left-handed Clovis hunters; how Steve just wants a folded stock; MOA or MIL; the new long range record holder; image stabilizing binoculars and rangefinders; and more.  Connect with Steve, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Maggie Smith, Cory Calkins, Max Barta, and Reva Hansen. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella speaks with Brad Leone, Ryan Callaghan, Jordan Sillars, Spencer Neuharth, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Boiling muskrats; recalling our episode on GMOs; Steve’s beaver blanket; Brad’s shows on YouTube; super salad; the cheek sleeve; a bag of dogs; when Brad and Cal cooked up trapping bait; Brad’s YouTube shows; the gluteal crease; when kids get chased off from fishing HOA ponds with guns and knives; jorts; the launch of our MeatEater Kids Podcast; you’re only a resident of one state; why you need to weigh fish on dry land; “Commercial Carl”; what killed the goose?; out of the roost; diving in the shallow for tautogs; the Vinasphere; air pockets in bread; aging fish;  and more.  Outro music "MeatEater" by Brad Pike. Connect with Steve, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Doug Duren, Karl Malcolm, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Garrett Long, and Tressa Croaker. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this exclusive interview, Steven Rinella talks with otter mauling victims, Jennifer Royce, Stephanie Johnson, and Leila Pavolich. Janis Putelis and Spencer Neuharth join. Topics discussed: FTO and missing half your ear; the frequency of otter attacks over time; donate to the Bob Patten Endowment for the Kent State University Experimental Archaeology Laboratory so you can see more bison butchery experiments with Clovis points; the bison skull with a bullet hole at the MeatEater flagship store in Bozeman, MT;  Jani’s "Unga Bunga Test"; our interview with the American hunters facing potential prison time in Turks and Caicos; different views on Governor tags; finding a husband for Stephanie; floating on inner tubes down the Jefferson River; when otters were your favorite animal; doing a body roll; the importance of dry bags; just how thankful you are when SOS works on your phone; the landowner and the trooper to the rescue; hundreds of stitches; lingering emotional trauma; having a sense of humor about it as a way to help heal; strapping on the dive knife for next time; and more.  Connect with Steve, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brad Leone, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Corinne Schneider, Collin Fopma, and Mackenzie Elmquist. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Ryan Callaghan, Clay Newcomb, Randall Williams, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: Experiences had in and around The Wilma Theater; morels in moose tracks; “Ole Slew Foot” performed by Clay and Phil the Quiet Man of Talent on the harmonica; banning sonar in WI?; drones and hunting; traditional use vs. technological advancement; what would the long hunters say?; poison arrows; genuine snake oil rendered off a Burmese python; habitat selection methods applied to hunters wearing GPS; and more.  Outro song: "Bo$$ Tom" by Jesse Collins Connect with Steve, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Ryan Callaghan, Clay Newcomb, Randall Williams, Chilly, Marco Gill, and Ryan Thompson. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb, Spencer Neuharth, Austin Chelaborad, Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: What side of the bed do you sleep on?; wonderstone; the erogeny of mountains; how Clay wants a timber rattlesnake; getting bit by cobras and recalling the Schmidt Pain Index; how to correctly pronounce “Roosevelt” and other corrections; a lot of musky talk; Johnny Cash and a pile of pole beans; Cam Hanes’ hog hunt video and Clay Matthews’ duck hunt videos are live; remember to reserve your hunting or fishing trip with MeatEater Experiences; AZ votes to eliminate Governor’s tags; the power of raffles; how Phil woke up at 5:30am to go to Disney Land during a half day break on the MeatEater Live Tour; how you feel hunting out of a state vehicle; how you’re only a resident of one state; and more.  Outro song: "Reel 'Em In" by Garrett Holbrook  Connect with Steve, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with the two American hunters, Ryan Watson and Bryan Hagerich,  currently detained on the Caribbean island nation of the Turks and Caicos. They face potential 12-year prison sentences for having accidentally left hunting ammunition rounds in the tourist luggage they brought with them on vacation to the island.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Taylin Tomlinson, Cory Calkins, Keith Anspach, and Logan Dove. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Peter Stark, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Being an adventurer and then an adventure historian; Peter's many books; the beaver in the tile work of Astor Place; how young Washington was a screw up; how exasperated Steve gets listening to Attenborough, God bless him; dinosaurs in the snow; land back scenarios; mapping out old water ways; checking out narwhals with Inuit hunters; how far north can you go?; different ways to die; box jellies and black mambas; the lost Pacific Empire of Astor and Jefferson; young Washington; Tecumseh; and more.  Outro song by Jacob Perleoni Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Chilly, Alyssa Smith, Roman Schnobrich, and Keith Anspach. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Brody Henderson, Janis Putelis, Alyssa Smith, Seth Morris, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: At long last, MeatEater’s Outdoor Cookbook is here; whooping on an octopus; from elaborate show stoppers to elevated backcountry camp meals; how chimichurri goes on everything; why frying fish should only be an outdoor activity; smoking devilled eggs; counting the number of pulses applied to the fish cake mixture; arguing about what a monograph is; other words for hobo pie; how the char is perfect once the octopus legs have curled; cooking stuff on sticks; juicy blue cheese and bacon jam stuffed burgers; chowing down while podcasting; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Tressa Croaker, Max Barta, and Seth Morris. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia Merch Use code MEATEATER to get 15% off your first order at athleticbrewing.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Becky Humphries, Suze Orman, Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: It's Tax Day; bigger is not better; when two ladies in a small boat beat all the boys; from "Money Lady" to the "Fishing Girls"; the incredible expense of a fishing; you can donate your tax refund to conservation and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership; a Michigan-pissed hunter; your last chance to attend MeatEater’s Live Tour and BHA x MeatEater Trivia Pint Nights; the wolf that was killed in southern Michigan and how coyote management has changed in the state; the incredible challenge of finding common ground; how elections shape conservation policy; and more. Outro song "Huntin' Land" by Emmy Lou Howard Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Reva Hansen, Maggie Smith, and Seth Morris. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia Merch Use code MEATEATER to get 15% off your first order at athleticbrewing.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Hampton Sides, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Hampton's new book, The Wide, Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook is now out; Hampton's oeuvre; Ep. 298: Cooking Captain Cook; where Captain Cook got killed in Hawaii; get our last "fresh set of eyes finds new beans" t-shirt before they're gone; the scientific paper from our Bison Butchery with Clovis Points video has been published--read the full paper here, as well as Steve's summary on our website; book your spot with MeatEater Experiences to join Steve and the crew on a fishing trip in Louisiana and a waterfowl hunting trip in Kansas; confusing Captain Cook with Captain Hook, Captain Kirk, and Captain Crunch; a skilled map maker; avoiding scurvy on the exploration by eating hunted and foraged foods; the Earl of Sandwich; the first written account of massage; an obsession with iron; eating cockroach excrement and a ton of turtle; body parts; and more.  Outro song by Wes Aikens Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Brad Floeter, Clair Overby, Mary Gibson, Cody Dinsmoor, Michael Rietveld, Logan Williamson, and Keith Anspach. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Brendan Runde, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: The musky manifesto; get tickets to our Live Tour and reserve your spot with Steve, Jani, Cal, and Clay for MeatEater Experiences; the controversy around spearing pike in MN; the very long halflife of mercury; scrubbing emissions; the BLM’s proposal for land to be developed for solar; all the places you can put solar panels; fishing around a wind turbine; 24 wind turbines currently producing power in the Atlantic Ocean; scour protection in the form of a a rubble donut; creating habitat; the aesthetics of wind farms; investigating the whale argument; impact of offshore wind on fish species; The Nature Conservancy making public lands; Runde TNC; turn your lights off and stop buying balloons; and more.   Outro song by Kenny Leiser Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Rene Cross of Cypress Cove, Janis Putelis, and Seth Morris.  Topics discussed: Reserve your spot now with Steve, Jani, Clay, Cal and the rest crew at our very first ME Experiences offering this year--fishing in Louisiana and waterfowl hunting in Kansas; First Lite's new Walnut and Cerca color patterns are available now; enter TRCP's Spring Sweepstakes for a chance to win a turkey hunt with Steve and Janis; the sun doesn't set on Tabasco sauce; cooking wild duck for the first time; the return of the "Deep Drop Boyz" show idea with Steve and Seth; what fish makes a good poke bowl; how the biggest bluefin was caught in Cypress Cove; how sheepshead is fun to catch; power pluckers; known for crawfish; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Brad Floeter, Clair Overby, Mary Gibson, Cody Dinsmoor, Michael Rietveld, Kyle O'Connell, Logan Williamson, and Keith Anspach. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Dan Gates, Connor Smith, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, and Phil Taylor.  Topics discussed: When you’re ruined for elk hunting at the age of 16; Conner getting the 39th biggest bull elk ever in Montana; the trials and tribulations of Mingus the hound; when you further up the upper limit of what you’ll spend on your dog at the vet; a citizen initiative to ban certain kinds of hunting in Colorado and why you need to pay attention to this if you care about hunting, period; activating ballot initiatives vs. entrusting state game biologists to determine how to best handle wildlife; fallacies and lies; naming bucks because you want to get them; hug a hunter; “Save the Hunt” and DONATE HERE; calling all outdoor recreationists; and more.  Outro song by Kenny Leiser Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella,  Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Danielle Prewett, Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, and Brendan Runde. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jesse Griffiths, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Jesse Griffith’s brand new cookbook, The Turkey Book, is out so order it now on the MeatEater website; look out for our auction house of oddities for this DU sword; how Jeff Foxworthy trained himself to drink black coffee; listen to Luke Combs on our God’s Country podcast; the MeatEater 2024 Live Tour and Skootin’ Newton who used to live at The Wilma in Missoula, MT; when Steve’s “fresh set of eyes” saying was used by an attorney who was trying to sniff out hunters among the jury; get our limited edition “Fresh Set of Eyes” t-shirt at the MeatEater store now; how black phase squirrels are the offspring of gray and fox squirrels interbreeding; the Scythians who made quivers from human hide; explaining elk herds and the concept of depredation funds; 400 pages on how to cook a turkey; how to fry wild turkey; celery seeds as the secret special ingredient; breasts and lobes; the debate over cooking turkeys whole; the time when Jesse cooked dinner for Jacques Pépin; Gaston in the lap; harvesting an old banded turkey; getting shot at while turkey hunting; and more.  Outro song by ReedsPianoNews Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special Turkey Week bonus episode of The MeatEater Podcast, our beloved Jani "The Latvian Eagle" Putelis brings us poignant stories from the turkey woods. He attended NWTF's annual convention, where he interviewed dozens of hunters. Here, Jani shares the ones that hit home the most. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella,  Clay Newcomb, Jason Phelps, Brent Reaves, Hunter Spencer, Dave Smith, Paul Lewis, and Brad Cochran. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb, Dave Smith, Brad Cochran, Jason Phelps, Paul Lewis, and Jen Lewis.  Topics discussed: It's Turkey Week at MeatEater so head to our website and check out  all of our turkey season offerings; how Dave is deaf as shit; Clay's high school art drawing, Machine Gun Hog; being a turkey decoy purist; DSD's Mating Hen decoy as a stable plane; the Jake Strutter decoy and the ten steps to strutting; Phelps and Clay rip on calls to trick the Merlin App; owl hoot competitions; calls to illicit a shock gobble; the ins and outs, and challenges and pride of "Made in America"; the nicest duffle bag ever made by man, according to Steve, by Paul Lewis of FHF; the Apex Belt as all you'll need in the turkey woods; and more.  Outro song: "Bo$$ Tom" by Jesse Collins. Listen to "Bo$$ Tom" and other songs by Jesse HERE. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb about Clay's trip to trap wolves in Alaska and the film MeatEater made out his adventure.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Max Barta, Christine Sawicki, and Corinne Schneider. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with comedian Jeff Foxworthy. Topics discussed: Foxworthy’s best work according to Steve, “The Incomplete Deer Hunter”; moo shu matzo balls; deer shot during Mardi Gras; a correction on Steve’s use of the word “crescendo”; eclipsing the apex of one’s splendor; when Foxworthy met Bruce Springstein; when the Beverly Hills Dodge dealership won’t actually sell you a truck; when deer needed to be brought into Georgia; the huge market for blue collar and redneck comedy; meeting your career and your wife five minutes apart; mountain lion sightings; how Jeff has sold more comedy records than anyone who’s ever lived; becoming a bowhunter; managing the farm for wildlife; arrowhead hunting meth heads; when Jeff found a 7,000-year-old pipe; when you’re old enough to derive happiness out of being involved in another person’s hunt; still not knowing exactly what folks are going to laugh at; and more. Outro song: "Raccoon Pecker" by Matt Baric Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Randall Williams, Maggie Hudlow, Chester Floyd, Mackenzie Elmquist, and Hanzi Deschermeier. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with author CJ Box, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Cool stage names; Three Inch Teeth, the 24th Joe Pickett game warden novel out now; when a CJ Box book mentions Steve and MeatEater; novels with an honest portrayal or time and place; how CJ’s wife was called to be on the jury for the Wyoming corner crossing case; get our limited edition “Fresh Set of Eyes…” t-shirt at the MeatEater store now; Clay Newcomb’s high school drawing of a future man with a sci-fi gun pointed at a wild hog; how the next Joe Pickett novel should center around a great vault toilet rescue; audience variations on Steve’s beans saying; NSFW (not safe for work) bird names; how the groundhog can’t tell the weather; hardwired to be a writer; and more.  Outro song: "Mo' Beans" by Raynor Johnson Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Paul Neess, Jason Phelps, Matt Cook, Janis Putelis, and Seth Morris. Topics discussed: The “whitetail industrial complex" and Jani cutting down trees to create a little wildlife nest; Dirt’s grandfather’s chapstick of choice: his very own earwax; Bible verses that reference hunting and trapping; playing it safe with God and the Old Testament; the correlation between reported Bigfoot sightings and bear populations; BLM land opened up to solar energy development; Steve’s plan to use imminent domain to seize urban areas and sports stadiums for solar development instead of on undeveloped landscapes; controversy around how the king salmon of the Gulf of Alaska are headed for an ESA listing; how orcas pull on America’s heart strings; upset around listing sturgeon; the “buck a day” mantra in Sonora, Mexico; DIY steps for how to make a turkey foot giving the middle finger; and more.  Outro song: "Flash in the Pan" by Lane Farrar  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Mark Kenyon, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Seth Morris, and Corinne Schneider. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Cam Hanes, Max Barta, Seth Morris, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Getting bested by an armadillo; calling in a pissed off javelina; soft, malleable mettle; how Seth’s antler rattling sequence on the podcast possibly called in a deer; RIP “Floppy”; how you really need professional help to neuter a cat; would you want 43,000 monkeys living next door?; stuff gets out in Texas; is Bigfoot a vector for trichinosis?; getting your ammo thrown in the trash vs. getting arrested; being mostly good at many things or being great at one thing; maintaining awareness of all the arguments against wild pigs, while sticking with your treatment of them as a game animal; how having blood on your hands doesn’t mean you don’t care; the theory that we’re governed by a fear of death; no baby named “Steve”; old folks are mentally tougher than young folks; Cam on ultra marathons and how our bodies are incredible; how the weekly mileage you put in helps you run a single race of that length; being 100% focused on getting that elk; running a marathon per day; how elk are very susceptible to stalking; always looking at the numbers; how hunting teaches that an optimistic mindset is almost better than anything else; lights out; and more.  Outro by Reed's Piano News Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brody Henderson hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Mark Kenyon, Spencer Neuharth, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Mackenzie Elmquist, and Maddie Lehman. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with former Green Bay Packers linebacker and Super Bowl winner Clay Matthews, Ryan Callaghan, Max Barta, Chester Floyd, Seth Morris, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Attending Packers games in blaze orange; when you lose a fight to an octopus; ever-bigger Super Bowl rings; why MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775) has two narrators; lipstick on a pig; the beans before the frank; when a mountain lion attends your wedding; the Matthews Family football dynasty; what's the most hunting-est and fishing-est of the professional sports?; Clay's first duck hunt; recalling Trivia with Pete Alonso and the New York Mets; perfecting your celebratory move; Steve’s mom, the major Chicago Bears fan; listening to the play-by-play on the radio; “When the Packers were playing, you could hunt anywhere you wanted!”; freak accidents; Clay's perfectly line up chestnut trees; nerding out on biochar; getting ducks stuffed; the MeatEater crew argues about which fish Clay should stock in his pond; and more. Outro song: “Where ‘Dem Duckies At?” by Collin Peterson Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Corinne Schneider, Sam Bates, Garrett Long, and special guest, Rich Froning. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Carmen Vanbianchi, Brooklyn Stevens, Jen Lewis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, and Phil Taylor.  Topics discussed: Starting your euro mount business at 17 because you like saving other peoples’ memories; babysitting the skull and and using dental picks; get your skull cleaned by Brooklyn at 406.boneworks; when the crazy driver who passes you on the road is Cal hauling a trailer; the Apex Belt system and the best duffle bag ever made by FHF; coining the term “bob kitten”; culling barred owls; are you invasive if you move somewhere on your own?; how lynx can end up in weird places; how old man faces and baby faces are the same; tail differences; the hurt on the lynx population; critters escaping fire; looking for tracks at high speed; when the community comes together to help you get road kill deer to lure lynx; the strong smell of gusto; males vs. females going into traps; how getting a mortality signal from a collar makes your heart sink; minimizing stress; K-holes; how a fisher can whoop a lynx; Steve’s list of gripes; how to play Home Range's Trap-a-Cat fundraiser game; and more.  Outro music: "The Ballad of Steven Rinella" by Jon Theis.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Ryan Callaghan, Reva Hansen, and Roman Schnobrich. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Bussin' With The Boys hosts Will Compton and Taylor Lewan, Ryan Callaghan, Max Barta, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Bussin’ With The Boys podcast hosts, Taylor and Will, go duck huntin’; getting moved into the classic rock category; intro-ing our outro; elk bugles in metal music; opening presents; Clovis tipped hunting spears; mast year impacts on deer harvest; why you should get acquainted with your state anti-hunter harassment laws; the new MeatEater Outdoor Cookbook is now available for pre-order; when you get knocked out and come to all emotional; Will and Taylor’s love story; bad roommates; when the turkey gobble sounds like, “pow!”; how being a pro athlete translates well into being a good hunter; serious workin’ man Steve; the one day you leave your pocket knife in the hotel room; leveling up; the incredible number of hours Cal has put into Snort; point with your eyes, not your hands; who you wanna spend time with in a duck blind; bringing the locker room to life; the bus that doesn’t move; speaking of pubes; and more. Outro music by Jesse Collins of Montana. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Hilary Byrne, Maggie Smith, Cory Calkins, and Tressa Croaker. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Dan Isbell, Reid Isbell, Jordon Isbell, and Katie Finch. Topics discussed: Subscribe and listen to MeatEater’s brand new podcast, “God’s Country,” with Dan and Reid Isbell; the Mississippi cold shoulder; the Nashville song writing scene; “Fresh Set of Eyes” becomes a country song; smashing your finger while rattling because you forget to cut off the brow tines; advice from a TSA agent about hiding pocket knives at the airport; interesting hunting strategies while hunting town deer; the aspirational town hunter; getting back with an ex-girlfriend to gain access to a big buck, then breaking up with her the day after you shoot it; when a trapper gives CPR to a marten; burping your pet raccoon; land > trucks; when you’ll only let Jesus hunt your land; the place that outdoor living occupies in country music; writing and singing about what you know; growing up singing in church; major hustle in ten-year town; selling your struggles; the song called, “Big, Huge, Giant Bucks”; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Chilly, and Taylin Trafton. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Seth Morris, Ridge Pounder, Dirt Myth, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Hog hunting while podcasting; our gift chapter at the end of the episode from MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775); lots of whispering; DSD's fight-postured buck decoy; rattling in 21 bucks in three days; turn and burn; hitting 'em with that grunt; a nice muzzle break to Steve's already impaired ear; the coveted pregnant sow; hunting position strategy; the tail tucked in like a G-string; the dog that gobbled up the tarsal glands; St. Anthony, the saint of lost items; that big 'ole bull; Steve's childhood cats, Maude and Fig; the link between cat ownership and developing schizophrenia; stats on wolves killing hunting dogs; naming subdivisions after the characteristics of the land they've replaced; getting into the illegal golden and bald eagle business; Reed's Piano News original outro song for the show; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Mackenzie Elmquist, Hanzi Deschermeier, Chester Floyd, and Logan Dove. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with filmmaker and writer, Werner Herzog. Topics discussed: Werner Herzog’s latest memoir, Every Man for Himself and God Against All; writing text in your native tongue; “The nets were set the night before”; mattresses stuffed with fern; when the first time you ate an egg was a feast; having no tolerance for the culture of complaint; the value of food as something to be honored; determining how you live but not telling others how to live; taking self responsibility for getting your own food; grabbing trout out of the creek with your bare hands; the people who seem miserable but are happy and dignified in Herzog’s film Happy People; how Timothy Treadwell was undoubtedly a very good outdoorsman; the Disney-ization of nature; how the story behind Grizzly Man stumbled into Werner; the need to protect the privacy of death; surviving a plane crash from 15,000 feet and then knowing how to get by in the jungle; how the birds scream in agony; loving all of your films; when you use a phone for the first time at the age of 17; the afterlife; acting in The Mandalorian and playing a character on The Simpsons; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Ryan Callaghan, Chester Floyd, Christine Sawicki, Cory Calkins, and Alyssa Smith. