Steven Rinella talks with Miles Nolte , Brody Henderson , Ryan Callaghan , Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: The things that won the war; melting your wedding band into your finger; chap ass and irritated sphincters; getting a tater on your thing; Dumpster Diver Cal; manipulating a briefcase full of pike decoys; a golf ball with an eyelet through it; thrusting spears into fish; hot tips for making fish cakes; the myth that old folks know what’s up; is it bad when you positively ...
Mar 23, 2020•2 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Chad Mendes , Ryan Callaghan , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: the Total Putelis-Total Rinella Dinner; eating Jani’s baby moose; a whiffle ball bat for a leg; getting paid a couple thousand for a couple minutes’ work; Chad getting picked on in high school and then beating the guy’s ass; getting disciplined through hunting; lost in the woods; redlining your body multiple times per day; Finz and Featherz ; down to the peanut; fad diets; getting knocked out; the UFC ...
Mar 16, 2020•2 hr 49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Dan Ahdoot , Brody Henderson , Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Steve and Janis as the J-Lo and Shakira of the hunting world; merfolk and mermaid’s purses; Janis pushing past his limits on the dance floor; using a baby's umbilical cord as fishing bait; a tarantula rehabilitation program; how to make wild game kosher; an Iranian Jew and an Iraqi Muslim as hunting buddy BFFs; Long Island game wardens; having a bone to pick with duck hu...
Mar 09, 2020•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Josh Carney , Ryan Callaghan , and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: How Josh is mean to Steve about his turkey calling; putting a rasp on it; living in town with 15 hunting dogs; skinning raccoons; a small game family; how turkey hunting is like dating at a bar; a 2 at 10 and a 10 at 2; not being tuned into hunting and fishing laws; what it feels like to be hit by buckshot; how it can all be taken away in a moment; dying on the operating table, twice; how you don't know w...
Mar 02, 2020•2 hr 38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks to Jim Heffelfinger , Ryan Callaghan , and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: an epidemic of llama losses; Grandpa Half-a-Finger and other stories of loss; does killing big bucks screw up deer genetics?; the difference between blacktail deer and whitetail deer, and where they came from; a whitetail fossil from the Pleistocene; Cowz, Cooze, and Couse; telekinetic levitation; why do deer lose their antlers?; Steve's disappointment with having less-than-average Neanderthal genes; w...
Feb 24, 2020•2 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks to Dr. Justin Schmidt , Li Schmidt, Corinne Schneider, Ryan Callaghan , and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: A quick Chinese love song; developing the Schmidt Pain Index ; lying down on an ant hill; camouflage in the animal world; what Steve thought when he got stung by a bullet ant; poisonous defense systems; hitching a ride on a mosquito; how science progresses one coffin at a time; bot flies; having a furry proboscis; hell hath no fury like a horsefly; the big 5 of ants; th...
Feb 17, 2020•2 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Alex Messenger , Corinne Schneider, Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: The 29th day ; even more titillation; walleyes as an easy-to-clean fish; thinking in fathoms and rods; a 600 mile canoe trip; breaking down canoe strokes; bear poppers and spray; group dynamics in the wilderness; an exponential sense of peace; being scared of musk ox; everyone's got a plan until they get punched in the face by a griz; playing ‘possum; doing the trip you're dealt; and ...
Feb 10, 2020•2 hr 58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Spencer Neuharth , Corinne Schneider, Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: fact checking; does hunting half-tame pen-raised critters count as hunting?; oviparous vs. viviparous; do you really lose all that body heat through your head? ; measuring turkeys as trophies; getting rich selling taxidermy to big-assed box stores ; does gutting an animal really make your farts smell like guts? ; Phil catching the second fish of his life; and more. Connect with Stev...
Feb 03, 2020•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Kevin Sloan, Anthony Licata , Seth Morris , Ryan Callaghan , Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: A Viking funeral for a severed finger; pressure washing bear meat out of your sinuses; Anthony's cartel run-in; Steve's almost negligent shittiness at speaking Spanish; where persistence meets movement; Kevin seeing the shine off a deer’s nose; the half-wild dogs of Sonora and the one that stole Steve’s heart; pickles; MeatEater's live tour ; and more. Connect...
Jan 27, 2020•2 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Roman Dial , Anthony Licata , and Ryan Callaghan . Topics discussed: the death of a son ; dip-netting salmon; quitting climbing for marriage; playing the long game in child rearing; scaring yourself; being aware of what's dangerous; out dates; deadly snakes; the helplessness of modern humans; getting kicked out of the search for your own son; documentary tv vs. reality tv; the stink in the room you no longer notice; weeping through writing; and more. Connect with Steve ...
