MeatEater

A man travels around the vast wilderness hunting various animals. He hunts everything from birds to bears. Once the animal is bagged he demonstrates how to process the game and cook it.

Genre: Documentary

Cast:Steven Rinella , Elias , Joe Rogan , Bryan Callen , Remi Warren , Rorke Denver , Brandt Meixell , Tim Ferriss , Morgan Fallon

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Alaska: Blacktail Deer

Sun, Jan 1, 2012

To find the best-tasting game meat, you have to earn it. As the cold Alaskan winter approaches, bears flock to the high country of Alaska's Chugach Range while feasting on cranberry and blueberry. As summer turns to fall, the bears have exhausted low-elevation fruit and their quest to fatten up pushes them into higher and less accessible terrain. The hard work and long hike pays off, as berry-fed black bears provide some of the finest tasting meat available to the American hunter. The meat is so good, that Steven Rinella plans to fry it in it's own fat as a celebratory meal if he is lucky enough to land a bear on this trip.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Sweetest Meat: Alaskan Black Bear

Sun, Jan 8, 2012

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Stalking the Grey Ghost: Arizona Coues Whitetail Deer

Sun, Jan 15, 2012

To hunt some of the most elusive game, the predator must become its prey. Steven Rinella drew a tag to hunt the elusive Coues Deer in the stark mountains of southern Arizona, where his spot and stalk skills will be pushed to the limit hunting these tiny, ghostlike deer. To successfully take a deer Steve will have to become equally invisible, quiet, and attuned to his surroundings...he will need to become a desert ghost. In tune with the local culture, Steve will pack a small kit of tortillas, chilies, and all the fixings to prepare fire-grilled heart tacos.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The New American Food Chain: Wild Pigs

Sun, Jan 22, 2012

Wild Hogs can thrive almost anywhere - just like Steven Rinella. On this trip, Steve travels to the Sacramento Valley in central California in search of challenge and seriously good food. 300 years ago Spanish settlers let a handful of pigs loose in order to turn acorns into bacon, and today harvesting a wild pig for food is nexus of wild living and seriously good food. Steve will prepare a back-country gourmet feast of pork loin roasted with apples and rosemary cooked in tinfoil over a fire.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Brotherhood, Badlands, and Pack Llamas: Montana Mule Deer

Sun, Jan 29, 2012

Along with a trio of cantankerous, spit-hurling pack llamas, Steven Rinella, along with his brother Matt and good friend Matt Moison camp and hunt in the arid and frozen badlands of Eastern Montana for mule deer. Freezing cold temperatures and unforgiving topography add to the already-challenging job of finding and stalking a Mule Deer buck. In this environment the deer have all of the advantage: they can spot, smell, and hear hunters long before they are anywhere near shooting range. To combat the freezing temperatures, Rinella plans to make a hunter's stew to celebrate a successful hunt.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Texas: Aoudad

Sun, Mar 11, 2012

Steven Rinella heads into the Texas back-country after one of the continent's most elusive feral animals -- the Barbary sheep, or Aoudad, of North Africa. For most hunters, just glimpsing one of these animals is a trophy. If Steve is lucky enough to land one of these sheep, he plans to cook them up in traditional hunter-style over a fire.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Texas: Javelina

Sun, Apr 1, 2012

Steven Rinella takes to the thorns and thickets of a West Texas canyon in search of javelina. Smelling the animals is easy, but getting a clear shot with a bow is a whole other story. Featured meal is boiled javelina with cactus pears.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Alaska: Mountain Goat

Sun, Apr 8, 2012

Every year, a handful of hunters draw a permit to hunt the Mills Creek region of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. Steven Rinella holds one of the permits this year, and he and his brother Danny backpack into the mountains, into country they've never seen, in hopes of finding a billy goat. It's a grueling hunt, and there's the constant threat of losing your meat if the goat spills over a cliff.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Alaska: Ducks

Sun, Apr 15, 2012

For a waterfowler's dream hunt, Steven Rinella joins his friend, wildlife biologist Brandt Meixell, on a remote trip to some untouched Alaska wetlands in search of ducks and geese. With a big spread of decoys and a loyal retriever, they try to get their limit and fill their bellies with a constant supply of duck meat. Featured meal is willow-spit roasted whole duck.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Wisconsin: Whitetail Deer

Sun, Apr 22, 2012

Steven Rinella heads to Wisconsin to spend a few days on his buddy's historical family farm. He will enlist other locals to help him hunt for a big buck or tasty doe in the famed Driftless area. Featured meal is Grilled Butterfly Venison Steaks and Hassenpfeffer (Peppered Hare Stew).

