Ep: 652: Hunting History

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.

14 Mars 20222h 6min

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.

7 Mars 20222h 34min

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.

2 Mars 202231min

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.

28 Feb 20222h 2min

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.

23 Feb 202240min

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.

21 Feb 20222h 4min

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.

14 Feb 20222h 25min

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.

9 Feb 202231min