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Will Harris, Janis Putelis, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Will's new book, A Bold Return To Giving a Damn; go visit and explore the White Oak Pastures farm; ask a farmer; 6th generations; Jani’s daughter’s first buck; tears of joy; when you're eager to see what's in the stomach; dry firing on everything; a write in from a surveyor and how corners aren't usually accurate; a link between smaller jaws and sleep apnea?; from calf to cooked; "supper" over "dinner"; a closed cyclical system; the dung beetle as MVP; natural chicks with large testicles; slaughtering your own herd year round; managing for the benefit of one animal may be to the detriment of another; greenwashing; peanut shells in huge compost piles; and more. Outro music: “Selling The Farm” by Houston, Texas group Polecat Rodeo. Music by Mark Meent, lyrics by Dan Fields, arrangement by Mark Meents and Blake Abbott. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Ryan Callaghan, Tressa Croaker, and Reva Hansen. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Tyler Freel, Brent Reaves, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Phil kissing; Tyler's Tundra Talk podcast; loud sandhill cranes; bull moose grunting; when Chris McCandless dies in your family's hunting camp bus; the crap people leave on public land; how the walleye cheater is also a deer poacher; cause for reflection on the things you did as a kid that were big no-nos; confessions; paying hunters to harvest bears in Japan; bounty fishing for pike minnow and winning $100,000; explaining "subsistence" hunting and who qualifies; the complexities surrounding land and resource management in Alaska; ANILCA; the Brooks Range; state vs. federal; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia: Family Feud Edition with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Corinne Schneider, Hanzi Deschermeier, and Cory Calkins. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Brent Reaves, Janis Putelis, Spencer Neuharth, and Chester Floyd. Topics discussed: Shaking in your tent; sleeping on the tour bus; what you want to have happen to your body when you die; family cemeteries; missing Gettysburg because the bus driver only drives at night; send us your original songs; the man with three lips; kid Steve's mismatched sneakers; what's appropriate to submit for our trail cam segment; hog claims; how everything changed with the freezer; mistaking house cats for real cougars; why taking photos of photos on computer screens make no sense; summer bobcats and poor spot quality; the black holes that Steve won't get into, like Chess; when Steve took his landlord to small claim's court; wolverines under ESA protection; hiding pocket knives in the drop ceiling of the airport bathroom; "moss is unclimbable"; Evan Felker's song lyrics and that Belgian-made Browning; some hard Chetiquette; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, and Hanzi Deschermeier. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks Sydnie Wells, Brady Davis, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Max Barta,  Austin “Chilly” Chleborad, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Greasy traps and American elbow grease; blowing your middle three toes off; not being complacent about safety; hunter and dog safety; remove your duck tongues and submit them for science with DU's and The Lavretsky Lab's collab project, Duck DNA; gray areas in waterfowl regulations; Pat Durkin’s wolf-rational perspective and his article on a WI trail cam survey on deer and wolves; the new noodling: urbanites hunting rat with dogs; how nothing sounds better than your own jet boat and nothing sounds worse than someone else’s jet boat; never scoring your deer; would a blank kill a blank?; getting poison ivy from handling squirrels; Sydnie’s origin story; getting studio-shamed; critters on Sydnie’s hunt wish list; accidentally getting a big one; a horrific spearing accident; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Cory Calkins, and Hanzi Deschermeier. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Zeke Thurston, Ryan Callaghan, Janis Putelis, Brady Davis, Garrett Long, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: being a world champion saddle bronc rider; screwing up decoy placement; the canadian bronc scene; pre-order MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775); renaming birds; deer birth control; feedback about Catalina Island's mule deer; Chetiquette: to check or not to check someone else's trail cam footage on public land?; wolverines protected under the Endangered Species Act; how to judge and score riding; the horse that loved riding so much; half the kickin' horses are mares; born into rodeo;  the earnings conversation; focus on the neck; all the injuries; cheer Zeke on at the National Finals Rodeo; the myth of the synched testicles; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Clay Newcomb, Seth Morris, Cory Calkins, Roman Schnobrich, Max Barta, Hilary Byrne, Logan Dove, and Alyssa Smith. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Evan Felker, Janis Putelis, Hunter Spencer, Randall Williams, Maggie Hudlow, Max Barta, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Knowing how to conduct a vault toilet rescue from having listened to The MeatEater Podcast, Ep. 377: The Great Outhouse Rescue; Phil kissing; the dead-alive fish dish; ménage-à-frog; pig leases in timber country; First Lite’s new Stormy Kromer cap; how Evan’s dad is a fanatical hunter; cowboy-ing; Johnny Horton playing Jimmy Driftwood; how Cal thinks that “The Bird Hunters” song is the best hunting song ever written; an anapodoton; bean sayings from our audience; quitting drinking; NA beer; going to rehab and rewiring your entire being; trustworthiness and how no one would actually show up to ice fish at 7am the next morning; watching the lake give birth; writing prompts; buy Turnpike’s new album, “A Cat in the Rain,” and go see them in concert; a live performance of “The Bird Hunters”; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Ryan Callaghan, Hanzi Deschermeier, Mackenzie Elmquist, Christine Sawicki, Sam James, Chilly, and The Ghost of Chester Floyd. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Adam Pankratz, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: When the Tough Book laptop shatters the porcelain urinal; when you’re an outfitter and a game warden moves in across the street; get your protein and your vaccine at the same time; Chester the Midwester is performing at The MeatEater Live Tour; where’s Colorado getting its wolves for relocation; the attempt to ban mountain lion and bobcat hunting in Colorado; when your dad’s a vegetarian trapper in Alaska; the snowmobile that said “law enforcement” on it; herbicide; how, “I didn’t know I needed a license,” doesn’t cut it; how Adam doesn’t want to be your referee; getting charged by critters; investigating animal conflicts; when the feds want the state to have management authority; planning hunts to avoid bear areas; otter attacks; humans displacing wildlife; how you shouldn’t fight animals without legs; commercial harvest; the illegal “private menu” that might feature bear paw soup; unknowingly committing a crime while talking to a game warden and then getting ticketed; teaching vs. ticketing; entrapment and not trying to make people into poachers; creating good interactions between the public and game wardens; when you see something, say something; 1-800-TIPMONT; turning in poachers for cash or limited draw tags; listener Peter Block's "Fish and Game" outdo song; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Randall Williams guest hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brian Harman, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Ryan Callaghan, Cory Calkins, Hunter Spencer, and Corinne Schneider. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Brian Harman, Danny Bolton, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Hunter Spencer, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Whisper-yelling at your kids; Jimmy dickin’ around with a fossilized clam, then fwap! right in the neck; how the Brits invented the game; why Steve hates golf; “take a breath, be a predator”; when you can tell who's a snorer; an old trophy that holds two and a half pints of Guinness; the Ciguatera tracking website; face-to-face with a goliath grouper; the cycle of mercury intake; how Brian's dad hates golf more than Steve hates golf; the golfer’s relationship with the caddy; the difference between being in good golf shape and being in good athletic shape; farming during the off season; what the land gets out of it; how every hunt becomes a hog hunt; golf ball accidents; Clay getting grind shamed; a heart-to-heart problem; fixed or mechanical blades?; piles of wood ducks; the movie about moving a boat; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, Randall Williams, Christine Sawicki, Hunter Spencer, and Alyssa Smith. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks to Rob Lowe, Spencer Neuharth, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: The Trivia board game is available at last!; Spearing and fileting mahi; when you have a law degree and a commercial fishing license; being into the technical fishing scene; how Rob’s mom studied under Faulkner; tough-assed feet; filleted squirrel; when picking up live lobster gives you the shivers; the fish grooming the turtle’s head; Rob’s quiz show, “The Floor,” coming in 2024; just how badly Steve wants to be a contestant on Rob’s show; hive mentality; one of the ten sexiest men alive who is not recognized for that sexiness; wilderness movie trivia with Rob Lowe; tapping, slapping, or dinging quickly; seeing “Goldfinger” in the theater; “Jeremiah Johnson” as the most un-Sydney Pollock ever made; when the guy in the movie doesn’t fill his pronghorn quota; writing in a game warden character; when the star of the film is a duck stamp painter; a fluff of down; the invertebrates square; go listen to Rob’s podcast, “Literally!"; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Max Barta, Corinne Schneider, Phil Lavretsky, Brady Davis, and Matt McCormick. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Phil Lavretsky, Janis Putelis, Matt McCormick, Brady Davis, Max Barta, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: The open-faced sandwich; a red stag hunt in Scotland and skull plates; when you have a genetics lab named after you; “field to gene’; Flying V like the Army Corps of Engineers; get tickets for the MeatEater Live Tour; how the New Jersey black bear hunt is back on; the Cal Pouch and the waterfowl system from FHF, DSD’s waterfowl decoys like fine art, and Phelps duck and geese calls; Montana artist Chuck Black wins the Federal Duck Stamp competition for 2024; when all of the extinct species are in the same drawer; be as good or better than everyone else; how genetic analysis plays into management; releasing pen-raised mallards is a thing; so much hybridization; the Ming Dynasty as the first to domesticate ducks; when you send your wife out to track known game farm mallards; game farm duck DNA mixing with wild duck DNA; Oh, Jersey!; back-crossing; physiological and morphological shifts; volunteers are needed for the new waterfowl research project; calling all duck hunters to apply today to be a citizen scientist!; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Maddy Lehman, Mackenzie Elmquist, and Hunter Spencer. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Ryan Semerad, Ryan Callaghan, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, and Phil Taylor.  Topics discussed: Political figures who pose as hunters; island biogeography and culling mule deer on Catalina; when you follow a girl to Wyoming; law doggin’; driving a turtle cross country to reunite with another turtle; when you thought checkerboard is where you play chess; philosophical, moral, and legal; the fence builder, his employee, the truck repairman, and the highschool band director; property lines as arbitrary and what people kill each other over; when the case went from state to federal court; "it looked elk-y"; can't touch the T-post; value of the property trespass; the irony of having exclusive access to public land; how you should maybe be mad at your real estate agent; not guilty on the criminal case; the conditions around airspace trespass; listening to supreme court arguments while you’re out on your morning jog; legal risk; physically identifying the stake; the wider implications; will this case go to the Supreme Court?; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Max Barta, Anna Borgman, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, and Kevin Pearson. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks to Clay Newcomb, Dirt Myth, and Seth Morris.  Topics discussed: At long last it’s here–watch MeatEater’s Season 12 now; our new “Complain About Dirt Myth Hotline’; audience edits on Steve’s saying about beans; Dirt and Clay; come out for MeatEater’s Live Tour kicking off in December 2023; write us and send your photo to themeateaterpodcast@themeateater.com with ‘TRAIL CAM MYSTERIES’ in the subject line; Clay’s “skill” at detecting American black panther prints; the Dirty Dozen 2024 calendar; Steve’s elk in the Yellowstone National Park buffer zone; the unanswerable riddle of why a raccoon and squirrel would run up the same tree; prioritizing opportunity over quality; how everyone beats Steve at ping pong; the 16.5 species that Steve, Kimi, and Cam speared in the Bahamas episode; the epic wetsuit black bear hunt; calling a moose in from two miles away; how a moose grunt sounds like the noise you make when you get a nut tap in the brush; the Champagne Supernova bull; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella hosts MeatEater Trivia with Spencer Neuharth, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Tressa Croaker, Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, Seth Morris, and Kevin Pearson. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with David Chang and Randall Williams. Topics discussed: Eating David Chang's ramen in an area that no one has ever eaten David Chang's ramen; why Dave named his company Momofuku; the Korean guy who fly fishes the flats in Mexico; pregnancy frogs; the massively irresponsible dumping of 800,000 pogies; how Dave used to be a competitive golfer; when all the sales reps at your dad's golf store are hunters; permissions!; how inheriting success is a curse; a restaurant in Japan that’s been open for over 400 years; a 14th generation farmer probably knows what he’s doing; cooking turtles; the history of ramen; hard work as the greatest equalizer; how working in that kitchen was like working in a coal mine; the overbearing shuffling of plates; balance as being simultaneously committed to two things equally, all the time; opening the original Momofuku restaurant in NYC; permit fever; trout fishing to practice permit fishing; and more.  Shop Momofuku goods at THIS LINK for a generous 20% OFF from Dave Listen to and watch The Dave Chang Show with guest Steven Rinella   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Levi Morgan, Nick Pinizzotto, Steven Rinella, Brody Henderson, Maggie Hudlow, Randall Williams, and Corinne Schneider. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Levi Morgan, Nick Pinizzotto, Maggie Hudlow, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Competing against your future wife as a kid; white-tailed deer; Chester performing at all of the MeatEater Live Shows; Phil the Engineer’s live show; The MeatEater Podcast saving lives again; Test My Meat with the Warner Bratzler Shear Force Tender Tester; just how tender a yearling backstrap really is; check out all of our great whitetail content on The MeatEater website; play in the Caliber Battle brackets on themeateater.com; watch Wildtail: America’s Wildest Conservation Story, produced by the National Deer Association in partnership with state fish and game agencies; how an archery tournament works; when you’re the walking rangefinder; staying in the 10 and aiming in the 12; stable platforms; how target panic still rears its head; one pin on a mover; how some competitive archers can't hit a deer to save their lives; a big mistake is to aim where you want to hit; ducking to run; picking a hair on the deer; so many failure stories; representing your country at the world cup; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Maddy Lehman, Cory Calkins, Seth Morris, and Tressa Croaker. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Yia Vang, Jordan Vold, Ya Yang, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: MeatEater’s Live Tour is coming; 75,000 Hmong people in the Twin Cities; dowry; Steve’s friend’s mobile bar business; when a skunk wins over a mountain lion kitten; feline favoritism; how Hmong sausage cannot be made vegan; hurt people hurt people; changing your name to get healthy again; how Yia translates to “iron skillet”; Optimus Prime Vang; growing up in a refugee camp; how every dish has a narrative; waiting for the sticky rice before you eat; how your word means everything in an oral culture; how Hmong love the mountains; Faithful, Available, Teachable; Hmong Facebook; catering Bar and Bat Mitzvahs; how your uncle always remind you who you are; go eat at Yia’s current restaurant, Union Hmong Kitchen, and his new restaurant, Vinai, in Spring 2024; watch Yia’s invasive critter hunting + cooking show, “Feral”; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Alyssa Smith, Austin (Chilly) Chleborad, Maggie Smith, Logan Dove, Christine Sawicki, and Chester Floyd. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Elliott West, Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: How there are way more history PhDs now than there were before; talking about the dumb shit people do at Yellowstone National Park; when a fight over the last piece of fried chicken shuts down the interstate; a roaming bar in Northern Michigan for hire; how Steve invented an “old saying,” which goes, “a fresh set of eyes will always find more beans”; the Arkansas World Champion Squirrel Cook Off on September 23rd; how the origin of the word “shit” is old; the time when Dr. Randall reviewed the work of our esteemed guest; falling short on teaching American history; horses and disease; why you might call it the Last Indian War; Antietam; Elliott’s lifetime work, Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion; the greatest environmental transformation of the United States and making a new world; when citizenship is forced on you at gunpoint; the greater reconstruction and the great coincidence; humans’ long running obsession with gold; the 48ers; from hide hunter to candy salesman; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Collin Fopma, Max Barta, Tressa Croaker, Roman Schnobrich, and Chester Floyd. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Son Tao, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: The "master" label; when you're a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Military; fish names abbreviated down to initials; guide flies; tying flies that actually catch fish; fleeing Vietnam in a banana boat; Steve's friend's mobile bar; announcing the launch of MeatEater Season 12; get our Dirty Dozen 2024 calendar; Phelp's mind-bending and devastating Unleashed V2 bugle tube; sifting through what's actually a population-level effect; the Weird Al of fishing; getting started on the fishing rod your neighbor couldn't sell at his garage sale; no wasting food at the dinner table;  crispy skin; if you're not a doctor or lawyer, you're not my kid; how we withdrew from Afghanistan; when your fish on a fly rod is a trophy-sized bonefish; Healing Waters - Fly Fishing; God talking to you through your car radio; arts & crafts; tying to perfection; commercial ties from overseas sweat shops; the bonds you form when you endure together; CALL 9-8-8 now if you need to talk to someone; find a hobby you love; and more.  Your life is important. Please reach out to someone. There are resources to support you, whether you're an at-risk veteran, a friend or family member, and really, just anyone who is suffering. Remember, you matter and you are not alone. Call or text 9-8-8 24/7 9-8-8 Lifeline Stop Soldier Suicide Military One Source Overwatch+Project America’s Warrior Partnership Veterans Administration's efforts Warriors & Quiet Waters BHA's Armed Forces InitiativeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Logan Dove, Chester Floyd, Christine Sawicki, Hilary Byrne, and Ben Long. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Krysten Schuler, a wildlife disease ecologist at Cornell University’s Wildlife Health Lab.  Topics discussed: Watch our behind-the-scenes footage from Cornell’s necropsy lab; the fungus that affects salamanders; deer ticks carrying blood that contains prions; why things die; mange; brain worm; the infection cycle of when worm larvae in deer poop is eaten by a snail, which then gets eaten by a moose; insect contamination on raw produce; liver flukes, or parasites that look like the sidecar of a liver; "found dead"; winter tick; lead in birds and incinerating fisher liver to test lead levels; making CWD smash burgers for your friends who say they don’t care about CWD; hemorrhagic diseases and floating in ponds; the time when Steve defended his family from a “rabid” squirrel; the rabid beaver that bit five people; nasal bots; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Alyssa Smith, Tressa Croaker, Cory Calkins, Collin Fopma, Chester Floyd, and Seth Morris. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan. Topics discussed: When you’ve made more than three dozen renowned documentaries; Ken Burns’ college film ending with the pan across a painting; how The Civil War film consumed Americans; The Tenth Inning; Lewis & Clark, Jazz, Muhammad Ali and so many more; what do you want on your cheeseburger?; questioning the superiority of a species; The American Buffalo film, featuring Steve and former podcast guests Dan Flores and Michael Punk, premiers in October; watching the last buffalo herd disappear; word choice and the feeling of needing to explain the rationale behind a thought; George Horsecapture Jr.; what is the buffalo a symbol of in American history?; how nothing is binary; Quanah the warrior; how you should go watch all of Ken and Dayton's films; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Maggie Smith, Cory Calkins, Logan Dove, and Collin Fopma. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jessie Barry, Chris Wood, and Orin Robinson. Topics discussed: Trying to beat the Merlin app with human bird calls; how it’s all in the “hwaaah”; the earliest recordings of bird sounds; a collection of extinct bird specimens; mapping the tapestry and complexity of bird population declines; when you’ve kept a bird watching list since you were 9-years-old; Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology’s competitive birding team; permits for sampling; the birds that have done well because of humans; Steve’s persecution complex; citizen science; relative abundance; two categories: game birds and tweety birds; how Merlin doesn’t spy on people; bird call trivia; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Janis Putelis hosts MeatEater Trivia with Spencer Neuharth, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Tressa Croaker, Rick Hutton, Hanzi Deschermeier, and Max Barta. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Dave Smith, Jason Phelps, Janis Putelis, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Pleasing poses; our punt gun resurfaces and how Steve almost lost his eyes; the MeatEater Auction House of Oddities is back; an owl pellet containing a banded bird leg bone; the GoFundMe for a NV state bear biologist who's been slapped with $150,000 in damages; Jason Phelps advises on three things to keep in mind this elk season; when you start off making decoys with canvas bags; hunting collars; Dave's accumulation of bands and 100+ neck collars; a grind of birds; how Dave used to design Air Jordans midsoles; subtracting material vs. shaping material; how you really don't want a buck getting injured on your decoy stake; placement vs. presence; when toms mount jake decoys; if folks behaved like turkeys; Hell's Basement; sitting there and watching the show; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Angela Perri, Brent Reaves, Ronny Boehme, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Angela Perri, Brent Reaves, Ronny Boehme, Janis Putelis, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: Brass knuckle daggers and TSA confiscating stuff; who had the very first pet dog?; how Steve thinks The North Wall in “Games of Thrones” is in Alaska; a very special bobcat burial; Steve’s 12 signs of astrology; hunting the wooly rhino; when wolves turn into dogs; from hunting to scavenging in a few generations; being the first human to ever run into a critter; culled and “kinlin”; how the tar pits are still taking victims; hunting boars with dogs in Japan; breeding wolves with dogs and getting the DNA all muddled up; how most folks don’t know that dire wolves were real; body farms and clipping cadaver fingernails; when your dog hunts behind you; how Brent spoils his hound in a temperature controlled dog house; watch Ronny’s new training dog series; dogs stars; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb, Dirk Durham, Jason Phelps, KC Smith, Tyler Jones, Chester Floyd, and Phil Taylor. Topics include: Clay’s appetizer; sleeping in a convenience store parking lot; seeing the buck from the truck; when trucks and boats going aerodynamic; Chester’s Grandpa Czekalski; the blurred line between tighty whities and skin; bear scratches down your brand new truck; the universal animal stop call; getting the chance to throw one on the back of the pickup; floating on the snow surface; how those cursed wrestling shoes and a truck fire make a great love story; Old Grey driving nine miles in reverse; hauling mules all over the country in that truck; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Hilary Byrne, Alyssa Smith, Collin Fopma, and Phil Taylor. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Katie Finch and their son, “Jimbabwe,” Andy “Pooter” Radziallowski, Kelsey Morris, and Seth Morris. Topics include: Tickles, touches, and takes; the owners of the rotten A-frame; Kelsey’s Studio Gallery in Three Folks, MT; the Leviathan and different interpretations; Act 54 passed in Maui, allowing nonprofits to donate wild game meat to “under-resourced” communities; full freegan vegans; all the people getting bitten by sharks this year; a correction on sublimation, the process of ice turning to gas; the Streisand Effect; tapping bullheads; cats for cash programs; how an octopus makes its way into a shrimp pot; “get me the gaff!”; harvesting arms; inverting the mantle; the tale of two octopuses; meals from the cove; cutting scallop coins; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Sam James, Cory Calkins, Austin “Chilly” Chleborad, Randall Williams, Maddy Lehman, Mackenzie Elmquist, and Phil Taylor. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Chester Floyd, Max Barta, Austin “Chilly” Chleborad, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: Why we need a crafty mirror expert; how Chester budgets for jigging wraps in the family expenses; wielding the priest, aka Brody’s little beating stick; rearing Atlantic Salmon in little fish raceways; a hot tip on fulfilling your college credits; when Steve got a bad grade in woodshop class; The Wildlife Society as a great and free resource for wildlife research and news; the irony of folks not actually wanting wild pigs to disappear; a grammatical correction and explanation of past participles from our very own Dr. of English, Jordan Sillars; what exactly happens during a shallow water blackout; the story behind a very old pistol with a weird trigger; our upcoming Campfire Stories #3 about the shit you found; the extinct sea creature that’s a buffalo calling stone; testicles the size of a cashew; an antler velvet-lined bra for the wife; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Tony Peterson, Mark Kenyon, Ryan Callaghan, Ford Van Fossan, Logan Williamson, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, and Cory Calkins. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Zeb Hogan, Tommy Eidson aka The Blue Collar Scholar, Keith Anspatch, and Dom Cooper.  Topics include: What you'll see when you walk into the First Lite flagship store in Hailey, ID; an insane mullet; MeatEater sponsoring Tommy's Wild Cow Milking team; one good squirt; how handling baby animals doesn’t make their mothers abandon them; very long acronyms for United Nations agencies; the one thousand species of fish in the Mekong River; what’s the biggest freshwater fish?; North America’s largest minnow; the ginormous 661-pound freshwater stingray; how eating giant catfish tastes like regular catfish; how overfishing very rarely causes extinction; reverse colonialism; how a human probably won’t catch the biggest; get Zeb’s new book, Chasing Giants: In Search of the World’s Largest Freshwater Fish; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steve Rinella, Derek Wolfe, Bill Vanderheyden, Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, and Hayden Sammak. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Derek Wolfe, Bill Vanderheyden, Randall Williams, Spencer Neuharth, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: Elon vs. Zuckerberg; sacking Tom Brady; a fine for farting; putting an arrow into the monster cat; Derek's sports show The Drive, The Wolfe Untamed Podcast, and his new hunting show; the Phil Cam; Iron Will broadheads in the MeatEater store; Bill's tank of a black bear; the smell of the beetle cleaning room; arrow flight experiments and fishtailing; less drag with little ripples; Hooter Shooters; Michelle Bebber’s publication on the artistic merit of Clovis points; single vs. double bevel; the world's greatest lecture; howling for Wolfe; how low your chances are of fulfilling a childhood dream; when Steve passed out during the birth of his first child; confusing who the conservationists are; the inordinately complicated regulations around mountain lion hunting; what happened when there were no limits; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Tressa Croaker, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Logan Dove, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Seth Morris, and Christine Sawicki.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with David Grann, Janis Putelis, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: All of David Grann's best selling books; when your books get turned into films; the nautical terms we use in daily life; how history shapes us but we're oblivious about it; infighting at the Audubon society over a name change; a great idea for a new book; the last stitch; the prize of all the oceans; building a ship out of 4,000 oak trees; inspecting fingernails for tar; the natural particles of land; scurvy, the great killer of seamen; why you should bring limes to sea; human bodies acting as concave sails; visiting Wager Island; stranded with nothing but wild celery; the Minnesota Starvation Experiment; forced to proceed to extremities; when the manuscript is so old you have to rest it on a pillow; interpretive vs. fact based; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Ashley Bleau, Bailey Gore, and Captain Greg McCoy. Topics include: The biggest, coolest fish; when the rod changes hands; the East Coast’s biggest tournament; The Sensation; hooking your first blue marlin; the final hour of the final day; keep cranking!; David vs. Goliath; diving deep down; when you catch a 619-pound blue marlin; tournament rules; a shark bite; defining “landed” and “mutilation”; losing out on $3.5 million in prize money; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Janis Putelis, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Max Barta, Sam Bates, Mackenzie Elmquist, and Corinne Schneider.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Scott Carney, Brody Henderson, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: On the road for the Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars live tour; watch “The Rise and Fall of the Wim Hof Empire” and read the print story now; ambulance chaser lawyer billboards; how touching a bison calf doesn't lead to rejection from its mother; a correction on freeze drying; harvesting organs; meditating a whole lot; being cast from the womb; Steve being called a Calvinist; ice baths and breathing techniques; when hyperventilating makes you do more push ups; filling your scro with air; shallow water black outs; hiking Mount Kilimanjaro quickly and shirtless; What Doesn't Kill Us, a New York Times Best Seller; proving that you've turned off your immune response; saving the practice from the man; how you must never hyperventilate and then submerge in water; shallow water blackouts; all of the deaths from drowning; how fame accentuates your negative aspects; galimatias, or gobbledygook; Steve's new fake book cover, Lard Man; say "no" to gurus; listen to Scott’s investigative podcast; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Rick Hutton, Maggie Smith, Randall Williams, and Hayden Sammak.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Michael Snyder, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: The day Phil died; Michael's book, Woods Whys; why conifers are shaped like cones; a hot tip on pickup lines that work; the maple syrup business; the Wyoming corner crossing victory; when Hunter Biden becomes an unlikely poster child for the Second Amendment; tree weight to fruit weight ratio; how trees aren't throwing off more "akerns" to help critters get through a tough season; 43560; flat vs. hilly; old forests and being defined by function; sap wood, heart wood, and fat wood; why paper birch trees are white; how the injury response of trees causes burls in wood; how Smokey Bear lied a little; being disconnected from our daily consumption of wood products; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with the kids of MeatEater: Jimmy Taco, Rosemary Slim, Matty Meatball, Teddy, Aina, Mabel, Con Man, and Gobbler Fever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb, Randall Williams, Dirt Myth, Seth Morris, and Chester Floyd. Topics include: The infinity house with a missing porch; get your book signed by Steve at MeatEater's Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars Book Tour event; when you get in trouble for handling a baby bison in Yellowstone National Park; where Chetiquette ends and philosophy begins; buck ball bag shift covers; are you morally obligated to give access to landlocked public land through your private property?; how Steve wants a full mustang suit; bears feeding from the mussel tree; how Southerners get two syllables off the word "hen"; Clay's general ambivalence toward instructions; when putting on your wetsuit initiates a panic attack; so many seals; listen to Clay's Bear Grease episodes on The Education of Little Tree and David Crockett; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Cory Calkins, Hayden Sammak, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Logan Dove, Mackenzie Elmquist, Alyssa Smith, and Austin "Chilly" Chleborad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Roger Hurt, Morgan Potter, Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: The guy who's had a hunting license for over 60 years; recalling the Roosevelt Safari; when you guide Roosevelt and then Hemmingway in Africa; convalescing after a run-in with a cape buffalo; cut-up elk sheds strewn across the land; when the Edmund Fitzgerald photobombs your dad's picture; running into a mob of 500 kangaroos; defining a “concession” in Tanzania; how a great tracker is both born and made; different kinds of poachers; homemade muzzleloaders for which AA batteries serve as slugs; the government official attached to every hunt party; how the Cecile the Lion debacle undermined hunting across Africa; a delicate balance of lion coalitions; the 22-month gestation period for a female elephant; discussing the play-to-play model; defining "safari" as a journey; the double men; what being a true professional hunter entails; pith helmets; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, Christine Sawicki, Chester Floyd, Hilary Byrne, and Randall Williams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Kimi Werner, Cameron Kirkconnell, Errol “T” Thurston, Dirt Myth, and Justin Turkowski. Topics include: Debating what makes a good freeze dried meal; T's fear of snakes; pre-order our latest book, "Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars"; a scientific paper on the high rate of flit knapping injuries; how Florida may Constitutionalize the right to hunt and fish; how soap can make humans more attractive to mosquitos; how burning coals inside an old, dry coconut is the best skeeter repellent; when Kimi rejected a job offer to be a mermaid; a Moulin Rouge outfit in Paris and claiming that snakes can't swim, when they can; corrections on the fastest wind speeds; ciguatera, the toxin found in large reef fish that makes you sick; when Kimi called Seth a liar; country fried turtle steak; is conch harvesting unsustainable in the Bahamas?; mushy meat; bonefish being too much work; flashlights in the hole; the elusive cubera; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Corinne Schneider, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, and Dan Ahdoot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Dan Ahdoot, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: Get your wild cow milking "Gnome on the Range" shirt; well wishes for Dan's broken ankle; we know Mo; why Dan's first appearance on The MeatEater Podcast led to his hilarious and heartfelt first book, "Undercooked"; freewriting; when fly fishing guides lie; the Arkansas episode of "Buck Truck" from The Element as being the best reason for why hunting whitetail might just be better; more pet deer stories; a mutually concussed man and grouse; an update on direwolves from The OG of Archaeology; the best and worst arguments for reintroduction; letting nature do its thing; Dan's Food Network show, "Raid the Fridge," and his podcast, "Green Eggs and Dan"; when you're coastal-elite-adjacent-comedian-hunter-foodie; how hunters are the real foodies; a shit tent, a cigar, and a mini forest fire; getting out of speeding tickets because you're the Cobra Kai guy; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Ben Dettamanti, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Ben Dettamanti, Chester Floyd, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: Phil's flat top; Chester's "not a ballsack" tattoo; the best song ever written by man and tribute to Gordon Lightfoot; how Steve wants his remains to be consumed by wild animals; when you grease your boots with your own belly fat; Wisconsin's excessive drinking; more on hunting kangaroos in Australia; a real Chetiquette stumper; having the shed eye; illegal shed stash piles; Pennsylvania's laws against settling antlers; remembering Jim Phillip's shed antler castle; Shed Crazy's 50 state shed hunt; how Utah is number one in green jello consumption; "The Stuff in My Pockets" episode from Brent Reaves' "This Country Life" podcast; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Brody Henderson, Janis Putelis, Seth Morris, Hayden Sammak, Randall Williams, and Mackenzie Elmquist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Craig Harper, Jason Phelps, and Seth Morris.  Topics include: Tree stand accidents; season delays; the special little tree cuts and our Line One turkey call; managing habitat for hunting; the launch of The Element's "Buck Truck" series; MeatEater and Jani's new gear giveaway; Chat GPT's anti-hunting bias; the various turkey slams; tasing turkeys; when your uncle claims your deer as his own; adaptive resource management; long spurs and selectivity; when the the objective is the quality of the herd; the debate over early vs. later season; initiating the nest and when multiple hens lay in the same spot; being on the curve and turkey reintroduction; historic highs; the need to define "wildlife" and managing with specificity; the edge and the interior; being where they wanna go; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Hayden Sammak, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Randall Williams, Tressa Croaker, and Morgan Jacobsen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Jack Carr, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: Opinions on eavesdropping; when you're a New York Times Selling Best Author every time; go get "Only the Dead," Jack Carr's latest novel; novelizations and when a prequel sequel of a movie is a book; show business lessons; when 18,000 dairy cows die in an explosion at a Texas dairy farm; wolverine sightings in Oregon for the first time in three decades; K-leather; conservation surveys; when a flunking soap opera actor narrates your book and you have to wait ten years to re-record it yourself; going into the cave; when you legitimately consider yourself an author; waning accountability; history of war lessons; the Taliban as a guest of Afghanistan; Hemmingway's typewriter; heavy with acronyms; Chapter 10 of “MeatEater” narrated by Steve; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis  Clay Newcomb, Danielle Prewett, Jordan Budd, Tyler Jones, Mark Kenyon, Tony Peterson, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Janis Putelis, Clay Newcomb, Brent Reaves, Tony Peterson, Jason Phelps, Jordan Budd, and Phil Taylor. Topics include: Phil's haircut; when the time comes for butt probes; trail cam bans and folks caught peeing; the new podcast on our network, “This Country Life with Brent Reaves"; bear meat vending machines in Japan; akern shortages; the story behind Steve's sighting of the hairy belly fanny pack; the punishment for mistaking a husky pup for a wolf; the time when Clay raised deer; the fish doorbell; beating the system; arguing over hunting mule deer vs. whitetail; dumpin' carrots as habitat improvement; Jani and Jordan’s "Gear Talk" podcast; raffle and sweepstakes law; Legoland; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Brody Henderson, Rick Hutton, Ryan Callaghan, Cory Calkins, Corinne Schneider, Paul Lewis, Ian Fraizer, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Ian Frazier, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Steve Rinella talks with Ian Frazier, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: Frazier's bajillion books and articles in The New Yorker; the Lakota word, ichipasisi; Steve's piece about fishing in the turbine, which led to his big break; the "weights in fish" guys plead guilty; a correction on a correction about Dale Hollow Lake; rewards for turning in bands and the million dollar phesant; a note to the hater; how many pythons are really out there; circumpolar distribution; globigerina ooze; Steelhead Joe; the Chukchi hunters; seal liver with angel hair pasta; not wanting to live near other writers; hog distribution maps overlaid with voting maps; the Bronx; the in between-ness of a place; steamboat explosions; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella and Luke Combs bring you a special episode of “Chetiquette” with Chester Floyd and the rest of the MeatEater crew.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Clay Newcomb, Danielle Prewett, KC Smith, Mark Kenyon, Brent Reaves, Jason Phelps, Tony Peterson, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Chris Murray, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: Mark Kenyon's Working for Wildlife tour; pre-order Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars; the 62-pound beaver with a mushroomed .22 in the back of the head; an update from Home Range's Trap-a-Cat project; the first captured, collared, released wolverine in Utah; the final word on refried beans; Kansas' ban on trail cams; when you steal a gator egg, hatch it, and then raise that gator for 20 years; the definition of estivate; inspired by Steve Irwin; stinky gator stomachs; smelling underwater; temperature-based sex selection; how gators are good moms; the nest chirping noise; conservation and egg return; long life spans; how to properly capture a gator; the robust innate immune system; sensitivity to ecotoxins; gator blood; holding breath under water for seven hours; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Hayden Sammak, Mike Kunz, and Phil Taylor  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Mike Kunz, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics include: When we called Mike Kunz the "Forest Gump of Archaeology"; the emperor of the north and the king of the west; dustpans of mosquitos; foxes running out of a gray whale carcass; the Alaska pipeline project; igneous intrusions; when you find Paleoindian projectile points in Alaska; the poor odds that you were the first person to find a thing that someone else dropped; how the Mesa site was discovered; the property of conchoidal fracture; direct tattoo evidence and direwolves; how everyone knew how to make projectile points; polar bears and climate change; the arctic small tool tradition; two iron pendants, two copper rings, and three blue glass beads; Occam's razor; going with the evidence you have; The Mesa Site: Paleoindians above the Arctic Circle; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Brody Henderson, Janis Putelis, Hayden Sammak, Dan Chumbler, Tressa Croaker, Carl Young, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks  with Trae Crowder, Janis Putelis, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: Chattanooga Charlie on "Veronica Mars"; wearing a MAGA hat so that no one talks to you; a conservative barista; pre-order Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars today; having a rude awakening to the fact that boneless wings aren't wings; South Carolina's coyote harvest incentive program; let's raise some money to Save Teddy's Church in D.C.; in defense of golf courses; cleaning MOOP at Burning Man; growing up in OshKosh B'gosh; the southern accent; the world record smallmouth bass; when your dad owns a video store; starting on the redneck comedy schtick; where fancy people and trashy people intersect; The Liberal Redneck's commentary; how right wingers need to figure out how to do funny comedy; Trae's new comedy special on Amazon; why Southerners are just born good story tellers; the longest goodbyes; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Brody Henderson, Hayden Sammak, Randall Williams, Sam James, Dan Chumbler, Chester Floyd, and Phil TaylorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Richard Martinez, Janis Putelis, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, and Garret Smith.  Topics include: The original Live, Laugh, Love sign; Florida's for fighting; three P's and a W; moving some Texas super cougars to Florida; Chester opening for Trampled By Turtles and how you need him to open for you to get a sold out show; deer nuts and a note; spearing in Wisconsin; more human deadheads; the 3,500 year old brown bear; how the news covers turkeys; copulating the air behind the head; Florida's giant turkey poaching bust; hunting osceola turkeys; Jani becoming a Grand Slam holder and Steve becoming a two-time Super Slam holder; trimming your beard down; what a hammock is; rolling your foot; masturbating turkeys; all the divisiveness; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Chest Floyd, Christine Sawicki, Cory Calkins, Hayden Sammak, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Rebecca Watters, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: The Oedipus complex; sexy critters; Steve getting serious about climate change because of poison ivy; the special tiki bar in Nashville; the Phelps Harrison Owl Hooter; how claims of private property value diminution are irrelevant when it comes to whether corner crossing is legal or not; a real breakdown of the refried bean dilemma; the bigger the better, when it comes to scorpions; The Founder Effect; how snow leopards are attracted to Chanel No. 5 and Obsession by Calvin Klein; being fluent in Mongolia; the bioclimatic envelope of the wolverine; seeing a wolverine in the wild; shirtless Putin with an Amur tiger; deriving special energy from wolves; the very long trip of M56; long-term parental care; International Wolverine Day as a better reason to celebrate February 14th; digitigrade vs. plantigrade; eating marmot; how to donate to wolverine research and get in touch with Rebecca if you spot a wolverine; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Carl Young, Tressa Croaker, Rick Hutton, Cory Calkins, Hayden Sammak, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Kevin Murphy, Guy Zuck, Seth Morris, and Chester Floyd.  Topics include: Hot wings, six ways; unstabilized lard is superior; when you scratch your beard and come up with the answer; what a larder is; Kevin's melted ring bangle jewelry; neanderthal's euro mount collections; the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect; the "weights in fish!" Leatherman; cheating at a walleye tournament and encouraging your son to pass off counterfeit money; cremating your deceased dogs and saving a spot for yourself among them; how Steve doesn't like to re-hunt spots for small game; addressing wild cattle in the Gila Wilderness; Australia's Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers party; when you find a human deadhead; Florida country club considers relocation due to "aggressive squirrels''; how the Chinese train squirrels to detect drugs; your antipodes; testing wind direction with milkweed; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steve Rinella, Megan Denean, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Maggie Hudlow, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Megan Denean, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: How you can skip telling the story to all the nurses; representative, representative; a deer struck at 30,000 feet; snarge, the remains of bird on an aircraft; critter strikes in the air and DNA tests; twig eater, he who strips of bark; putting a human skull in a crock pot; cadavers making your mouth water; when old ladies are arrested for feeding cats as lure to trap and fix them; feeling corralled by train rails; when caribou migrations disrupts an airfield; the first registered human death by musk ox; the famous Hudson strike; the weird occupation of being a professional bird-shooer; snowy owls at your local airfield; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Danielle Prewett, K.C. Smith, Tyler Jones, Jordan Sillars, Hunter Spencer, Randall Williams, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with  K.C. Smith, Tyler Jones, Jordan Sillars, Hunter Spencer, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: Jordan's caliber battles; the leaked letter asking Biden to ban beaver trapping; milk from heaven vs. cow's milk; kids eating deer and duck turds; the Bozeman Hat Association; leapfrogging tree stands; when your book cover is banned on the internet; the Tofu Crafter; how KC got hung up on an audad's horn; almost being a football star, then almost being a rock star; making wise life decisions; Tyler and the Tribe's music; flying next to Robert Duvall; baby Frankincense; Bass and Breakfast; counter-cultural fly fishing; "Redfish Guy"; packing lead pellets in your lip; America's last three non-swearers; look out for K.C. and Tyler's "Buck Truck" series on MeatEater; listen to The Element Podcast on the MeatEater network; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Carmen Vanbianchi, Chris Carlson, Ken Carlson, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Chris Carlson, Ken Carlson, Carmen Vanbianchi, Janis Putelis, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: Pre-eminent Youtubers and snowmobiles; how "pre" might be an unnecessary prefix; Operation Big Coon; following lynx tracks; how to donate to Carmen's "Trap a Cat" project; little explosions and collar spacers that release collars; why elm wood is satan wood; all the different grades of veneer; reading the wood and always cutting the wet, not the dry, stuff; ricks and cords; complicated role playing; comparing prices; 4th generation trapping; catching nightcrawlers at night; skinning muskrats in seconds; the world's greatest snowmobile hat; how Beyonce and the "Yellowstone" TV series made beaver hats cool again; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Hayden Sammak, Chester Floyd, Cory Calkins, Hanzi Deschermeier, and Phil Taylor.