Beaver Crushed by Falling Tree

Video: Beaver Crushed by Falling Tree

MeatEater viewer Shanen Pitzer came across this gruesome scene while foraging morels in Illinois. While beavers are known for being incredibly resourceful engineers, the talented sawyers of the animal kingdom, they didn’t get that way by accident. Or maybe they got that way because of accidents—adaptations in an ongoing evolution of survival of the fittest. If you can’t successfully fell a tree, your DNA doesn’t get passed along. Many of us have...

E97: O Perfect Tree, Oh Perfect Tree! (Choosing The Right Tree To Hunt From, Public Land Hang n Hunts, Whitetail Patterns)

Experts we are not. In fact, we do our best to be students, not masters. Complacency is the end of growth. Something we have done a lot of is hang stands in trees. When you live that run-n-gun life on public land, often you are hanging 4 stands a day (with two guys). There are many aspects to be considered to finding the perfect tree and on this episode we get really deep into the details of just that. This is what you might call a "Black Diamond...

Video: How to Cook Beaver Tail

Beaver tail was a delicacy amongst mountain men as it's a great source of fat, which can be hard to find in the wild. I simply grill the tail over high heat, crack it open, and use the fatty goodness that's inside the tail the same way chefs use bone marrow. It makes for a very delicious appetizer.