Bear Grease

Josh "Landbridge" Spielmaker and Bear Newcomb welcome Kyle Plunkett and Kyle Veit, hosts of the Ozark Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about recent deer hunts, including public-land bucks, rattling and grunting during the rut, saddle hunting, and the challenges of getting a deer out of the backcountry. The conversation also turns to a favorite piece of Ozark folklore—the persimmon seed winter forecast—and the crew’s hopes for a snowy season. Bear talks about his upcoming friends-and-family deer camp.
A major part of the discussion centers on Clay’s recent High Arctic experience and his conversation with Inuit hunter Devon Manik and author Frank J. Tester. The group reflects on the realities of life in the far north, extreme cold, traditional caribou clothing, Inuit culture and language, and the deep respect for wildlife that comes from depending on the land.
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This past June, I got the opportunity to go on safari in Zululand, an area of the Zulu kingdom located in the northeastern part of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that runs from the Tugela River in the south up to the Mozambique border. During that trip, we encountered leopards, elephants, cape buffalo lions, rhinos, kudu, nyala, and a wilderneress and people with an incredible history of wildlife and wild places. We will talk to a man named Garry Kelly, who's been involved directly with wildlife in this place since the 1970s, along with his son Cullen, we will hear actual audio from time spent hunting out there, we will even hear stories of hunting impala for the Zulu king, and we will all get a better understanding of how special and wild this place is.
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According to the TCL mailbag, you folks are living on the edge. Brent's revealing two examples this week from listener stories that come straight from the wild. We think most of us can relate to some calamity in the field because nature is so unpredictable. Things happen and in this episode, they happen kind of big. It's time for MeatEater's "This Country Life" podcast.
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500 miles north of the Arctic Circle lies Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, one of the northernmost inhabited villages in the world. In this introductory episode of our new High Arctic Series, host Clay Newcomb talks with Inuit hunter Devon Manik on location 40 miles out on the sea ice of Arctic Bay on a polar bear expedition. Devon shares stories of his family history and when they first located to Resolute bay, surviving some of the harshest conditions on the planet.
Clay also introduces author, filmmaker, and professor emeritus of British Columbia University Frank J. Tester. In their discussion, Frank details his experiences living in Resolute Bay for 2 years and unbelievable stories of life in this unforgiving region. He also expounds on the history of culture, history, and relocation of the Inuit.
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Brent visits with "This Country Life" and "Blood Trails" contributing videographer David McDaniels to discuss David's recent elk hunt. It was a hunt opportunity that resulted from a crazy set of circumstances that initially felt like a huge disappointment. Good things happen to good people and in the end, David persevered in a big way. From darkness to light comes David's Elk Story on MeatEater's "This Country Life" podcast.
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