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Jason Bergsman, Matt Cook, Bridget Noonan, Jason Phelps, and Clay Newcomb.  Topics include: What chaps Steve's ass; Alaska's traditional use practices; donuts and black bears; purposefully putting an icky slant on things; how you should never fall in love with a ground nesting bird; controlling efficacy; more on turkey season in Michigan; "Texotics" and gynecologist hunters; when a shooting leads first responders to a Bengal tiger cub;  when you learn valuable life lessons at the border crossing with Mexico; the true meaning of refried beans; when folks are useless on the first day; the saga of Phelps' buck; Clay's energy jitters; when the non typical beam gets shot off; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Dr. Jonathan Reisman, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Dr. Jonathan Reisman, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics include: Discussing déja poo; the defining of flatus; preserving, rather than killing, bacteria; gathering ginkgo biloba nuts from trees in NYC; eating wild game and keeping kosher; holy blood; meeting your cadaver; how badly Steve wants to go on NPR's "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross; eating everything but bones and teeth; eating embryonic eggs; getting curdled mother's milk from the calf; Jonathan’s quest to overturn the why it's currently illegal to commercially sell and eat lung in the United States; bullshit food beliefs; Jonathan's petition to the USDA; the non-pasteurized milk craze; how eating cholesterol doesn't raise your cholesterol; overdosing on fat soluble vitamins; the hormones you can and can't eat; teaming up with the haggis folks in the UK; the Anatomy Eats dinner series; Jonathan's book, "The Unseen Body"; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Hayden Sammak, Seth Morris, Chest Floyd, Maggie Smith, and Max Barta.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Mercer Lawing, Janis Putelis, Seth Morris, and Phil Taylor. Topics include: How Theater Phil brought the roof down; the genetic mutation that creates a cinnamon black bear; how a poop snow cone would actually preserve microbes; the Blue Collar Scholar's poop bucket design; when you make a pair of earrings out of your foot bone spurs; hocking up a nock through your concha; a 33-year-old banded sandhill crane; how bobcat trapping was completely banned in California; the cage trap days; how California has just banned the sale of fur in the state; receiving death threats; the Johnny Stewart cassette tape; the war in Ukraine affecting fur prices today; knowing a good cat when you see one; a sable coat with bobcat trim as the fashion of Russian oligarchs; how the show, "Yellowstone" is driving the beaver market; designing camtrip cages; how to get the cat in the trap; skunk paste; quickly taking over the former territory of a dead bobcat; all the glands; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Savannah Ashour, Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Cory Calkins, Hayden Sammak, Seth Morris, Maggie Smith, and Sam James. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Jesse Griffiths and Corinne Schneider.  Topics include: "Almost everything is from around here"; Jesse driving 17 pounds of lemon from South Texas to Dai Due in Austin; burning money; ricks and cords as measurements of wood; when a guy in dreads shows up and wants to show you something in his car; pronouncing coyote; more Chettiquette questions; Steve opposing Michigan's unlimited take of turkeys in the fall; wrongly maligned critters; cooking in fat; how "dry brine" is oxymoronic; Chinese meat washing; the long window of doneness in slow cooking; rendered fat prices; achieving tenderness; the overabundance of BBQ sauce in the Rinella household; the merits of eating boiled meat; mostarda; how "The Hog Book" won a James Beard Award; you're either cooking it too long, or you're not cooking it long enough; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Brody Henderson, Hayden Sammak, Cory Calkins, Alyssa Smith, Seth Morris, Logan Dove, and Corinne Schneider.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Joe Rogan, Jesse Griffiths, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics include: The pink pig; Corinne's first wild hog; rattling in a crazy number of whitetail; how basically no one hunts nilgai with a bow, but Joe; the nilgai bark; a bow hunt fraught with peril; Steve’s take on how flies conceive of time; discussing draw weight and Joe's 90-pound bow; a more athletic giraffe; tracking and gridding; no blood; Joe’s take on how hunting with a rifle is the most ethical method; how critter injury and running affects the taste of their flesh; listening to squealing hogs; why can we go buy wild hog and nilgai?; cooking over real wood; the door you open up in your brain; Joe loving elk bone marrow; that time when Steve sent his kid to school with a muskox sandwich; how chewing tough meat helps your jaw; jawzercise and ball gags; black going out of sight; when unknowledgeable voters interfere with science-based wildlife management practices; how Steve thinks he can cook tongue better than Jesse can; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Rick Hutton, Cory Calkins, Maggie Smith, Max Barta, and Hanzi Deschermeier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Chester Floyd, Hunter Spencer, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.   Topics include: When silk killed the beaver hat; Steve's Hot Tip to parents: watch "Adventure Time" with your kids; should you shoot and tag a wounded animal?; when Steve practiced civil disobedience and picked up roadkill; names for genitalia; wacked, crunched, and aced; does a farm-raised duck count to your limit?; to pee, or not to pee in a treestand; Brody guiding his wife on her first big game hunt; Hunter's first pronghorn; sometimes you just gotta enjoy the experience; Chester’s debut gig; disagreements about paternity leave; Jani’s ‘glass half full’ mindset; when Jani brought his daughter to Latvian deer camp; Steve’s dissatisfaction with catching critters on accident; don’t take credit for what you didn’t do; be appreciative; and more lessons for 2023.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Hayden Sammak, Hunter Spencer, Garrett Long, and Randall Williams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Tony Schaufler, Jamie Schaufler, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: Steve's Instagram picture of a shipping container full of antlers; PA antler restrictions; did mountain men bait?; expropriation of land and being a good neighbor; the potential medicinal value of consuming paper thin antler slices; making a living picking antlers; the dog chew market; fake antler chandeliers; a Texan named Mike; profit margins; "trophy" sheds; antler poaching sting ops; how to reach Tony; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia and a special holiday round of Family Feud with Steven Rinella, Dan Chumbler, Janis Putelis, Hayden Sammak, Maggie Smith, Hunter Spencer, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Hunter Spencer, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.   Topics include: Drinking with your parents when you're underage; which states drink the most?; MeatEater's Fancy Pants Christmas Cocktail, featuring Desert Door sotol; reinterpreting, "Baby It's Cold Outside"; Song and Dance Phil performs "It's The Most Wonderful Time to Kill Deer"; Phil and Hayden's duet; how not to be a surface shitter when the ground is frozen; how to deal with popping while ice fishing; the final authority; a Hot Tip on no TP: psyllium fiber; Jani practicing his Latvian; Diana, Goddess of the Hunt; pursing the raccoon dog; how everyone's using thermal vision in Latvia; don't shoot the shovel; when Jani nočakarēt-ed big time; beware the through wind; super broth measured in units of love; and more.  MeatEater's Fancy Pants Cocktail recipe by Kevin Gillespie: 2oz Sotol Blanco (get your Desert Door sotol here) .75 oz Sercial Madeira .75 oz fresh lemon juice .75 oz Hibiscus Syrup 3 dashes Orange bitters  Shake all ingredients together with ice, strain and serve up (martini style) garnished with an orange peel and a sprig of rosemary.  Hibiscus Syrup 1 cup sugar  3/4 Cup water 1 Cup hibiscus flowers 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half 1 whole star anise pod 3 whole cloves Peel of one lemon  Bring all to a boil and then allow to steep hot for 30 mins before straining and cooling. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Cory Calkins, Hayden Sammak, Seth Morris, Janis Putelis, Garrett Long, Alyssa Smith and Carl Hansen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Buddy Levy, Brody Henderson, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: Buddy’s latest, “The Empire of Ice and Stone,”; calling people how they'd like to be called; how an arrow nock exits out of your nostril; capitalizing and "the truth about"; trying to find uncontacted people to hang out with; headlines of blonde eskimos; becoming a Canadian; getting separated big time; the importance of a rounded hull; eating polar bears raw; Chopin's funeral march; stalking a bear that turned out to be a ground squirrel; just how deceptive the arctic can be; saving your dogs from a polar bear; no human presence; swollen hands; the race against time; jigging for cod with a sewing needle; just how deceptive the arctic can be; saving your dogs from a polar bear; no human presence; swollen hands; the race against time; Stefansson's book, "The Friendly Arctic"; Ada Blackjack; a future book about the blimp that’s never been seen since; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, Cory Calkins, Maggie Hudlow, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks to Janis Putelis, Garret Long, Cory Calkins, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Phil the Engineer, aka Phil the Song and Dance Man, performs in “A Christmas Carol”; Steve’s lesson the United State’s bifurcated legislature; Sen. Martin Heinrich explains Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA); the coveted elk buffer zone tag; how it became legal to cross national parks with a firearm; interpreting “impossible or otherwise impractical”; crossing the river; Steve Rinelli; years of accumulated preference points and Steve’s good draws; going back to the day before; when the effort to size ratio doesn’t mean anything; when the biggest bull you see is the first bull you see; being able to repeat the experience; discovering mange; being a little sad after the fact; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Chester Floyd, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, Maggie Smith, Cory Calkins, Maggie Hudlow, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks to Richard Fortunato, Charles Trost II, James Searl, Janis Putelis, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Pistol packing bagpipe players; the U.S. Border Patrol's role in public land and critter management; Jani's daughter's incredible turkey gobbling skills; the time when Steve and Jani got pulled over by Border Patrol; wild horses; establishing base truth; darting eyes and deception; templing; HR concerns; speaking Yiddish on The MeatEater Podcast; picking up your poop with your bare hands under threat; the Makushi story about the disappearance and reappearance of the white-lipped peccary population; why pronghorns and dogs smell like Fritos; operating between ports of entry; what you can't bring back from Canada; when do you know that you've crossed the border?; making a meaningful entry; the Tick Riders; big ass blimps; monitoring critters with Border Patrol surveillance cameras; skilled at tracking; carrying diamonds across the Boundary Waters; wildlife smuggling; the pronghorn roundup; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater's Trivia tournament with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Alyssa Smith, Rick Hutton, Max Barta, and Phil Taylor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Koe Wetzel, Dre Rocha, John Park, Kylee Archer, Max Barta, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Steve's face on a box of waterfowl ammo; Koe's advice to Chester: stop playing music; Dre's hoodie and the mystery of Tupac; the MeatEater Trivia t-shirt is finally here!; when your dog eats your rib; second degree baiting and ethics; robo deer; growing up in the chicken capital of the world; skinny Texas ducks; Waldorf and Ambrosia salads; living on a bus; when your manager is the life of the party; internships in construction; crying in Spanish and moving to Austin; variations of “Juke Box Hero”; is Lou Wetzel related to Koe?: melody first and notes on the phone; why it's "Hell Paso"; Koe performs "YellaBush Road" in The MeatEater Podcast studio; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Chester Floyd, Cory Calkins, Maggie Hudlow, Sam James, Tressa Croaker, Christine Sawicki, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jason Fischer, Brody Henderson, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Putting metal balls in fish; how Jason didn't believe Steve was Steve; the crazy audacity; Jason as a Gandhi-like figure; how we've lost 1.3 million acres of sagebrush habitat per year for the past 20 years; Chester's son and Chester's thumb; the Lake Erie fishery; how you get to be a tournament director; walleye tournament winnings; the best five; passing polygraph tests; when you're fooled and your gut just sinks; cheating people out of money; debunking the leatherman internet story; fish fillets and 12 oz weights; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Dan Flores, Janis Putelis, Chester Floyd, Seth Morris, Cory Calkins, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Dan Flores, Janis Putelis, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Jani negging Steve; the giant moose paddle that Steve's gonna make into a chair for his kid; how to get stuff from Alaska to the Lower 48; Dan Flores' brilliant new book, "Wild New World," is available; starting a story 66 million years ago; wiping the slate clean with a big asteroid; striking at a shallow angle; when extinctions stopped for 10,000 years; flightless birds as the first things to go; a haunting chicken memory from your childhood; where religious theology meets theories of extinction; cooking penguin eggs for breakfast; "too wild" for civilization; the fur desert; killing animals as a geopolitical idea; market capitalism wiping out the buffalo; the east coast prairie chicken; the ivory bill's toy trumpet cry; how Dan makes quick work of the mountain men; how our Neanderthal ancestors were more carnivorous than wolves; wishing to know an entire heaven and earth; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Gear Talk, Janis and Jordan discuss their side by sides; Mark Boardman with Vortex Optics joins the discussion to explain adjusting your binocular diopter correctly; Jordan on pitching and using tarps; Janis and the Kifaru Gnargali backpack. If you have a question you want to submit to Gear Talk for discussion, email geartalk@themeateater.com.  Click here to subscribe to Gear Talk on iHeart Radio Click here to subscribe to Gear Talk on Apple Podcasts Click here to subscribe to Gear Talk on Spotify Want to comment on this episode? Visit https://www.themeateater.com/listen/gear-talk and join the conversation. Connect with Janis, Jordan, and MeatEater MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Rick Smith, Garret Smith, Chris Gill, Loren Moulton, Danny Bolton, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, and  Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Rick Smith, Garret Smith, Chris Gill, Loren Moulton, Danny Bolton, Janis Putelis, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: MeatEater's Season 11, Episode 1 with Evan Hafer of BRCC is live on themeateater.com; how Chris Gill had never pooped outdoors before filming the MeatEater series; not caring if you live or die when you're young; a reminder to get tickets for Chester + Trampled By Turtles' concert in Atlanta on Dec. 1; Trampled By Turtles new album, Alpenglow, is out!; when your wife accidentally runs over and kills your target buck with her car; how the Rinella kids range everything; Steve's bloody vasectomy story and how you gotta check out his Instagram account for the video reenactment; defining what a Good Samaritan actually is; Steve claims that he's the first person ever to rattle in a sitka deer; are we allowed to call someone a bitch?; explaining verité; Steve yelling at the camera guys all the time; the mindless ferocity of Americans; the 180-degree rule; NIMing; not liking to hike in the dark; our 10-min episode about an attempted episode that won't end up being a MeatEater episode; the extreme difficulty of making tree stand hunting exciting TV; how ice fishing simply cannot be captured; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Evan Hafer of BRCC, Steven Rinella, Sean Weaver, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Cory Calkins, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Metin Eren, David J. Meltzer, John Hayes, Clay Newcomb, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: How Steve feels insecure about his grip strength; archaeology living under the umbrella of anthropology; getting your hands all cut up by Clovis points; using your teeth to sharpen edges; curiosity as an adaptive strategy; the average age of early man; planned births; very, very old footprints in the sand; ruppia, or ditch grass; DNA in sediment; anonymous peer reviews and how you ought to have the right to know your critics; David's book, The Mountaineer Site: A Folsom Winter Camp in the Rockies; MeatEater does science: our bison butchery experiment using Clovis points; when you really want the rock you find to be an ancient tool; using human bodies for cut mark experiments; measuring microware on bones; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As previously teased on the MeatEater podcast, Jordan and Janis take over the MeatEater feed and welcome you to the MeatEater Network's newest podcast, Gear Talk, where they explore their favorite -- and sometimes not-so-favorite -- pieces of gear. Later, they talk to First Lite's western big game guru, Matt Derosiers.  Click here to subscribe to Gear Talk on iHeart Radio Click here to subscribe to Gear Talk on Apple Podcasts Click here to subscribe to Gear Talk on Spotify Connect with Janis, Jordan, and MeatEater MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shelby Huber and Spencer Neuharth host MeatEater Trivia with Katie Finch, Jennifer Jones, Carrie Henderson, Kelsey Morris, Brian Hopkins, Adrienne Taylor, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Joe Murray, Kristin Murray, Bruce Reid, Dorothy Reid, Janis Putelis, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: More pictures of people trying to fish cell phones out of pit toilets; fetishists and filling pockets; rescuing an owl from a pit toilet; when your 32nd wedding anniversary plans are interrupted by a toilet rescue; what a man will do to retrieve his cell phone; being stuck as hell; vault toilet, pit toilet, outhouse, and other names for the shitter; a wall of stench and why you're supposed to keep the lid closed; when your phone still works after sinking in a cesspool of shit and piss; disappearing into the hole; the picture leak; a lawn chair dedicated to the cause; some serious engineering; suck and thrust; marriage advice; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, NY Mets players Pete Alonso, Chris Bassitt, Tyler Naquin, Tommy Hunter, David Peterson, Stephen Nogosek, and Sean Weaver, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Austin Riley, Sean Weaver, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: How Steve doesn't feel an emotional connection to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"; Austin breaking down baseball for Steve; Albert Von Tilzer's greatest hits; two seasons; canceling hunting trips to play pro ball; mistaking a husky puppy for a wolf; stripping away the passion; MeatEater's Whitetail Week is here; read Sean's article on how Roosevelt's first waterfowl refugs has gone bone dry; stuffing walleyes with lead weights and walleye filets; tournaments and the worst cheating you've ever done; going pro when you're young; Austin's great love of whitetail hunting; all the little analytical details; when it comes down to a few pitches; player cards; beating the freeze; when your finances are public and everyone knows your contract amount; behind the levee; hunting property dreams; MLB's paternity leave policy and missing your son's birth; Austin's quote that he didn't actually say; an epic walk up song; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steve Rinella, Seth Morris, Kelsey Morris, Jim Heffelfinger, Brody Henderson, Chester Floyd, Cory Calkins, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella talks with Jim Heffelfinger, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: How Jim got canceled from Instagram and how to help him make a comeback by following him at @cervidnut; Jim's book, Deer of the Southwest, is back in print; the forthcoming bible on black-tailed and mule deer of North America; antlerogenesis and how antler bone resembles cancer growth; testes the size of peas; check out a picture of the two-headed fawn; extra bones; the female baubellum; Jim's article about lead and wildlife on The MeatEater website; how Seth ate so much tuna that he got mercury poisoning; why binturongs smell like fresh popcorn and brown buns; raccoon dogs; more Covid circulation between humans and deer; Pistol Jim, Jackrabbit Jim, and other perfect nicknames; planning our world squirrel cookoff; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Dan Chumbler, Garrett Long, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Maggie Hudlow, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb, Dirt Myth, Loren Moulton, and Chester Floyd. Topics discussed: Recording from the inside of a cargo van in motion; creeper vans; the premier of MeatEater Season 11; how to watch Mark Keyon's new show, Deer Country; the unfortunate technicality that kicked our Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes and More Close Calls off the New York Times bestseller list; how to support our friend and First Lite colleague, Duke Wasteney, recover from his house fire; help the WY corner crossing guys in their civil case and read MeatEater's article on why the $7M damages charge they face is absurd; Clay's "Hey Bear!" song; more instances of fishing phones out of pit toilets; when a moose crosses the road; trusting the process and sitting for nine days; shooting bulls based off brow tines; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, Cory Calkins, Phil Taylor, Sean Weaver, Logan Dove, Tressa Croaker, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Deni Seymour, Janis Putelis, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: On the trail of the Coronado Expedition; sharpening flint knives with your teeth; the Seven Golden Cities of Cibola; brutality and removing body parts; pouring liquid gold down a guy's throat; finding sites and reconstructing the trail; rock art depicting figures with pointy shoes; genetic info and latrines; the power of metal detectors; more on why you shouldn't remove artifacts from the ground; finding the canon, the oldest gun discovered in the continental US; relative dating of rock art; embarking on adventure; how the site keeps on giving; bronze hats; how to support Deni's upcoming documentary film on the Coronado expedition; Steve Rinella, the antiquities looter; where to read Deni's publications, check out her webpage, and watch her fascinating educational videos; how to get a site named after you; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia at the First Lite flagship store in Hailey, ID with Clay Newcomb, Clay Hayes, Thomas Krick, Jess Johnson, Ben Dettamanti, Tony Peterson, Sam Soholt, and Lydia Smith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella and Spencer Neuharth talk with Katie Finch, Janis Putelis, Jennifer Putelis, Brody Henderson, Carrie Henderson, Shelby Huber, Kelsey Morris, Danielle Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Steve’s divorce rate statistics; how hunting and being away causes relationship challenges; Chester being away while Danielle  is in her third trimester; examining the term “hunting widow”; how Jani plans to be a long hunter; Kelsey and Seth’s check in system; how Spencer lives in his hot tub; how Katie and the family sneak farm-raised meats when Steve is gone; Shelby’s nest and Spencer’s love of chores; smooth on the way out and smooth on the way in; the importance of systems; being on the same page; Steve’s 5-hour appreciation window; under-promising and over-delivering; the Rinella’s backyard pumpkin patch; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Kimi Werner, Cameron Kirkconnell, Brandon Albury, Perrin James, and Corinne Schneider.   