The Hunting Collective

By MeatEater

Sports & Recreation Outdoor

What's The Hunting Collective about?

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. 70: Visiting a Vegan Bu...

07.16.2019

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. ...

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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 ...
11.06.2018 EP 34: Shane Dorian Shane Dorian is a legend in surfing. The Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, native has been defying death for around 30 years now, riding giants walls of water all over the world. To achieve what Dorian has over his career in surfing it ...
10.30.2018 EP 33: Adam Greentree For this episode I’m joined by my friend Adam Greentree. He’s one of the most influential bowhunters in the game and his recent social media rise has been unrivaled. Beyond that, his story is one I have wanted to share ...
10.23.2018 EP 32: Senator Jon Tester This week I’m joined by Senator John Tester (D-MT) in Bozeman for an exclusive conversation on the major conservation issues in Montana and in our nation. We covered the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Chronic Wasting Disease, land use in ...
10.16.2018 EP 31: Ryan Callaghan For this week's podcast I'm joined by Ryan Callaghan of First Lite in the brand spanking new offices of MeatEater, Inc., in Bozeman, Montana. Ryan is a veteran guest of the show and someone with great perspective on all things ...
10.09.2018 EP 30: Charles “The Rabbit Man” Rodney Charles “The Rabbit Man” Rodney is my guest for this week’s episode of the podcast. Charles is no hunting celebrity or any kind of influencer, but he is without a doubt one of my favorite people. You’ll find out why ...
10.02.2018 MeatEater: Finding Our Why There’s a press release hitting the wire today that leads with the following statement: “…Renowned writer, TV, and podcast personality Steven Rinella has launched MeatEater, Inc., a newly-formed outdoor lifestyle media and commerce company…” That’s a pretty damn exciting development ...
09.25.2018 EP 29: Jeff Crane & Andy Treharne For this episode I traveled to our Nation's Capitol to catch up with Jeff Crane and Andy Treharne from the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation (CSF). Why did I travel all that way to find Jeff and Andy? I wanted to shed ...
09.18.2018 EP 28: Adam Foss Adam Foss is officially our third Canadian ever on the podcast. Quite the honor, indeed. Foss is not just a Northerner, though, he happens to be one of the top sheep hunters in North America and beyond. At the ripe ...
09.11.2018 EP 27: Roy & Ryan Seiders Roy & Ryan Seiders were born and raised in Driftwood, Texas, a small town outside of Austin. Their parents cultivated a family-first environment and dad, Roger, brought his boys up in an entrepreneurial environment. They also went hunting and fishing...a ...
09.04.2018 EP 26: Omar “Crispy” Avila On episode No. 26 I’m joined by Sgt. Omar “Crispy” Avila. Omar is an amazing Texas character. He’s had a life of service dedicated to his country and his fellow veterans. Sgt. Avila joined the U.S. Army in 2004 as ...
08.28.2018 EP 25: Russell Cunningham Russell Cunningham is an oral surgeon by day and an archeologist by night. He’s a trained professional at the former and an amateur at the latter. That said, I didn’t need any dental work when we sat down at his ...
08.21.2018 EP 24: Wyman Meinzer It was late July in the Texas Badlands, a time of year Wyman Meinzer says turns his home into a "hell hole of a place." We sat in his living room drinking whiskey and talking politics. We were both sweating ...
08.14.2018 EP 23: Public Lands Roundtable When Senator Mike Lee of Utah announced on Twitter his plan to introduce a trio of bills into Congress that would redefine how we use public lands, our group stood up and took notice. Brian McElrea of Get Hushin almost ...

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