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Montana: Wild Turkey

Sun, Jul 1, 2012

Steven Rinella and his brother Matt load up the llamas for a backcountry spring Turkey hunt in Montana's Powder River Breaks. This rugged terrain is the brothers' long time stomping ground and they will pack deep into the badlands to get away from people and close to some Toms. Featured meal will be camp-fried turkey schnitzel.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Arizona: Mountain Lion

Sun, Jul 8, 2012

America's desert Southwest is a sharp, hard country of cactus, deep canyons, and big cats. Steven Rinella arrives to learn the truth about one of the hunting world's most controversial acts-tracking a Lion with dogs until it is bayed on a cliff or in a tree. Learning from two expert lion hunters, he immerses himself in a style of hunt that is utterly new to him. He is humbled by the challenge it presents, this hunt is physically brutal and emotionally taxing. Sometimes the reward of the hunt is the thrill of success and a delicious meal, and other times it's a more personal, and possibly more important lesson of knowledge and humility.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Mexico: Wild Buffalo

Sun, Jul 15, 2012

Hunting a powerful living relic from a bygone era, Steven Rinella heads into the mountains of the Sonora Desert on a true, wild, free-ranging buffalo hunt. Steve knows Buffalo, but seeing and stalking these beasts in this dry, stark habitat is a wild experience, very different from anything he's every done. After a careful long-distance stalk Steve takes a young bull and winds up with yards of incredible bison meat to share with his family, friends, and locals. With a little help, Steve prepares a true multicultural feast for a table of hungry cowboys.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ New Zealand: Red Stag

Sun, Oct 14, 2012

Steven Rinella flies halfway around the world to take on the mystical Red Stag in one of the most beautiful settings in the world-New Zealand's South Island. Steve learns whether his North American hunting skills will translate for these foreign beasts.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ New Zealand: Wild Boar

Sun, Oct 21, 2012

Steven Rinella and local Wild Pig legend, Darren Moore, spend a wild, action-packed day tracking down Captain Cook boars in the thick New Zealand bush. Their tools for the job include two little pig dogs, a knife, and some real grit. These pigs are tenacious and possibly dangerous to both the men and the dogs, and this is as visceral as a hunt gets. When success is had, Steve learns an eye-popping technique for field-prepping whole hogs.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ New Zealand: Tahr Part 1

Sun, Oct 28, 2012

Steven Rinella gears up for a massive climb into New Zealand's Southern Alps in pursuit of Chamois and Tahr. Guide and friend, Remi Warren, will show Steve the ropes of hunting the high-country of New Zealand's alpine. The men will travel light and hunt for food as they go, basing out of an alpine hut as they locate their quarry. This hunt turns adventurous quickly; with an impassable glacial river between Steve and his goal, things get dangerous and intense.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ New Zealand: Tahr Part 2

Sun, Nov 4, 2012

Steven Rinella continues his hunt in New Zealand working towards his ultimate goal. Featured meals will be rock-grilled Chamois, Tahr Tartar, and a mountaintop Tahr-B-Q.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving Cooking Special

Sun, Nov 18, 2012

The Pilgrims didn't get their turkey at the store and neither does Steven Rinella. On this special Holiday episode Steve cooks three enticing dishes: Wild Turkey Galantine, Smoked Black Bear Ham, and his take on the traditional Mincemeat Pie. Appetites will run large as Steve makes a special meal for his family and friends.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ True North: Alaska North Slope Caribou

Sun, Jan 6, 2013

Steven Rinella and special guest, the author Tim Ferriss, travel to the remotest corner of Alaska to catch the annual migration of the famed Western Arctic caribou herd. On the open tundra they are met with challenges, wild adventures, and grizzlies. After two intense hunts for bull caribou, they feast on a stew of caribou sirloin and root vegetables thickened with bone marrow.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ The Greatest Draw: Alaska Dall Sheep Pt. I

