Ep. 808: A Costa Rican Immigrant on Hunting In America
The MeatEater Podcast
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4.9 • 37.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Steven Rinella talks with Pablo Esquivel and Janis Putelis.
Topics discussed: Blow guns and sling shots; learning about ballistics; getting whopped as a kid for hunting illegally; cooking everything; when your ma designates your personal fry pan; coming to American; learning and hunting for a long time before getting a deer; and more.
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