The Hunting Collective

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The Hunting Collective Podcast with host Ben O'Brien covers the ideologies and philosophies of the modern hunter while touching on key ideas like conservation, our value systems and how to construct a better public image. A recurring cast of top hunting voices help drive the conversation and keep things pretty damn interesting.

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Ep. 83: Whiskey and Ethics:...

10.15.2019

In this week’s show, we’re putting a bow on last week’s conversation with Barrie K. Gilbert and studying Phil the Engineer’s developing mustache. We’re also joined by Miles Nolte and Steven Rinella for a special new segment called Whiskey and ...

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10.15.2019 Ep. 83: Whiskey and Ethics: The Value of the Grip and Grin with Steven Rinella In this week’s show, we’re putting a bow on last week’s conversation with Barrie K. Gilbert and studying Phil the Engineer’s developing mustache. We’re also joined by Miles Nolte and Steven Rinella for a special new segment called Whiskey and ...
10.08.2019 Ep. 82: A Contentious Interview with Grizzly Bear Attack Survivor and Wildlife Advocate Barrie K. Gilbert On this week’s show, we’re joined by grizzly bear advocate, wildlife activist, and author Barrie K. Gilbert to talk all things bears. Gilbert has become an outspoken advocate for grizzlies in recent years after surviving a brutal attack in Yellowstone ...
10.02.2019 Ep. 81: Owl Herpes, CWD, Avoiding the Plague, and the Deadliest Wildlife Diseases On this week’s show we’re joined by Ryan "Cal" Callaghan to talk about eating man-eating bears, dogs loved and lost, and how to ask for hunting permission. In the interview portion of the show we're joined by Greg Lemon, Emily ...
09.25.2019 Ep. 80: Grouse Adventures, Mango the Dog, and Upland Hunting Legend Ben O. Williams On this week’s show we’re joined by MeatEater's Morgan Mason and Joe Ferronato recapping a day grouse hunting on public land in Montana. We learn about Phil the Engineer's rescue dog, Mango, and get real emotional. For the interview portion ...
09.18.2019 Ep. 79: Predator Pits, Riding Moose, and Fighting for the North American Model with Dr. Valerius Geist On this week’s show we’re joined by Dr. Valerius Geist, by many estimations the most important conservationist in the last 50 years. Dr. Geist is the original author of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and a lifelong devotee ...
09.10.2019 Ep. 78: Cal's Jorts, Notched Tags, and Elk Opener Stories On this week’s show we’re telling elk hunting stories with our favorite MeatEater crew members Ryan Callaghan, Sam Lungren, and Joe Ferronato. The boys offer up tales of success and failure on opening day in Montana, plus Cal chronicles his ...
09.03.2019 Ep. 77: THC Elk Hype Show Featuring Cam Hanes, Sam Soholt, Remi Warren & Randy Newberg On this week’s show we’re rolling a little differently. We’re going around the horn to hit up our favorite elk hunters to check in on what they have planned for this season and see if they can stoke us up ...
08.27.2019 Ep. 76: Must-Have Gear, Killer World War Wolves, and Inside Outdoor Recreation with Rachel Vandevoort On this week’s show I’m joined by Janis Putelis and Spencer Neuharth to talk about must-have whitetail and elk gear, blood thirsty wolves in World War I, and we listen to Phil the Engineer reading some mean comments. We close ...
08.20.2019 Ep. 75: William Perry Pendley Sucks & The History of Taxidermy with Brant MacDuff On this week’s show I’m joined by Sam Lungren and Miles Nolte, two of the top minds in conservation at MeatEater, to talk about a time to act for public lands advocates, the history of the Bureau of Land Management ...
08.13.2019 Ep. 74: Remi’s New Podcast, We Read Mean Comments & the History of the Boone & Crockett Club On this week’s show I'm joined by Remi Warren to talk about his big new podcast launch, his thoughts on what makes a good show, and Phil the Engineer reads mean (and nice) comments from the Internet. We close things ...