Sun, Jan 13, 2013

After drawing one of the most coveted big game permits in North America - a Tok Management Area Dall sheep tag - Steven Rinella heads out for a truly rare and epic Alaskan experience. Along with two buddies, Steven is dropped deep into the Tok backcountry. After a rugged hike through nasty weather, Steven's skills and fortitude are tested against his elusive, high-climbing quarry.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ The Greatest Draw: Alaska Dall Sheep Pt. II

Sun, Jan 20, 2013

The culmination of Steven Rinella's Tok Sheep hunt should not be missed, and just in case the Dall Sheep hunt isn't enough, Steve and his hunting partners head upriver to chase bears. An exciting stalk ensues, and plenty of meat eating is enjoyed. Featured meals are Dall sheep steak with wild blueberry pancakes, Dall ribs cooked over a rock oven, and willow-roasted black bear loin.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Sonoran Superbirds: Mexico Gould's Turkey

Sun, Jan 27, 2013

Steven Rinella crosses the border to call in and chase some big Gould's turkeys. Of the five turkey species in North America, the Gould's is the largest and is heavily protected in the US. On this unique Mexican adventure, Steve will be hunting with friend and expert Jay Scott, who knows the area better than anyone. After their successful hunt Steve will use special, locally-sourced charcoal to grill up a big, brined, delicious bird.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Cooking Special: Wild Game for the Big Game

Sat, Feb 2, 2013

With a full freezer from a long and successful fall season, any big sporting event is the perfect opportunity to cook up a pile of game meat and invite over some friends to watch the game. Steven Rinella prepares a collection of killer appetizers from animals harvested on recent MeatEater episodes. Featured dishes include tahr chili, Dall sheep sliders, Javelina tacos, and caribou sausage. These recipes are easy to make at home. With Steve's help, your next party will truly be a wild game.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Straight Flush: Montana Mountain Grouse

Sun, Apr 7, 2013

Steven Rinella and his friend Ronny Boehme drive into the mountains of southwest Montana to hunt the high ridge tops for dusky grouse. Ronny's Bracco Italiano hunting dogs have been bred and trained for this work, but can Ronny handle the altitude? Featured meal will be dusky grouse jalapeño poppers and grouse fettuccine with a white wine and cream sauce.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Meet the MeatEaters: Montana Crew Muley Part 1

Sun, Apr 14, 2013

The goal on MeatEater has always been to make viewers feel like they're on a hunt with Steven Rinella, but on this two-part episode Rinella grants his viewers an all-access pass to see just how the MeatEater crew works together to make the show. In this first installment, Steve has promised his crew he will provide them with some high-test venison to share with their families for Thanksgiving Dinner. But can he deliver?

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Meet the MeatEaters: Montana Crew Muley Part 2

Sun, Apr 21, 2013

The behind-the-scenes special of MeatEater continues. Will Steven Rinella be able to provide his crew with venison from a Montana mule deer for Thanksgiving Dinner?

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ First Timers: Montana Mule Deer: Part 1

Sun, Apr 28, 2013

Television personality Joe Rogan and his best friend, comedian Bryan Callen, join Steven Rinella on a float trip for mule deer through the rugged Missouri Breaks, hunting and camping along the way. This is as adventurous of a first hunt as anyone could hope for, and Steve's special guests are in for a memorable experience in some gorgeous country.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ First Timers: Montana Mule Deer: Part 2

Sun, May 5, 2013

The second installment of a two-part episode covering the first hunt taken by comedians Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen. If all goes well, Steven Rinella will treat these newbies to traditional camp meals such as buck liver cooked with onions and a whole venison head roasted in a bed of coals.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Forbidden Feast: Mexico Javelina and Coyote

