MeatEater
Killer hunts. Killer food.
Hunter, author, cook and conservationist Steven Rinella treks into the world's most remote, beautiful regions, bringing game meat from field to table.
Seasons
1. Into the Clouds: Sitka Blacktail Deer
Air Date: 2012-01-01
Steve wants to hunt where few have hunted before. To gain access to pristine ground, he charters a float plane to drop him high in the Alpine zone of Alaska’s Coastal Rainforest at a little used landing spot. He plans to spend three days alone in the wild hunting for black tail deer. The primary challenges are steep and technically challenging terrain, drifting fog banks, and nearly incessant rain and snow. If he lands a black tail, Steve plans to cook up Rock-Pounded tenderloin to feast on before the float plane returns to bring him back to civilization.
2. The Sweetest Meat: Alaskan Black Bear
Air Date: 2012-01-08
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 accesible 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.
3. The Water's Edge: Waterfowl in Alaska
Air Date: 2012-04-15
For a waterfowler's dream hunt, Steven Rinella joins his friend, the wildlife biologist Brandt Meixell, on a river boat journey to some untouched Alaska wetlands in search ducks and geese. Using tactics ranging from decoy hunting to jump shooting, they try to fill their boat and their bellies with a constant supply of duck meat. Featured meal is willow-spit roasted whole duck.
4. The Rugged Peaks: Alaskan Mountain Goat
Air Date: 2012-04-08
Every year, a handful of hunters draw a permit to hunt the Mills Creek region 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.
5. Stalking the Grey Ghost: Arizona Coues Whitetail Deer
Air Date: 2012-01-15
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, chiles, and all the fixings to prepare fire-grilled heart tacos.
6. The New American Food Chain: Wild Pigs
Air Date: 2012-01-22
Wild Hogs can thrive almost anywhere - just like Steve. On this trip, Steven Rinella 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. Rinella will prepare a backcountry gourmet feast of Pork Loin roasted with Apples and Rosemary cooked in tinfoil over a fire.
7. Brotherhood, Badlands and Pack Llamas: Montana Mule Deer
Air Date: 2012-01-29
Along with a trio of cantankerous and 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.
8. The Roughest Country: Texas Aoudad Sheep
Air Date: 2012-03-11
Steven Rinella heads into the Texas backcountry 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.
9. Canyon Bottoms and Cookouts: Texas Javelina
Air Date: 2012-04-01
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.
10. Big Bucks and Small Game: Wisconsin Whitetail Deer
Air Date: 2012-04-22
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 cold upper reaches of the state. Featured meal is Butterflied Venison Steaks and Hassenpfeffer (Peppered Hare Stew).
1. Big Sky, Bigger Birds: Montana Wild Turkey
Air Date: 2012-07-01
Steven 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.
2. The Fair Chase: Arizona Mountain Lion
Air Date: 2012-07-08
America’s desert Southwest is a sharp, hard country of cactus, deep canyons, and big cats. Steven 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.
3. Crossing Borders: Mexican Bison
Air Date: 2012-07-15
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.
4. Strange Hunt in a Strange Land: New Zealand Red Stag
Air Date: 2012-10-14
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.
5. Bush Pig: New Zealand Wild Boar
Air Date: 2012-10-21
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.
6. The Top of the Bottom of the World: New Zealand Tahr (1)
Air Date: 2012-10-28
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.
7. The Top of the Bottom of the World: New Zealand Tahr (2)
Air Date: 2012-11-04
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.
8. Cooking Special: Giving Thanks
Air Date: 2012-11-18
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.
1. True North: Alaska North Slope Caribou
Air Date: 2013-01-06
Steve 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.
2. The Greatest Draw: Alaska Dall Sheep (1)
Air Date: 2013-01-13
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, Steve is dropped deep into the Tok backcountry. After a rugged hike through nasty weather, Steve’s skills and fortitude are tested against his elusive, high-climbing quarry.
3. The Greatest Draw: Alaska Dall Sheep (2)
Air Date: 2013-01-20
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.
4. Sonoran Superbirds: Mexico Gould’s Turkey
Air Date: 2013-01-27
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.
5. Cooking Special: Wild Game for the Big Game
Air Date: 2013-02-02
Steven Rinella prepares a collection of appetizers from animals harvested on recent MeatEater episodes for this "Big Game" cooking special. Featured dishes include tahr chili, Dall sheep sliders, Javelina tacos, and caribou sausage.