08.06.2019 EP. 73: The Washington Post Fails at Journalism & an Interview with Outside Magazine’s Wes Siler On this week’s show I'm joined by Ryan Callaghan and Seth Morris of MeatEater to cover mustaches, whether sports and hunting can mix, trailhead diplomacy, and the story of a dog owner who is embroiled in controversy. We close things ...
07.30.2019 EP. 72: THC Top Fives & How Hunting Made us Human with William Von Hippel On this week’s show we’re battling the boredom of July with the first ever THC Top Fives. We’re covering top songs, treestand snacks, animal traits and podcasts guests with a panel of MeatEaters plus Sam Soholt. We close things out ...
07.23.2019 EP. 71: Exploring Consumption & Ethical Veganism with Professor Robert C. Jones On this week’s show I’m diving back into animal rights and veganism for another complicated conversation. Up first I’m joined by Phil the Engineer to learn more about the man behind the worldwide #keepphil movement. We discuss getting sponsored by ...
07.16.2019 EP. 70: Visiting a Vegan Butcher Shop & a Conversation with an Animal Rights Activist On this week’s show we’re talking about the controversial subjects of speciesism and animal personhood. Up first I chat with Ryan “Cal” Callaghan on the definition of chicken and we try to understand the purpose of a vegan butcher’s shop. ...
07.09.2019 EP. 69: A Private Versus Public Debate & Studying Land Use at UC Berkeley On this week’s show we’re covering some pushback in the hunting world surrounding the public lands movement. I'm joined by Steven Rinella, Mark Kenyon and Sam Lungren to talk about the public versus private lands conversation and whether it's even ...
07.02.2019 EP. 68: Dick Moves, Redefining the Hunting Narrative & Modern Huntsman's Tyler Sharp On this week’s show we're covering a lot of ground, including the most egregious dick moves in hunting and in the MeatEater office. Editor-in-Chief Anthony Licata rejoins the conversation to talk about our complicated role in reshaping the modern hunting ...
06.25.2019 EP. 67: What the Last Subsistence Whale Hunters Can Teach Us On this week’s show we're talking about the amazing story of the Lamalerans, a subsistence whale hunting culture on a small island off the coast of Indonesia. It's a story of the struggle to balance tradition with modernity told vividly ...
06.18.2019 EP. 66: The Great Wild Turkey Revival & an Interview with NWTF’s Dr. James Earl Kennamer On this week’s show we’re bringing back turkeys! You only got a one-week break. I’m not sorry. MeatEater’s Hunting Editor Spencer Nueharth joins the show to tell us why turkeys are faster than Usain Bolt and we go over the ...
06.11.2019 EP. 65: A Message About Father’s Day & an Interview with Eddie Nickens As Father’s Day approaches, I open the show this week with some reflections on hunting with my dad and what it’s meant to me over the years. I’m also joined by writer Eddie Nickens to talk about raising kids in ...
06.04.2019 EP. 64: The End of Turkey Season & an Interview with Legendary Writer Col. Tom Kelly This week everyone’s favorite Latvian Janis Putelis joined the show to talk about the end of turkey season and what we learned this year. I also interviewed famed author Col. Tom Kelly, a legend in the literary space and turkey ...
05.28.2019 EP. 63: Rinella on Race and Hunting, the Rabbit Rut & an Interview with Charles Rodney This week the boss man Steven Rinella joins the show to talk about weird rabbit facts, the cottontail rut and the touchy subject of how race impacts the culture of hunting. We also catch up with Charles “The Rabbit Man” ...
05.21.2019 EP. 62: MeatEater High Fashion, Climate Change & a Conversation with TRCP’s Whit Fosburgh This week we chat with MeatEater’s most fashionable trio: Katie Finch Rinella, Maggie Smith and Tracy Crane. What’s the point of talking fashion on a hunting podcast? To explore the inner-most motivations of Steve, Jani and Cal. We also catch ...
