The Hunting Collective

By MeatEater

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Reviews: 7
Episodes: 179


 Jan 8, 2021

Joe P
 Jan 9, 2020
I absolutely love this podcast. You are extremely well spoken and the ideas and topics you cover really dig into life and hunting. I appreciate your opinions and facts you present. Thank you for your content and all you do!!


 Nov 18, 2019


 Nov 11, 2019


 Aug 13, 2019

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The Hunting Collective 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. Part of The MeatEater Podcast Network.

Episode Date
Ep. 177: Good Phil Hunting: Endgame
May 11, 2021
Ep. 176: Phil's First Hunt, Part 1
May 04, 2021
Ep. 175: Turkey Trek Part Deux, Bipartisan Parties, and Getting Ready to Rendezvous with BHA's Land Tawney and Rachel Schmidt
Apr 27, 2021
Ep. 174: Trek for Turkeys 2021, Thank You Dad, and the Desire to Possess Animals with Shane Mahoney
Apr 20, 2021
Ep. 173: The Beginning of the End, Elk Don't Want to Die, and Animal Rights as a Conservation Model with Dr. Robert C. Jones
Apr 13, 2021
Ep. 172: Texas Turkey Success, Phil's Burner Account, Sit/Git versus Run/Gun, and Top Turkey States with Sam Soholt
Apr 06, 2021
Ep. 171: A Crossbow Apology, a Nugget Revival, and a Turkey Hunting Lesson for Phil The Engineer with Tony J. Peterson
Mar 30, 2021
Ep. 170: A Podcast About THC Chapters with Luke Reeves
Mar 23, 2021
Ep. 169: Coyote Shootin' Folk Songs, Anti-Hunting Hyperbole, and Unpacking Wildlife Killing Contests with Cornell Ethicist Dr. James Tantillo
Mar 16, 2021
Ep. 168: Looking for Leaders, Aldo Leopold's Green Fire, and Wisconsin's Wolf Hunt Drama with Patrick Durkin
Mar 09, 2021
Ep. 167: Kayla Ray's New THC Tune, Deadly Vegan Data, and Animal Welfare versus Animal Rights with Paul McCarney
Mar 02, 2021
EP. 166: The Value of Mentorship, THC's First Regional Chapter, and Hunters of Color Co-Founders on Achieving Real and Lasting Diversity in Hunting
Feb 23, 2021
Ep. 165: The Anthem of a Cult, Tahr Wars, and the Many Sides of Trophy Hunting with SCI's Ben Cassidy
Feb 16, 2021
Ep. 164: Cameo for Turks, Dad Noises, the Anti-Hunter Populist High Ground, and Another Ask the Eagle with Janis Putelis
Feb 09, 2021
Ep. 163: THC Marriage Counseling, a New Theme Song, and the California Bear Ban Saga with Clay Newcomb
Feb 02, 2021
Ep. 162: Hate Listeners Unite, Ammo Shortages Going Long, and Welcoming 8.4 Million New Gun Owners with RECOIL's Iain Harrison
Jan 26, 2021
Ep. 161: Emergent Hunters are Badass, Cultural Division in our Pursuits, and the Taibbi Paradox with Miles Nolte
Jan 19, 2021
Ep. 160: The Year of the New Hunter, Phil Learns Gun Safety, and a Tragedy in the Duck Blind with Guide Armando Vendittozzi
Jan 12, 2021
Ep. 159: Best of 2020: Sizzler Changes Our Lives, Rabbit Hunting with Charles Rodney, and Burying the Hatchet with Dr. Barrie K. Gilbert
Jan 05, 2021
Ep. 158: Best of 2020: Dumper's Redemption, Chuck Norris Reads Aldo Leopold, and the Not So Sharpest Moment of the Year
Dec 29, 2020
Ep. 157: Running Deer with Dogs: A Paradox, Guarding the Gate, and in Defense of Hunting's Slippery Slope with Clay Newcomb
Dec 22, 2020
Ep. 156: Dragging versus Quartering, Scent Control for Normal Folks, and more on Ask the Eagle with Janis Putelis