6. Straight Flush: Montana Mountain Grouse
Air Date: 2013-04-07
Steven Rinella and his friend Ronny Boehme drive into the mountains of southwest Montana to hunt the high ridge tops for dusky grouse. Featured meal is dusky grouse jalapeño poppers and grouse fettuccine with a white wine and cream sauce.
7. Meet the MeatEaters: Montana Crew Muley (1)
Air Date: 2013-04-14
In the first installment of this two-part behind-the-scenes MeatEater episode, Steven Rinella promises his crew he will provide them with some venison to share with their families for Thanksgiving Dinner.
8. Meet the MeatEaters: Montana Crew Muley (2)
Air Date: 2013-04-21
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?
9. First Timers: Montana Mule Deer featuring Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen (1)
Air Date: 2013-04-28
In this two-part episode, 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 Steven’s special guests are in for a memorable experience in some gorgeous country.
10. First Timers: Montana Mule Deer featuring Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen (2)
Air Date: 2013-05-05
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.
11. Skunk Pig: Mexico Javelina and Coyote
Air Date: 2013-10-06
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.
12. Swamp Stew: Michigan Bowfishing
Air Date: 2013-10-13
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.
13. The Wide Open: New Mexico Antelope
Air Date: 2013-10-20
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.
14. Primal Cuts: Bone-In Cooking Special
Air Date: 2013-10-27
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.
15. El Venado Blanco: Mexican Coues Deer
Air Date: 2013-11-03
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.
16. Clash of the Titans: Northern California Pig and Deer
Air Date: 2013-11-10
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.
1. Sea Bear: Alaska Spring Bear and Seafood
Air Date: 2014-01-09
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.
2. Full Boar: Whole Hog Cooking Special
Air Date: 2014-01-16
On a spring hunt in Florida Steven Rinella got his hands on a wild barred hog. In the field Steve demonstrates the best way to break a hog down and bring him home. Later, Steve and his good friend, chef Matt Weingarten, cook four preparations from the hog’s head, skin, trotters, muscle, and guts.
3. Bull By Boat: British Columbia Moose
Air Date: 2014-01-23
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.
4. Local Motion: Montana Bull Elk
Air Date: 2014-01-30
Steven Rinella 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?
5. The Northern Rockies: British Columbia Grizzly (1)
Air Date: 2014-02-06
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.
6. The Northern Rockies: British Columbia Grizzly (2)
Air Date: 2014-02-13
Steve 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.
7. Opening Day: Wisconsin Whitetail (1)
Air Date: 2014-02-20
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.
8. Opening Day: Wisconsin Whitetail (2)
Air Date: 2014-02-27
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. Steven Rinella 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.
9. Spring Beak: Florida Osceola Turkey
Air Date: 2014-03-06
Steven Rinella and his friend, Robert Abernathy, 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.
10. Boone and Bugles: Kentucky Bull Elk
Air Date: 2014-07-31
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.
11. Cold Water: Alaskan Seafood Cooking Special
Air Date: 2014-08-07
After a spring bear hunt near his cabin on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, Steven Rinella 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 the kitchen, Steve creates a handful of dishes—both traditional and not-so-traditional—that take full advantage of that irreplaceable flavor of wild-caught seafood.
12. Big Buck Dreams: Mule Deer Special
Air Date: 2014-08-14
Set against his annual muley hunt, this year in southwest Colorado, Steven Rinella takes to the lectern and fills us in about his favorite critter, the mule deer. As Steve hunts he will share his vast knowledge about the species, how to hunt it, how to butcher it, and most importantly, how to cook and eat it.
13. Surf n Turk: Wisconsin Turkey and Carp
Air Date: 2014-08-21
Steven Rinella scratches his spring turkey itch this year 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.
14. The Best Start: Wild Game Breakfast Cooking Special
Air Date: 2014-08-28
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but is often overlooked by wild game cooks at home. Following a series of successful hunts across North America this past fall, Steven Rinella demonstrates how to cook a variety of breakfast classics using wild game ingredients—including black bear bacon, which Steve has never tried before.
15. Gila Monster: New Mexico Bull Elk
Air Date: 2014-09-04
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.