Sun, Oct 6, 2013

While Steven Rinella has had multiple experiences with spot-and-stalk hunting for javelina, in this episode he's shown an entirely new tactic when his buddy Remi Warren demonstrates how to use a predator call to bring the peccaries in at a full run. The results are surprising. After the hunt, the javelinas get turned into a local delicacy, Chorizo de Javelin, with help from an experienced Mexican ranch cook. In addition, Steve and Remi hunt for coyote with the intent of roasting a whole animal. You won't believe your eyes.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Swamp Stew: Michigan Bow Fishing

Sun, Oct 13, 2013

Steven Rinella returns to his cherished boyhood stomping grounds in Michigan's Muskegon Marsh to bow-fish for sucker, bowfin, and gar. Along the way, he demonstrates the rich bounty of wild foods that can be found in this freshwater paradise. Featured meals are salt-packed sucker and fried gar.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ The Wide Open: New Mexico Antelope

Sun, Oct 20, 2013

Steven Rinella heads to a friend's big-country ranch in Northeastern New Mexico to stalk the fastest and most wary big game animal in the US. The Pronghorn Antelope is designed to escape and Steve will need his A-game to get within range of a healthy buck. With impeccable marksmanship, Steve will harvest his game and head to the kitchen to prepare a big pot of Antelope Chile packed full of New Mexico's most famous red or green export.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Primal Cuts: Bone-In Cooking Special

Sun, Oct 27, 2013

In this cooking special, Steven Rinella shows his fans some of his favorite preparations for big, bone-in cuts of red meat. Interspersed with highlights from his recent caribou, buffalo, and mule deer hunts, the show features recipes that utilize some of the most underappreciated parts of big game animals. This episode is an attractive and delicious tribute to Steve's gun-to-table ethic.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ El Venado Blanco: Mexican Coues Deer

Sun, Nov 3, 2013

Steven Rinella returns to his favorite hunting grounds of Sonora, Mexico to hunt for Coues deer during the peak rutting season. Steve sets camp in the high country and spends days glassing for these small and elusive deer while his hunting partner, Remi Warren, tries to stalk one with a bow. To cap off the hunt, Steve cooks a batch of venison ribs braised in a Dutch oven buried beneath the coals.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ Clash of the Titans: California Pig and Deer

Sun, Nov 10, 2013

In this episode, Steven Rinella joins forces with fellow hunter and cook Hank Shaw in the hills of Central California to go after Columbia Blacktail Deer, Wild Pigs, and a handful of small game species that are in season. The end result is a culinary smorgasbord to cap any hunt, anywhere.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Sea Bear: Alaska Spring Bear and Seafood

Thu, Jan 9, 2014

Steven Rinella ventures out to his hunting and fishing shack on a remote coastline of southeast Alaska's Prince of Wales Island. While hunting bears from a skiff and a canoe, Steve gathers a variety of prime seafood and makes a discovery about his own motivations as a bear hunter.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Full Boar: Whole Hog Cooking Special

Thu, Jan 16, 2014

Nose to Tail cooking has never been so real. On a spring hunt in Florida Steve got his hands on a wild barred hog and brought him home set on an extravagant meal. In the field Steve demonstrates the best way to break a hog down and bring him home-great butchering and preservation tips are included. After the journey back to Brooklyn, Steve and his good friend, chef Matt Weingarten, cook four preparations from the hog's head, skin, trotters, muscle, and guts.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Bull by Boat: British Columbia Moose

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

Steven Rinella and his buddy Ryan Callaghan float a remote river on a moose hunt that results in some of the most dangerous moments in Steve's life as a hunter. The two hunters travel far from civilization in a raft to search for the massive moose that call the area home.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Local Motion: Montana Bull Elk

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

Steve gets brutalized by bad weather and fierce competition during a late-season central Montana elk hunt. Guided only by waypoints shared by a buddy of his, Steve encounters plenty of elk but is plagued by other hunters at every turn - leaving Steve with a tough, ethical decision that hunters sometimes face: to pursue or not to pursue?

