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31-Day Elk Hunt: Part 3, Coming Home

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Elk

31-Day Elk Hunt: Part 3, Coming Home

This is the third and final installment of a three-part elk hunting story by FHF founder, Paul Lewis. You can read the first and second segments here. I slid behind the rifle, scanning the dark timber. Silence reclaimed the woods. Then, suddenly, he was just there. He didn't walk out of the trees so...

Tennessee Poacher Receives Lifetime Hunting Ban

Wildlife Management

Tennessee Poacher Receives Lifetime Hunting Ban

Alice Jones Webb

Contagious Cancer Discovered in Vermont Catfish

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Wildlife Management

Contagious Cancer Discovered in Vermont Catfish

The USFS Wants to Alter the Travel Management Rule

Public Lands & Waters

The USFS Wants to Alter the Travel Management Rule

Louisiana Opens New Black-Bellied Whistling Duck Season

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Wildlife Management

Louisiana Opens New Black-Bellied Whistling Duck Season

Kennedy O'Leary

Featured Gear

MeatEater Logowear

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MeatEater Logowear

MeatEater Grocery Game Bags

MeatEater Grocery Game Bags

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Optics

Introducing Borah Rainwear from First Lite

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Introducing Borah Rainwear from First Lite

FOB Bino Harness System

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FOB Bino Harness System

Books & Cookbooks

THE MEATEATER Fish and Game Cookbook; MEAT EATER Adventures From the Life of an American Hunter — STEVEN RINELLA

Books & Cookbooks

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Recipes

Grilled Venison Kofta Kebab

Grilled Venison Kofta Kebab

The Only Venison Breakfast Sausage Recipe You Need

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The Only Venison Breakfast Sausage Recipe You Need

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Braised Venison Shanks Osso Buco

Raw cross-cut shanks with exposed marrow and rosemary and thyme on a white cutting board

Braised Venison Shanks Osso Buco

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Thai Lettuce Cups

Thai-style venison lettuce cups on plate with cooked minced venison in skillet

Thai Lettuce Cups

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Venison Smash Gyros

Venison gyro in pita with smashed patty, tomato, red onion, lettuce and yogurt sauce; cast-iron skillet with pita

Venison Smash Gyros

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Featured Videos

Brent's Dream Moose Hunt

42:12

12 in '26

Brent's Dream Moose Hunt

S01 E07

Big Bites in Tough Bass Conditions

22:48

Fish EDU

Big Bites in Tough Bass Conditions

S02 E02

Filling Freezers Buck Truck Style

25:33

The Element

Filling Freezers Buck Truck Style

S04 E04

Montana Bear & Turkey: Spring Opportunities

31:51

MeatEater

Montana Bear & Turkey: Spring Opportunities

S09 E08

How to Find Trophy Walleyes in Nasty Weather

23:54

Fish EDU

How to Find Trophy Walleyes in Nasty Weather

S02 E01

Grandma's Dream Elk Hunt

40:11

The Element

Grandma's Dream Elk Hunt

S04 E03

New Mexico Archery Elk

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29:28

MeatEater

New Mexico Archery Elk

S10 E09

Latest Podcasts

Ep. 1065: What Would Mike Rex Do?

Wired To Hunt

Ep. 1065: What Would Mike Rex Do?

Ep. 923: Wild Horse (Mis)Management, Dr. Randall Hunts Austria, and Fishing as a Constitutional Right

The MeatEater Podcast

Ep. 923: Wild Horse (Mis)Management, Dr. Randall Hunts Austria, and Fishing as a Constitutional Right

Ep. 494: Your Most Important Gear - Your Body

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Bear Grease

Ep. 494: Your Most Important Gear - Your Body

Ep. 922: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CCXXXI

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The MeatEater Podcast

Ep. 922: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CCXXXI

Ep. 1064: Foundations - Rich Deer, Poor Deer

Hunter drawing a bow in woods; overlay text "WIRED TO HUNT FOUNDATIONS with TONY PETERSON"; left text "MEATEATER PODCAST NETWORK"

Wired To Hunt

Ep. 1064: Foundations - Rich Deer, Poor Deer

Ep. 490: Turtle Poaching, Disaster in Big Bend, and What's Next for the Boundary Waters

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MeatEater Conservation

Ep. 490: Turtle Poaching, Disaster in Big Bend, and What's Next for the Boundary Waters

Latest Games

Animals, Vol. 14

Meateater Turtle

Animals, Vol. 14

Spencer Neuharth

Score to Beat: 4 Guesses | 2m 11s

Bow Brands, Vol. 1

Meateater Word Search

Bow Brands, Vol. 1

Spencer Neuharth

Score to Beat: 0m 23s

Outdoors, Vol. 21

Meateater Crossword

Outdoors, Vol. 21

Spencer Neuharth

Score to Beat: 260 | 0m 29s

Nature, Vol. 18

Meateater Turtle

Nature, Vol. 18

Spencer Neuharth

Score to Beat: 4 Guesses | 2m 15s

Latest Articles

31-Day Elk Hunt: Part 2, Bad Luck and Good Buddies

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Elk

31-Day Elk Hunt: Part 2, Bad Luck and Good Buddies

Ask Wired to Hunt: Mechanical or Fixed Blade Broadheads?

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Gear

Ask Wired to Hunt: Mechanical or Fixed Blade Broadheads?

Tony J. Peterson

Fisherman Discovered Two Friends Entombed in Car for 45 Years in Wisconsin Lake: Part Two

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Public Lands & Waters

Fisherman Discovered Two Friends Entombed in Car for 45 Years in Wisconsin Lake: Part Two

Hunter Sets Florida Python Challenge Record with 96 Snakes

Wildlife Management

Hunter Sets Florida Python Challenge Record with 96 Snakes

Kennedy O'Leary

Is CWD A Silent Fawn Killer?

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Manage

Is CWD A Silent Fawn Killer?

Kaitlin Lospinoso

Are Suppressors Now Legal to Buy Over the Counter? Sort Of. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Firearms

Are Suppressors Now Legal to Buy Over the Counter? Sort Of. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Franchi .308 MULE Review: A Workhorse Rifle That Breaks the Rules

Gun Reviews

Franchi .308 MULE Review: A Workhorse Rifle That Breaks the Rules

31-Day Elk Hunt: Part 1, Family Ties

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Elk

31-Day Elk Hunt: Part 1, Family Ties