Ep. 1: Steven Rinella
The Hunting Collective
MeatEater
4.5 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2018
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
On the first episode of The Hunting Collective, I’m joined by the great Steven Rinella. You probably already know him by now, whether it’s as an author, public speaker, host of MeatEater TV or the MeatEater podcast. No matter how you’ve discovered his work, there’s no doubt that you’ve benefitted from Rinella’s take on hunting.
I first met Rinella in 2011 on the heels of the debut of his Travel Channel show The Wild Within. Back then, his name was fresh, and his approach to presenting hunting to the mainstream was even more so. His pragmatic style centered on a cultural and historical exploration of wild animals, the land they inhabit, and a keen sense of who we are as hunters. The years that followed built Rinella’s presence in the hunting world and turned him into something more: a simple but authoritative voice that both speaks clearly to hunters and rings true to even the most ardent skeptics. That’s why he’s the perfect first guest for this podcast. I hope The Hunting Collective can mirror Rinella’s path. So join Steve and I on a glassing tit in Sonora, Mexico for an in-hunt conversation about life, hunting and our values in both. Show Notes: Introductions (2:00) Hunting Cous deer late in the year (4:30) Hunting public land (10:15) Discovering a new spot (13:00) Perspectives (19:15) Radio sidebar (23:00) Family influence (25:00) Early memories of hunting with Dad (31:45) Not expecting whats next in life (36:45) Steering people in the right direction (43:30) Individual value (53:00) The goal of starting this podcast (56:00) The emotional hurdle (1:02:00) “Types” of hunting (1:06:00) We are all in the same boat (1:11:00) Another guest appearance (1:16:00) High fence trophy hunters (1:17:00) Changing mentalities (1:23:00) A system of values (1:28:15) Final thoughts (1:33:30)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, this is Brent Rees with me, the Ethers new podcast of this country live. |
| 0:05.0 | You ever wondered how to pick out a good dog, bowl up a mess of crawfish or catch cat fish |
| 0:09.3 | on a trot line? |
| 0:10.3 | Well, on this country life, I'm inviting you into my home where in each episode I'll be |
| 0:15.0 | telling you the story of a good hunt, close call, a hard time, a good time, whatever. |
| 0:20.0 | And then we'll talk on some good country skills I think you ought to know. |
| 0:24.0 | Listen to this country life in the Bear Greece feed on the I Heart Radio F or wherever you |
| 0:29.3 | get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.3 | Welcome to the Hunting Collective Podcast. |
| 0:37.3 | Numerou Uno, number one. |
| 0:39.3 | Coming to you live from Mexico, I'm sitting on a ridge, a nice glass and tit, a sun would |
| 0:45.5 | call it, in the middle of Sonora, in the middle of Cartel Country. |
| 0:48.9 | I got a little recorder, some binos, and a pretty cool guest. |
| 0:56.2 | This guest is Steve Rinella. |
| 0:57.9 | We've been here hunting for the last six days, chasing coos deer or cows deer, some call |
| 1:03.8 | them. |
| 1:04.8 | In the middle of air and desert, mountainy landscape that can only be described as beautiful, |
| 1:14.9 | challenging. |
| 1:15.9 | Steve and I have been hiking around for six days and talking about life, talking about |
| 1:21.3 | hunting, talking about politics, just getting to know each other better, as we've been |
| 1:27.4 | known each other for years and have been friends. |
| 1:30.3 | And in that way that makes him the perfect first guest for the hunting collective. |
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