Huntavore - A Bittersweet Start to 2026

Sportsmen's Empire - Whitetail Hunting

Sportsmen's Empire Outdoor Network

Leisure, Technology, Wilderness, Hobbies, Sports

4.8 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Nick was given a huge opportunity to acquire a reindeer carcass. He lays out the events that lead to this, how it wasn't a hunt, but a dispatch of an animal. How he will go about salvaging as much as he can, from skull and antlers, to meat and hide. It is a glaring look at the relationship we have with livestock, the relationship we have as farmers and butchers, and a parallel of how a years end can be sad, but a new year is beginning. Our Sponsors: * Check out Thompson Cigars and use my code SE for a great deal: https://thompsoncigar.com * Check out Troll Co Clothing and use my code EMPIRE25 for a great deal: https://www.trollco.com/hunting Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:48.2	Okay. Welcome to the Hunt of Orr podcast, powered by Sportsman's Empire, where we celebrate the hunting and fishing lifestyle through the utilization and consumption of our wild game.
1:20.5	No egos.
1:21.3	Forking hand, beer in the other.
1:23.1	No status.
1:24.0	A piece of red meat on a hot grill and turn it into a burn offering.
1:28.3	Just catch it,
1:29.7	cut it, cooking.
1:49.2	Well, hello folks. Happy New Year. We're here into 2026. I was pondering what to put on for an episode earlier this week and hadn't figured out really which direction I wanted to go in. Do I talk about the past and lessons learned
1:55.8	and how those are going to apply to this next year? Do I not look to the past, look forward and dream of what is to come in
2:07.3	2026? Am I going to unpack all of that? Maybe in a different episode. Still trying to unpack that stuff myself when I received a phone call that kind of gave me inspiration for what this episode is going to be about.
2:29.0	And I think ultimately a lesson on the backside of this as we do have feelings that are bitter sweet.
2:39.5	The ending of one year, the closing of a chapter, if you will, and then the start of a new.
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