Dec 15, 2020
Ep. 155: Two Dudes from Maryland, Old Bay for Life, and Essential Duck Stamp Knowledge with Sam Soholt
Dec 08, 2020
Ep. 154: An Emotional Holiday, Hunting Traditions that Define Us, and Graduate Level Deer Naming with Wired to Hunt's Mark Kenyon
Dec 01, 2020
Ep. 153: The Great THC Holiday Contest, We're (Not) a Cult, and Scaling the Future of Meat with Anya Fernald of Belcampo Farms
Nov 24, 2020
Ep. 152: Dealing with COVID-19, the Colorado Wolf Reintroduction Debate, and Why We Need Game Cooperatives with Doug Duren
Nov 18, 2020
Ep. 151: Jolene the Gas Station Queen, 100 Hunters Flock Shoot 50 Elk, and Wolves on the Ballot with Robbie Kroger from Blood Origins
Nov 12, 2020
Ep. 150: The One-Nut Spike, Killing a Wolverine with a Hatchet, and Riding Reindeer with “Alone” Season Six Winner Jordan Jonas
Nov 03, 2020
Ep. 149: Defining Extremism in Hunting, Crying in the Woods, and a Discussion on Wounding Game Animals with Janis Putelis and Sam Lungren
Oct 27, 2020
Ep. 148: Battling for the Moral High Ground, Animal Rights as a Human Construct, and New Jersey's Bear Hunt Drama with Brian Lynn of the Sportsmen's Alliance
Oct 20, 2020
Ep. 147: Finding Common Ground with Animal Rights Activist Paul Bashir
Oct 13, 2020
Ep. 146: A Wild and Whole Governor, the Sizzler Changes Our Lives, and How to Butcher a Deer with Danielle Prewett
Oct 06, 2020
Ep. 145: Roadtrip Tips, Dream Hunting Rigs, Pick Your One Gun, and More on Ask the Eagle with Janis Putelis
Sep 29, 2020
Ep. 144: Bear Grease Predicts the Weather, Connecting Hunting to God, and Elk Failures with Clay Newcomb and His Flashy Mules
Sep 22, 2020
Ep. 143: Ryan "Cal" Callaghan on His New Pup, Yelling "Snort" in a Crowed Place, Dirty Public Land Mattresses, and Big-Ass Grizzly Bear Encounters
Sep 15, 2020
Ep. 142: That Time Remi Warren Rescued His Future Wife and What Hunters of All Skill Levels Need to Know About Elk
Sep 08, 2020
Ep. 141: The End of Living Off the Land in Louisiana, the Market for Alligators, and Catching Dinosaurs with Swamp People's Troy and Jacob Landry
Sep 01, 2020
Ep. 140: Burying the Hatchet with Dr. Barrie "Salty" Gilbert and Why We Seek Trophies with Chris Darimont
Aug 25, 2020
Ep. 139: Ask the Eagle with Janis Putelis and Dr. Valerius Geist on Wolves, Intelligent Intervention, and the North American Model
Aug 18, 2020
Ep. 138: Chuck Norris Reads Leopold, Please Study Our Hunting Brains, and Inside the Mind of a Predator with Neuroscientist Ivan De Araujo
Aug 11, 2020
Ep. 137: The Salty Gilbert, David Hasselhoff Reads Edward Abbey, and Olympic Gold Medalist David Wise on Bowhunting and Overcoming Depression
Aug 04, 2020
Ep. 136: An Unnamed Cocktail, the Value of Hunting Naps, and Complicated Mountain Goat Management with Pete Muennich
Jul 28, 2020
Ep. 135: Wolves Aren't Great Hunters, a Cougar's 17 Kills in Two Months, and Finding the Predator's Purpose with Yellowstone National Park's Dr. Daniel Stahler
Jul 21, 2020
Ep. 134: Phil's a Duck Hunter Now, Accidentally Fishing with Firecrackers, and a Balanced Backcountry Marriage with Hillary and Ryan Lampers
Jul 14, 2020
Ep. 133: A Tribute to the Late Jim Posewitz, a Non-Discussion about the New Zealand Tahr Cull, and Achieving a Fair Kill with Dr. James Tantillo
Jul 07, 2020