Jan 20, 2020•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Whit Fosburgh , Phil Taylor, and Ryan Callaghan . Topics discussed: Steve's perspective on why Jani isn't a true outdoorsman; Euro-mounting your amputated arm; why is a doornail dead?; New Mexico's stream access laws; S. 47 ; haggling over the Farm Bill ; what CRP fields are; pollinators; testifying before Congress; Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson ; migration corridors ; fisheries; Steve's kids attending seminars; ethanol as bad for your boat motor; and more. Conn...
Jan 13, 2020•2 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with JT Van Zandt , Jesse Griffiths , Seth Morris , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Lola and Stone Age chewing gum; how Texas is the highest of the high and lowest of the low; hunting nilgai; poop piles; how Steve shot the top of a nilgai's heart out and then saw it run off like it was carrying the mail; electro-tenderizing meat using a car battery; fish-spotting abilities; flounder gigging; appreciating silence; when dolphins join your hunt; and more. Connect with Ste...
Jan 06, 2020•2 hr 47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Kylee Archer, Samantha Bates, Maggie Smith , Tracy Crane , Brody Henderson , Kevin Harlander, and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Brody's elk and trout-infested house is for sale; Kevin's hog-fattening business; Pfeilstorch, which is German for a stork with an arrow stuck in it; crying after butchering; bring the scope to your eye and not the other way around; Cal's bowel movements; how to be a good hunting mentor; hot tips on making jerky; and more. Connect with Stev...
Dec 30, 2019•2 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Anthony Licata , Ryan Callaghan , Phil Taylor, Mark Kenyon , Samantha Bates, Corinne Schneider, Ben O'Brien , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Trippin' on nutmeg; cutting corn with Doug Duren ; Cal as the ultimate elf; how MeatEater's Whiskey makes the best eggnog in the world; Christmas hunting and fishing traditions; why you should buy Kenyon’s new book, "That Wild Country" ; Santa reads a hunting poem; Latvian lead throwing as a way to predict your future; and m...
Dec 23, 2019•2 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Director of Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Martha Williams , Greg Lemon, and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: A fancy playdate that includes some deer stalking; different names for your fish and game agency; death to blue laws; hunting with an atlatl; regular science vs. social science; what does it mean to love a resource to death?; when science is weaponized; rainbow v. walleye; inflatable swans; will GYE grizzlies ever be delisted?; and more. Connect with Steve ...
Dec 16, 2019•3 hr 43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, Cody Fahrion, Rick Smith, Seth Morris , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: All those home runs; the value of a high ass; Steve and Jani’s disagreement over “natural”; shooting a duck on the ground and a turkey in the air; chocolate milk, squats, and yodel-sounding farts induced by chocolate milk; what it feels like to win a million dollars, meet Seinfeld, and then hunt with Steve; Pete's first buck; and more. Connect with Stev...
Dec 09, 2019•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Buddy Levy and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Jumping out of planes with sacks of cash; the outlaw Claude Dallas as both an asshole and a good book subject; a crash course on David Crockett ; the Labryinth of Ice ; promiscuity on the frontier; eating spuds basted in human fat; flossing out a bullet hole with a silk handkerchief; that time when Steve mistook a communal sink for a urinal; bumpkin pride; Jani eating dehydrated placenta pills; and more. Connect with Stev...
Dec 02, 2019•2 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Dr. Lawrence C. Todd and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: kill sites; the meaning of an artifact; taphonomy: the study of death; possum that took up residence inside of a dead buck; big-assed tongues; Larry's "it's not my problem, I'm retired" ethos; humans as the most invasive species; catch and release archaeology; high elevation corridors ; the argument against Steve’s argument that people should leave wilderness alone; a child-like curiosity; and more. Connect with...
Nov 25, 2019•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Rick Smith , Danny Morrison, Sean Weaver, Ryan Callaghan , Seth Morris , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Steve's favorite thing to talk about: swiping right for love; how Danny blew off two of his toes while goose hunting; South Dakota's historic flooding and underwater highways; how fish eggs can survive in bird shit; Cal’s voyeuristic tendency to watch salamanders make love; Matt Rinella's "Trespassers Welcome" sign; shooting ducks over wasted tofu; and more. Co...
Nov 18, 2019•2 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Adam Weatherby , Landon Peterson , Stewart Peterson , Seth Morris , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: A shot so bad it didn’t even spook the buck; Wyoming’s Region G; magic mountains and crooked skies ; animosity toward your mentor; horses vs. mules as hunting equipment; riding horses on steep-assed cliffs; is it unsportsmanlike to shoot bedded bucks?; Janis shooting a buck in self defense; wanting to become a cowboy; adopting butt pad technology; and more. Connect ...
