Meat Eater

kodiakjack said:
Which book would you recommend? Really enjoying the series and would like to pick up a book too.
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We have both "The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game" Volumes 1 and 2. I mostly bought the books for the butchering part as I like to do most of it myself. Great recipes for just about everything, that's the part my wife loves. His meatloaf recipe is outstanding, works for just about any ground meat you have on hand.
 
I just started watching... in the few episodes that I have seen, he has managed to capture more of what a real hunt is like than any other hunting show that I have ever seen. I will keep watching.
 
hoytcanon said:
I just started watching... in the few episodes that I have seen, he has managed to capture more of what a real hunt is like than any other hunting show that I have ever seen. I will keep watching.
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I truly appreciate that he goes home empty handed on many hunts. Makes me feel better lol.
 
kodiakjack said:
I've only seen the 2 seasons on Netflix, but I haven't seen anything disagreeable yet. It fact, he seems to be a more cautious and ethically careful hunter than many.

In fact, on the Bolivia episode, when the locals poisoned the water to catch the fish (as is their traditional way) he was visibly disturbed or uncomfortable.

But I haven't seen every episode.
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It's nothing huge and I don't want to get into an ethics discussion. Everyone has their own hunting code they live by. As most have said, he is one of the best ones on TV.
 
On Facebook, join the group: Ontario Hunters Unite!

Once you are a member, enter the group and in the top menu bar, search one word: MeatEater

All of the episodes have been uploaded to this group by a gentleman named Paul.
I've watched them all.

Your welcome!
 
Great hunting show and very well filmed. Steven Rinella is a hardworking spot and stalk hunter. He is also very low key and principled. This was really evident when he went to Bolivia and didn't impose his hunting values on the local sustenance hunters. I liked it enough I bought his book "Meat Eater, Adventures from the life of an American Hunter" which is a really nice complement to his shows. I'm really hoping that Netflix picks up the rest of his series.
 
stuckon308 said:
It's nothing huge and I don't want to get into an ethics discussion. Everyone has their own hunting code they live by. As most have said, he is one of the best ones on TV.
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And I have an issue, nothing huge, with folks that point guns at cameras and think it looks cool. ;) We're both making good choices not opening the respective cans of worms. :cheers: And we're both probably wrong in our assumptions.
 
baker42 said:
Love the show, hate how NetFlix only has a few, not in the right seasons or order. There is over 11 seasons now

I have purchased every episode sense I seen it on OLN years ago.

Problem is, I can't find those episodes anymore. If anyone can help that would be great. One was he beaver trapped in BC to "gain" trust to moose hunt via a canoe that looks like mine and takes on much the same amount of water. Another was Prince of Wales Island with his brother when his Savage rifle miss fired (loved he actually showed that) during sitka hunt. Best is when he was at his camp and fishes, bear hunts and crabs, then lets his son try his first wild game on TV. There was more, but those stand out the most.

Yes I actually purchased them too in hopes to fund further episodes of his! These ones aren't listed anywhere!!

Cheers
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You may be thinking of his previous series "The Wild Within". Rinella's books, podcast and shows are all top shelf.
 
A heads-up to anyone like me who has a longish drive to work... You can download the Meateater podcasts and casually listen to them in your car. Very informative, just a bunch of interesting stories, opinions and smalltalk amongst hunters. A variety of guests are invited such as guides, CO's, polticians and scientists.
 
Ardent said:
And I have an issue, nothing huge, with folks that point guns at cameras and think it looks cool. ;) We're both making good choices not opening the respective cans of worms. :cheers: And we're both probably wrong in our assumptions.
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I have no issues with people pointing unloaded shotguns at unmanned cameras.

