S6 E1 • Southern Traditions: Virginia Doves

All across America hunters kick off the fall hunting season with a weekend of doves, friends, and food. MeatEater regular Ronnie Boehme has invited Steve out to his digs in Virginia for the dove opener. To prep for opening day, Steve and Ron spend a day brushing up on their shotgun technique on a sporting clays course followed by a pigeon hunt. Steve shares simple cooking methods for doves and pigeons on the grill.

Première diffusion : 14 janvier 2016

S6 E2 • Mountain Meditation: British Columbia Grizzly Bear

Ryan Callaghan and Aaron Evans join Steve on an epic adventure in British Columbia’s Rockies to pursue grizzly bears. Steve has set specific means of take, guided by personal ethics, for his grizzly bear hunt. The hunt is dampened by weather but Steve finds a way to fix a tasty meal.

Première diffusion : 21 janvier 2016

S6 E3 • Lobster of the Prairie: Wyoming Antelope

Steve is fed up with the disrespect the antelope receives. Bad hunting protocol, poor meat quality, it’s all a wives’ tale. Through this week's hunt, Steve aims to make antelope lovers out of everyone and give the antelope the respect it deserves.

Première diffusion : 28 janvier 2016

S6 E4 • Land of the Giants: Idaho Mule Deer Part 1

Steve’s quest for a giant mule deer buck continues in central Idaho. To help Steve in his journey, First Lite's Ryan Callaghan has offered up one of his best spots as well as his keen spotting skills. The duo pack into some of the West’s steepest and prettiest mountains seeking a creature of mythological reputation: the colossal buck of Steve’s dreams.

Première diffusion : 4 février 2016

S6 E5 • Land of the Giants: Idaho Mule Deer Part 2

Steve’s quest for a giant mule deer buck continues in central Idaho. To help Steve in his journey, Ryan Callaghan has offered up one of his best spots as well as his keen spotting skills. The duo backpack hunt in some of the West’s steepest and prettiest mountains seeking a creature of mythological reputation: the colossal buck of Steve’s dreams. In part two Steve finally connects with a buck that can be classified as giant. The dream is realized; Steve and Ryan feast on a slow cooked roast.

Première diffusion : 11 février 2016

S6 E6 • Cooking Special: Butchering a Whole Deer

Plain and simple: Steve gives the "how to" on breaking down a whole whitetail deer. Steve starts with a whole deer, minus the hide and guts, then takes you through the process of transforming it into steaks, roasts, shanks and, of course, all the oddities that are often discarded.

Première diffusion : 18 février 2016

S6 E6 • Cooking Special: Butchering a Whole Deer

Plain and simple: Steve gives the “how to” on breaking down a whole whitetail deer. Steve starts with a whole deer, minus the hide and guts, then takes you through the process of transforming it into steaks, roasts, shanks and, of course, all the oddities that are often discarded.

Première diffusion : 18 février 2016

S6 E7 • Duren Deer Camp: Helen and Brittany Wisconsin Whitetail Part 1

Helen Cho and Brittany Brothers, integral parts of the MeatEater production team, are back for a double episode. This time around they’re hunting whitetail deer in Wisconsin on the famed Duren farm with Doug Duren and Steve as their guides. Arriving a few days early to scout and tune up their shooting with some squirrel hunting, the ladies enter the next chapter of their hunting careers.

Première diffusion : 25 février 2016

S6 E8 • Duren Deer Camp: Helen and Brittany Wisconsin Whitetail Part 2

Helen Cho and Brittany Brothers, integral parts of the MeatEater production team, are back for a double episode. This time around they’re hunting whitetail deer in Wisconsin on the famed Duren farm with Doug Duren and Steve as their guides. In part two both Helen and Brittany get their chance at Duren farm bucks. Hobo dinners over the campfire make it deer camp.

Première diffusion : 3 mars 2016

S6 E9 • Steve makes the Team: Kentucky Small Game

Kevin murphy and his band of kentucky small game hunters introduce steve to the finest kentucky has to offer. Gray squirrels with tree hounds and cottontails with beagles, in kentucky, it's the dogs that do the hunting. Cathead biscuits, sawmill gravy, and fried small game round out the kentucky adventure.

Première diffusion : 11 août 2016

S6 E10 • A Trip of Firsts: Mexico Coues Deer and Javelina

Steve and Janis head to the Sonoran mountains of Mexico to hunt the elusive Coues deer and javelina.

Première diffusion : 18 août 2016

S6 E11 • Lone Star Pork: Texas Hog

Steve joins ranch manager and wildlife biologist ben binnion for a couple of days during his annual pig roundup to learn about the other side of the texas hog story.

Première diffusion : 25 août 2016

S6 E12 • Trapped in History: Wyoming Beaver

Steve explains what goes into beaver trapping while retelling stories of the mountain men who depended on this animal, for both its surprisingly delicious meat and incredible hide.

Première diffusion : 1 septembre 2016

S6 E13 • Cooking Special

Steven is a cooking thief, otherwise known as a student of the culinary arts, and this week, he's learning from chef eduardo garcia of charged film and montana mex, a storied chef who loves wild game as much as steve does.

Première diffusion : 8 septembre 2016

S6 E14 • Mountain Memories: Montana Bear

Steve returns to his black bear roots in southwest montana for a spring black bear hunt. He's hunted these mountains before, it's a special place and he's glad to be back.

Première diffusion : 22 septembre 2016

S6 E15 • Living off the Water: KEntucky Fish

Set lines, limb lines, trot lines, turtle traps, bows and arrows, they all make it out onto the kentucky water with meateaters steven rinella and kevin murphy.

Première diffusion : 29 septembre 2016

S6 E16 • A Lesson in Conservation History: New Mexico Turkey

Hot on a 100-year-old hunting tip from Aldo Leopold, Steven joins Karl Malcolm in New Mexico to chase the Merriam's wild turkey.

Première diffusion : 16 octobre 2016