Ep. 132: Bipartisan Action and The Great American LWCF Challenge with BHA’s Land Tawney, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH)
Jun 30, 2020
Ep. 131: PETA’s Tofu Propaganda, the Trouble with Cancel Culture, and Pro Snowboarder Mark Carter Has Nothing to Hide
Jun 23, 2020
Ep. 130: A Dumper Gets Redemption, the Liberal Hunter Match Game, and Challenging the Anti-Meat Movement with Robb Wolf and Diana Rodgers
Jun 16, 2020
Ep. 129: Elmer Fudd Loses His Gun, Charles Rodney on Segregation, and Mat Best and Omar "Crispy" Avila on Gun Culture and Avoiding the Victim Narrative
Jun 09, 2020
Ep. 128: Watch for Rattlers and Be Careful with Those Guns: A Conversation with Texas Legend Wyman Meinzer
Jun 02, 2020
Ep. 127: Bear Butchering Interrupted, the Trouble with Supply Chains, and a Plant-Based Meat Takeover with Nick Halla from Impossible Foods
May 26, 2020
Ep. 126: Bear Attack Turned Urban Legend: The True Story Behind the Gruesome Images that Shocked the Internet with Bret Bohn
May 18, 2020
Ep. 125: Baiting and Backyard Bird Feeders, Game Laws During the Apocalypse, and Our Place in the Natural World with Shane Mahoney
May 12, 2020
Ep. 124: New York's Idiotic Deer Vasectomy Plan, Lab-Grown Meat Conspiracies, The Great Pea Debate, and the Flavors of Spring with Jesse Griffiths
May 05, 2020
Ep. 123: Turkey Season Failures, Six Degrees of Alpha-Gal Syndrome, and Beauty and Horror in the Natural World with Donnie Vincent
Apr 28, 2020
Ep. 122: Phil's First Crap in the Woods and the Bargains of Suffering with Vegan Philosopher Dr. Robert C. Jones
Apr 21, 2020
Ep. 121: A New Yorker’s Pandemic Perspective, the Worst Turkey Hunting Screw Ups, and Learn to Call with the Legendary Will Primos
Apr 14, 2020
Ep. 120: Phil's Dumper Fan, Old Bold Mushroom Hunters, and the 50-Year Ram with Guy and Ike Eastman
Apr 07, 2020
Ep. 119: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast Finale: Please Tell Us We're Open for Hunting, Pink Camp Lamps, and a Once-in-a-Lifetime Public Land Bull with Sean DeGrey
Apr 03, 2020
Ep. 118: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 14: Phil's a Gamer, Pandemic Turkey Hunting, and Three Toms in One Sit with Mike Hunsucker
Apr 02, 2020
Ep. 117: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 13: COVID-19 Threatens Spring Hunting, Use Your Turkey Sponges, and Beak-to-Fan Eating with Danielle Prewett
Apr 01, 2020
Ep. 116: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 12: The Greatest Hand Turkey, the Flashiest Mule, and Up Close Bear Encounters with Clay Newcomb
Mar 31, 2020
Ep. 115: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 11: A Habanero Turkey Lobe, Truck Camp Distancing, and a Spicy Elk Hunt with Sam Lungren and Miles Nolte
Mar 30, 2020
Ep. 114: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 10: Reviewing the Netflix Documentary Tiger King *So Many Spoilers*
Mar 27, 2020
Ep. 113: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 9: Sinew Stew, The Return of El Gigante, and Big Giant Coues Bucks with Janis Putelis and Steven Rinella
Mar 26, 2020
Ep. 112: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 8: Toilet Paper Calculating, Bob the Butcher, and Lanai Archery Axis Deer with Shane Dorian and Sam Soholt
Mar 25, 2020