05.14.2019 Ep. 61: Fair Chase is a Problem, Lack of Women on the Show & an Interview with Jess C. Johnson This week we chat with Brody Henderson of MeatEater on the floor of the 2019 Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Rendezvous about our weekend in Boise, defining hunting ethics and the problem with fair chase. We also catch up with Jess ...
05.07.2019 Ep. 60: Cal’s Big Announcement, More Game of Thrones & MeatEater’s Newest Hire This week we chat with Ryan Callaghan about his new podcast, talk about Game of Thrones and answer some reader emails. We also catch up with Anthony Licata, MeatEater’s new editor in chief, on his first day in the office ...
04.30.2019 Ep. 59: Turkey Talk, Public Land Pride & Drs. Alex and Libby Metcalf On this week’s show we’re in camp in South Dakota for the first stop on the THC turkey tour. We check in with Sam Soholt, tell hunting stories, research turkey genitalia and marvel at the experience of hunting in our ...
04.23.2019 EP. 58: Explaining Game of Thrones to Steven Rinella & an Interview with the Sportsmen’s Alliance This week Steven Rinella joins the podcast to discuss his least favorite fantasy show, our love of morel mushrooms and the ethical conundrum with coyote contests. I’m also joined by Brian Lynn and Evan Heusinkveld from the Sportsmen’s Alliance to ...
04.16.2019 EP. 57: Bigfoot Sex, the Craft of Writing & an Interview with Hal Herring This week Miles Nolte joins the podcast to discuss fake news, a mountain lion attacking a 7-year-old boy and the craft of writing in the digital age. I’m also joined by renowned writer, conservation and the host of the BHA ...
04.09.2019 EP. 56: Bears in the News & Grizzly Attack Survivor Todd Orr \|4.9.19 On this week’s show, it’s all about bears. We check in with Janis Putelis to talk about bear rugs, New Jersey animal rights protestors, bears in the backcountry and catch up with infamous grizzly attack survivor Todd Orr. Enjoy.
04.02.2019 EP. 55: Cal’s Love Life, the Adam Greentree Case & an Interview with Cameron Hanes \| 4.2.19 This week Ryan Callaghan joins the podcast to discuss being single forever, we talk about the year of the cat, and I’m joined by bowhunting athlete Cam Hanes for an exclusive interview. Enjoy.
03.26.2019 EP. 54: Mark Kenyon & Spencer Neuharth On this week’s show, we’re talking whitetail with two of the most knowledgable guys in the space: Wired to Hunt’s Mark Kenyon and Spencer Neuharth. We cover a ton of thorny topics like misunderstanding the QDMA, shooting young bucks, why ...
03.20.2019 EP. 53: Andrew McKean This week I’m joined by my friend Andrew McKean, former editor-in-chief at Outdoor Life and one of the sharpest minds in the outdoor space. We recorded this podcast in the middle of the frozen waters of Fort Peck Lake near ...
03.12.2019 EP. 52: Shane Mahoney on the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, Part 2 On last week’s show, we caught up with scientist, wildlife manager, policy innovator, public speaker, and strategic adviser Shane Mahoney to talk about the creation of the North American Model of Conservation. We devoted an almost three-hour conversation to the ...
03.05.2019 EP. 51: Shane Mahoney on the North American Model of Conservation, Part 1 Shane Mahoney is a conservationist to his core. Over more than 30 years of experience working primarily as a scientist, wildlife manager, policy innovator and strategic adviser, Mahoney has gained a unique perspective on our world and the hunter’s place ...
02.28.2019 Is the “Public Lands Package” (Bill S. 47) a Win for Sportsmen? Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representative voted on the much-discussed Natural Resource Management Act (S. 47). When Sam Lungren, Miles Nolte and I got wind of the vote playing out on CSPAN, we figured what better way to ...
02.26.2019 EP. 50: The Pace Brothers This week I’m joined by the most prolific hunting content creators that Scotland has to offer: Byron and Darryl Pace. The Pace Brothers, as they’re most commonly known, have carved out a unique niche on the British Isles as powerful ...
