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Anthony Licata

Anthony Licata

Anthony Licata is the Editor-in-Chief at MeatEater. Over a 20-year career in outdoor media, Anthony served as the long-time Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Director of Field & Stream and Outdoor Life magazines. He has hunted and fished all over the world but thinks chasing big game on public land in the West, flyfishing for trout, and going home every fall to his family deer camp in rural Pennsylvania is as good as it gets.

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We Screwed Up

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We Screwed Up

Anthony Licata
Anthony Licata Jun 24, 2020
Are you looking for the article on professional bass angler Christie Bradley and wondering why it’s not here? Well it’s not here because we screwed up—big time—so we took the piece down. How did a story about a trail-blazing professional angler like Christie Bradley go wrong? Well for starters, an...
Anthony Licata Jun 24, 2020
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How to Sharpen a Knife in the Field

Butchering & Processing

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How to Sharpen a Knife in the Field

Anthony Licata
Anthony Licata Dec 31, 2019
For a lot of folks, sharpening a hunting knife is a project for the work bench when they’re stuck inside dreaming about being outside. But the best way to sharpen a knife to an edge that you can shave with is out in the field, when you actually need it. The reason is simple: The more a blade dulls...
Anthony Licata Dec 31, 2019
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