Ep. 111: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 7: Robe Life, Netflix's" Tiger King" is Gold, and YouTube as a Career with Hushin's Casey Butler
Mar 24, 2020
Ep. 110: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 6: Hand Turkeys Roll In, the Heartbreak Bull, and Public Land Gobblers with Kevin Harlander
Mar 23, 2020
Ep. 109: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 5: Big Giant Blacktails, Frozen Rivers, and Being Stranded on Kodiak with DJ Bell and Cole Kramer
Mar 20, 2020
Ep. 108: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 4: The Great Hand Turkey Campaign, Stimulus Package Gun Buying, and Texas Ticks with Ryan Callaghan
Mar 19, 2020
Ep. 107: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 3: Summary of a Deleted Rant, New Zealand is for Hunters, and a Q&A with Remi Warren
Mar 18, 2020
Ep. 106: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast 2: Vasectomies, Uno the One-Legged Beaver, Win a Podcast, and Why Soil Matters with Mark Kenyon
Mar 17, 2020
Ep. 105: THC Daily Quarantine-Cast: Meeting Joe Rogan, Eating Moose Heart, and Shooting Covers with Sam Soholt
Mar 16, 2020
Ep. 104: THC's Poetic Reviews, Listener Turkey Calls, and Rob Greenfield on Escaping Industrialized Food
Mar 10, 2020
Ep. 103: A Rabbit Hunt in Maryland with Charles Rodney
Mar 03, 2020
Ep. 102: Phil’s Voice Gets a Face, a Listener Gets Engaged, and Becoming a Stoic with Ryan Holiday
Feb 27, 2020
Ep. 101: Hollywood Loves Animal Rights, THC Book Club, and Living with Grizzlies with Bryce Andrews
Feb 18, 2020
Ep. 100: A Podcast with Too Many Giveaways
Feb 11, 2020
Ep. 99: Plant-Based Meat vs. Wild Game with Steven Rinella and Rachel Carrie on Fighting for Hunting in the UK
Feb 04, 2020
Ep. 98: Dad Strangles Coyote that Attacked Son, Lab-Grown Meat is Here, and Dr. James Swan on Hunting and Religion
Jan 28, 2020
Ep. 97: Win a Hunt in New Zealand, Hunters Charged with Animal Cruelty, and Tragic Wisdom with Cornell Ethicist Dr. James Tantillo
Jan 21, 2020
Ep. 96: Best of THC, Volume 4: Outdoor Legends Valerius Geist, Col. Tom Kelly, and Jim Posewitz
Jan 14, 2020
Ep. 95: Best of THC, Volume 3: The Wildest Bear Attack Stories
Jan 07, 2020
Ep. 94: Best of THC, Volume 2: Rinella Learns Game of Thrones, Cam Hanes Digs the Bachelor, and Ben Visits Berkeley
Dec 31, 2019
Ep. 93: Best of THC, Volume 1: Wyman Meinzer, Dusan Smetana, and Charles “The Rabbit Man” Rodney
Dec 24, 2019
Ep. 92: Cal on Being a Mentor, Change Versus Loss, and the Mindful Carnivore with Tovar Cerulli
Dec 17, 2019
Ep. 91: Studying the Earliest MeatEaters and the Evolution of the Human Diet with Brianna Pobiner
Dec 10, 2019
Ep. 90: ASMR for Hunters, Maggie's First Buck, and Telling Our Story with Photographer Andy Anderson
Dec 03, 2019
Ep. 89: Hunting While Black and Questioning Our Cultural Competency with Dr. Carolyn Finney
Nov 26, 2019
Ep. 88: Beyond Factory Farming, the Power in Our Soil, and Learning About Regenerative Agriculture at Roam Ranch
Nov 19, 2019
Ep. 87: Kickass Listener Emails, the Whitetail Rut is Here, and Inside the Back 40 with Mark Kenyon
Nov 12, 2019
Ep. 86: Persecuting Predators and the History Coyotes in America with Dan Flores
Nov 05, 2019
Ep. 85: Phil’s Mustache Gets a Name, The #StampItForward Project, and the Ethics of Bear Baiting with Clay Newcomb
Oct 29, 2019