Topics discussed: Our Fucked Up Old Taxidermy Calendar is here!; the story of Cam saving his friend's life on MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls; the MeatEater office fish heist mystery and Steve's desire to hook colleagues up to a polygraph test; recalling scro injuries; putting the "white tailed deer" vs. "whitetails" terminology argument to bed; the life saving award you never want; hook and jook; spearing and fishing regulations in the Bahamas; on eating turtle; how Corinne got so seasick she turned green; how to construct a lobster condo; crazy big hogfish; living in holes; battling a big black grouper; Kimi's upcoming series on The MeatEater Network; the proper way to clean a conch; support the effort to bring solar energy to Chester and 'Flo's Conch Shack'; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 365: Game On Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XXIV Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Bill Vanderheyden, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Chester Floyd, Maggie Hudlow, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Bill Vanderheyden, Brandon Palaniuk, Janis Putelis, Chester Floyd, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Who stole the office fish?; graduating first in your engineering class out of 1,232 students; Brandon Palaniuk wins angler of the year; get tickets to see Chester open for Trampled By Turtles on Dec. 1 in Atlanta; when hunter safety advises that you keep your harvest covered so as not to offend non-hunters; chisel heads; the formulas that go into shooting your bow; mass vs. speed; the draw force curve; Newton’s Law; busting through bone; breaking down 3:1; blood trails; Bill’s Iron Will Outfitters broadheads; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia from the First Lite flagship store in Hailey, ID with Steven Rinella, Bridget Noonan, Ford Van Fossen, Kevin Harlander, Clay Newcomb, Ryan Callaghan, Sean Weaver, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Ryan Callaghan, Clay Newcomb, Sean Weaver, Ford Van Fossen, Kevin Harlander, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: The cosmos theory and dust particles; when the cosmos was forming; First Lite's brand new store in Hailey, ID; way back when Cal was one of First Lite's first employees; when you dive into a vault toilet to retrieve your phone; ritual opposition--when you dick with your friends all the time; the pangolin snail extremophile; when you need to protect yourself from your own drool; the incredibly confusing regulatory structure of hunting and fishing in Alaska; what constitutes subsistence; big announcement: First Lite waders are coming!; the importance of warm, dry feet; what Hawaiian shirts can represent; First Lighters; and more.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Mark Kenyon, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, Alyssa Smith, Cory Calkins, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Drew Lanham, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Sean Weaver, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: The Home Place and Sparrow Envy; Drew's very cool bone carved crow skull necklace; Cal's Week In Review's special edition Ep. 171; a "close call" story that doesn't quite cut it for our third audiobook; how Pat Durkin is pissed that "white-tailed" became whitetail deer; arguing about language; El Hefe; the Spring Light Goose Conservation Order; a black bear, a grizzly bear, and a polar bear walk into a snow goose nesting area...; not pullin' a cork on crab whiskey; starting as a bird watcher, then becoming an ornithologist; impaling your prey on bushes and thorns; the family legend of coming back from the war bearing gold; free as birds; moving science to the masses; feeling first, then thinking, then doing; the amazing capacity of birds to do what they do; how to be a responsible feeder keeper; Nine Rules for the Black Bird Watcher; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Mark Kenyon, Brody Henderson, Max Barta, Hanzi Deschermeier, Ryan Callaghan, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Kimi Werner, Danny Bolton, Ryan Callaghan, and Seth Morris. Topics discussed: Taking her slow; Parks and Rec as the Goodwill bin of The Office; on Nick Offerman and Thoreau; on Steve being demeaning; defining scope; math and chum bags; more on the lead vs. copper debate; losing your life to swordfish and sailfish; on how fascinating the Coronado Expedition was; when you're a fishing guide who finds dead bodies; carp herpes; Steve's first ono and mahi in the same day; getting real sharky; competing with sharks for your sashimi; one crack, medevac; how amazing shark movement is; pilot fish like a shark's pet dog; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Clay Newcomb, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Cory Calkins, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with his kids,  Brody Henderson, Kelsey Morris, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Outdoor Kids in an Inside World and flipping rocks to uncover sculpin; when siblings disagree; a preference for salmon fishing; not changing your clothes for two weeks; Jimmy's hot tip on getting ready fast; Seth and Kelsey's rotting A-frame; shack ownership; go download our new audiobook, Narrow Misses and More Close Calls; lots of lessons learned at the Fish Shack; Sabertooth, Kevin Gillespie's new culinary show, is out!; Kevin's giveaway; please donate to the WY corner crossing fund to help public access; AK's fires burn larger than the state of CT; when your plane crashes and then you're eaten by a griz; when bears are euthanized; moral and legal issues colliding; shooting wounded animals; one deer, two deer and  linguistics; our Turkey Letter T-Shirt is live in The MeatEater store, inspired by Ep. 338 of The MeatEater Podcast: "The Biggest Buck in the USA"; Kelsey going full time artist; when decks fall; how Steve's gotten worse over time at black cod fishing; getting the biggest halibut out of the dinky Sears boat; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Chris Parish, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, Sean Weaver, Gabi Wilson, Logan Dove, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Chris Parish, Ryan Callaghan, Sean Weaver, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: How Steve still insists on his theory that D&D created today's falconry community; spending 19 hours hunting per single grouse harvested in NY State; MeatEater's Campfire Stories 2: Narrow Misses and More Close Calls is out!; go get our brand new EZ SUK'R cow elk call from Phelps Game Calls; a reminder to submit your project to our Land Access Initiative; FirstLite's partnership with Delta Waterfowl; profile pictures and differing opinions on what's offensive; green crab whiskey and eating invasive species; lead shot and waterfowl die offs; getting thrown in jail for shooting red tails; how the lead issue is definitely not just a condor issue; the story of AC-9; chelation and depuration as great Scrabble words; supplement tubs; how condors returned to the same caves their ancestors had lived in during the Pleistocene; hunters responding; being uneasy about bans; following the science and when science becomes weaponized; the North American Non-lead Partnership and Hunting With Non-lead; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Andrew Zimmern, Kevin Gillespie, Brody Henderson, Sean Weaver, Byron Dumbrill, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Andrew Zimmern, Kevin Gillespie, Ryan Callaghan, Sean Weaver, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.  Topics discussed: Andrew's new show, "Wild Game Kitchen"; all the bizzare foods and a kid's book; an early love of WWF and Mean Jean; Duck Lore, Season 2 is out!; Typha, FirstLite's new waterfowl line is finally here; casting stripes; ninja throwin' stars; how looking at pictures captured by the James Webb Space Telescope ruins your day; mountain lion deniers and mountain lion truthers; the first case of homosexual necrophilia in mallards; Kevin dispelling brining myths and explaining the difference between brines and marinades from a scientific perspective; Martha Stewart's thin chopsticks and how she blazes with Snoop Dog; foraging for rosehips and crabbing in Long Island, NY; a free and loose 60s housewife; skipping meals; Andrew's experiences living with protected tribes; staking 5-step snakes on the crucifixion bush; literally chasing kudu; the "I'm not here" mode and the Makushi code of silence; trying to be useful; the lessons nature teaches you about yourself; judging Iron Chef; and more.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Adam Weatherby, Luke Thorkildsen, Brody Henderson, Sean Weaver, Rick Hutton, Cory Calkins, Byron Dumbrill, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Greg Fonts, Brandon Hendrickson, Mike Raabe, and Chester Floyd.  Topics discussed: Chester the Dive Master (pronounced "Mester"); the Makah tribe wants to start killing whales again; how Rep. Clyde's RETURN Act, which would gut Pittman-Robertson, is simply not the right way to go; California now says bumblebees are fish, and why that's interesting and important; the industrial harvest of menhadens/pogies and a clarification from TRCP's Whit Fosburgh; dealing with sharks in the water; explaining the Oreo; oil rigs as major fish and wildlife magnets; rig reaping and losing incredible habitat; shrimp boat secrets; cobia pass bys; how losing good reef is like losing a friend; it lives in the water, is furry, and has eyelashes; and more.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Seth Kantner, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Seth Kantner, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Growing up in a sod igloo; when bears make sense and humans don't; all of Seth's books and his latest, A Thousand Trails Home: Living with Caribou; getting married on the day of Custer's death at The Little Bighorn; when a bear gets into a car for snacks, locks himself inside, then expires from the heat; the most complete 35,000-year-old baby mammoth ever found; the Blue Tarp Tribe; The Living Light Rainbow hippy people destroying public land; Project Chariot; traveling by dog team; race relations in the Arctic; growing up afraid of The National Park Service; lining up with the seasons; the fish of a million names; sheefish through the ice; on the bone; the freezer as a prolonged wasting machine; a lunch of dried caribou and raw bowhead muktuk; dipping fat in fat; snow ice cream; fermented as a euphemism for rotten; how Alaska's proposed Ambler Road construction project is an horrific threat to wildlife, the Brooks Range, and native culture; the complexity of native corporations; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Brad Tennant, Tommy Eidson, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Brad Tennant, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: How Steve isn't too into Lewis and Clark; Dustin Huff not learning a thing from us about keeping secrets; 400 stitches for the 9-year-old girl who survived the mountain lion attack in WA; when old men loot an ancient archaeological site in Tightwad, Missouri; Steve, the metal detecting enthusiast; all of Jefferson's trip plans; eating dogs and all the things on the expedition; Russia's thunderbolt mercury laxative; lashes from the cat of nine tails; the universal sign language between mountain men; how to pronounce Sacajawea's name; diaries and sexual relations; the National Park Service and exhuming bodies; encounters; the tigercat story; failing to accomplish the number one mission objective; Hollywood movies made about the expedition stories; critters named after Lewis and Clark; how experts never agree; and more.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Grace Sturdivant, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Maggie Smith, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Grace Sturdivant, Janis Putelis, Sean Weaver, Garrett Long, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: Being an Elvis fan; from radio DJ to audiologist to OtoPro founder; creating a new hearing test with various nature sounds, animal calls, and turkey gobbles; Yellowstone's floods; Seth and Chester kick ass on the amateur walleye tournament scene; Grace as a former Miss America pageant Top 15; ducks flying incredibly long distances during their lifetime; the snow goose that traveled 870 miles in 24 hours; Polar Bear Pete's high ass, his dinger-hitting talent, and his message to all of you; MeatEater’s article about hearing loss; what happens when a gun goes bang by your head?; sound pressure; how to pronounce "tinnitus"; the link between hearing loss and dementia; sticking a caulk gun way up into your ear where it has no business being; how to properly insert those little foamies; Jani and Garrett’s poor hearing; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Brandon Butler, Brad Cape, Phil Yeomans, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Sean Weaver, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Brandon Butler, Brad Cape, Phil Yeomans, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: How HOAs are the worst but neighbors can be shitty as well; caveat emptor; Blue Cheese, the bulldog and the pigeon that nested in a balcony grill; Ryan Callaghan, HOA President; wild haymakers and getting subdued by jiu jitsu; Cornell University’s bird identification app; how you need to watch Jani’s new show “On the Hunt” on MeatEater's Youtube channel; an update on Brandon Butler's cabin arson; when you accidentally leave your parole papers behind in a place where you’ve been squatting; a distinctly methy look; corner crossing and infinitely finite; touching air; ranch hands who brag about how "important" the landowner is; taking pictures of every single corner; hunter harassment from the truck; the need for some privacy when you piss; the original real estate ad; bruised airspace; the Unlawful Enclosures Act; a long 3-day misdemeanor trial in a tiny courtroom; and more.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Jon Mooallem, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson,Ryan Callaghan, Hayden Sammak, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jon Mooallem, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson,  Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Reminding you that MeatEater Trivia is weekly; MeatEater Cooks is back; cute as a button; when the locals are the problem; the creep of eliminating non-resident sheep tags; a $1 million fine for illegally catching dungeness crabs; Pedals, the bear; misleading article headlines; get Jon’s brilliant new book, Serious Face; “assassinations” and CSI: Monk Seal in Hawaii; SPZs; feudal relationships; flying helicopters in straight lines to save gas; seals and eels; how to properly pronounce ‘macaque’; a street-wise monkey; picking out darts and evading capture; losing your tortoises in a divorce; Werner Herzog and his cave painting movie; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Dustin Huff, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, Mark Kenyon, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Thanks to listener Ed Neumann for making us a Trivia Trophy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Dustin Huff, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Mark Kenyon, Spencer Neuharth,  Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Touring with Luke Combs; killing it with a crossbow; when a marten attacks Jani's hens; The Rinella Doctrine; a very long passage about what male turkeys do to female turkeys; why you best leave it 'till tomorrow; Seth and Chester’s 17th place finish in their first ever walleye tournament; the crew being pro pay-to-camp in National Forest; big bucks on the hog farm; how Dustin doesn’t use trail cams; shoulder growths; when everyone knows but no one says; Megatine Junior; Spencer and Mark, the big buck blowhards; just a deer hunter; when you shoot the biggest deer in America; texting with pops; “it's going to be a wall hanger!”; getting a buck named after you; the bullcrap aftermath and the haters; waiting for the cash money offers; "I Should Be Fishing" and other songs by Dustin; and more.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts another round of MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Clay Newcomb, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, Rick Hutton, Gabi Wilson, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Whit Fosburgh and Janis Putelis. Topics discussed: The TRCP turkey hunt; how Whit got hit by a car; how Steve passed out while his wife was giving birth; when a chinook helicopter causes turkeys to shock gobble; our own F-up with over-the-top headlines; MeatEater saves lives yet again; Danish scientists crack the code on growing morels; engineering to re-engineer; the issues that arise when you making rivers navigable; fixing the Federal appraisal process; unanimous MAPLand; the public's property rights; Recovering America's Wildlife Act not a slam dunk; ID spending half as much per grizzly as it does per kid in public school; good for the butterfly, good for the turkey and deer too; striped bass in steady decline for the past two decades; keep your blues; conservation that's durable; and more.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics discussed: Sharing beds; a Southwestern vibe; MeatEater Laboratories; Chester the Tester, a rotund chef figurine holding a spatula dipped in heavenly chocolate; Tiny, the arsonist and how you can get away with a lot of criminal shit in the US; "How Can I Be Cold But My Balls are Still Sweaty" and other New York Times Best Sellers by Steve; communal latrines and raccoon roundworm; avian influenza hitting the wild turtle population; attending the walleye tournament or your own wedding; the Gila National Wilderness as the first officially recognized wild land on the planet; Aldo Leopold's 1921 article; making a 14.92 mile loop and only hearing three gobbles; scarce water and filtering out rock snot; what goes on in a turkey's noggin; Steve's blanket rule of not gobbling while turkey hunting with his kids; flirting with disaster when you wear those little turkey fan hats; Steve loving wild turkeys more than his kids; the two types of outdoors folk; gratitude over expectation; the land of milk and walleyes; and more.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts another round of MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Cameron Hanes, and crew. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Karl Malcolm, Rick Smith, Dirt Myth, Seth Morris, and Chester Floyd. Topics discussed: Cam's new book, Endure, is out!; when an adult acts like an ass and accosts Steve's kid; the shit you find in turkeys; Jani's hens running into the house to nest their eggs on the kitchen counter; Chester catches the biggest walleye, ever; Sean's Duck Report on avian influenza sweeping the country and affecting the wild population; the symptoms of sick birds and the importance of public reporting; setting chokers; how Cam Hanes still keeps his day job; barely sleeping; when you lose your best friend way too soon; going for the most epic experience in the wilderness; coming within meters of that brown bear; living in the endurance world; how your body gives what you ask of it; just how badly the wind bothers Steve; prefering to be by yourself and loving the solo hunt; discipline and confidence; how tough it is to read aloud and record your own audiobook; memory words; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Rinella and the MeatEater crew come to you from our live show at the Alberta Bair Theater in Billings, MT. Crack open a beverage and sit back for Two Truths and a Lie, Clay Newcomb's owl hoot competition, and of course, Trivia hosted by Spencer Neuharth! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jimmy Rinella, Doug Duren, Ya Yang, Pat Durkin, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Youth turkey at Doug's; skunked again; the river otter, two dogs, mink, and other critters drawn to the mysterious magnetism of The Navel; Doug Durkin; Jimmy's experiences with the mouse in Doug's Little Buddy heater, his preference for runnin' and gunnin' turkeys, and his superior detection of gobbling noises; the direct way in which Steve talks to his kids; a very lawyerly and official contract between Jimmy and his dad about Xbox use; how the 12.5-year-old hen found in PA always made the right life decisions; the doe that was missing her two back leg hooves; the most obscenely misleading nature headline; defrauding folks with fake hunting leases; Ya's gun buying spree; poop soup; Doug's strong hands; Doug addresses Uncle Ted's statements about CWD; population level effects of CWD; killing a deer per second; Doug's new program, "Sharing the Land"; the pen pal affair between Doug and Steve; Pat's articles on cash for crappie and shooting pike with a firearm in Vermont; and more.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Pete Alonso, Dave Willms, Rob Gearing, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Ambergris and makeup; getting hit in the teeth with a baseball going 98 miles per hour; a chew cocktail of tobacco wrapped in bubble gum; support TRCP and bid on a fishing trip with NY Mets first baseman, Pete Alonso; the Fourth Amendment, the Open Fields Doctrine, and what a game warden can and can't search; trying to get away with doing naughty, illegal things; "Outdoor Kids in an Inside World" is out now so go get a copy!; the aerospace background story of Spartan Precision Equipment and their awesome magnetic bipods; the elitism of hunting in the United Kingdom; getting a formal degree in deer stalking; how you can't keep the meat; so many airguns and plinking in the back garden; no bow hunting allowed; gutting from the diaphragm; red, roe, and fallow; deer hunting as deer management; Mrs. Miggins' roses; Cal and Steve argue about the "guard the gate" mentality; the plight of the Tasmanian devil; hot pot ptarmigan; and more.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts another round of MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella and crew. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella  talks with Kimi Werner, Kevin Gillespie, Sean Weaver, Ryan Callaghan, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.   Topics discussed: The MeatEater Laboratory’s new Warner-Bratzler Shear Force Machine; a hot tip on how to clean sausage stuffers and meat grinders; Peeps, cheap French bread, and critter flesh; how Cal likes his tenderloin smashed and fried; proper scientific testing methods; the antelope that didn't know what was coming; scoring tenderness; eating your experiment; how to submit your meat for testing; "Outdoor Kids in an Inside World" companion hot tips; FirstLite's Omen Stormshelter rainwear is out now; NWTF's Turkey Trek; Kevin's new show, "Sabertooth"; the science behind brining and preserving; how it's now legal to eat roadkill in WY; an obsession with excavation; socially tender; Kimi's first duck hunt on an episode of “Duck Lore”; when all ten toe nails fall off; truth and consequences in Truth Or Consequences; gummy bongo people and rescue trucks; how honesty is always the best policy; Steve's night in jail; know where you're hunting; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with David Wise, Paul Schommer, Janis Putelis, Samantha Bates, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Back from the Olympics; "Outdoor Kids in an Inside World" is here to preorder; strategizing biathlon; how Steve is pro-skiing for all humans on the planet, except for his family; hunting while skiing; your chance to bid on Auction House of Oddities items until April 25th; the word for fossilized poop is ‘coprolite’; shitting out a rattlesnake fang; bobbing and weaving; the most groundbreaking photo of a fox squirrel eating a shad in a tree; how Steve will never traffic in memes; a non-apology to the falconer community; the "S&M hood" that falcons wear; the history of skis; biathlon as the most watched winter sport in Europe; precision vs. accuracy; how professional curlers probably have day jobs; too much socializing in the Olympic village; balancing your passions; the shit ton of attention you get during an Olympic year; when you do your best work wearing a helmet and goggles; how Steve's daughter loves Jani's cooking way better than her own dad's cooking; flipping and spinning; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Lee Burton, Steve Fulton, Warren Bluntzer, Ryan Callaghan, Clay Newcomb, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: The Sahara in Texas at the Bamberger Ranch; rewilding; the time when Steve cuddled a scimitar calf; protective mommas; bison from the Bronx; how you use the horns; the high fecundity of scimitar horned oryx; artificial insemination of cheetahs; fake wooly mammoths; when the natural range of a species is in a failed state; less hump, more rump; the market for scimitar horned oryx supporting the conservation and perpetuation of the species; individual animal experiences vs. population level experiences; the lug nut litmus test; the goal of establishing stable heards back in the Sahara; when does Texas become Africa?; animal diseases; liability; dinosaur footprints and fossils; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Ted "Uncle Ted" Nugent, Ryan Callaghan, Clay Newcomb, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Nostalgia for the Whiplash Bash; The Nuge shooting fiery arrows on stage; breaking the law; enter TRCP’s sweepstakes to win a turkey hunt with Steve and Jani; MeatEater's Land Access Initiative and the return of the House of Oddities Auction; the Bear Grease podcast episode with Jerry Clower; Ted railing on Cal's highschool teacher; slithering up on a covey of quail; Fred Bear as a major influence; poison pods on arrows; being pro-crossbow; regulations against lighted nocks and other technologies; Michigan's ban on hunting mourning doves and sandhill cranes; eating a CWD+ burger; the weight of the "what if?" scenario; Ted's call for ending USDA hunts; the foundation of high fence hunting; challenging the semantics of "whack 'em and stack 'em"; aliveness and uppityness; the deadliness of your tofu salad and your glass of wine; how hunting is politics; the man in charge of your tree climbing; Ted's call to participate in the political process by voting; outdoorsy and ballsy; and more.