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#1 - Sea Bear: Alaska Spring Bear and Seafood
S4:E11/9/2014
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.
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9.1/10(8 votes)
#2 - Bush Pig: New Zealand Wild Boar
S2:E510/21/2012
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.
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9.1/10(8 votes)
#3 - Cooking Special: Giving Thanks
S2:E811/18/2012
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.
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9.1/10(7 votes)
#4 - Land of the Giants: Idaho Mule Deer (2)
S6:E52/11/2016
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.
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9.0/10(9 votes)
#5 - Primal Cuts: Bone-In Cooking Special
S3:E1410/27/2013
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.
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9.0/10(6 votes)
#6 - Full Boar: Whole Hog Cooking Special
S4:E21/16/2014
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.
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#7 - Up at the Cabin: Prince of Wales Island Black Bear with Paul Neess
S5:E164/23/2015
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.
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9.0/10(5 votes)
#8 - Cooking Special: Smoked Meats with Eduardo Garcia
S6:E139/8/2016
Steven's appetite and recipe book are ready to collaborate with chef Eduardo Garcia, who helps him cook whitefish empanadas, muskox tongue and more.
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8.9/10(8 votes)
#9 - South Texas Redfish and Flounder
S9:E19/23/2020
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.
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8.8/10(9 votes)
#10 - Strange Hunt in a Strange Land: New Zealand Red Stag
S2:E410/14/2012
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.
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8.8/10(8 votes)
#11 - The Top of the Bottom of the World: New Zealand Tahr (1)
S2:E610/28/2012
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.
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8.8/10(8 votes)
#12 - The Top of the Bottom of the World: New Zealand Tahr (2)
S2:E711/4/2012
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.
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8.8/10(8 votes)
#13 - The Greatest Draw: Alaska Dall Sheep (1)
S3:E21/13/2013
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, 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.
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8.8/10(9 votes)
#14 - Sonoran Superbirds: Mexico Gould’s Turkey
S3:E41/27/2013
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.
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8.8/10(8 votes)
#15 - Cooking Special: Wild Game for the Big Game
S3:E52/2/2013
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.
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8.8/10(8 votes)
#16 - Straight Flush: Montana Mountain Grouse
S3:E64/7/2013
Steven Rinella and his friend Ronny Boehme drive into the mountains of southwest Montana to hunt the high ridge tops for dusky grouse. Featured meal is dusky grouse jalapeño poppers and grouse fettuccine with a white wine and cream sauce.
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8.8/10(11 votes)
#17 - First Timers: Montana Mule Deer featuring Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen (1)
S3:E94/28/2013
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.
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8.8/10(10 votes)
#18 - First Timers: Montana Mule Deer featuring Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen (2)
S3:E105/5/2013
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.
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8.8/10(8 votes)
#19 - The Wide Open: New Mexico Antelope
S3:E1310/20/2013
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.
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8.8/10(5 votes)
#20 - Big Buck Dreams: Mule Deer Special
S4:E128/14/2014
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.
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8.8/10(6 votes)
#21 - Trapped in History: Wyoming Beaver
S6:E129/1/2016
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.
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8.7/10(24 votes)
#22 - Into the Clouds: Sitka Blacktail Deer
S1:E11/1/2012
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.
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8.7/10(7 votes)
#23 - El Venado Blanco: Mexican Coues Deer
S3:E1511/3/2013
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.
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8.7/10(7 votes)
#24 - The Northern Rockies: British Columbia Grizzly (1)
S4:E52/6/2014
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.
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8.7/10(6 votes)
#25 - The Northern Rockies: British Columbia Grizzly (2)
S4:E62/13/2014
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.
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