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ The Northern Rockies: British Columbia Grizzly Pt. 1

Thu, Feb 6, 2014

Steven Rinella and his buddy Ryan Callaghan, a British Columbia guide, hike into the steep backcountry of northern British Columbia in search of grizzlies. This alpine adventure includes some intense and up-close bear action - almost too close.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ The Northern Rockies: British Columbia Grizzly Pt. 2

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

Steven Rinella and his buddy Ryan Callaghan continue to search for grizzlies but don't want to go home empty-handed. When they spot a sizable black bear, Steve decides to pursue it -- keeping an eye out for that elusive boar grizz.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Opening Day: Wisconsin Whitetail Pt. 1

Thu, Feb 20, 2014

Steven Rinella and his buddy Doug Duren give comedians Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen their first taste of Midwest deer hunting culture by sitting in freezing ground blinds on opening day in Wisconsin. The biggest challenge isn't the cold, it's the temptation to shoot a young, immature buck on Doug's well-managed farmland. It just wouldn't be a trip to the Duren Family Farm without a little trapping and duck hunting thrown in, rounding out the larder for a big wild game feast.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Opening Day: Wisconsin Whitetail Pt. 2

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

The Wisconsin hunt with comedians Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen continues as the hunters attempt to thin Doug's deer herd by culling some does. The cold just won't relent and the guys get a real taste of northern air. Steve checks his traps in hopes of giving Joe and Bryan their first taste of beaver meat, and Joe learns an important and fundamental lesson of the hunting lifestyle. After a weekend of hard hunting, they all converge on the kitchen to partake in the spoils and eat their fill of fresh meat.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Spring Beak: Florida Osceola Turkey

Thu, Mar 6, 2014

Steven Rinella and his friend, Robert Abernethy, head to southern Florida to hunt Osceola turkeys. Steve hopes to finish off his Royal Turkey Slam, achieved by bagging all five subspecies of the American wild turkey-a quest that's been a decade in the making. Featured meal is a grilled and stuffed turkey breast.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Boone & Bugles: Kentucky Bull Elk

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

Steven Rinella is invited by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to hunt elk during the rut in the coal country of southeastern Kentucky, a place once roamed by his hero Daniel Boone. This is Steve's first eastern elk hunt, and he quickly realizes that the rules of the game here are different. If he manages to bump into one, he'll prepare what was supposedly Boone's favorite meal: elk liver.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Cold Water: Alaskan Seafood Cooking Special

Thu, Aug 7, 2014

After a spring bear hunt near his cabin on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, Steve sets out with traps and rod in hand to reap in the wealth of seafood in the waters nearby. There, he catches Dungeness crabs, spot prawn, and rockfish and takes some time to dig clams on the shore near his cabin. Before returning home, Steve demonstrates how to clean and prep the seafood to freeze and store. Back in

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Big Buck Dreams: Mule Deer

Thu, Aug 14, 2014

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13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Surf N Turk: Wisconsin Turkey and Carp

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Steven Rinella scratches his spring turkey itch as he visits Southeast Wisconsin to call in some big eastern Toms with his buddy Jerod Fink. The guys plan to do some serious cooking, and have plans to serve and enjoy a real Midwest turkey and fish fry.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Gila Monster: New Mexico Bull Elk

Thu, Sep 4, 2014

After four years of waiting, Steven Rinella draws a coveted, limited-entry public land elk tag and heads into New Mexico's Gila National Forest on a solo backpack hunt. His biggest challenge here is the vast expanse of hills covered in enough timber to hide an army - demanding lots of glassing and even more hiking. Here, even just one missed opportunity could result in an empty freezer at home.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Alaska Bear Hunt Part 2

Thu, Sep 25, 2014

The Alaskan back country hunt continues as Steven Rinella and Rorke Denver manage to maneuver their way through the thicket and find themselves hot on some bears. Their luck holds out and the hunt is successful, but Rorke soon learns that the hunt is only half the battle. After a lesson in field butchering, Rorke and Steve head back to camp to do a little fishing and foraging to round out their bear feast.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Alaska Bear Hunt Part 1

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

Masters of their respective fields, Steven Rinella will take Navy Seal Rorke Denver deep into the Alaskan back country to hunt black bears in the mighty Alaska Range. After several flights and a long climb up the ridge, the men will trade secrets and look into the differences and similarities between the hunter and the warrior. The bears are out and hungry, but they're fast and in dense cover, forcing the men to work hard for their mountain meal.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Yukon Giants: Northern Alaska Moose, Part 1

