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Six Things I Learned On My First Baited Bear Hunt
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Black Bear

Six Things I Learned On My First Baited Bear Hunt

Janis Putelis
Hunters debate the validity of baiting black bears (or any game for that matter) all the time. Baiting often raises questions of sportsmanship or fair chase, but it might not be as black and white of an issue as hunters sometimes make it. I’ve only hunted over bait a few times—for deer and pigs in...

Recipes

Steve Rinella's Venison Meatloaf
Raw wild-game meatloaf in loaf pan with spinach, cheese sticks and pine nuts; bowl of seasoned meat and mustard.

Steve Rinella's Venison Meatloaf

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Pemmican: The Original Hunter’s Trail Food
Three venison and cranberry snack bars with chopped nuts on a wooden board

Pemmican: The Original Hunter’s Trail Food

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Venison Shepherd’s Pie
Cast-iron shepherd's pie topped with mashed potatoes and herbs, spoon revealing venison filling

Venison Shepherd’s Pie

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All-Purpose Garlicky Wild Game Meatballs
Raw seasoned meatballs neatly arranged on a metal baking sheet

All-Purpose Garlicky Wild Game Meatballs

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Pan-Roasted Pheasant
Pan-roasted pheasant with red grapes and shallots in a brown pan sauce

Pan-Roasted Pheasant

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MeatEater Logowear
Man at a bar wearing a brown hoodie with back text "I'D RATHER BE HUNTING HUGE BUCKS" and deer graphic

MeatEater Logowear

First Lite Forge Waders
Hunter in camouflage waders blowing a duck call, holding shotgun; black lab seated on a blind

First Lite Forge Waders

Optics
Man aiming scoped rifle mounted on tripod outdoors at a shooting range

Optics

American Buffalo Jerky
MEATEATER AMERICAN BUFFALO bison jerky bag reading "BISON JERKY CLASSIC PEPPERED" held by a man

American Buffalo Jerky

Knives
Two orange-handled knives on engraved wooden cutting board reading MEATEATER

Knives

FOB Bino Harness System
Hunter in camouflage and orange vest lying on hillside, looking through binoculars; FHF Gear chest pack

FOB Bino Harness System

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MeatEater Roasts

Cory v Rick | The Scotch Egg Skirmish

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Can You Eat a Merganser?
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Can You Eat a Merganser?

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Talladega to Treestand

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Alex v Nate | Can Veterans Cook More Than MRE's?

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Gambler 500
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Cal In the Field

Gambler 500

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Kansas Coyotes with Decoy Dogs
Hunter aiming a scoped rifle at a barking coyote in grass; text "KANSAS COYOTES WITH DECOY DOGS"
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Kansas Coyotes with Decoy Dogs

Brent Reaves
Freelance Honkers in Montana
Four hunters in camouflage holding geese in snowy field, text: BEST GOOSE HUNT OF THE SEASON
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Waterfowl Hunting with Flying V

Freelance Honkers in Montana

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THE AMERICAN WEST WITH DAN FLORES — EP.22 NEW WEST, MODERN WEST, PUBLIC LANDS WEST. Men with mics seated in canyon

The American West

Ep. 22: New West, Modern West, Public Lands West

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Wired To Hunt

Ep. 1011: Foundations - Smarter Hunters or Dumber Deer?

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Cal Of The Wild

Ep. 453: Underpants Poacher, Old Bear Attacks, and the District of Columbia

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This Country Life

Ep. 424: This Country Life - The Arkansas Traveler

Ep. 837: This Episode is Called "It's the Third-to-Last Episode" | MeatEater Radio Live!
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The MeatEater Podcast

Ep. 837: This Episode is Called "It's the Third-to-Last Episode" | MeatEater Radio Live!

Latest Games

Fishing, Vol. 10
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Meateater Turtle

Fishing, Vol. 10

Spencer Neuharth
Score to Beat: 4 Guesses | 1m 19s
Freshwater Fish, Vol. 1
Painted lily-pad pond with pink waterlilies, weeping willows, and reflected sky

Meateater Word Search

Freshwater Fish, Vol. 1

Spencer Neuharth
Score to Beat: 4m 32s
Animals, Vol. 11
Forest path through tall blue-green trees with pink petals on the ground, MeatEater logo top-right

Meateater Crossword

Animals, Vol. 11

Spencer Neuharth
Score to Beat: 260 | 0m 27s
Nature, Vol. 11
Painting of a river with flowing water, trees and cloudy sky; MeatEater logo

Meateater Turtle

Nature, Vol. 11

Spencer Neuharth
Score to Beat: 3 Guesses | 1m 1s