16. Hearts of Darkness: Ticker Cooking Special
Air Date: 2014-09-11
While it’s considered a long-standing hunting tradition to eat the heart of your first kill, the heart is otherwise often underutilized in a wild game chef’s repertoire. Using the hearts from a wild boar, mule deer, caribou, moose and elk, Steven Rinella shares five of his favorite methods of preparing this underappreciated, nutrient-rich muscle.
17. Alaska Bear Hunt with Rorke Denver (1)
Air Date: 2014-09-18
Masters of their respective fields, Steven Rinella will take Navy SEAL Rorke Denver deep into the Alaskan backcountry 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.
18. Alaska Bear Hunt with Rorke Denver (2)
Air Date: 2014-09-25
The Alaskan backcountry 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.
1. Yukon Giants: Northern Alaska Moose (1)
Air Date: 2015-01-08
Alone for 10 days in Alaska's Brooks Range, Steve and wildlife biologist Brandt Maxwell hunt their primary target, the big-antlered Yukon moose.
2. Yukon Giants: Northern Alaska Moose (2)
Air Date: 2015-01-15
After ten days, Steve and Brandt have taken just one missed shot, but fortune smiles on them during their last day in the Alaskan wilderness.
3. Deer the Hard Way: Prince of Wales Island featuring Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen
Air Date: 2015-01-22
Comedians Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen keep the mood light as they join Steve for some Sitka blacktail deer hunting in the mountains of Alaska.
4. Burger Extravaganza: Cooking Special
Air Date: 2015-01-29
Tackling the subject of ground game meat, Steve shares recipes from his "Wild Game Cookbook" sure to improve any chef's burgers, meatloaf and more.
5. Welcome to the Jungle: Adventures in Bolivia (1)
Air Date: 2015-02-05
Deep in the Amazon of Bolivia, Steve joins the region's tribal Tsimane people for hunting, foraging and catfish wrestling along the Casare River.
6. Welcome to the Jungle: Adventures in Bolivia (2)
Air Date: 2015-02-12
Steve heads into the jungle for exciting nighttime hunting with the Tsimane that brings him face-to-face with a threshold he vowed never to cross.
7. Welcome to the Jungle: Adventures in Bolivia (3)
Air Date: 2015-02-19
After gathering venison and fish by bow, Steve learns about meat care in a hot and humid locale, then bids farewell to the Tsimane with a banquet.
8. About Time: Helen and Brittany Elk Hunt in Montana
Air Date: 2015-02-26
After two years working on the show, "MeatEater" producers Brittany and Helen get licensed and trained for a cow elk hunt in northern Montana.
9. Sky Island Solitare: Backpack Hunting Coues Deer in Arizona
Air Date: 2015-03-05
Steve embarks on a quiet solo hunt in southern Arizona to stalk the wary and elusive Coues deer and savor some rare alone time in the desert.
10. Ribeye of the Sky: Sandhill Cranes in West Texas
Air Date: 2015-03-12
With fellow bird hunter Ronny Boehme and wildlife biologist Ed Arnett, Steve hunts surprisingly delicious sandhill cranes near Lubbock, Texas.
11. The Coldest Hunt: Nunivak Island Muskox
Air Date: 2015-03-19
Beating the odds, Steve draws a muskox tag to replace the one he forfeited years earlier, and departs for chilly Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea.
12. Gobbling: California Turkeys with Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen
Air Date: 2015-03-26
On a wild turkey hunt in California, Steve demonstrates ways of bagging and cooking the beloved bird, and makes his favorite turkey dish: schnitzel.
13. Unconventional: Alaska Sooty Grouse (1)
Air Date: 2015-04-02
Having once heard the distinctive hoot of the sooty grouse outside of Ketchikan, Alaska, Steve returns for three days of challenging bird-stalking.
14. Unconventional: Alaska Sooty Grouse (2)
Air Date: 2015-04-09
Steve enlists the aid of passionate sooty grouse hunter Barbara Gabier to help him puzzle through the complexities of this unconventional prey.
15. Wild to Table: MeatEater Memorable Meals Cooking Special
Air Date: 2015-04-16
Over an open campfire, Steve demonstrates three different outdoor methods of preparing and cooking trout, ranging from savage to sophisticated.
