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1 week ago | 
themeateater.com | Ryan Callaghan |Ben Long |Steven Rinella |Eli Fournier
Subscribe In this episode This week Cal talks about Grizzly bears, dog poo and penguins, the Slovakia method and so much more. Connect with Cal and MeatEaterTo learn more and get involved with any Cal to Action, click here. Cal on Instagram and TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Presented By
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1 week ago | 
themeateater.com | Brent Reaves |Ben Long |Patrick Durkin |Adam Moore
Subscribe In this episode The roller coaster of turkey season can sometimes literally go up and down. Brent’s got two prime examples of that this week when a self-proclaimed Yankee finds himself between a Southern local and gobbling turkeys. Not to be outdone, Brent’s climbing the hills with one of his good friends in search of their very first turkey--a memorable hunt indeed! It’s time for MeatEater’s “This Country Life” podcast.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
themeateater.com | Eli Fournier |Ben Long |Jordan Sillars
When it comes to public lands, there aren’t many people with more influence than the Secretary of Interior. Under his or her leadership, the Department of Interior oversees 11 federal bureaus, offices, and land-management agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and US Fish & Wildlife Service. Collectively, those agencies manage 425 million acres of land—an area larger than all of Alaska. So, who’s leading the department under President Trump?
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
themeateater.com | Ben Long |Ross Robertson |Shane Townsend |Mark Kenyon
My friend Jack is a tough retired Montana logger who hunts like a cougar. Sure, he enjoys his hunting buddies. But for decades now, each hunting season, he disappears alone into the high country with a simple kit of dried food and a rifle after bighorn and elk. Often, he returns with game. Always, he returns with an adventure. While I share Jack’s taste in solitary hunting, I don’t have quite his tenacity. For me, a day or two alone is often enough.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
themeateater.com | Ben Long |Patrick Durkin |Mark Kenyon |Tony Peterson
The signature Thanksgiving tradition dish is elk slow-roasted in coffee and whiskey. It will be served with a side dish of hunting stories. Some of the stories will be old and polished like a riverstone. Others are like new flakes off a block of obsidian. Either way, the tales are as nourishing as the elk roast itself. My group of about a dozen friends has gathered together on Thanksgiving for more than 30 years. Some of the kids now have children of their own.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
themeateater.com | Jordan Sillars |Ben Long |Travis Hall |Congressman Robert Broussard
Ever wanted to hunt a hippo? It’s probably not something you’ve considered. But if Teddy Roosevelt had gotten his way in 1910, hippo tags would have been available to American hunters from Florida to Texas–not to mention, as the New York Times put it, “lake cow bacon.”Here’s what happened.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
themeateater.com | Nathan Ratchford |Ryan Callaghan |Noah Davis |Ben Long
There is simply nothing like the grouse woods in the fall. The fire of color, the explosion from thick cover, and the taste—ah, the taste—ruffed grouse rivals that of all game birds. But bringing the king of game birds to the table is no easy task. Ruffed grouse have spent thousands of years evolving to avoid every predator, us included. To hunt them successfully, especially in the eastern and midwestern parts of the country, you need to be smart, skilled, and a tad bit lucky.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
themeateater.com | Ben Long |Spencer Neuharth |Jordan Sillars
The echoes of Ancient Rome continue in our government, engineering, and the way we count Super Bowls. But Romans also sparked a less savory phenomenon: fake hunting. Today, “canned” hunts for captive animals are regarded as violations of fair chase principles. But not so in ancient Rome, where staged “hunts” involving thousands of wild animals were common entertainment alongside chariot races and gladiator battles.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
themeateater.com | Ben Long |Eli Fournier |Katie Hill |Maggie Hudlow
The North Cape—the northernmost point in Europe, where Norway and Russia meet in the remote Barents Sea—bristles with spy ships and fighter jets. Yet a quiet invasion is happening beneath the surface of the sea. That incursion is at once delicious, highly lucrative, and ecologically disastrous: Alaska king crab on the wrong side of the planet. Their relocation here dates back to the Cold War and is as vexing as any geopolitical struggle. First, let’s review geography.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
themeateater.com | Ryan Callaghan |Katie Hill |Ben Long |Sam Lungren
The Bureau of Land Management recently released a proposal that would increase protections for greater sage grouse in 10 western states. The environmental impact statement analyzes six alternatives for sage grouse habitat management, and the BLM has decided to back the alternative that balances increased protections with the agency’s multiple-use mandate.
