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Spencer Neuharth
Spencer Neuharth
Spencer Neuharth is the senior hunting editor at MeatEater, producer of Wired to Hunt, and founder of Rut Fresh. His writing has been featured in over a dozen magazines, including Field & Stream, Petersen's Hunting, and Men's Journal. His work is a reflection of his roots as a whitetail hunter and training as a biologist.

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Bar Room Banter: America’s Most Common Lake Names
There’s a difference between book smart and bar smart. You may not be book smart, but this series can make you seem educated and interesting from a barstool. So, belly up, mix yourself a glass of LMNT Recharge, and take notes as we look at the most popular lake names in the country. Powered by LMNT.
As a kid, I took great pride in “The Simpsons” creators choosing Springfield, South Dakota, as the backdrop for their iconic cartoon. What’re the...

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Bar Room Banter: Yellowstone’s “Zone of Death”
There’s a difference between book smart and bar smart. You may not be book smart, but this series can make you seem educated and interesting from a barstool. So, belly up, mix yourself a glass of LMNT Recharge, and take notes as we look at how you could literally get away with murder in Yellowstone. Powered by LMNT.
Yellowstone National Park was established in 1872, about two decades before Wyoming, Montana, or Idaho gained statehood. Thanks to...

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How to Get Your Hunting and Fishing License for Free
As folks in D.C. struggle to agree on a second stimulus plan, MTN DEW® is already way ahead of them—and it’s a package we can get behind. For 50 days, they’re offering to pay for your hunting and fishing license through their “Out Here. It’s DEW,” platform. This is the second round of a $100,000 fund MTN DEW is issuing to license holders.
MTN DEW took their first batch of applications on July 15 and exhausted the $100,000 pot within five...

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Bar Room Banter: The Most Instagrammed Outdoor Places in Each State
There’s a difference between book smart and bar smart. You may not be book smart, but this series can make you seem educated and interesting from a barstool. So, belly up, mix yourself a glass of LMNT Recharge, and take notes as we look at the most Instagrammed wild places in each state. Powered by LMNT.
With more than a billion users, Instagram is the most popular photo-sharing platform in the world. On it, Clarendon is the most popular filter...

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Photos: First Look at Forrest Fenn’s Treasure
Earlier this month, I wrote about how the greatest treasure hunt of the modern era came to an end. Forrest Fenn announced that the trunk he hid in the Rocky Mountains more than a decade ago was discovered by an unnamed man. While Fenn has been light on details so far, he did post three pictures of the chest and its contents.

Inside Edition had an antiquities appraiser look at the photos, who confirmed earlier guesses that the treasure is worth...

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Forrest Fenn’s Treasure Has Been Found
The greatest treasure hunt of the modern era is over.
According to Forrest Fenn, who hid a bronze trunk filled with gold and jewels somewhere on Western public lands, his treasure has been claimed. Fenn made the announcement on his blog last weekend, saying that an adventurer from “the East” found the chest.
“It was under a canopy of stars in the lush, forested vegetation of the Rocky Mountains and had not moved from the spot where I hid it more...

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Bar Room Banter: McFarthest, The Greatest Distance from McDonald’s
There’s a difference between book smart and bar smart. You may not be book smart, but this series can make you seem educated and interesting from a barstool. So, belly up, pour yourself a glass of something good, and take notes as we look at just how hard it is to get away from McDonald’s.
Measuring remoteness is a fairly subjective exercise, especially in a country that contains 330 million people. Ask folks what they think is the most...

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Find This Bar in the Forest, Win Free Beer for Life
Cancel your plans for this weekend: Busch is going to give someone a lifetime supply of beer for wandering around the forest.
In a recent press release, the brand announced that they’re partnering with the National Forest Foundation to help conserve 200 million acres of National Forest land. The effort is focused around a one-day-only pop-up bar that Busch is building in a secret location on July 20th.
“We’re popping up where Busch tastes best...

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Rat Poison Is Killing Cougars in California
In Southern California, where mountain lions are listed as a “specially protected species,” the large cats face all sorts of threats. Urban sprawl and unnatural wildfires have destroyed habitat in recent decades, but now humans are also compromising the predator’s food.
The most recent example comes out of the Santa Monica Mountains, which sit about 30 miles up the coast from Beverly Hills. A National Park Service biologist discovered cougar P-4...