Ep. 84: Pulling Pythons by the Tail and Being Afraid of Snakes with Herpetologist Harry W. Greene
Oct 22, 2019
Ep. 83: Whiskey and Ethics: The Value of the Grip and Grin with Steven Rinella
Oct 15, 2019
Ep. 82: A Contentious Interview with Grizzly Bear Attack Survivor and Wildlife Advocate Barrie K. Gilbert
Oct 08, 2019
Ep. 81: Owl Herpes, CWD, Avoiding the Plague, and the Deadliest Wildlife Diseases
Oct 02, 2019
Ep. 80: Grouse Adventures, Mango the Dog, and Upland Hunting Legend Ben O. Williams
Sep 25, 2019
Ep. 79: Predator Pits, Riding Moose, and Fighting for the North American Model with Dr. Valerius Geist
Sep 18, 2019
Ep. 78: Cal's Jorts, Notched Tags, and Elk Opener Stories
Sep 10, 2019
Ep. 77: THC Elk Hype Show Featuring Cam Hanes, Sam Soholt, Remi Warren, and Randy Newberg
Sep 03, 2019
Ep. 76: Must-Have Gear, Killer World War Wolves, and Inside Outdoor Recreation with Rachel Vandevoort
Aug 27, 2019
Ep. 75: William Perry Pendley Sucks & The History of Taxidermy with Brant MacDuff
Aug 20, 2019
Ep. 74: Remi’s New Podcast, We Read Mean Comments & the History of the Boone & Crockett Club
Aug 13, 2019
Ep. 73: The Washington Post Fails at Journalism & an Interview with Outside Magazine’s Wes Siler
Aug 06, 2019
Ep. 72: THC Top Fives & How Hunting Made us Human with William Von Hippel
Jul 30, 2019
Ep. 71: Exploring Consumption & Ethical Veganism with Professor Robert C. Jones
Jul 23, 2019
Ep. 70: Visiting a Vegan Butcher Shop & a Conversation with an Animal Rights Activist
Jul 16, 2019
Ep. 69: A Private Versus Public Debate & Studying Land Use at UC Berkeley
Jul 09, 2019
Ep. 68: Dick Moves, Redefining the Hunting Narrative & Modern Huntsman's Tyler Sharp
Jul 02, 2019
Ep. 67: What the Last Subsistence Whale Hunters Can Teach Us
Jun 25, 2019
Ep. 66: The Great Wild Turkey Revival & an Interview with NWTF’s Dr. James Earl Kennamer
Jun 18, 2019
Ep. 65: A Message About Father’s Day & an Interview with Eddie Nickens
Jun 11, 2019
Ep. 64: The End of Turkey Season & an Interview with Legendary Writer Col. Tom Kelly
Jun 04, 2019
Ep. 63: Rinella on Race and Hunting, the Rabbit Rut & an Interview with Charles Rodney
May 28, 2019
Ep. 62: MeatEater High Fashion, Climate Change & a Conversation with TRCP’s Whit Fosburgh
May 21, 2019
Ep. 61: Fair Chase is a Problem, Lack of Women on the Show & an Interview with Jess C. Johnson
May 14, 2019
Ep. 60: Cal’s Big Announcement, More Game of Thrones & MeatEater’s Newest Hire
May 07, 2019
Ep. 59: Turkey Talk, Public Land Pride & Drs. Alex and Libby Metcalf
Apr 30, 2019
Ep. 58: Explaining Game of Thrones to Steven Rinella & an Interview with the Sportsmen’s Alliance
Apr 23, 2019
Ep. 57: Bigfoot Sex, the Craft of Writing & an Interview with Hal Herring | 4.16.19
Apr 16, 2019
Ep. 56: Bears in the News & Grizzly Attack Survivor Todd Orr |4.9.19
Apr 09, 2019
Ep. 55: Cal’s Love Life, the Adam Greentree Case & an Interview with Cameron Hanes | 4.2.19
Apr 02, 2019
Ep. 54: Mark Kenyon & Spencer Neuharth
Mar 26, 2019
Ep. 53: Andrew McKean
Mar 20, 2019
Ep. 52: Shane Mahoney on the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, Part 2
Mar 12, 2019
Ep. 51: Shane Mahoney on the North American Model of Conservation, Part 1
Mar 05, 2019
Special Episode - Is the “Public Lands Package” (Bill S. 47) a Win for Sportsmen?