Thu, Jan 8, 2015

Dumped lakeside on the south side of Alaska's Brooks Range, Steven Rinella and wildlife biologist Brandt Meixell have ten days of hunting before the plane returns. Big-antlered Yukon moose are the primary objective but Rinella's lifelong quest for a mature male grizzly could come to an end as well. The two also discuss what makes a hunter a biologist, and a biologist a hunter.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Yukon Giants: Northern Alaska Moose Part 2

Thu, Jan 15, 2015

The clock is ticking after a missed shot on a small bull and Steve and Brandt are desperate not to return home empty-handed. Luck finds them on the last day and walks right into their cross-hairs.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Deer the Hard Way: Prince of Wales Island

Thu, Jan 22, 2015

Comedians Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen take a stab at their third species of North American deer as they join Steve on a black-tail hunt on Prince of Wales Island.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Burger Extravaganza Cooking Special

Mon, Jan 26, 2015

Pulled from the pages of his forthcoming Wild Game Cookbook, Steve shares a variety of recipes designed to jazz up your ground meat game.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Welcome to the Jungle: Adventures in Bolivia PT.1

Mon, Feb 2, 2015

Steve travels deep into the Amazon jungle in Bolivia to hunt and fish with, as well as learn from the local indigenous tribe there.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Welcome to the Jungle: Adventures in Bolivia PT.2

Mon, Feb 9, 2015

Steve travels deep into the Amazon jungle in Bolivia to hunt and fish with, as well as learn from the local indigenous tribe there.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Welcome to the Jungle: Adventures in Bolivia PT.3

Mon, Feb 23, 2015

Steve travels deep into the Amazon jungle in Bolivia to hunt and fish with, as well as learn from the local indigenous tribe there.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ About Time: Helen and Brittany Elk Hunt in Montana

Mon, Feb 23, 2015

Steve enlists First Lite's Ryan Callaghan to help initiate two MeatEater staff members into the hunting community on a cow elk hunt in Northern Montana.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Sky Island Solitaire: Backpack Hunting Coues Deer in Arizona

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

Steve returns to southern Arizona to stalk one of his favorite quarry the elusive Coues deer. Unaccompanied, Steve immerses himself in the quiet southwest desert and gets intimate with one of the most wary animals in the west. Giant felines threaten the story but Steve stays on course and articulates why solo time in trophy country is good for the soul.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Ribeye of the Sky: Sandhill Cranes in West Texas

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

Steve and fellow bird hunting aficionado Ronny Boehme join up with Wildlife Biologist Ed Arnett in Lubbock, Texas to hunt Sandhill cranes. Though not many people have actually eaten them, the Sandhill crane carries the nickname "rib eye of the sky" because of its supposed similarities to a handsome cut of beef. It's fast action and plenty of laughs as Steve, Ronny, and Ed dispel any culinary myths about these birds with a Texas style "Crane Cookout."

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S5.E11 ∙ The Coldest Hunt: Nunivak Island Muskox

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Lightning strikes twice: Steve has somehow beaten the odds and drawn a second Muskox tag after having to forfeit his first one four years ago due to unforeseen circumstances. Steve's only regret in life was passing up his opportunity to hunt Muskox. With another tag in his pocket, nothing will stop this adventure. We learn about the history and culture of Nunivak Island as Steve tries to stay warm while chasing Muskox 30 miles offshore in the Bering Sea. The muskox is delicious but the tomcod dipped in seal oil is fit for the hippest Brooklyn restaurant.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Gobbling: California Turkey's Rogan and Callen

Thu, Sep 3, 2015

Last time Joe and Bryan went out with Steve they were soaked head to toe and came home meatless. To remedy their meat crisis while keeping them dry, Steve sets up a springtime wild turkey hunt in sunny California. Steve gives Joe and Bryan the A to Z on hunting, butchering, and cooking the wild turkey. Steve caps off the introductory lesson by preparing his favorite turkey recipe: Schnitzel.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Unconventional: Alaska Sooty Grouse

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

While scouting for mountain goats outside of Ketchikan, AK Steve heard the beckoning springtime "hoot" of the Sooty grouse. He put forth a great effort hunting them in 2014 and left perplexed. Steve is back and has enlisted Barbara Gabier, a friend of a friend and passionate Sooty grouse hunter, to show him the ropes. As they start their hunt Steve recalls the trials and errors of his first attempt at Sooty grouse hunting. It's exhaustive, but through it all Steve finds a moment he describes as "hunting bliss."