02.19.2019 EP. 49: Trophy Animals, the Mainstream Media and Hunting "Scandals" On this week's podcast I'm joined by MeatEater colleagues Ryan Callaghan, Janis Putelis and Sam Lungren. We sat down in our offices for an editorial meeting of sorts to review the most recent hunting scandal in the mainstream media. We're ...
02.13.2019 EP. 48: Tim Burnett & Remi Warren This week we’re coming to you from the YETI booth on the floor of the Wild Sheep Convention in Reno, Nev., with Tim Burnett and Remi Warren. If you’ve never been to the Sheep Show, you’re missing out. It’s one ...
02.05.2019 EP. 47: Iain Harrison & Ryan Callaghan This week MeatEater's Ryan Callaghan and I are hanging out in Las Vegas, Nev., for the 2019 SHOT Show and we just so happened to run into our good buddy Iain Harrison. Harrison is the editor of RECOIL magazine and ...
01.29.2019 EP. 46: Donnie Vincent Donnie Vincent has spent a ton of time in wild places and in doing so has gathered a bunch of interesting stories and perspectives. With his company, Sicmanta, he’s created three feature-length hunting films including his newest release entitled “The ...
01.22.2019 EP. 45: Steven Rinella and Ryan Callaghan For this week’s podcast, I’m joined by MeatEater’s Steven Rinella and Ryan Callaghan for a fireside chat in Sonora, Mexico. As most late-night conversations go, this one went in a few unexpected directions—most notably stories about our first cars, rifles ...
01.15.2019 EP. 44: Jim Posewitz Biologist, historian, author and renowned conservationist, Jim Posewitz is among the foremost experts on Theodore Roosevelt, conservation history and fair chase philosophy. For this podcast, my colleague Sam Lungren and I traveled to Jim’s home in Helena, Montana. He took ...
01.08.2019 EP. 43: Mark Kenyon Mark Kenyon lives for hunting deer and his dedication to the pursuit is absolute. That makes him one hell of a resource for the rest of us, and his thoughtful approach to the subject makes him all the more valuable. ...
12.31.2018 EP. 42: A Bear Attack on Afognak Island On Oct. 23, Brad Jameson boarded a boat with four hunting buddies to head back to Afognak. It was a normal trip for the Alaska residents, and they were looking forward to a tough-as-hell hunt. Three days later everything would ...
12.24.2018 EP. 41: Chad Mendes At just 33, Chad Mendes has enjoyed a lot of success and fame. He was an All-American wrestler in college and quickly rose through the ranks of the UFC to be a top contender in his weight class. With a ...
12.18.2018 Ep. 40: Randy Newberg & Janis Putelis Randy Newberg is quite simply one of my favorite people. His podcasts, television shows and digital media efforts have always stood out to me as good, honest work on behalf of all hunters. Randy is a champion for public lands, ...
12.11.2018 EP. 39: Dusan Smetana On a fairly normal Wednesday afternoon in Bozeman, I sat in Dusan Smetana’s living room sipping brandy and enjoying a damn nice fire. It was slow and calm, the perfect setting to learn about the life of a man with ...
12.04.2018 EP. 38: Charles Post Ecologist Charles Post returns for his third conversation on the podcast this week, and we went long. Real long. We talked and reasoned for three hours, mostly on grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. It was an interesting debate ...
11.27.2018 EP. 37: Janis Putelis This episode of the podcast featured the one and only Janis “The Latvian Eagle” Putelis. The Eagle and I sat down at MeatEater, Inc., HQ to address some reader quandaries in regards to hunter ethics and some generally sticky situations ...
11.21.2018 EP. 36: Land Tawney Land Tawney is a lot of things. Most folks know him for his job title: president/CEO of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA). They know him as the fiery leader of a passionate group of huntin’ and fishin’ public land advocates. ...
11.13.2018 EP. 35: Morgan Mason It’s been a long road for Morgan Mason to get to where he is today. It’s a story not unlike many veterans who have struggled to find their way after coming home from deployments overseas. Morgan is from a farm ...

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