16. Up at the Cabin: Prince of Wales Island Black Bear with Paul Neess
Air Date: 2015-04-23
Returning to his hunting shack on Prince of Wales Island, Steve uses a canoe to quietly slip up on his exciting but dangerous prey: giant black bears.
1. Southern Traditions: Virginia Doves
Air Date: 2016-01-14
After a day practicing on clays with shotguns before hunting for game in Virginia, Steve demonstrates easy grilling techniques for dove and pigeon.
2. Mountain Meditation: British Columbia Grizzly Bear
Air Date: 2016-01-21
Steve joins a grizzly bear hunt in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and prepares a delicious feast, despite inclement weather.
3. Lobster of the Prairie: Wyoming Antelope
Air Date: 2016-01-28
While hunting in Wyoming, Steve disproves common myths about antelope and shares information about proper hunting and meat preservation techniques.
4. Land of the Giants: Idaho Mule Deer (1)
Air Date: 2016-02-04
Steve and Ryan head into the mountains of Idaho to backpack hunt in their quest to bag a beast with a mighty reputation: the giant mule deer buck.
5. Land of the Giants: Idaho Mule Deer (2)
Air Date: 2016-02-11
The quest for a giant mule deer buck in Idaho continues as Steve and Ryan get closer to their prey -- and the slow-cooked roast of their dreams.
6. Cooking Special: Butchering a Whole Deer
Air Date: 2016-02-18
Steve walks viewers through the complex process of breaking down a whole whitetail deer, transforming it into steaks, roasts, shanks and more.
7. Duren Deer Camp: Wisconsin Whitetail with Helen and Brittnay (1)
Air Date: 2016-02-25
After tuning up their shooting skills by taking aim at squirrels, Helen and Brittany hunt whitetail deer in Wisconsin with Steve and guide Doug Duren.
8. Duren Deer Camp: Wisconsin Whitetail with Helen and Brittnay (2)
Air Date: 2016-03-03
Helen and Brittany both get shots at Duren farm whitetail bucks, followed by a campfire hobo dinner that brings a close to their Wisconsin adventure.
9. Steve Makes the Team: Kentucky Small Game
Air Date: 2016-08-11
Kentucky hunters and their dogs take Steve hunting for gray squirrels and cottontails, yielding a meal of biscuits, gravy and fried small game.
10. A Trip of Firsts: Mexico Coues Deer
Air Date: 2016-08-18
Steve and Janis head to the Sonoran Mountains of Mexico to hunt the elusive Coues deer & javelina.
11. Lone Star Pork: Texas Hog
Air Date: 2016-08-25
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.
12. Trapped in History: Wyoming Beaver
Air Date: 2016-09-01
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.
13. Cooking Special: Smoked Meats with Eduardo Garcia
Air Date: 2016-09-08
Steven's appetite and recipe book are ready to collaborate with chef Eduardo Garcia, who helps him cook whitefish empanadas, muskox tongue and more.
14. Mountain Memories: Montana Bear
Air Date: 2016-09-22
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.
15. Living Off the Water: Kentucky Fish
Air Date: 2016-09-29
Set lines, limb lines, trot lines, turtle traps, bows and arrows, they all make it out onto the Kentucky water with MeatEaters Steven Rinella & Kevin Murphy.
16. Conservation History: New Mexico Turkey
Air Date: 2016-10-16
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.
1. Nevada Mule Deer with Joe Rogan
Air Date: 2018-10-02
Actor and comedian Joe Rogan joins Steve on a bowhunting expedition to the Great Basin of Nevada for skittish quarry: the high desert mule deer.
2. Alaska Moose (1)
Air Date: 2018-10-02
Steve's friends Janis and Papa Janis join Steve on a moose and caribou hunt in east-central Alaska that's the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.
3. Alaska Moose (2)
Air Date: 2018-10-02
After early success on their moose and caribou hunt in Alaska, wild game has eluded Steve's party, so he and Janis decide it's time to take action.
4. Prince of Wales: Fishing and Deer
Air Date: 2018-10-02
On Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, Steve and former producer Morgan Fallon go fishing, stalk Sitka blacktail deer, and prepare a delicious feast.
5. Wyoming Sage Grouse
Air Date: 2018-10-02
Steve and his buddy Ronny Boehme head to southeast Wyoming, where they shoot clays with Gov. Matt Mead before heading out on a sage grouse hunt.
