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The MeatEater Podcast

Ep. 884: The Invention of Archery, Patagonia Sues a Drag Queen, and Will Oregon Ban Hunting?

The MeatEater Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.937.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Steven Rinella and the MeatEater crew discuss: How a gang of rogue turkeys beat up a nice old lady; the invention of archery; Oregon voters will get to consider a bill to ban all hunting, fishing, ranching and rodeo-ing; fishing records; possible lead-shot wild game meat donations in New York; fish full of PFAS chemicals; Patagonia sues a drag queen; and more. 

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.3

Check out Phelps' new bear cub distress call.

0:07.9

Springtime is the right time to use a bear cub in distress sound when bear hunting.

0:13.2

Male bears will kill cubs in order to get females to cycle into another breeding opportunity.

0:17.9

And the sound of a cub in distress also signals to other male bears

0:21.9

that a meal is close and even a possible mate. A bear cub in distress will also get the attention

0:26.8

of a female bear to come and investigate to defend a cub, dragging any male suitors she has in

0:32.4

toe. Not to mention, a cub in distress will also call other predators in as they're looking for an easy

0:38.3

meal too get your own bear cub in distress at phelps game calls.com welcome to the news show ladies

0:46.3

and gentlemen today we've got news about a gang of rogue turkeys who beat up a nice old lady

0:51.9

oregon voters will get to consider a bill to ban all hunting, fishing, ranching, and rodeoing.

1:00.0

Pushed by a dude who looks like Moby on a diet.

1:04.0

We got an interview about archaeological findings around who invented the bow and arrow and when. Spencer Newhart shatters a number of fishing records

1:14.9

Seth is slowly killing himself eating fish full of PFAS chemicals and Patagonia sues of all things

1:23.8

a drag queen but first first, I'm up.

1:29.3

The mouse is gone.

1:31.3

Oh, what happened?

1:32.7

Got away.

1:33.7

But it's like a complicated story because first the mouse,

1:38.6

my boy comes in the room.

1:41.8

I don't know when that kid goes to bed, the high school kid.

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