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S5.E14 ∙ Unconventional: Alaska Sooty Grouse Part 2

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Last week we saw the difficulty of hunting the Sooty grouse of Ketchikan, Alaska. We rejoin Steve and Barbara in Juneau, AK as they continue to pursue "hooters." Tromping through Southeast Alaska rainforest, Steve and Barbara discover a mutual fondness for an unconventional hunt. Barbara concludes the week of hunting cooking fettuccine ala grouse.

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S5.E15 ∙ Cooking Special: Recipes from "The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering and Cooking Wild Game"

Thu, Sep 24, 2015

Steve teams up with long time friend and Seattle based chef Andrew Radzialowski for a summertime gathering featuring recipes from Steve's latest book "The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game, Vol. 1: Big Game." The two do a little foraging in the coastal forest to compliment the meal and then host their favorite Seattle peoples to sample the feast.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ Up at the Cabin: Prince of Wales Island Black Bear with Paul Neess

Thu, Oct 1, 2015

Last spring, Steve decided to pass up an opportunity to kill a black bear in favor of an extended up close and personal experience. This year, Steve heads back to his shack on Prince of Wales Island and he's brought Vortex Optics' Paul Neess along to share the rush of using a canoe to slip in close to these giant black bears.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ Southern Traditions: Virginia Doves

Sat, Sep 10, 2016

Steve hunts pigeons and doves in Virginia with pal Ron Boehme.

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ Mountain meditation: british columbia grizzly bear

Thu, Jan 21, 2016

Ryan callaghan and aaron evans join steve on an epic adventure in british columbia's rockies to pursue grizzly bears. Steve has set specific means of take, guided by personal ethics, for his grizzly bear hunt. The hunt is dampened by weather but steve finds a way to fix a tasty meal.

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ Lobster of the prairie: wyoming antelope

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Steve is fed up with the disrespect the antelope receives. Bad hunting protocol, poor meat quality, it's all a wives' tale. Through this week's hunt, steve aims to make antelope lovers out of everyone and give the antelope the respect it deserves.

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ Land of the giants: idaho mule deer part 1

Thu, Feb 4, 2016

Steve's quest for a giant mule deer buck continues in central idaho. To help steve in his journey, first lite's ryan callaghan has offered up one of his best spots as well as his keen spotting skills. The duo pack into some of the west's steepest and prettiest mountains seeking a creature of mythological reputation: the colossal buck of steve's dreams.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ Land of the giants: idaho mule deer part 2

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

Steve's quest for a giant mule deer buck continues in central idaho. To help steve in his journey, ryan callaghan has offered up one of his best spots as well as his keen spotting skills. The duo backpack hunt in some of the west's steepest and prettiest mountains seeking a creature of mythological reputation: the colossal buck of steve's dreams. In part two steve finally connects with a buck that can be classified as giant. The dream is realized; steve and ryan feast on a slow cooked roast.

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ Cooking special: butchering a whole deer

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

Plain and simple: steve gives the "how to" on breaking down a whole whitetail deer. Steve starts with a whole deer, minus the hide and guts, then takes you through the process of transforming it into steaks, roasts, shanks and, of course, all the oddities that are often discarded.

7Season 6

S6.E7 ∙ Duren deer camp: helen and brittnay wisconsin whitetail part 1

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

Helen cho and brittany brothers, integral parts of the meateater production team, are back for a double episode. This time around they're hunting whitetail deer in wisconsin on the famed duren farm with doug duren and steve as their guides. Arriving a few days early to scout and tune up their shooting with some squirrel hunting, the ladies enter the next chapter of their hunting careers.

8Season 6

S6.E8 ∙ Duren deer camp: helen and brittnay wisconsin whitetail part 2

Thu, Mar 3, 2016

Steve has guests Helen Cho and Brittany Brothers hunting whitetails in Wisconsin with Doug Duren.

