Janis Putelis returns to his family's Wisconsin farm to hunt the whitetail rut. Janis has encountered rough conditions in years past, but this season a cold front is rolling through the upper midwest and it has bucks on their feet and rutting hard. Janis relentlessly commits to hanging from a saddle...

On this episode, Janis Putelis is rifle hunting mule deer in Montana. Janis puts all his chips into the last week of the rifle season with hopes that colder weather will align with the mule deer rut. But wintry weather can have its challenges. After a few days in the fog and a few miles on his feet...

Janis Putelis is on the hunt for bugling bull elk with his bow in the Montana mountains. Hunting elk on public land can prove difficult and a bit frustrating if there too many players on the chess board. But Janis proves that patience, persistence, and hard hunting can pay off with a few great...

On this episode, Janis Putelis is on the hunt in Montana for pronghorn antelope with his bow. The Pronghorn’s famous speed is only topped by its incredible eyesight. This makes for an extremely wary prey animal. Janis’ goal is to sneak into archery range and tag a speed goat during the dog days of...

On this episode, Janis Putelis heads to Colorado to archery hunt elk with his father, Janis Putelis Jr. The rut is hot in Colorado and there's no shortage of fired up bulls, but getting Papa Janis into bow range turns out to be a daunting task. Returning the favor of leading the one who introduced...

In this episode, Janis Putelis continues his quest to harvest a black bear in Montana with his friend and fellow MeatEater colleague, Cory Calkins. The duo ventures to a more heavily timbered mountain landscape with the goal of finding spring bears feeding and wandering on closed logging roads. An...

Janis and Jordan Budd take a Super Cub flight into Alaska’s backcountry in search of caribou with a bow. Alaska never disappoints. The country is big, wild and beautiful; grizzly bears and wolves make an appearance; and the caribou are plentiful, until they aren’t. Opportunities are scarce but...

On this episode, Janis explores the traditions of the driven hunt in Latvia. He joins forty members of a hunting club for their first driven hunt of the year. It’s complicated and fun. The action is hot; and lunch is hot and delicious.

Join Janis as he makes his first trip to his fatherland. Although deeply rooted in his own personal culture, including his first language, Janis has never been to Latvia until now. Roaring stags, home-built treestands, hunting goddesses , and more superstitions than you can shake a stick at, make...

In this episode Janis is hunting the thick-hided nilgai in south Texas, with Troy Fowler, a.k.a. the Ranch Fairy. The nilgai is a big, tough antelope that is known for “soaking up the lead.” Janis and Troy thought it would be the perfect animal for testing the efficacy of a heavy arrow set-up. The...

In this episode, Janis hunts wild hogs in South Texas with Troy Fowler, the Ranch Fairy. Early success allows Janis and Troy to perform a necropsy on the hog, examining the performance of their broadheads and arrows. Presented by OnX Maps.

On this hunt, Janis and his new lion hound, Mingus, join Jake Grzyb in search of a Montana mountain lions and bobcats. The Snow is deep, so the team has to explore new areas, which leads them to setting the hounds loose on a massive bobcat track.