Feb 28, 2019
Ep. 50: The Pace Brothers
Feb 26, 2019
Ep. 49: Trophy Animals, the Mainstream Media and Hunting "Scandals"
Feb 19, 2019
Ep. 48: Tim Burnett & Remi Warren
Feb 13, 2019
Ep. 47: Iain Harrison & Ryan Callaghan
Feb 05, 2019
Ep. 46: Donnie Vincent
Jan 29, 2019
Ep. 45: Steven Rinella and Ryan Callaghan
Jan 22, 2019
Ep. 44: Jim Posewitz
Jan 15, 2019
Ep. 43: Mark Kenyon
Jan 08, 2019
Ep. 42: A Bear Attack on Afognak Island
Dec 31, 2018
Ep. 41: Chad Mendes
Dec 24, 2018
Ep. 40: Randy Newberg & Janis Putelis
Dec 18, 2018
Ep. 39: Dusan Smetana
Dec 11, 2018
Ep. 38: Charles Post
Dec 04, 2018
Ep. 37: Janis Putelis
Nov 27, 2018
Ep. 36: Land Tawney
Nov 21, 2018
Ep. 35: Morgan Mason
Nov 13, 2018
Ep. 34: Shane Dorian
Nov 06, 2018
Ep. 33: Adam Greentree
Oct 30, 2018
Ep. 32: Senator Jon Tester
Oct 23, 2018
Ep. 31: Ryan Callaghan
Oct 16, 2018
Ep. 30: Charles “The Rabbit Man” Rodney
Oct 09, 2018
Special Episode - MeatEater: Finding Our Why
Oct 02, 2018
Ep. 29: Jeff Crane & Andy Treharne
Sep 25, 2018
Ep. 28: Adam Foss
Sep 18, 2018
Ep. 27: Roy & Ryan Seiders
Sep 11, 2018
Ep. 26: Omar “Crispy” Avila
Sep 04, 2018
Ep. 25: Russell Cunningham
Aug 28, 2018
Ep. 24: Wyman Meinzer
Aug 21, 2018
Ep. 23: Public Lands Roundtable
Aug 14, 2018
Ep. 22: David Wise, Janis Putelis and Sam Soholt
Aug 07, 2018
Ep. 21: Jason Matzinger & Sam Soholt
Jul 31, 2018
Ep. 20: Charles Post
Jul 24, 2018
Ep. 19: Ben "ShedCrazy" Dettamanti
Jul 10, 2018
Ep. 18: Cole Kramer
Jul 03, 2018
Ep. 17: Cody Rich
Jun 27, 2018
Ep. 16: Adam Janke
Jun 19, 2018
Ep. 15: Ryan Callaghan
Jun 12, 2018
Ep. 14: Casey Butler
Jun 05, 2018
Ep. 13: Lanai Recap with Sam Soholt
May 04, 2018
Ep. 12: Fred Eichler
Apr 26, 2018
Ep. 11: John Gale
Apr 19, 2018
Ep. 10: Aron Snyder
Apr 12, 2018
Ep. 9: Jesse Griffiths
Apr 04, 2018
Ep. 8: Sam Soholt
Mar 29, 2018
Ep. 7: Charles Post
Mar 25, 2018
Ep. 6: Remi Warren
Mar 14, 2018
Ep. 5: Shane Mahoney
Mar 09, 2018
Ep. 4: John Dudley
Mar 01, 2018
Ep. 3: Aubrey Marcus
Feb 22, 2018
Ep. 2: Ryan Callaghan
Feb 13, 2018
Ep. 1: Steven Rinella
Feb 06, 2018