S2-E07: Handing The Back 40 Property Over to the NDA

Announcing the Winner of the Back 40 Hunt Giveaway

MeatEater would like to congratulate Dane Acevedo on winning a whitetail hunt on Back 40 with Steven Rinella and Mark Kenyon in Michigan this November. “When I found out I won, I didn’t believe it! I was at work and couldn’t wait to get home and tell the wife, so she could share in my excitement,” Acevedo said. “Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity!” Thank you to everyone who entered the contest and watched Back 40 in 2019. We’ll see...

Ep. 251: Buckman Juice on the Back 40

Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb and Mark Kenyon. Topics discussed: Clay’s sleep-to-hunt equation; Steve’s distrust of men-only clubs; The One Shot Antelope Hunt catches up to reality; does Steve qualify as a ringer?; the saga of Bruno the bear; the homing instinct; loving Paul Revere, whether he road or not; requests for radio collar data; the survival of outliers; the bounty of the Back 40 plus 24 bonus acres; all the things you do to...

Back 40 Episode 7: Recovering “The Wide Eight”

After a long season on the property, I finally get a payoff with “The Wide Eight.” I also gets to share it all with my father and go on a special hunt with him. After an unsuccessful few days of hunting the property, we reflect on our family’s love for whitetails and two frantic weeks of rut hunting. There will be more twists and turns on this property, but killing this buck will be a high note. We’ll be looking back on this one for quite a while...