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The MeatEater Podcast

Ep. 842: Jani's Hunt for a Manitoba Giant | 12 in '26

The MeatEater Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.937.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Janis Putelis answers your questions and breaks down his archery Manitoba black bear hunt captured in MeatEater's brand new "12 in '26" film series. He hunts over bait for the very first time to see what the fuss is all about. Presented by @Moultrie.Products and @onXHunt

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.4

Welcome to Meat Eaters 12 and 26 presented by Moultry Mobile and OnX Maps.

0:10.3

12 of Meat Eaters' biggest and baddest hunts from the last year released throughout

0:15.0

2026. These are long-form episodes so you get more of what you love.

0:20.1

The first one up is my baited bear hunt in Manitoba.

0:23.4

If you've ever wondered what a baited bear hunt is like, you'll love this episode.

0:28.2

My favorite part was watching a younger bear spend an hour trying to figure out how to get a creatively hung beaver carcass down from a tree.

0:36.5

Check it out now on Meat Eaters YouTube channel

0:38.9

and be on the lookout for more 12 and 26 in the coming months.

0:45.4

The bait thing is very contentious.

0:50.5

Even for me personally, like when you watch this on television, it looks almost too easy.

0:58.0

And I've watched YouTube videos of this and been like, is that really hunting?

1:03.0

Is it easier than sand spot and stock hunt 100%?

1:08.0

But one of the cool things that you get from baited hunt like this is you get to be very particular

1:14.6

about the animal you hunt.

1:16.6

You don't have to make a judgment call on the size and the sex at 300 yards or 500 yards

1:24.6

or even 100 yards.

1:26.6

Here you get to do it at 10 yards, 12 yards.

1:31.3

And so it's much easier to pick out the mature male,

1:36.3

not shoot a sow with cubs.

1:40.3

I don't know, it'll be interesting.

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