Season 8, Episode 2 Gear: Blue Mountain Bugles

The MeatEater crew struck off into southeast Washington to hunt elk in a limited-draw archery unit. We spent the first few days learning the area and trying to find where the elk were hiding. The open country was perfect for glassing. We covered a lot of miles with our Vortex Optics and found a lot...

In this episode, I’m joined by Janis and two first time hunters, Maggie and Tracy. We tried our hand at springtime gobblers in Montana. As the thunderous sounds of gobbles echoed through the woods, Maggie and Tracy experienced the wave of emotions that’s so often felt by new hunters. Here is some of...

For episode one, the crew headed south to Missouri for squirrels and catfish with our buddy Park Hall. We fished the muddy waters of the lower Missouri River. The fishing technique we used is called bank poling. We would drive long, fiberglass poles into the bank that had live bait rigged on them...