6. Prince of Wales: Sitka Blacktail Deer (1)
Air Date: 2018-10-02
Steve hunts Sitka blacktails on Prince of Wales Island with his friends Ryan and Mark but ends up with a dinner of fried sea cucumbers.
7. Prince of Wales: Sitka Blacktail Deer (2)
Air Date: 2018-10-02
Steve and his buddies Ryan and Mark have better luck splitting up as they continue their quest for a Sitka blacktail deer at the start of the rut.
8. Remi and Steve, Elk Hunting Again
Air Date: 2018-10-02
During the cold closing days of elk season, Steve ascends thousands of feet into the Bitterroot Mountains of Western Montana, seeking a legal bull.
9. Guyana (1)
Air Date: 2018-10-02
On an angling expedition along the Rewa River in Guyana, Steve and his Macushi guides catch exotic species such as black piranha and vampire fish.
10. Guyana (2)
Air Date: 2018-10-02
Continuing on his Guyana voyage, Steve, with guides Rovin and Dennis, goes deep for redtail catfish then learns to craft arrows with curassow feathers.
11. Guyana (3)
Air Date: 2018-10-02
In the third and final leg of his Guyana journey, Steve and his party portage their boats around rapids to bow-fish for pacu, an herbivorous piranha.
12. Colorado Mule Deer with Brody Henderson
Air Date: 2018-10-02
In Colorado's White River National Forest, Steve and his friend Brody Henderson chase mule deer through aspen groves, then taste-test their harvests.
13. The Hanging Tree: Afognak Island Elk
Air Date: 2018-10-02
Steve and his friend Remi Warren stalk Roosevelt elk on Afognak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, but inclement weather proves a significant obstacle.
14. Fortymile Caribou (1)
Air Date: 2018-10-02
Along with two buddies from the midwest, Steve flies into the wilderness of remote east-central Alaska to hunt during the Fortymile caribou migration.
15. Fortymile Caribou (2)
Air Date: 2018-10-02
Steve continues his hunt with friends Doug and Mark for Fortymile caribou during the herd's winter migration, culminating in a camp-stove fondue.
16. Wild Game Master Class
Air Date: 2018-10-02
Steve spends an episode in the kitchen demonstrating how to prepare several of his favorite game dishes that include turkey, trout, dove, and venison.
17. Idaho Mountain Lion
Air Date: 2018-10-02
Steve heads to the panhandle of Idaho to join wildlife biologist and dedicated houndsman Bart George for a mountain lion hunt. Bruce Dunkin, Bart’s mentor and hunting buddy, joins the crew as they attempt to cut a cat’s track and let the dogs loose for a hunt in the deep timber of the Idaho mountains.
1. The Mud and The Trees
Air Date: 2019-10-18
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.
2. Blue Mountain Bugles
Air Date: 2019-10-18
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.
3. Ghosts of the Chesapeake (1)
Air Date: 2019-10-18
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.
4. Ghosts of the Chesapeake (2)
Air Date: 2019-10-18
The sika deer hunt in the marshes of the Chesapeake Bay yields better results -- and some delicious venison -- once muzzleloader-rifle season opens.
5. Turkey Troubles
Air Date: 2019-10-18
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.
6. Borderland Bucks (1)
Air Date: 2019-10-18
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.
7. Borderland Bucks (2)
Air Date: 2019-10-18
The Coues deer hunt in Mexico continues, and the ranch chef shows the crew how to make fresh chili colorado tamales with venison.
8. Walking The Clouds
Air Date: 2019-10-18
Steve flies with his brother Danny to the alpine ridges of Alaska, where they stalk Dall sheep while marveling at the stark beauty of the landscape.
1. South Texas Redfish and Flounder
Air Date: 2020-09-23
Steve and chef Jesse Griffiths target redfish and sea trout with guide JT Van Zandt and flounder with Captain David Dupnik and end up with a feast.
2. South Texas Nilgai
Air Date: 2020-09-23
Now on dry land, Steve and Jesse hunt nilgai, a large Indian antelope. The successful duo butcher a beast and dig into unique nose-to-tail dishes.