Nov 11, 2019•2 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Maggie Smith, Ryan Callaghan , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: How willows grow toward the sound of water; Cal’s famous prehistoric bison tooth; more on Sneaky Pete the turkey ; Maggie as a brand new hunter ; R3 and R1.5; the slightly distorted reality of filming hunts ; when Steve's dad figured out his kids curse like holy hell; flying with firearms, ammo, and game meat; Steve's backcountry meal plan; the animals that get your blood pumping; and more. Connect wit...
Nov 04, 2019•2 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Dr. Alan Lazzara , Ryan Callaghan , Brody Henderson , and the spirit of Janis Putelis . Subjects discussed: On missing Jani; the piranha of the north; the cadaver bone in Steve's mouth; is it really ok to use super glue to patch yourself up?; treestand falls and opening your scro on a hook; living to hunt another day; how to apply tourniquets ; chainsaw injuries; outdoor medical kits; how to save your friends from dumb hunting accidents; and more. Connect with Steve and...
Oct 28, 2019•2 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with epidemiologist Timonthy Sly , Sam Lungren , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: The meaning of the word "epidemiology"; tularemia and rabbits; ashing deer meat; on being trichinosis positive; cannibalism; what’s up with eating raw freshwater fish?; beaver fever; ribbony tape in your feces; putting money in your mouth; having a third ex-wife; the alimentary canal; just asking to be eaten; sucking discs; the various -osis things that can happen to you; and more. Connect...
Oct 21, 2019•2 hr 44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Spencer Neuharth , Danielle Prewett , Ryan Callaghan , Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis . Subjects discussed: Starting the rut by mixing corn and Viagra; fact checking the poisonous status of daddy long legs; what, exactly, is flavor?; appreciating the natural; paper towel budgets; how to properly brown ground meat ; theories on fat content; Ol’ Cal’s throat roast; the rules for applying salt; death bed wild game cooking advice; and more. Order MeatEater's Straight Bourbo...
Oct 14, 2019•2 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Danny Schmidt , Chris Gill , Rorke Denver , Seth Morris , and Janis Putelis . Subjects discussed: More on the pros and cons of flip flops; getting your heel peeled off by an alligator’s back; Steve's annoyance with people being annoyed over people doing stupid things in a park; the immense hunting pressure in southern Colorado; strapping stuff to the outside of your truck; CO’s last grizzly; thru-hikers; elk feeds; the non-binary nature of hunting; and more. Connect wit...
Oct 07, 2019•2 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and Janis Putelis . Subjects discussed: Botching people’s names; blacksmithing; fishing with a single fly forever; 18 strands of white stallion tail; Steve being good at libraries; feeling the current with your testicles; taking kids fishing on the Crow reservation; riding out an avalanche and burying a dead friend; being an asshole when you start out and an asshole when you get back; Yvon in jail; Jani on karma; "Fuck Mars"; and more. C...
Sep 30, 2019•2 hr 56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Anthony Licata , Doug Duren , Ryan Callaghan , Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis . Subjects discussed: drinking curdled mother's milk from a calf's stomach; bluegills on dip; Steve's sebaceous cyst as fish bait; the Fort Keogh gate situation; clearing the air with Doug over CWD; Cal's bugles; crunch-pfff; what happens when an elk falls off a cliff; Matt “MacGyver” Rinella kills a bull with the button from his pants; hunting with a marching band; “it’s legal!”; and more. En...
Sep 23, 2019•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Greg Fonts , Alex Reynaud , George Scheidt , and Janis Putelis . Subjects discussed: How to free dive and read a reef; hole hunting; nibbling for curiosity; how to corner a ling cod; where grizzlies end and great white sharks begin; spearfishing as a way to find out everything that’s wrong with your body; vomiting coffee through your snorkel; the barely existing membrane separating Steve's brain and body; what exactly does “ground and pound” mean?; and more. Connect wit...
Sep 16, 2019•2 hr 45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with the author Tom McGuane , Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis . Subjects discussed: What to write on your gravestone; Tom's lifelong bond with Jimmy Buffett and Jim Harrison; is Jack Nicholson kind of a prick?; living with Marlon Brando; The Missouri Breaks; shooting into coveys; the profile of a "Fudd"; the relationship between biodiversity and active ranch land; before Key West became Key West; America as a people; becoming nobody on a windy porch; and more. Connect w...
Sep 09, 2019•2 hr 46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Rinella talks with Matt Ross , Ryan Furrer , Hank Forester , Mark Kenyon , and Janis Putelis . Subjects discussed: having kids by accident; Mark Kenyon’s “That Wild Country”; slunger and slow-walker as new synonyms for mondo; where quality deer management ends and trophy deer management begins; busting deer myths; Field to Fork ; when teeth start floating; and more. Plus, stay tuned for Steve’s special feature on the joint onX and TRCP report about state landlocked public lands . Connect ...
Sep 02, 2019•3 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