Since everyone needs to know the issues I don't agree with I will give an example. I don't agree with taking out hunters that aren't capable of making a clean kill on a big game animal. I don't agree with people harvesting an elk before they've shot a squirrel or rabbit. It's not the biggest thing in the world but I don't take a new hunter out that can't prove that they can make an ethical shot at a reasonable distance. Do people disagree with this?
 
stuckon308 said:
Since everyone needs to know the issues I don't agree with I will give an example. I don't agree with taking out hunters that aren't capable of making a clean kill on a big game animal. I don't agree with people harvesting an elk before they've shot a squirrel or rabbit. It's not the biggest thing in the world but I don't take a new hunter out that can't prove that they can make an ethical shot at a reasonable distance. Do people disagree with this?
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I understand what you mean. Though to it I would rather new hunters go out with someone experienced like in this situation, then to go off on there own.

Also any new hunter you can bring into the past time the better. So know your audience when teaching. Heck those two ladies took more courses and shooting time then most hunters I know have done in 20years.

I would have no problem taking someone that has taken the course and I have watched and coached shoot out for a first time big game. If that is what had drawn them to the past time.
 
I'm a bit of a pirate but in this case think folks should sponsor Steve R. by buying his videos. All 11 seasons are available for purchase:
http://meateater.vhx.tv/
Every episode makes me hungry. Very interesting when he serves up and makes look delicious things that many of us discard like heart, front leg shanks, and meat around the skull. Prairie oysters and coyotes, well...not so much.
 
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stuckon308 said:
I have no issues with people pointing unloaded shotguns at unmanned cameras.

Since everyone needs to know the issues I don't agree with I will give an example. I don't agree with taking out hunters that aren't capable of making a clean kill on a big game animal. I don't agree with people harvesting an elk before they've shot a squirrel or rabbit. It's not the biggest thing in the world but I don't take a new hunter out that can't prove that they can make an ethical shot at a reasonable distance. Do people disagree with this?
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Completely ethical, we guided a fellow this fall whose first big game animal was a grizzly bear. He made a great shot, and follow ups though it didn't go anywhere, and went on to do a full African safari a couple months later. Big difference between a guy deciding to roll off his couch and shoot a cow elk in the hind quarters with his SKS and a guy Rinella takes out to tutor, or a client guided by a guide familiar with the species (same difference). Many here in BC the first thing shot is a moose, right of passage in the north. Whether you've shot rabbits or not doesn't have much bearing on how you'll do with an elk in this guide's eye.
 
Ardent said:
Completely ethical, we guided a fellow this fall whose first big game animal was a grizzly bear. He made a great shot, and follow ups though it didn't go anywhere, and went on to do a full African safari a couple months later. Big difference between a guy deciding to roll off his couch and shoot a cow elk in the hind quarters with his SKS and a guy Rinella takes out to tutor, or a client guided by a guide familiar with the species (same difference). Many here in BC the first thing shot is a moose, right of passage in the north. Whether you've shot rabbits or not doesn't have much bearing on how you'll do with an elk in this guide's eye.
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Fully agree...... and I am no outfitter by any means....... but I have "guided" quite a number of first timers, and even one for whitetail with bow.....

He spent his time getting proficient with his weapon of choice, and we spent many great hours going over scenarios and what needed to happen at "go time"...... and when it happened, he executed flawlessly, even being proud of his restraint at not taking lesser shots...

Let's not forget that it really boils down to putting your projectile in the right place on the right animal....... Nothing more, nothing less..... and that principle stands regardless of animal.....

I can't speak for Ardent, but any big game outfitter I have ever hunted with has the "I put you on the animal, you pulled the trigger, and you hit it, therefore you owe me money" policy in effect....... and rightfully so..... and they all made me prove my rifle accurate....

I have never met a hunter that was willing to drop $25k on a grizz hunt, or even $8k on an elk hunt that didn't take their endeavour seriously and make sure they were prepared for the shot....... and, if I met one, I would tell them that they have nobody to blame but themselves.....
 
I have guided many first time bowhunters to their very first animal... a black bear. They were coached well, and skill tested, but were on their own when they connected... personality and nerve have more to do with remaining calm under pressure than does experience... but of course experience doesn't hurt either. I know a few hunters that have hunted for decades and still loose their composure every time a shot is imminent.
 
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