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Janis Putelis, Kevin Gillespie, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.   Topics discussed: hating spouses that make you do a thing with your kids at the expense of doing another thing with your kids that you’d rather do; Dirty Dan jokes; red dot and Jani's video; solar-boosted battery life of 17+ years; Kevin "Giuseppe" Gillespie; The MeatEater Podcast smarter than doctors; South Dakota's pen raised pheasants; a stream access victory in New Mexico; whose mountain lions?; Mingus' resume; a squishy bobcat as Jani’s first taxidermy; pronouncing “nilgai”; the definition of a double entendre; jumping the spring; grumpy middle aged men arguing over math and arrow grain weights; Jani the Believer; MeatEater Podcast Ep. 284: The Archer's Paradox; a poop blasting party; our May 3rd Live Show; cooking nilgai; a thick assed hide; Steve’s funny pronunciation of “bagel”; Kevin's feral hog holiday ham recipe; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts another round of MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Brent West, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Michael Kmon, and Phil Taylor.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Brent West, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, and Phil Taylor.Topics discussed: the flea story; how to make maple sugar; marrying for the environment; the Poop-Trailhead Index; Steve's strong opinion about Thoureau; Fly Rod Crosby; the last caribou in Maine; when Eisenhower talked about flyfishing on D-Day; Federal Ammunitition sends 1 million bullets to Ukraine; mail carriers "terrorized" by wild turkeys in California; Popeye, Jani's one-eyed turkey; when the taxidermist knowingly gives you back an animal that isn't yours; the irresponsibility of the pen-raised prarie chicken arrangement; Brody's advice to wolf haters; refunding wolf tags in Wisconsin; getting rid of tags?; what a land easement actually is; abuses of the land easement system for tax evasion purposes; make a donation to MeatEater's Land Access Initiative; submit a property for our 2022 initiative; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts another round of MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Kevin Gillespie, Brody Henderson, Sean Weaver, Maggie Hudlow, and Phil Taylor. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Janis Putelis, Kevin Gillespie, Sean Weaver, Maggie Hudlow, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: MeatEater's dating app idea called "Rut"; bison as livestock or wild game; when critters know damn well that hunting season is on and go hide; how Steve wants to use Covid masks to make a goose down quilt; mapping CWD across the United States; refunding wolf tags in WI; a scientific study demonstrating the association between eating meat and good health outcomes; Danielle's Copycat Chick-Fil-A Turkey Nuggets; getting a Warner-Bratzler shear force test machine for the office; the whole Putelis clan talking to turkeys; Kevin's wowza food videos and “Holiday Ham” feral hog; Jesse Griffith's Hog Book; celebrating Kevin's James Beard Award nomination; meat mold; Maggie Hudlow's investigation into Florida's Senate Bill 2508; mesopredators and nest depredation; a raven's massive cache of duck eggs; the snake that ate radios; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with John Hayes, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: An interest in falconry spurred by sorcery and Dungeons & Dragons; the artist vs. the shady taxidermist who takes your money, doesn't make your mount, then disappears; eagles and lead; Missoula as the Paris of West-Central Montana; when dogs attack wild game and Brody catches a bunch of shit about it; Southerners from southern Illinois give Steve shit; spearfishing in parts of southern Michigan that aren't great; what to do with over 150 mounts; Harry Potter taxidermy; bear rugs with closed mounts; patenting a filler vacuum; pioneering the squishy coyote pillow mount; how fish taxidermy is basically a painting; how to properly skin out deer and bears for mounting; Cal's scalpel kit; how it's gotta be clean before salting; the full sneak and the semi-sneak; the taxidermist's catalog; when your taxidermist turns you in for poaching; when your Ma tags a lot of deer; the funkification inside horns; bad rugs for bad people; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts another round of MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Tom Miranda, Katie Hill, Hayden Sammak, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Tom Miranda, Spencer Neuharth, Katie Hill, Hayden Sammak, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: 20/15 vision; Tom Miranda, the rare book collector; the archery Super Slam; Cutting the Distance with Jason Phelps and Friends; go get our limited edition Line One Pot Call; Chester's big sturgeon; a half million cysts per pound; "One State Might Expand Bobcat Hunting and Trapping Seasons"; science news click bait; when your ex tattles on you for poaching wild game and selling it as beef jerky; read Katie Hill's investigation, "Major Online Retailers Acted as Black Market for Endangered Animal Parts," on MeatEater's website; skinning for a furbearer as a hard way to make money; the job description of a government trapper; the power of VHS; when you're on PETA's Top Ten list; buying your first car, home, and plane with trapping money; bow hunting as making the hunt as hard as it can be; all of Tom's books, including "Master Trappers"; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts another round of MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Michael Waddell, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Michael Waddell, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: tiddlers and winkers; the real meaning of "whistling dixie"; Mike Waddell, pecan farmer; data points to consider regarding ice fishing and prositution; Captain Cook and Captain Hook; a squirrel's nut and chatter score; the yew plant being pretty for landscaping but deadly for elk; when a moose ravages your sled dog team; when winning a turkey calling contest changes your life and you become a Bone Collector; learning how to edit hunting videos; how you shouldn't be embarrassed to be country as hell; Mike's encouragement to go after your dreams; T-Bone and the ‘ole leg lamp; pecan finished charcuterie; back to the land with Claudine; goat milk on your Froot Loops; the double enjoyment you derive from burping up fries; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Stu Miller, Brody Henderson, Rick Hutton, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: Danny Rinella's theory about Bill Clinton and bike helmets; Stu's educational videos at Coon Creek Outdoors; on whether you can be a Southerner in a state where people ice fish; explaining how to tube skin; fur handling as a dying trade; Seth and Stu, Top Lot rivals; double proxy weddings in Montana; it's raining iguanas in Florida; how you ought not shoot a turkey with a rifle; will grizzlies be delisted in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem?; a 37-year-old sandhill crane; hen and drake survival rates; how you should support lynx habitat in Colorado instead of messing with bobcat hunters; the last great fur boom; buying trucks with muskrat money; that time when Stu welded up a boat; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spencer Neuharth hosts another round of MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Jay Scott, Jason Phelps, Paul Lewis, Garrett Long, and Phil Taylor. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jay Scott, Jason Phelps, Paul Lewis, Garrett Long, Ryan Callaghan, and Phil Taylor.Topics discussed: Colburn and Scott Outfitters; FHF's cool new rifle sling coming soon!; divorcing your wife because she sends your kids skiing instead of ice fishing for 9 Saturdays in a row; Jani’s big bobcat and Steve’s tiny bobcat; go watch MeatEater's Season 10, Part 2 on Netflix; why Cal looks like a turtle without a shell when he’s wearing a wetsuit; Phil's full head of hair vs. everyone else’s early baldness; skinny-shamed; static breath hold and Kimi Werner's masterful deep diving abilities; ibex darting off from the Florida Mountains; more on thermal night vision and game recovery; a Lyme vaccine; blaming bad vision for shooting a guy while hunting critters; Robert Abernethy, the treasure; glassing and missing in Mexico; border crossing dos and don’ts; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Metin Eren, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Chester Floyd, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: The meaning of the name, Metin; putting the "spear" back into "experimental"; how Clovis points aren't the bazooka we want them to be; knocking out channel flakes; Hayden's burbot liver smoked trout pate; how Seth and Chester are getting closer to securing a walleye boat and sponsor; Steve's irritation with folks standing on escalators; the "wear it dry program" and child raising; Brody's tagged cow elk and Cal's tagged perch; frozen poop knives and how shit don't cut it; Spencer's article debunking the myth of the poop chisel; being heartbroken over how Clovis points likely didn't slay mammoths all that handily; hucking atlatls; only one Clovis burial site; the crazy ass giant ground sloth; the 1.5 million year old Acheulean Handaxe; the conchoidal fracture; sharp to the molecule; knap ins; the Folsom point bolo tie; a Solutrean Laurel Leaf; mistakes can make valuable flakes; Primal Points; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with John Miller, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: Steve becoming a minister; someone else standing for you at your own wedding; Season 10, Part 2 of MeatEater on Netflix coming at ya!; a call to submit your pictures to our F'ed Up Old Taxidermy calendar project; easily offended golden retriever owners; an angry letter about the European model vs. the North American model; when a badger discovers ancient Roåman treasure; the struggle over hunter’s orange in Colorado; Brody's wolf report: Yellowstone wolves or Montana wolves?; a new lottery elk hunt in Virginia; fence chains and public airspace; when you dump your CWD positive deer carcasses on the public land adjacent to your deer farm; the many John Millers; when a griz starts on your buddy; five shots to neutral; when Game and Fish arrive for an investigation; analyzing bullet wounds; a handgun vs. a rifle; a best possible outcome certificate; how everyone's got a plan until they get punched in the face; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jay Siemens, Mandy Uhrich, Seth Morris, and Chester Floyd.Topics discussed: Steve not being about batter; where Seth's side hustle ends and his little side hustle begins; how the boys need a walleye tournament boat; a correction on the use of tampons to treat gunshot wounds; the real fear of pooping one's own pants; memorials to extinct birds; Utah nixes trail cams and thermal night vision optics; putting the kibosh on drone use for hunting purposes; North Dakota underwater; how spearing is true fishing; drilling the biggest ever ice hole; hooks vs. no hooks on decoys; live scoping, dark housing, and where you can and can't spear; Seth's purity vs. the hot prickly feeling of jealousy; what happens to the psychology of an angler when technology is involved?; The Canadian Angle on MeatEater's Youtube Channel; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Ronnie Collins, Jean Paul Bourgeois, Bud Guidry, Seth Morris, and Chester Floyd.Topics discussed: A hand-built bayou cruise ship; when your first job was boiling crawfish and shrimp; Bud's personal crawfish pond; when you're the Frog Champion of the World; a roadkill-eating vegan; acknowledging probable cause vs. being chap-assed and anti-game warden in Pennsylvania; more on what's Chethical; harassment of hound hunters, hounds hurting humans, and domestic dogs hurting hounds; 26 inch bullfrogs; spillway crawfish as the real damn deal; boudin as Steve's favorite thing right now and his truck-mounted hot sauce invention; the soak, the purge, and the sucking of head fat; the duck cleaning technique; routeed; the third joint; the poudoux palooza; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Doug Duren, Jim Heffelfinger, Richie Baker, Ross Copperman, Sean Weaver, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: The Doug Duren Fact-Checking Alert App; Jim's sticker and the correct pronunciation of "coues"; Steve as a punt gun enthusiast; "rice breast" ducks; how Steve, Jani, and Corinne share the world's greatest doctor; very late duck migrations in 2021; canada geese benefitting from urbanization; how Cal was born with his mustache; FirstLite's new waterfowl line coming at you in 2022; "Typha"; the Shakespearean drama of Washington State's Fish and Game Commission; undermining the theory that rattlesnakes don't rattle anymore because people killed off all the ones that rattle; animals with Covid; when a Funeral Director's assistant writes in with hot tips on how to butcher a deer in the field to avoid disease; PFAS and EHD in deer; Jim's testicle stories; it's not a dog eat dog world; when Doug wrote a mean email to Steve; the CWD creep; mandatory testing?; a really nice buck...that's a doe; piebald deer and deer with fangs; a round of Trivia to bring in 2022!; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Pamela Groves, Daniel Mann, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: running rivers full of bones in the name of science; Mike Kunz, the Forest Gump of Archaeology; the Mesa Site; when you find a 50,000+ year old polar bear skull just sitting on the beach; the hybridization of brown and polar bears; horses as the most numerous large animal during the Ice Age; how you can't just collect paleontological artifacts from Federal Land to create your own collection; the conical ice cream cone growth of mammoth tusks; Bison Bob; interred in sediment; the most exciting find: a hand sticking out of the ground; environmental DNA; the megafaunal extinction event when 70% of large mammals went extinct globally; loess; throwing out the overkill hypothesis; genetic engineering, re-wilding and pet mammoths; Steve's future retirement pursuit of becoming a large pumpkin enthusiast; the last big flock of passenger pigeons killed near where Steve grew up; trying to cultivate that purple alder; how to donate to Pam and Dan's research at the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (donors should note "other" as designation and enter Daniel H Mann and dhmann@alaska.edu in the comments section); and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As The MeatEater Podcast's holiday gift to you, Steven Rinella hosts Trivia Showman Spencer Neuharth, Brody Henderson, Sean Weaver, Hunter Spencer, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis in a merry game of holiday trivia! Gather ‘round and join us for some festive play! Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Papa Janis, Nephi Cole, Dave Willms, Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis. Topics discussed: Papa Janis praises Jani for being a good dad; lobbyists; explaining the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the National Wildlife Federation; the death of Otto Schneeloch's parents and the life of his triangular shaped bullet idea; who's got Steve's old Winchester Model 94?; shooting sports injuries on par with that of billiards; the number one rule of safe gun handling; how you can bid on Pete Alonso's signed bat, VIP tickets to Trampled By Turtles, skin real estate on Spencer, Seth, and Chester's arms, Steve's speargun, Corinne's handmade squirrel jewelry, a tour at Doug Duren's farm, plus Buckman Juice, and other prized items at MeatEater's House of Oddities Auction; a corner crossing court case in Wyoming; should MeatEater's Access Initiative funds go toward step ladder apparatuses that enable hunters to cross corners?; the public domain of air space and the airspace above water; how there's no law in the books that expressly prohibits or allows corner crossing; how revisiting fence lines opens up a big 'ole cans of worms; when cows and bulls get it on through a fence; Alec Baldwin and the tragedy of what happened on the set of "Rust"; talking firearm safety with your kids; exactly why you can't find ammo in the store; the infrastructure bill; funding to Pittman-Robertson; delisting wolves to relist wolves; Your Mountain Podcast; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Brandon Palaniuk, Carl Jocumsen, Hayden Sammak, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis. Topics discussed: the first Aussie to grace the podcast studio and the first Aussy to ever make it to the top 100 bass anglers in the world in America; Chester's family's Old Fashioned kit; three Janises out of ten Latvians; the cancellation of Spring Bear season in WA and just how outrageous it is; native bull trout vs. invasive lake trout; when college kids win $1 million in a fishing tournament; insane entry fees; when 2nd place is so far from 1st; Brandon's DQ, $1k per foot, and owning your own mistake even though the rule is questionable; Fantasy Fishing; under the camera's eye; polygraphs for fishing stories; Steve getting Brandon and Carl to fish his mom's lake; the litigation-worthy bucket thing; Rinella Sr. supposedly pulling a 5 pound largemouth out of the lake where Steve was born; Angler of the Year; the A to Z of the tournament process; physically and mentally not being able to live without it; pursuing what makes you happy; Steve's dream to be a professional trapper; clinch or improved clinch?; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jack Horner, Ryan Callaghan, Spencer Neuharth, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: Is Jack Horner sick of hearing about Jurassic Park?; subscribe to MeatEater's Youtube channel and watch all of our video content, like Sourced, B-Side of Fishing, and One Week in November; Steve one-upping Spencer with his own fabulous rock story; Gordon Lightfoot's muse; the Squirrel Doc's signed book, dinner at Kevin Gillespie's Gunshow restaurant, and other things you ought to bid on in MeatEater's Auction House of Oddities; Corinne's first mule deer buck; Chester's hoo-yip song calling in bears; Jack's dyslexia and finding the baby dinosaurs of the world; all birds are equally dinosaurs; hypothesizing T-Rex as an opportunist; eating your prey alive; endothermic homeotherms and ectothermic heterotherms; 20-inch high velociraptors taking down a T-Rex; how did birds survive that very bad day?; the accoutrements, armor, and sex lives of dinosaurs; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jordan Budd, Clay Newcomb, Dirt Myth, and Chester Floyd.Topics discussed: Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill; "it should have been me," the hot new joint from Clay Newcomb; Dirt Myth's myth about WD 40; The MeatEater Store on Black Friday; All-Set-Chet; a rumble in Vermont over houndsman using dogs to pursue bears; getting lambasted for knocking on doors and issuing apologies; catching a cod with a gold nugget in it; why don't folks eat squirrel balls?; the silly hysteria over catching Covid from deer; wearing gloves or not while processing; epizootic hemorrhagic disease outbreaks and North Dakota buying back 30,000 deer tags; when you leave your deer stand up, with your bow inside, on public land; Judge Steve; a private land access dilemma; depriving Clay of an elk shed; having to stop by the check station for NE rifle; all OTC; more turkeys; shooter bucks; how to hunt Jordan's hood; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Evan Hafer, Dirt Myth, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, and Samantha Bates. Topics discussed: Steve and Seth doing a bed-in; eating tranquilized bear meat vs. being tranq-ed yourself; skunk tail lift regulating skunk spray dispersion; the novelty trade driving skunk pelt prices; a hot tip on containing funky critter essence odors; the amazing scientific finding that California condors can procreate through parthenogenesis, when an egg develops into an embryo without fertilization; how every-damn-thing is a Pleistocene relic; more on the copper/lead argument; a 1,200-year-old canoe discovered in a Wisconsin lake; when a moose charges through a school window in Canada; how you shouldn't put your duck blind up on public land if you're gonna complain when someone uses it; it ain't etiquette, it's Chetiquette; defining an IPO and Black Rifle Coffee Company getting a ticker; blacktail breakdown; wandering around in the coastal rainforest; a certain kind of mental discipline; the physical tightening of a man who just saw a deer; a hot tip on making your own coffee rub; robusta vs. arabica; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Hampton Sides, Ryan Callaghan, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: Where Captain Cook died in Hawaii; blaming everyone and taking statues down in the future; the beauty of youth deer season; bullpen vs. arm bar; hermaphroditic parrot fish making our beaches by pooping out sand; Pablo Escobar's invasive hippos; when a gray wolf takes a 1,000 mile walk from Oregon to Southern California; the greatest American survival story of all time that no one knows about; cannibalism, scurvy, and mutiny; all of Hamptons books and The Exotic; the Battle of Chosin Reservoir; Hampton choosing book subjects based on places to which he wants to travel; Kit Carson's war on the land; spreading syphilis; Mai, the cause celeb and bringer of BBQ to England; how the British really know how to name ships; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Sean Weaver, Dylan Graves, Max Barta, and Phil Taylor.Topics discussed: "Steve, Cal, and Rorke Denver walk into a tiki bar...;" guiding in Kansas; eating Bugles with Cheez Whiz and olives; the inseparable duo of Sean and Max; shooting Sean's upcoming waterfowl show, Duck Lore; even more oddities to be auctioned off; old-timey names; eating a deer with that deer's own teeth; throwing your kids into the deep-end of the internet; cremating a racoon; a collared deer mount; genetics v. nutrition in whitetails; Nebraska's two-tiered duck bag limit option; the wild world of waterfowl regulations; 'Whatchagot Pot;' and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Pat Durkin, Tracy Crane, Clay Newcomb, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: Being close to death; app-controlled hearing aids; Pat's tattoos; the story behind the Blair Witch snowman in Episode 4 of Season 10; the correlation between being tox pos and getting into car accidents; Steve testing a small core of his own meat for our internal trichinosis longitudinal study; more talk of Chester the Divestor's forthcoming Book of Chetiquette; do animals get PTSD?; "just so" stories; old, old footprints and spread apart toes; being in the autumn of life; Pat's articles about death, hunter obituaries, murders in the woods, and other fascinating stuff; otherwise, it was a successful trip; getting the best stories in the bathroom; the effort of a handwritten communication; Pat's obsession with the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Gordon Lightfoot; the Bullhead murders; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks to Sam Lawry, Paul Lewis, Ray Lockard, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis. Topics discussed: F'd Old Deer Stands is back in stock; Chester the Divester's Book of Outdoor Etiquette, aka Chetiquette; Auction House of Oddities continues with original gnome art, Brody's black bear baculum, and a chance to win a seat at the MeatEater Podcast Trivia table; MeatEater women hunting specklebelly geese; Yellowstone's wolves or Montana's wolves?; being pro-wolf hunting doesn't mean you're anti-wolf; our moral responsibility to wildlife; an anti-fishing leaf blower movement; ask a cop; is it legal to parachute into land locked public land; being cool on your child support payments so you can pick up roadkill deer in Illinois; Paul Lewis, AKA "Zippers"; being a night cop and having BBQs at 7 in the morning; keeping your back to the wall; the origin story of FHF and how to keep current on their new releases; Sam's book, "Stories of the Past: An Arizona Game Warden Remembering the Outlaws"; the "it was just so big" excuse; gaboon vipers as the "One Step Snake"; robo turkeys; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: The French Getup; MeatEater's Season 10 t-shirt and "Fox in a Box" t-shirt; Buckman Juice and a Dirt Squirt slurry for the MeatEater Auction House of Oddities; Steve setting the high school principal straight about a gun in his truck; spitting chew in the seats of your school bus; Corinne's first antelope hunt story; an unidentifiable broadhead lodged in the roof of an elk mouth; how pronghorns smell like Fritos corn chips; a good recipe for swill beer; waving a white game bag to attract pronghorn; Clay's cool lookin' revolver-shotgun; horns vs. antlers; what's more reliable, a bow or a flintlock?; falling off mules; deer drives and blockers, pushers, posters, sitters, standers, and walkers; MeatEater's article on the Brief History of Flintlock Hunting in America; which state in the US is home to the southernmost glacier?; a brand new ocean; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jordan Budd, Ryan Callaghan, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: A squirrel poaching story from Missouri; Clay Newcomb's method of dunking and skinning squirrels; Jani's big sheep hunt; is it a dick move to shoot a collared animal?; MeatEater's Auction House of Oddities is stacked: A Bucky Bowl, Jani's first pheasant tail, Luke Combs' signed guitar, and many other way cool originals; an ancient projectile point found inside a Mississippi alligator's stomach; flagging tape revisited and the toilet paper alternative ; the Snort-Rattle Bite Controversy; two very tiny holes; a desiccated Snort ear; debridement, the super fancy word for the act of picking at scabs; a bald eared, hun-hunting pup; chasing turkeys on a tricycle; booking hunters off Craigslist in highschool; Jordan's dall sheep hunt story; how to book hunts with Jordan in Nebraska; freedom mounts; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jared Outlaw, Taylor McCall, Drew Loschke, Dirt Myth, Chester Floyd, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: The upper decker; the portable mud jug spittoon; how to listen to Taylor McCall’s new album, “Black, Powder, Soul”; Dirt Myth getting famous because of Brad Leone’s Bon Appetit video; the trifecta and insane amounts of tobacco use; taking a sip of a dip spit cocktail; snail mail; Go Fish! Rough Fish Edition; Steve’s dad’s identification of most bird species as tweety birds; go watch Das Boat Season 3; what you’ve been waiting for, MeatEater Season 10 out on Netflix; collecting Michigan’s red pine cones for allowance money; dipping’ Copenhagen at 16; Jared’s “How to clean a snapping turtle” and other videos; the brown leaf; snuff, snus, and slim, white, dry thunder; for the love of nicotine; second hand dipping; Outlaw’s alternative dip; how much nicotine does it take to kill a man?; save the lungs, rock the gums; the time when fifth grade Steve ate tobacco; “Tree Pounder” and Jared’s other comedy fishing songs; rockin' the cowboy boots plus track pants look; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jason Phelps, Samantha Bates, Dirt Myth, Seth Morris, and Chester Floyd. Steve and Jason harvesting black walnut tree that will spawn the Line One turkey call; how this podcast made a baby; Steve recalls The Juice’s ride in the white Bronco; the need for a MeatEater book on fishing etiquette; palpating cloacas and sexing beavers on the daily; $5,000 for Chester to come to your door and sing the "hoo yip, hoo yip!" song; Steve's suspicion about the connection between CoV2 in deer and Buckman Juice; Texas as the deadliest state for death by animal; on antelope horn and sheath size; "30 by 30"; assisting in opening water bottles; Samantha's philosophy on hiding; Jani's philosophy on routes and death marches; thumbs down on floorless tents; strategizing for elk; the Phelp's brag board; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Fred Gould, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis. Topics discussed: Jani rehabbing a target; the vegetarian GMO expert who used to live in a hippie van; bison garum and koji mold; MeatEater Campfire Stories and old dads giving life; asking for your ball joint back after a hip replacement surgery; the link between The Tox and entrepreneurship; strontium and a woolly mammoth that loved to walk; learning from spider mites; bitter cucumber peels due to Cucurbitacin C; the co-evolution between plants and insects; tobacco as the first plant to be made toxic to caterpillars; the safety factor; what does "natural" actually mean?; getting the chestnut back in the forest via genetic engineering; use of synthetic biology conservation; transgenic, cisgenic, gene editing, and genomic selection; crop yield quantity vs. crop quality; breeding potatoes so that they're less carcinogenic when fried; optimizing for shelf life and visual appeal; fishy strawberries; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Paul Hessburg, Rick Hutton, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis. Topics discussed: How Jani doesn't like growling bear rugs; the coyote on the couch; second degree kindred; FHF's upcoming gear launches; Brody's three and a half legged bear; Jani drawing his first bighorn tag; all the math required to pack well; redemption: the FUODS calendar sold out in 24 hours; Season 10 of MeatEater on Netflix dropping on September 29th; Ep. 258: "The Chit and the Poof"; Sunday hunting in PA; documentation that the ell of bear grease is a real thing; highschoolers working with skunk oil and fox urine; Fish Joyce's Dock; whitetails with Covid antibodies; the real impact of climate change and the increasing intensity of wildfires; the importance of prescribed burning; soil severity and seed caches; why big fires aren't news; what happens if we do nothing?; having a trigger reaction to logging; where we're headed; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Ted Franklin Belue, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis. Topics discussed: Jani's trouble with pant zippers; majoring in Boone and minoring in Kenton; dropping out of school to play the banjo; Ted being an extra in Last of the Mohicans; fashion forward longhunters; Boone's "tick licker"; the difference between a long rifle and a musket; making your own powder with your urine; the importance of basic diplomacy and not reveling in war; the first long hunt in Kentucky; a skeleton in a sycamore; alot of mythology; how Boone sang to his dogs; the two mysteries; hybrid accounts, footnotes, and a second West; the strange fate of Boone's remains and when bones and viscera are in different places; women civilizing men; Finding Daniel Boone, The Long Hunt, The Hunters of Kentucky, and the rest of Belue's books; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb, Spencer Neuharth, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis. Topics discussed: Our new series, Pardon My Plate; Spencer's bumper pool table; watch How to Clean a Sea Cucumber with Steve; echinoderms; what Steve found beachcombing after Japan's tsunami, including his USS Jimmy Carter submarine hat; fucosylated glycosaminoglycan; a sea cucumber sting op; BBQ fetus tasting notes; human foot meat and huevos rancher-toes; hyenas snacking on bones in a lava tube in Saudi Arabia; how hyena cubs with The Tox get bold in front of lions; over $14 billion to wildlife conservation; an ell, the tanned neck hide of a deer as Bear Grease Podcast cryptocurrency; defining apocryphal; bye, bye bitcoin and the end of Chester the Investor; an 1871 magazine article that ends with bear grease saving the day; Doug Duren and Jim Heffelfinger bonding; how real men cry and Jani is more sensitive than Steve; Phil's love of trivia and karaoke; what's the name for a female fox?; MeatEater's Benchmade Steep Country Knife; the origin of a mean mouth bass; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Andrew Radzialowski, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, Kelsey Johnson, Chester Floyd, and Danielle Lopez. Topics discussed: The proper way to propose to your mate; the wolves of the Alexander Archipelago; Recovering America's Wildlife Act; Missouri's wildlife program as the envy of the nation; how conservation bills make folks in government feel good; Ryan "Ol Cal" Cal-iente Callaghan; citizen science and state-sponsored trail cams in Wisconsin; being force fed salmon as a kid; "eating fish your ass off"; breadcrumbs vs. batter; lots of firsts; tree bark sheds suffocating the sea floor; helicopter logging; taking a 99-year break; all the life in southeast Alaska; drunken men in bolo ties; lots of diving; the first son-mom trip for Cal; when you get uncomfortable not working; breaking up the band too soon; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Tucker Carlson, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Seth Morris, Garrett Long, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed:MeatEater's audiobook out ranking about Matthew McConaughey's audiobook; no more bear hunting in New Jersey; solvent traps and drilling your own holes; Grumpy Middle Aged Men; the color of spider blood and the deepest lake in America; 47,000 ticks on one moose; tarpon fishing being based on luck; why you might want to buy boat insurance; standing against strip malls and dollar stores; Episode 107 of The MeatEater Podcast: Saving the Everglades; casting an 8 weight fly rod in one of Central Park's lakes; making poppers; shootability and MeatEater's Caliber Battles; not politicizing your children; Tucker's views on Pebble Mine; bonding over fly fishing with Rachel Maddow; tree spiking and Tracy Stone-Manning; when Cal and Brody fight; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Dr. Ed Ashby, Garrett Schlief, Todd Smith, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis. Topics discussed: a doctorate in eyeballs; how young bull rhinos will not breed as long as old bulls are holding territory; hunting and eating anything that moved in East Texas; shooting apples off someone's head with a bow and arrow; buying into the compound bow wave; a grain is 1/7,000th of a pound; the cryptocurrency called Bear Grease, trading in eeles; resistance quadruples as speed doubles; aiming for the pass through shot; the importance of dissecting the unsuccessful shot; the Twelve Factors; getting off on kinetic energy and how kinetic energy at impact counts; long points and bleeder blades; the Natal Study and Doc's research leading to South African legalizing bow hunting; skip angle; the Ashby Broadhead; Ask Ashby; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Kevin Gillespie, Danielle Prewett, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis. Topics discussed: a walnut expert in Walnut, Kansas; more on "macrofrutation" and macro fructification; when an Italian count dies from eating a fly agaric and sets off an amateur mycology boom; Steve's Grand Theft Cattle idea; trout on meth; killer wolves in the Middle East and global numbers on wolf-human attacks; tasting notes of dirt; eating 50,000 year old steppe bison meat; the grey area on defining a fossil; should you eat animals you trapped under water?; how Kevin got to Top Chef; the advantages of coming in second place; hunting with a pistol before school; what makes southern food southern?; is there a dead mule in it; Wild+Whole 2.0; dogs killing shitloads of chickens; you are what you eat eats; Danielle's contribution to the upcoming MeatEater House of Oddities auction; where to watch MeatEater Cooks; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Cathy Raven, Carmen Vanbianchi, Ryan Callaghan, Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis. Topics discussed: MeatEater's Campfire Stories and a sociopathic elk poacher; when you're a scientist hitchhiking to the grocery store and you have a run in with a total creepster; what the hell are mesocarnivores; collecting data points from kill sites; how you catch and collar coyotes; why skunks stink; Carmen's new non-profit, Homerange; eagles and sexual dimorphism; monogamy and harem breeders; how foxes domesticate easily; visits from a fox at 4:15pm; the "A" word: anthropomorphism; piling up dead things; voyuerism and exhibitioinism; how we humans should see ourselves as fitting into nature rather than revering it; rural folk vs. city folk; preserving silence; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Taylor Keen, Clay Newcomb, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis. Topics discussed: Denisovan DNA and scooped teeth; Clay on The Joe Rogan Experience; Montana Farm and Ranch Hunter Access Appreciation Sweepstakes; the effect of drought and heat on wildlife in the west; a 2nd Amendment tax in San Jose; the death of Bruno the Bear; how Steve slept in a cave in WY that was slept in by a crazy cowboy who ate people; Clovis Hunters; when smallpox wipes out up to 95% of the population; Cahokia; the race of hairy giants and Bigfoot as important to Indigenous lore; Omaha--the people who move against the current; Steve having less than average Neanderthal DNA and being sour about it; the Ghost Dance prophet; a major bust of blackmarket collecting and trading of Native American objects; Sacred Seeds; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Dr. Alan Lazzara, Danny Bolton, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider,Topics discussed: Spencer the Cat Lady; F'd Up Old Deer Stands fine art coffee table book as a calendar; AZ's new trail cam ban; the story of York encapsulating the evil of slavery; how Steve isn't into getting a Lewis and Clark expert on the podcast; finding morels in interesting places; "macrofructation," a word made up by Steve; how to pack out a dead human on a mule; the Tox; being trich pos; feral goat sashimi that gives you toxoplasmosis; ER docs who use Google; the definition of obligate; Mars Attacks; cat-shit-itis; tinnitis and ringing in your ears; our audiobook project, MeatEater Campfire Stories; doing toenail surgery while on a Zoom call; Duncan's death; walleye tournaments; fantasy bass fishing; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Brad Leone, Senator Martin Heinrich, Ryan Callaghan, Spencer Neuharth, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: Vinny's bluefin; using the word "untoward'; Brad's show, "It's Alive!"; fermentation and umami; challenging the FDA; the abundance of deer in New Jersey; fish tails vs. fish bodies; pedicles and peduncles; more on Spencer's rockhounding hobby, loving agates, and a petrified tree chimney; Chester the Investor becomes Chester the Tester thanks to the Classic Sweet; Steve's invented fight moves that would injure your teeth and balls; when you need to switch over to catch and keep; river access endangered in New Mexico and defining what navigable means; mean ass Mrs. Angelo's prohibited fishing dock; yay or nay for the baby name Hunter Fischer?; circumcision; Brad's tattoo origin story and ancient turkey bone tattoo kits; how it all started by dropping kombucha on the floor; the global chicken wing shortage; feedlots and the industrialized food system; the value of dumpster diving; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks Scott Giltner, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: Jani's first marathon, kind of; skullets and Phil's Flock of Seagulls hairdo; corrections!; alpine parrots pecking at your kidney fat; what it means for a wildlife species to be naturally uncommon; one last good cyst story; buying Alaska and the myth of "Seward's Folly"; Steve's forthcoming anti-Shakespeare book; "Hunting and Fishing in the New South"; the antebellum and post-Emancipation periods; the gang system and the task system of slave labor; hunting and fishing cultivating a sense of independence; how to get a 'possum or raccoon down from a tree without a gun; trying to preserve the scene of the Old South for northern tourism; uneven application of the Second Amendment; "retinue" as a fancy word for shitload of people; explaining the minstrel character of Jim Crow and the system of segregation; Holt Collier and Teddy Roosevelt's bear story; the significance of competence; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Ya Yang, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: pin bones and bet losing; is that a morel or a beehive?; Americans wanting Australia to ban their kangaroo hunting; wolves, hunters, and deer-vehicle collisions; eagles wiping out lambs; America's new New Gorge National Park; a "massive" fish poaching operation in Michigan; who are the Hmong?; hunting for sustenance; cooking up homemade ammo; recognizing your fellow Hmong in public, and what to do when that happens; a history lesson on Hmong involvement in the Vietnam war and the CIA's covert action; displaced indigenous peoples; losing your siblings and crossing the Mekong; getting guns from the CIA; a pot of stew and why Ya can't eat heart; stereotypes about Hmong hunters; reacclimating to hunting in the US; contributing to the gun and ammo shortage; the turkey hunting itch; what can change in a year; Steve's strategy to get kids managing recoil; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Rachel Schmidt, Sam Lungren, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: testing our interest meter; engorged cloacas and Steve's son interrupting turtle sex; Spencer's first tattoo of South Dakota's state tree; Rachel's collection of fly tattoos; gumbo areas and the Bermuda Triangle of turkey spots; Steve's tip to celebrities: you'll get the right attention if you talk about eating squirrels; the Tower of Power, Steve's sebateous cyst, and trucker butt; camping out at highway medians; Sam's delicious aged deer ham; a lobster fight and the UN; exercising treaty rights and how the Sinixt of Canada are not extinct; developments with the Herrera case; locking you out of 60 million acres of public land; how the U.S. recreation economy is bigger than the automotive and pharmaceutical industries; undermining the false notion of "non-consumptive" use of the land; how Steve dogs on people who have camper trailers, but now has a camper trailer of his own; why water recreationists should kiss anglers' asses; the backpack tax; going from being a person in the outdoors to being a parent in the outdoors; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Michael Punke, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider,Topics discussed: Go get Michael Punke's new book, "Ridgeline"; a gun that ain't a firearm; when brain matter splatters; how Michael and Steve were both going to write a book about the Nez Perce War; cicadas are a turkey hunter's best friend; free hunting and fishing licences for getting vaccinated; how mountain lions have an unlikely predator; happy endings to raptor rescues; critter vs. human face offs; man punches kangaroo in order to rescue his dog; how you were not supposed to cross the ridgeline; approaches to writing historical nonfiction; when treaties aren't honored; the Bighorn Mountains and Fort Phil Kearny; Lonesome Dove; Nelson Story and his rolling gun battle; that brutal wintry day of December 22nd, 1866; how on earth did 2,000 warriors and their horses remain hidden?; the winkte prophet; the real villain; the challenges of operating a muzzleloader; spherical case shot; the politics of the Fetterman Fight; how Spencer used to meet women with a Hugh Glass pick-up line; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jacob Broussard, Mike Chamberlain, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: How The Wild Turkey Doc is also a Wolf Doc; the attempted recovery of the red wolf and why there are only 10 left in the wild; in the absence of wolves, coyotes; red hot radio collar action; ravens destroying young livestock and deer; when you pop open a prosecco bottle and a turkey gobbles back; dying from yellow perch; a reminder about the Wisconsin Super Sow; Taiwan's indigenous groups lose court battle over hunting rights and how Jani thinks it's bull; the importance of the treaty concept to Indian Country and the Bureau of Indian Affairs; the 573 distinct federally recognized tribes within the US; Deb Haaland as the first Native American Secretary of the Interior; what #landback is and is not; when facts and figures undermine false beliefs; how hunting on Native American reservations may come with greater freedoms than hunting on state land; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Kimi Werner, Justin Turkowski, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, and Chester Floyd.Topics discussed: A hodgepodge of Japanese and Hawaiian fish names; poaching a wolf; a Meatcrafter knife goes for huge cash on Ebay; getting baptized in a sous vide tank; getting bit by sea turtles; the ocean louse that kills your tongue and then replaces it; social distancing from wildlife; putting food on the table by spearfishing; what does it mean to spearfish for a living?; how Kimi can hold her breath for close to five minutes; melting into the bottom; fluffing sand and hiding your eyes; three-prongs; Little Steve's "Hawaiian Sling" piercing a puffer fish; playing chicken with a shark; shaking hands with a sperm whale; nearly getting your eyeballs sucked out of your head; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with with Whit Fosburgh, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: The deer of the NJ turnpike; Joe Cermele's IG handle and B-Side Fishing; Steve's kids get their first turkeys; the time when a retracting bike kick stand made a turkey gobble; New Mexico's trapping ban and challenging the hypocrisy of its grounds; estate sales and the laws of selling taxidermy; what would you do if your dog drowned a fawn?; more on whether snapping turtles will bite you underwater; the time when Steve's brother's girlfriend had a ball of teeth surgically removed from her body; Whit Fosburgh on Biden's first 100 days from a conservation perspective; the importance of private landowners; having a soft spot for an underwater snag; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Ronnie Boehme, Clay Newcomb, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, Hayden Sammak, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: Infanticide among house cats; Ronnie as Steve's most impactful employer; Clay Newcomb's new Bear Grease podcast; your pistol getting you in trouble with the TSA; Tiddlywinks and meat raffles; "Mingus" by Trampled by Turtles; Clay's big apology about fox hunting; blood tracking dogs and recovery statistics; coons and dogs duking it out in barrels; Ronnie's The Hunting Dog Podcast and his pick for the most versatile hunting dog; the choreography of the flushing dog and the pointing dog; the calming touch; when Ron's bracco Italiano embarrassed the hell out of him; The Upland Institute project; is Jani stingy with his likes on Instagram?; how to measure being hard on your kids; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with meat scientist Dr. Chris Calkins, Rick "Nature is Metal," Spencer Neuharth, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: An alternate explication of "Arkansasing"; Steve's opinion that the 1980s is too recent a decade from which to pluck pop culture references; cleaning up in your shrimp pot; what happens, physiologically, when an animal freezes to death and can you eat it?; and what about by electrocution?; when lighting strikes cattle; how Jani narrowly escaped death from a mountain lion; potential lead poisoning from getting shot; a porcupine atop a huge pile of bones; Steve's first date with his wife at the La Brea Tar Pits in LA; when deer eat folks; can animals really do "bad" things?; the birth of Nature is Metal; a woodpecker hammering away at a baby dove; when Joe Rogan and Justin Bieber repost from Nature is Metal; something being too much vs. educational; Steve as the first person ever to have drunk kombucha; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Robert Abernethy, Rick Smith, Chris Gill, Seth Morris, and Chester Floyd.Topics discussed: How you need to watch Joe Cermele's B-Side Fishing; caught on trail cam: tractor driver hangs out of tractor to defecate; Steve's tooth improvement and a mountain goat hunting dentist; the impulse to make everything a competition; how Robert Abernethy has been shot twice; incident vs. accident; Chester's daily Bitcoin Liquid Index report; MeatEater's House of Oddities Auction; Metamucil, a regular buck; when you accidentally hit a rabbit while lawn mowing, then inhale the tularemia bacteria and get sick; "Seth" by MISS; a beautiful ending to a story in the Sierra Madres; the rewilding of the Savannah River nuclear site; two tiny fawns sitting in a fish bowl; longleaf pine and turpentine camps; making a place for quail; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with David J. Meltzer, Ryan Callaghan, Spencer Neuharth, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor.Topics discussed: Making sure that your local humane society is not The Humane Society of the United States; Jim H. encouraging hunters to be true to the message of conservation and favor wolf recovery even if it costs them a few extra elk tags; Covid vaccines for mink and great apes; Spencer saves bird lives; spotting an arrowhead by the side of the road as a bus driver holding the door open for a kid; delving deeper into the Folsom Site; a beautiful theory killed by a horrible fact; what to make of 34,000 bone scraps smaller than the size of your fingernail; how it’d be cool if you bought a book that came with an attached Folsom point; tribal vs. human and culture vs. genetics; the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; ancient peoples being successful at moving far distances; dogs as the first animal that humans ever domesticated; how there's dog DNA in wolves but no wolf DNA in dogs; anthropology classes as a resume builder; where you can find all of David's fascinating books; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Congressman Mike Simpson, Eric Crawford, Ryan Callaghan, Chester Floyd, and Phil Taylor.Topics discussed: Phil's parfait and Cal's Covid shot; Buck Bowden's burl bowls; energy consumption and Bitcoin; would someone just give Chester a free boat already?; a reminder to get all the right permits and licenses and extra stuff when you hunt, fish, or trap; caught on (trail) cam; the prevalence of same sex behavior in the animal kingdom; icy hotspring monkeys as kind of gross creatures; Rep. Simpson's proposal to remove dams along the Columbia and Lower Snake Rivers; bear with salmon DNA in them; where the opposition lies and how Rep. Simpson would never screw agriculture; and more.Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jon Mooallem, Gaspar Perricone, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: Papa Jani's wish to have guests introduced at the beginning of the show; how Ronny B. got Steve in trouble, and a correction about raccoons duking it out with dogs inside barrels; moss balls and zebra mussels; Tonka trucks and tularemia; "Wild Ones," "This Is Chance!" and the great Alaska earthquake of 1964; Richter as a nudist; the sociology of disaster; Cal's look alikes; wolves traveling very far distances; The Great Chill, or The 2020 Die Off; wolves coming to Colorado, like it or not; how many elk will they really kill?; social legislation and wildlife as a vehicle for vendetta; where to watch "Cal In The Field"; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Mike Ruhl, Jeremy Romero, Kevin Murphy, Seth Morris, and Chester Floyd.Topics discussed: Has the Bitcoin boat sailed?; a hot tip on using tampons dipped in vaseline as a fire starter; proof of the albino porcupine; one hairy-assed deer eyeball; feeding grizzly bears (ahem, moose!) in your backyard; cloning black footed ferrets; the death of the last passenger pigeon; that time when a squirrel hefted up his dead buddy into a tree; how ibex hunting came to be a thing; the problems that the border wall creates for wildlife; people's inability to openly debate issues; living on vertical cliff faces and basically eating gravel; being a proud member of the 98% club; opinions about non-native species; the saga of Kevin Murphy's beagles; gauging a good hunting day based on whether the scent sticks around; the great history of eating rabbit turds; Kevin Murphy, an American treasure; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Preston Pittman, Ryan Callaghan, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, Samantha Bates, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: The caviar of the south; the story of Cal's forearm scar; is there such as thing as a Covid tweaker?; the champ has been shot twice, but doesn't call the cops; the beautiful Grim Reaper choking noises that Steve makes when trying to gobble; Jani's talent; David Letterman; breaking down tag team competitive calling scenarios; how life's too damn short not to enjoy it; no shame in being dyslexic; Preston's perspective on trail cams and the new young farts; the difference between hey, heyyy!, and heeeeeeey; running a diaphragm with a big dip in your lip; studying Ma Nature; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Rick Smith, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: The story of a deer called Moose; sturgeon spearing in Wisconsin on the Fur Hat Ice Tour; bartering services for caviar, then serving the caviar in a restaurant; NY's squirrel hunting tournament going strong; an ear-tagged squirrel traveling 62 miles; the dachshund (weiner dog) and Steve's pronunciation attempts; what it means when you hang a painting on the ceiling; the abundant raccoon; breaking down coon hunting; the nuance inside of the bark; Clay's right ear deafness; how Clay wants to train his mule to key in on turkey gobbles; staying on the snuggle; Jani's eagle eye spotting a squirrel eye; Mingus as a talented tree puppy; Where The Red Fern Grows; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jason Phelps, Dirk Dirham, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: Chester The Investor makes a solid plan on a walleye boat; how skepticism is the chastity of the intellect; reconsidering the use of a sous vide wand to warm up your bathtub; Steve's FOMO were he to die while other humans got to keep living; Texas' record low temperatures wiping out piles of exotic big game; yet another nipple ripping tale; taxidermying an albino porcupine and getting a $70,000 offer for it; how The MeatEater Podcast solves tombstone mysteries; when turkeys are bad turkey callers; how turkey testosterone levels change daily, like Steve's; the reason God made naps; the incredible way turkeys hear and how they're basically GPS devices; how you get Jason Phelp's personal phone when you call Phelps' Game Calls customer service number; breaking down turkey calls; the otherwordly odor of a turkey buzzard; tuning game calls; MeateaterXPhelps calls: the Jake Brake, the Latvian Eagle, and the Easy Clucker; Dirk, the saxophone player; a single production of a black walnut tree; pink vs. red; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Nels Johnson, Ryan Callaghan, Spencer Neuharth, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: How the name Phil means lover of horses; the crossbow arms race and slippery slopes; a war against lucky people and children; The MeatEater Podcast saves yet another life; outing your grandpa for unsportsman-like conduct; when bad people mess with good beaver trappers; a solar and wind footprint the size of Texas; acid rain of days past; what does "clean coal" actually mean?; the problem of runaway climate change; mining the sun and siting the wind; the sad irony of having a dozen stainless steel thermoses in your cupboard; Cal as uniquely conscientious about waste and reuse; how much land The Nature Conservancy has transferred that you've probably hunted and fished on; car companies pledging to go all electric and the trade in value of Cal's Tundra by the time they do; one farmer's marginal is another farmer's best place; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Doug Duren, Spencer Neuharth, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: Picking on Chester's donut purchases; Sonja's coyote pecker bone earrings; was Elvis's colon really full of cheeseburgers?; when you're an early 1800s botanist who gets held up by the New Madrid Earthquake and your assistant steals your samples, then publishes your information; duck hunters murdered on Reelfoot Lake; how Spencer sends boxes of rocks to Doug; would you tell a taxidermist to alter your deer?; how Steve’s dad had a wild pig’s butt mounted; a one-eyed deer and antlers coming out of the chin; Jani’s message to do whatever you want and tell others to F off; ragging on Wisconsin’s deer hunters; even if you’re sick of hearing about CWD, it ain't going away; buy time and pay for science; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Dr. John Koprowski, Spencer Neuharth, Clay Newcomb, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: Having a Phd in all things squirrels; what a squirrel has for a penis; when squirrel semen hardens into a waxy plug to prevent other squirrels from breeding; 45 male squirrels chase a single female for six hours; what the hell is a drey?; settling the score on testicle biting; how color phasing works; hitting the ground from 70 feet and shaking off the daze; freakish ways to die; how squirrel incisors never stop growing; eating your own young; being anal about managing your mushrooms; barking at anthing and everything, but especially each other; the stick trick; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Rick Hutton, Rick Smith, Dirt Myth, Loren Moulton, and Seth Morris.Topics discussed: Steve's fake teeth woes; Dirt's incredibly dirty hat; when Steve's brother ate a lightbulb; the ban on Sunday Hunting; how Seth and Rick had to identify 50 trees just by looking at little twigs; Rick's dad as the first American to get a deep brain stimulator implanted through his left shoulder so he could still shoot a gun right handed; huntin' the strippins; Steve's parents' honeymoon taken in an ice shanty; touch hole size; closing the frizzen and all the other click noises; Steve blaming Seth for blowing up his great opportunity; a vicious hang fire; the camaraderie of deer drives; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Brandon Butler, Matt Desrosiers, Chase Millemann, Duke Wasteney, Seth Morris, Ryan Callaghan, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: When an arsonist is caught on trail cam; Steve trying to take credit for Luke Comb's "Better Together"; creating a big foot hunting season; the "build not bought" movement; catching whoever poached a nanny mountain goat with a crossbow; when neighbors suspect you're BBQ-ing a neighborhood dog; makeshift-grills; Cal's sister birthing Cal's niece; the #landback movement; crossing international borders with shooting irons; lard; high highs and low lows; seeing the grip and grin fade; Seth’s first coues deer; how dang dry it was; Steve's suggestion that folks watch the "Five Came Back"; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Brandon Butler, Jim Heffelfinger, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: Steve's fourth quarantine and how his kids turned against their mother; when a poacher burns you down; how to support our buddy Brandon; Mingus the dog's first mountain lion and Jani's deep-felt pride; can Mingus excel as a coon hound?; when your scrotum retains its natural abilities to retract and firm up, and implications for horsemanship; caught on camera: a jaguar killing an ocelot; all the krinkles in possession limit details and when your girlfriend stores her birds in your freezer; birthing a baby at home into your kiddie pool with sous vide-warmed water; when you burn "The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills" and save the day; how to submit your photos for our Fucked Up Old Deer Stands fine art coffee table book; Jim's article and what science says about lead vs. non lead bullets; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, and Spencer Neuharth.Topics discussed: the time when Steve put a hit on a beaver; wolves and their magical ability to sniff out CWD-positive deer; why Doug feels you're missing the point; would you feed CWD-positive deer meat to your dog?; having mega colon and then dying from constipation; the handbook of mummy studies; how Seth survived a weasel attack; fear of too much renewable energy infrastructure and the failure to recognize how destructive it is to wildlife; castration bands to strangle off sheep tails; how mountain lions used to be everywhere; Boone's elk antler, or not; when deer had tusks; how Steve is against Clay bringing his bow and his rifle on the same hunt; a 17-year-old transgendeer; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Mike Matney, Rick Matney, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: duck feet earrings; something in the cosmos that's making people find buffalo skulls; "muskrat moms"; making enough money trapping as a 16-year-old to buy a brand new four-wheel drive pickup truck; the unpredictability of fur prices; Mike's no grip trap; trapping as an excuse to run around in the woods; ‘skrats off minty toothpaste; why are trappers always tasked with explaining themselves?; how Thanksgiving turkeys are killed; feeling yucky and icky; wolverine; Seth's top lot mink; 40 pounds of beaver sausage; the fly fishing river crowds in MT like the Macy's Day Parade; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Jesse Griffiths, Clay Newcomb, Chris Gill, Rick Smith, and Seth Morris.Topics discussed: a requester of GPS collar data explains himself; axiographics; a trail cam enthusiast; meat sheets and meat slaps; the geographic differences of meat cookery; the boneless bear ham through a funnel mesher; what LeBron and bacon have in common; getting mauled by a variety of tick species; Seth's setup of the hog hunt story; the sound a javelina's lips make while eating turkey shit; that time when Clay shot the same hog twice; Jesse's skinning method; how to support a hog book by a hog apologist; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Whit Fosburgh, Clay Newcomb, Brody Henderson, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: tail strippers and Clay's squirrel tail ornaments; tanning squirrel hides; smash burgers; crazy fossilized footprints of hunters and a one-legged person from 20,000 years ago; pondering dropping out of the block management program; mistaking movement and a person for a deer; a local priest suffering hunter harassment; intentionally popping mountain bike tires by stringing a wire; out-of-state interests challenging spring bear season; managing wildlife through the ballot box as maybe not ideal; how Clay's old man went to high school with Bill Clinton and wasn't a partier; the LCWF; the intent to kill Pebble Mine once and for all; assessing where we're at with the ANWR; removing wolves from the endangered species list; explaining the Farm Bill and how gutting it is a big loss for conservation; the American Conservation Enhancement Act; not doing great on keeping CWD under control in 2020; manhaden aka bunker aka pogie; when 6,000-year-old arrows emerge from an ice patch; how to get involved in TRCP; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb and Mark Kenyon.Topics discussed: Clay's sleep-to-hunt equation; Steve's distrust of men-only clubs; The One Shot Antelope Hunt catches up to reality; does Steve qualify as a ringer?; the saga of Bruno the bear; the homing instinct; loving Paul Revere, whether he road or not; requests for radio collar data; the survival of outliers; the bounty of the Back 40 plus 24 bonus acres; all the things you do to renew life on the land; turning sameness into a bunch of differentness; Doug's lack of tolerance for backward hats; Buckman Juice; naming your kids after chewing tobacco products; naming all the bucks and the drop tine Spencer Buck; expanding your idea leaving selfish hunting behind; The MeatEater Podcast episode with the QDMA; donating the land; watch "The Back40" here; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Cody Cannon, Chris Alexander, and Khris Poage of Whiskey Myers, and Spencer Neuharth, Sam Lungren, and Corinne Schneider.Topics discussed: switching your name to Steve Fever; natural condoms made out of lamb casings; castration bands; unethical hunting and plowing down an elk herd; calf shelters as a moral boosting thank you to ranchers who enroll in block management; to wolf reintroduce or to not wolf reintroduce?; when the best stuff about America is written by a bunch of British guys; thoughts on eating bass; when the best country music is really just rock-n-roll; people gravitating towards sad songs and the song called "Sad Song"; the cultural difference between European and American hunting; Americans ignorantly talking about Europe as a monolith; Fergusson the carp being pulled to shore on a landing mat; starting on music because your wild grandpa leaves a guitar for you; a superb day of duck hunting; peiking-ing a duck; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Ben Friedman (youngpageviews), Spencer Neuharth, Sam Lungren, Brody Henderson, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: Spencer's long day spent rescuing an owl and then getting his buck because of karma; transporting a doomed owl in a plastic tote; Steve's kids' mouse; the Federal Duck Stamp having racked up a billion dollars so far; how Darien, CT folks are upset about the new Federal Duck Stamp incorporating an image of hunting; Janice’s box of airfreighted shrimp tails; the tragedy of Dirty Myth; the surprising dangers of s’mores; how to build all the levels of survival kit; why not to drink your pee; cowboy cauterization; Steve's better than Brody at squealing like a pig; thoughts on cannibalism; all the things that can bite and make you sick; the best material ever written on pooping in the woods; how Ep. 192 of The MeatEater Podcast saved a life; Steve begging and pleading with you to go buy MeatEater's Wilderness Skills book; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Taylor Thorne, Corinne Schneider, Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: hand written love letters to MeatEater; shielding Steve from rejection by the Deep Drop Community; photoperiod and how smoke affects hunting; yelling at mallards; living in a camper and traveling around the country with firearms; Steve mixing up 3-gun and cowboy action; breaking down 3-gun; heavy metal; Teacup Jani and Facebox Steve; mag-fed shotguns; do more folks own guns than not own guns?; how Taylor used to race 4-wheelers and qualified for the Junior Olympics in kick boxing; all about the sass; regulations for traveling with firearms; when the closest state trooper won't show up until tomorrow; the pink Sig mosquito; running with guns; Steve loving generalizations; the big money in sporting clays; the lack of women in 3-gun; the ole' tunnel vision; bittersweet Dairy Queen as punishment; taking a Dremel to your firearm; and more.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Kurt Racicot, Rick Smith, Dirt Myth, Ridge Pounder, Chester Floyd, Seth Morris.Topics discussed: Harder than a woodpecker's lips; being dialed in on your system; a 10,000 year old footprint sandwich of early human, mammoth, and ground sloth; when a pelican starts a brush fire with a carp hanging out of its mouth; dippin' to deficate; free pouring powder and Daniel Boone’s ballistics; bed ticking and muzzleloader families; making your own bird shot by melting lead in a cool way; the extent of Steve's self loathing and the three main feelings; what becomes displaced on a goat when it tumbles down the mountain; the time when Steve shot a buck with his pants down; conceding that storming the ridge was not smart; a snail on a razorblade; a hot tip on where to find mountain goats: where ridges collide with benchy saddles; how Chester got married in a homemade bolo tie made out of elk antlers; ET's cocoon for Covid times; why Steve is a great dad; Jimmy Buffet's zero hangover cocktail; "if you're not learning, you ain't earning"; what a cactus buck is; walking away from your long johns; buying back the bear you killed in self defense; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Benjamin Wallace, Spencer Neuharth, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: Ben's article and Spencer's article; topless vs. shirtless; the world's most expensive bottle of wine; the Fenn cache of Clovis points and the Fenn Treasure of gold and jewels; when a Playboy Bunny is gifted a mummified baby crocodile; creating a treasure hunt that leads to your dead body; what is 10” x 10” and weighs 42lbs?; when the FBI gets involved; the searchers, the supersearchers, and the solves; the folks who died while hunting the treasure; getting rescued off the side of a cliff but then running away because you're paranoid about agents making you reveal your secrets; Hebgen Lake as The Fire Hole; where warm waters halt; eye tracking technology; calling bullshit!; a bronze-sniffing dog; the psychological profile of the Fenn chasers; kangaroo words giving latitude and longitude coordinates; Yellowstone National Park; Steve's idea about getting credit card records to figure out which gas stations Fenn's family stopped at; have we all been duped?: back to Spencer's enthusiasms around rock hounding; an invitation to go do something wild; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Luke Combs, Reid Isbell, Dan Isbell, Luke Thorkildsen, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: being on the tour bus; the Fatvian Seagulls; organic vs. assembly line song writing; ten cents per song on one of the best selling albums of all time; on being a lunch pail song writer; where country music and the outdoors intersect; on maintaining country music street cred in the outdoors; dudes that are actually like the dudes in country songs; letting the chickens out in your undies; when Northerners speculate on the lives of Southerners, and vice versa; turkey hunting as the poor man's elk hunting; country fried antelope; pronouncing the words, "pecan" and "crappie"; Steve's new hit song lyrics: "you gotta work with what you got, not with what you wish you had"; retreating to write; leave it to Stever; the definition of a hook and the Johnson motor; if Steve were a trout...; shit as fertilizer; the grizzly bear vocalist; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Juanita Vero, Casey Snider, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: Very dramatic wind; a lightning strike that festers for weeks; codifying hunting and fishing in the state constitution; a privilege vs. a right; the national hobby of poking fun at California; all the levies at the tail end of ballots; how Steve wants to run for government office and propose a trapping bill; campaigning for your opponent; truly trying to understand someone with whom you disagree; neutralizing folks' anger by knocking on their doors for a conversation; politics are terrible and people are good; how it would be wise to Vote Vero! if you live in Missoula County; "block management" as a terrible name for what the thing actually is; visiting the bones of your grandfather when you need to make a decision; the correct recipe for pavement; attempting to infuse politics with joy; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Michael Tewes, Neal Wilkins, Ryan Callaghan, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: the ocelot as an animal that's unknown to most folks; how it hurts like hell to get bitten by a cat; chicken-ocelot bonding; the ocelot population in the US being less than 100 individuals; how mammalogists have more fun than ornithologists; a mad obsession with cats; reproduction and the minimum birth rate to maintain a population; the effect of declines in genetic variation; all the different ways of losing an ocelot; how conservation is dependent on private landowners; maintaining the ocelot population on the East Foundation's Texas ranch holdings; is the ESA antiquated what it means to be pro-ESA reform; sex, hunger, and fear; the insane number of birds killed by feral and domestic cats; a hope that ocelots will stick around; how to incentivize conservation when you can't ever go to the place in need of conserving; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Taylor McCall, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: The time when Chester the Molester got credit for writing a Tyler Childers' song; catch-and-release for stocker trout; Steve dropping Bible knowledge about the how the Bible condemns people who shit out in the woods without burying it; chewin' Grizz and spittin' in cups; python oil; a perfect compliment sandwich; getting suspended from school because you have a BB gun in your bedroom; the plot thickens on squirrels biting off nuts, but now it's about rabbits; mountain man Osborne Russel's journal as a must-read about the Wild West; a tarpon scale guitar pick; air dropping fish from planes into high country lakes; "hey, boom!" vs. wing shooting; instinctively not believing your child; Brody's super fast bear hunt; the full stadium/hog nut dip strategy; Jani's elk hunt with Jason Phelps; Steve accompanying with sad guitar; the premier of "Black Powder Soul"; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Tim Bristol, Miles Nolte, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: The skinny on Pebble Mine; size, type, and location; dead snow geese in a toxic hole; Butte’s Berkeley Pit; ten billion tons of waste; cyanide leech mining; the Richter scale and how Richter was a nudist; milk, bourbon, and other causes of mass fish die offs; the incredible value of sockeye salmon to life; how everything is keyed in to the salmon lifecycle; the Pebble Beach golf course; when the state pays you to be a resident; Steve being clear on where he's coming from and his $1,000 bet with his sister-in-law; the EPA and Clean Water Act as the last stand; empty statements like empty air; how Alaskans don't want Pebble; the amount of money spent on lawyers and how the debate on Pebble is an economic driver; how conservation in Alaska is a different fight; holding on to perfect things; how to take action and stop Pebble Mine; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Seth Morris, Spencer Neuharth, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: MeatEater Season 9; bears for Trump; finally, Spencer's squirrel nuts article; Steve creating his own myths; how Seth should approach mentoring Steve on how to flesh beavers; catch and keep ethics; JT Van Zandt knowing where all the little spots are; taking down a nilgai; Jani's journals; hydrogen peroxide hot tips; how single side clip binos reign supreme; Jani's special Michigan hat with ear flaps; Steve's oral sound FX for the sound a clip makes; tagging bucks and bulls; tracking animals with drones and dogs; loading two mule deer halves into a sack on a horse’s back; all the post-hunt logistics; duct taping skulls; high elevation challenges; butchering with a cleaver and rubber mallet; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Rinella talks with Dr. Paul Saladino, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis.Topics discussed: getting buzzed on liver; Jani's wife's placenta made into pills; the unique nutrients in animals not found in plants; strolling around graveyards; why we were told red meat and animal fat were bad for us; tallow and lard; spurious correlations; how creatine makes vegans and vegetarians smarter; self-care is not selfish; pooping every day; plant toxicity as part of a plant's strategy to not get eaten; Paul takes deep breaths and Steve chugs coffee; how Paul thinks that plants mess you up real bad; how vegans and vegetarians eat meat when they’re drunk; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEaterSteve on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.