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The MeatEater Podcast

Ep. 853: Turkeys Break the Internet, Tungsten Ammo Gets Expensive, and Black Bear Politics Flare

The MeatEater Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.937.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Steven Rinella and the MeatEater crew discuss: Clay’s “12 in ‘26” Utah mountain lion hunt; the Bear Grease YouTube channel; our Spring Turkey Giveaway; how to pronounce “Neanderthal”; correcting Steve on the Open Fields Doctrine; how a U. of Michigan Wolverines player may actually fish more than he plays basketball; Tony experiences WI’s turkey tag system meltdown; the price of tungsten and TSS skyrocket; what’s behind proposed changes to black bear seasons in OK, WA, and AZ?; AK bottom trawling; professional golfer Rory McElroy is fueled by elk; and more. 

Outro credit: "The Screaming Song" written by George Alan Sparhawk

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.3

Hey, if you're in or around Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and you live for hunting season,

0:09.2

you need to swing by the meat eater store in Milwaukee.

0:13.0

We're stocked wall to wall with the gear we actually use in the field.

0:17.2

First Light, FHF gear, Phelps game calls, and more.

0:21.5

You'll find us at the corners of Brookfield.

0:24.7

Whether you're gearing up for the season, dialing in a setup, or just want to talk

0:28.5

shop with people who love to hunt, this is your place.

0:32.5

That's the Meat Eater Store, Milwaukee, at the corners of Brookfield.

0:37.7

Stop in, get dialed, and get after it.

0:42.6

Ahoy!

0:43.5

And welcome to the news show.

0:45.0

This week, we're covering skyrocketing costs on souped-up tungsten turkey ammo.

0:50.2

We're covering turkey hunters in Wisconsin crashed the internet, or at least a tiny part of it. We're covering. Turkey hunters in Wisconsin crashed the internet or at least a tiny part of it.

0:56.4

We're covering.

0:58.0

A famous golfer chooses fake elk meat for the masters and Spencer thinks that's cool.

1:05.0

We're covering Black Bear News from Oklahoma, Arizona, and Washington.

1:10.8

We're going to talk about his bottom trawling destroying Alaska's fisheries.

1:15.4

We're going to maybe get to how Montana politics is getting juicy.

1:20.5

As a smoke jumper and a gun control influencer wage primary bids for a U.S. congressional seat and more.

1:30.8

Jam packed.

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