3. Wyoming Mule Deer (1)
Air Date: 2020-09-23
On horseback, Steve heads into the Wyoming backcountry to stalk mule deer with Janis Putelis and Adam Weatherby. Snowfall complicates the hunt.
4. Wyoming Mule Deer (2)
Air Date: 2020-09-23
Still looking for game in Wyoming, Janis resorts to a mule deer drive. The trio use a discarded oven rack to help them prepare venison ribs.
5. Colorado Elk
Air Date: 2020-09-23
Steve draws a coveted muzzleloader elk tag in Colorado's San Juan Mountains. But the expedition is sabotaged by the gear, wind and rival hunters.
6. South Dakota Ducks
Air Date: 2021-02-16
In the flooded cornfields of northeastern South Dakota, Steven finds the ideal conditions for duck hunting with Cal and waterfowl expert Sean Weaver.
7. Colorado Mule Deer: Baseball and Bucks
Air Date: 2021-02-16
Record-breaking New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso fulfills a dream by hunting mule deer with Steven at a private ranch in Southern Colorado.
8. Montana Black Bear and Turkey: Spring Opportunities
Air Date: 2021-02-16
Traveling by pack mule, Steven heads into the wilds of Western Montana with his friend Clay Newcomb in search of wild turkey and black bear.
9. Alaska Fish: Exploring the Waters of Southeast Alaska
Air Date: 2021-02-16
Steve and Janis visit the fish shack in Alaska to trap crabs and shrimp, dive for sea cucumbers and scallops, and hook some halibut and black cod.
10. Alaska Moose: The Guide Life
Air Date: 2021-02-16
Homesteader and outfitter Buck Bowden comes out of retirement to guide Steve on a nine-day moose hunt down 40 miles of a pristine Alaska river.
1. Wyoming Pronghorn with Luke Combs
Air Date: 2021-09-29
Accompanied by country music star Luke Combs, Steven stalks pronghorn on the plains of Wyoming but encounters an unusual obstacle: a flock of sheep.
2. High Country Mountain Goat
Air Date: 2021-09-29
On an alpine mountain goat hunt in the Rockies, Steven and guest Kurt Racicot discover that whiteout conditions make their elusive prey tough to spot.
3. Lone Star Whitetails
Air Date: 2021-09-29
At a South Texas ranch, Steven and Clay Newcomb host wild-game chef Jesse Griffiths, who turns their white-tailed venison into five flavorful dishes.
4. Flash In The Pan
Air Date: 2021-09-29
Steven embarks on what he deems a "humbling, humiliating" hunt for deer during Pennsylvania's flintlock season, using 18th-century firearms.
5. Hillbilly Heaven
Air Date: 2021-09-29
In Northwest Arkansas, Steven travels on muleback into the Ozarks with Clay Newcomb and Janis Putelis to hunt squirrels by day and raccoons by night.
6. Hawaii Feral Goats and Wahoo
Air Date: 2022-02-02
The targets abound when Steven hunts feral goats on the Big Island of Hawaii, then picks up a rod to fish for wahoo and gray snapper offshore.
7. Spearfishing the Big Island
Air Date: 2022-02-02
Spearfishing champion and chef Kimi Werner hosts Steven and Cal on a dive off the Kona coast of Hawaii that results in a feast of seafood delicacies.
8. South Carolina Turkeys
Air Date: 2022-02-02
A wild turkey hunt in the challenging swamps of South Carolina turns into a success when biologist and conservationist Robert Abernethy guides Steven.
9. New Mexico Archery Elk
Air Date: 2022-02-02
Steven packs his bow for an elk-hunting trip into New Mexico's Lincoln National Forest with expert caller Jason Phelps, who bugles up some big bulls.
10. New Mexico Ibex
Air Date: 2022-02-02
Steven and Jeremy Romero stalk the States' sole population of free-range Persian ibex, an exotic species imported into New Mexico during the 1970s.
1. Southeast Alaska Blacktail Deer
Air Date: 2022-10-26
Steve and Evan Hafer struggle to find blacktail deer on Alaska's Prince of Wales Island.
2. Nebraska Whitetails
Air Date: 2022-11-02
Steve and Clay Newcomb visit Jordan Budd for a guided Nebraska whitetail trip.
3. Louisiana Ducks
Air Date: 2022-11-09
Steve and Jean-Paul Bourgeois visit Ronnie Collins in Louisiana for some backwater duck hunting.