9Season 6

S6.E9 ∙ Steve makes the team: kentucky small game

Thu, Aug 11, 2016

Kevin murphy and his band of kentucky small game hunters introduce steve to the finest kentucky has to offer. Gray squirrels with tree hounds and cottontails with beagles, in kentucky, it's the dogs that do the hunting. Cathead biscuits, sawmill gravy, and fried small game round out the kentucky adventure.

10Season 6

S6.E10 ∙ A trip of firsts: mexico coues deer and javelina

Thu, Aug 18, 2016

Steve and Janis head to the Sonoran mountains of Mexico to hunt the elusive Coues deer and javelina.

11Season 6

S6.E11 ∙ Lone star pork: texas hog

Thu, Aug 25, 2016

Steve joins ranch manager and wildlife biologist ben binnion for a couple of days during his annual pig roundup to learn about the other side of the texas hog story.

12Season 6

S6.E12 ∙ Trapped in history: Wyoming beaver

Thu, Sep 1, 2016

Steve explains what goes into beaver trapping while retelling stories of the mountain men who depended on this animal, for both its surprisingly delicious meat and incredible hide.

13Season 6

S6.E13 ∙ Cooking special: smoked meats

Thu, Sep 8, 2016

Steven is a cooking thief, otherwise known as a student of the culinary arts, and this week, he's learning from chef eduardo garcia of charged film and montana mex, a storied chef who loves wild game as much as steve does.

14Season 6

S6.E14 ∙ Mountain memories: montana bear

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

Steve returns to his black bear roots in southwest montana for a spring black bear hunt. He's hunted these mountains before, it's a special place and he's glad to be back.

15Season 6

S6.E15 ∙ Living off the water: kentucky fish

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

Set lines, limb lines, trot lines, turtle traps, bows and arrows, they all make it out onto the kentucky water with meateaters steven rinella and kevin murphy.

16Season 6

S6.E16 ∙ A lesson in conservation history: new mexico turkey

Sun, Oct 16, 2016

Hot on a 100-year-old hunting tip from Aldo Leopold, Steven joins Karl Malcolm in New Mexico to chase the Merriam's wild turkey.

1Season 8

S8.E1 ∙ The Mud and the Trees

Fri, Oct 18, 2019

Steve joins wildlife biologist Parker Hall as they set lines for flathead catfish on the Missouri River and hunt gray squirrels for a unique recipe.

2Season 8

S8.E2 ∙ Blue Mountain Bugles

Fri, Oct 18, 2019

Steve and Janis hunt the forests of Washington for bull elk, but a bad arrow shot results in a slightly spoiled harvest and Steve feeling remorseful.

3Season 8

S8.E3 ∙ Ghosts of the Chesapeake Part 1

Fri, Oct 18, 2019

Steve and some local experts visit the marshlands of the Chesapeake Bay to hunt non-native sika deer and set a chicken-neck trotline for blue crabs.

4Season 8

S8.E4 ∙ Ghosts of the Chesapeake Part 2

Fri, Oct 18, 2019

The sika deer hunt in the marshes of the Chesapeake Bay yields better results -- and some delicious venison -- once muzzleloader-rifle season opens.

5Season 8

S8.E5 ∙ Turkey Troubles

Fri, Oct 18, 2019

Steve and Janis serve turkey pâté and tacos before taking first-time hunters Tracy Crane and Maggie Smith into the hills of Montana for wild turkeys.

6Season 8

S8.E6 ∙ Borderland Bucks Part 1

Fri, Oct 18, 2019

Steve heads south of the border into the mountains of Sonora in Mexico to hunt for the elusive Coues deer with buddies Mark Kenyon and Ryan Callaghan.

7Season 8

S8.E7 ∙ Borderland Bucks Part 2

Fri, Oct 18, 2019

The Coues deer hunt in Mexico continues, and the ranch chef shows the crew how to make fresh chili colorado tamales with venison.

8Season 8

S8.E8 ∙ Walking the Clouds

Fri, Oct 18, 2019

Steve goes sheep hunting in Alaska with his brother.