Thread: Meat Eater on Netflix

Been following Steve Rinella for a few years now, listen to his Podcasts too, couple weeks back he devoted a big segment to talking about the Tahr cull situation here. I like his philosophy on hunting and life in general, seen a video where he sits down with a bunch of hardcore vegans and puts his case across and by the time he had finished speaking they all seemed to have a new found respect for his way of thinking, really intelligent bloke. His buddy Ryan "the bro with the mo" Callaghan is also worth following.

I quite like his 'dry' sense of humour too

Originally Posted by dannyb

Quite entertaining but yeah you get the feeling alot of the "hunts" are animals being fed to attract them to blinds or canned hunts, still a good show and some interesting stuff worth watching

I would strongly disagree. Some of the hunts are that because that's the way yanks hunt whitetail and even sika.

I really don't see that the hunts are canned, they do some pretty extreme stuff

Originally Posted by Nick-D

I would strongly disagree. Some of the hunts are that because that's the way yanks hunt whitetail and even sika.

I really don't see that the hunts are canned, they do some pretty extreme stuff

hey don't get me wrong I like the programme but when you see footage of people shooting from blind with a bail of hay outside and deer feeding on it that just isn't my cup of tea, granted the rest is pretty good and yes he has some great values and a great sense of humour all in all the show is pretty well done.
I also didn't really like the leopard hunt in I think it was the last season and you can't argue that was a baited hunt no other way to put it.

Originally Posted by dannyb

hey don't get me wrong I like the programme but when you see footage of people shooting from blind with a bail of hay outside and deer feeding on it that just isn't my cup of tea, granted the rest is pretty good and yes he has some great values and a great sense of humour all in all the show is pretty well done.
I also didn't really like the leopard hunt in I think it was the last season and you can't argue that was a baited hunt no other way to put it.

My point isn't that they aren't baited or lured hunts, it's that in the areas he partakes in these hunts that is the prevalent hunting culture.

He isn't choosing to do a lured hunt because he wants to up his chances of a kill, but merely because those hunts are representative of the area and species.

For much of America, hunting a small plot of land from a tree stand with some sort of lure or crop to attract animals is the only easily accessible hunt.

I don't see it as 'canned' hunting at all.

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Originally Posted by Nick-D

My point isn't that they aren't baited or lured hunts, it's that in the areas he partakes in these hunts that is the prevalent hunting culture.

He isn't choosing to do a lured hunt because he wants to up his chances of a kill, but merely because those hunts are representative of the area and species.

For much of America, hunting a small plot of land from a tree stand with some sort of lure or crop to attract animals is the only easily accessible hunt.

I don't see it as 'canned' hunting at all.

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yup fair enough

I have been subscribed to his YouTube channel / Netflix/ Podcast for quite some time .
The Podcast is the best followed by Netflix, then YouTube.
He is smarter / brighter / more educated / eloquent and just more outdoor savvy than 99% of all other hunting shows .
Yes he comes at any situation from an American point of view, but tell me you guys dont Antipodean everything you look at .

Ken

Steve’s stocks have just soared in my books

Original comment from the Vegan was in response to someone posing with a bull elk

Fantastic response from Steve there. What a slap down.

This thread got me into series 7 and got me all worked up again about Alaska (if I don’t go before I’m too old then that will be considered a major fail). But the episodes that I really really enjoyed were the ones in Guyana (9,10,11). Holy crap you wouldn’t get me walking around with bare feet in that place. But what an experience, man the fishing is awesome, the hand crafted arrows and bows were just beautiful. Really got me thinking about some of the cool places in the world. Would love to go there and experience that kind of river trip with his very cool guiding friends. Steve is lucky to have met them, and wise to have nurtured the relationship. Would be great to see him reciprocate and take the brothers to somewhere cold and full of huge elk!

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Been following Steve Rinella for a few years now, listen to his Podcasts too, couple weeks back he devoted a big segment to talking about the Tahr cull situation here. I like his philosophy on hunting and life in general, seen a video where he sits down with a bunch of hardcore vegans and puts his case across and by the time he had finished speaking they all seemed to have a new found respect for his way of thinking, really intelligent bloke. His buddy Ryan "the bro with the mo" Callaghan is also worth following.

I'd be interested if anyone has a link to that episode. I'd love to be better at persuading instead of just arguing.

This is what I assume Ryan meant.

https://youtu.be/J2N0Utg7KYE

Originally Posted by Flyblown

This is what I assume Ryan meant.

Yes, that must be the one. Worth watching. His respect for Vegans is what I think won the other guy over. Maybe we could learn from him on this forum?

Well said @Cordite. A recent example on here which started out relatively humorously turned into an embarrassing juvenile slugfest that I wish the admin would delete.