Hunting

Duck hunting seems to be an all-or-nothing type of pursuit. As someone who generally relies on sweat equity to out-compete other hunters on public land, chasing waterfowl seems to be the outlier. Duck hunters will literally do anything to get themselves to the “X.” And, if you’re wondering, “They...

On Wednesday, November 22, Brock Maksymiw received an alert from his SPYPOINT trail cam and thought it might be acting up. The image looked like something out of a horror film. Later on that evening, Maksymiw received another image notification confirming that what he saw was no trick of the lens...

A Pennsylvania hunter died over the weekend in what local officials are describing as an accident involving his propane heater. Raymond Seville, Jr., 76, was hunting from an enclosed blind with his wife on Saturday, November 25, when he attempted to light a propane heater that had been stored in the...

With MeatEater Season 12 just launching and the general big game hunting season in Montana coming to a close, I couldn’t help but take a look back at the hunts and critters over the past dozen years. I’ve been fortunate to spend a lot of time in the field on pretty damn cool adventures, but the...

Hunters like to complain, a lot. If you engage a western resident right now about anything related to hunting, it’s very likely to devolve into a bitch session about being overrun by nonresidents who buy the fanciest gear but couldn’t kill a bull elk in a 10-acre enclosure with a full week to do it...

The 1621 harvest festival we now know as the first Thanksgiving wasn’t the first meeting between the Pilgrims and their Wampanoag neighbors. Their first “meeting” was a firefight. When the Mayflower arrived in New England in 1620, the settlers sent a group of armed men to find a good location for...

It’s impossible to list all the ways that Hollywood gets guns wrong. Bullets catapult a character ten feet backwards, suppressors render a high-powered rifle completely silent, and some (but not all) plywood cabinets are totally impervious to enemy fire. At this point, I think viewers are either...

The sense of satisfaction you feel after a long hunt, when the cooler is full and your legs are sore from days walking the hills, is hard to beat. And being able to share the fruits of your labor with friends, family, and those in need is just the cherry on top. But just how impactful are these acts...

Join Ryan Callaghan on a quest for ducks in part of America's Heartland - Kansas. Weatherby's Tyler Grethen, Cal and Snort work big water for late season birds.

Decades of research show that the full-circle experience of hunting has legitimate positive effects on veterans struggling with mental health issues. Dr. Keith Tidball, of Cornell University's Department of Natural Resources, believes hunting amplifies the benefits because it taps into a core...

If you watched the recent MeatEater Florida turkey episode, you’ll know that I shot my first Osceola turkey. And you’ll also know that it was a long shot. But I felt comfortable and confident in that 60-yard shot because of my turkey gun set-up and ammo. The last two seasons I’ve used a Beretta A30...

MeatEater Season 12 is live! You can stream it onto your TV from the MeatEater website with Apple Airplay or Google Chromecast. And for the first time ever, you can now watch the new season on the MeatEater YouTube channel, as well as on Tubi, Pluto, and FreeVee—all for free! Here’s a look from...