4. New Mexico Turkey
Air Date: 2022-11-16
Steve and Karl Malcolm explore the Gila Wilderness while hunting for wild turkeys.
5. Louisiana Spearfishing
Air Date: 2022-11-23
Steve and Greg Fonts spearfish for red snapper, cobia, and triple tail off oil rigs in the Gulf Coast.
6. Hawaii Hogs and Sheep
Air Date: 2022-11-30
Steve and Ryan Callaghan hunt for wild hogs and feral sheep with Danny Bolton.
7. Hawaii Spearfishing
Air Date: 2022-12-07
Steve and Ryan Callaghan meet with Kimi Werner and Danny Bolton on the Big Island to dive in the deep blue for Mahi Mahi and Wahoo.
8. Alaska Moose
Air Date: 2022-12-14
Steve and Clay Newcomb travel to the wilds of interior Alaska for moose.
1. Alaska Black Bear
Air Date: 2023-10-12
Steve takes Randall Williams and Clay Newcomb to his fish shack to hunt for black bears.
2. Montana Elk
Air Date: 2023-10-12
Steve hunts for elk in Montana with Garrett Long and Cory Calkins.
3. Michigan Squirrels and Rabbits
Air Date: 2023-10-12
Steve hunts for squirrels and rabbits with Guy Zuck and Kevin Murphy.
4. Idaho Mule Deer
Air Date: 2023-10-12
Steve and Jason Phelps hunt for mule deer in Idaho.
5. Florida Osceola Turkey
Air Date: 2023-10-12
Steve hunts for Osceola Turkeys in Florida with Janis Putelis and Richard Martinez.
6. Bahamas Spearfishing
Air Date: 2023-10-12
Steve joins Kimi Werner and Cameron Kirkconnell for a spearfishing adventure in the Bahamas.
1. Louisiana Spearfishing and Bowfishing
Air Date: 2025-10-20
Steven Rinella returns to the coast of Louisiana to spearfish and bowfish with Ronnie Collins and Greg Fonts. With ideal conditions, Steve receives a last minute invitation from Ronnie to spearfish during the reintroduced spring Amberjack season. Afterwards, the crew stays up for a late evening of bowfishing for red drum. Presented by Ram and Can-Am
2. Montana Muzzleloader Hunt
Air Date: 2025-10-27
Steven Rinella takes on Montana’s week-long big game heritage season with a traditional muzzleloader. With flintlock in hand, Steve’s after mule deer in a desolate and broken sage brush landscape. After a long few months of evading hunters, these deer have perfected how to stay alive. But stalking a deer into range isn’t the only hurdle to navigate.
3. Texas Turkeys & Hog Hunting with Luke Combs
Air Date: 2025-11-03
Steven Rinella returns to the Yturria Ranch in south Texas, this time, to hunt turkeys and pigs with country musician Luke Combs. Their plans to chase the spring thunder shifts as the weather has a different idea.
4. Alaska Black Bear with Evan Felker
Air Date: 2025-11-10
Steven Rinella heads deep into the Alaskan backcountry to hunt black bears with Evan Felker of Turnpike Troubadours. Other than a Colorado elk hunt a few years ago, Evan has not hunted in a rugged western landscape like this before. Both Steve and Evan are holding bear tags and this remote trip is guaranteed to have a mix of adventure and pursuit.
5. Steven Rinella's First Trip to Africa
Air Date: 2025-11-17
Steve travels to Tanzania for his first African safari with professional hunter, Morgan Potter. In this episode, Morgan and his team show Steve the ropes of hunting in this foreign terrain for otherworldly big game species.
6. Dangerous Game
Air Date: 2025-11-24
Steven Rinella continues his African safari with his guide, Morgan Potter, and his team of trackers. After encountering a couple of the world’s most deadliest snakes, they get back on track to find Steve a cape buffalo.
7. We Can Do Better: Hunting Sable & Warthog
Air Date: 2025-12-01
In the final episode of our three-part Africa series, Steve pursues the sable and warthog that have eluded him so far, explores the local cuisine, and shares a home-cooked dinner with a ranger and his family.
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Rating
8.1/10
Release Date
2012-01-01
Episodes
150 (13 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
Zero Point Zero