The BEST episodes of MeatEater season 2
Every episode of MeatEater season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MeatEater season 2!
In MeatEater, author hunter and outdoorsman Steve Rinella will walk on the wild side where cliffs, claws and the culinary art all come crashing together in one nail-biting outdoors adventure. He will deconstruct and master any hunting technique; track and pursue prey; and procure his own food, which he will turn into a mouth-watering fireside meal. Far from trophy or sport hinting, Rinella stays true you our ancestral tradition of sustenance hunting- nothing he harvests goes to waste. Whether tracking black tail deer in the remote Alaskan Wilderness, or rooting out Javelina in Texas, Rinella will defer to his back-country roots, challenging himself at every corner while providing nail biting adventure along the way.
#1 - Cooking Special: Giving Thanks
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/18/2012
The Pilgrims didn't get their turkey at the store and neither does Steven Rinella. On this special Holiday episode Steve cooks three enticing dishes: Wild Turkey Galantine, Smoked Black Bear Ham, and his take on the traditional Mincemeat Pie. Appetites will run large as Steve makes a special meal for his family and friends.
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#2 - The Top of the Bottom of the World: New Zealand Tahr (2)
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2012
Steven Rinella continues his hunt in New Zealand working towards his ultimate goal. Featured meals will be rock-grilled Chamois, Tahr Tartar, and a mountaintop Tahr-B-Q.
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#3 - Bush Pig: New Zealand Wild Boar
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2012
On this hunt, Steven Rinella is in New Zealand chasing wild boar with a professional pig hunter and two tiny dogs. No gun. No bow. Nothing but two hands and a knife. This is as close range as you can get.
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#4 - Crossing Borders: Sonoran Desert Bison
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/15/2012
Hunting a powerful living relic from a bygone era, Steven Rinella heads into the mountains of the Sonora Desert on a true, wild, free-ranging buffalo hunt. Steve knows Buffalo, but seeing and stalking these beasts in this dry, stark habitat is a wild experience, very different from anything he’s every done.
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#5 - Strange Hunt in a Strange Land: New Zealand Red Stag
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2012
Steven Rinella flies halfway around the world to take on the mystical Red Stag in one of the most beautiful settings in the world—New Zealand’s South Island. Steve learns whether his North American hunting skills will translate for these foreign beasts.
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#6 - The Fair Chase: Arizona Mountain Lion
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/8/2012
On this hunt, Steven Rinella heads into the wilds of southeastern Arizona to chase mountain lions. It's hard country and the odds are against him, even with two of the best lion trackers and some of their trustiest dogs on their side.
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#7 - Big Sky, Bigger Birds: Montana Spring Turkey
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/1/2012
Steven Rinella and his brother Matt load up the llamas for a backcountry spring Turkey hunt in Montana’s Powder River Breaks. This rugged terrain is the brothers’ long time stomping ground and they will pack deep into the badlands to get away from people and close to some Toms.
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#8 - The Top of the Bottom of the World: New Zealand Tahr (1)
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2012
Steven Rinella gears up for a massive climb into New Zealand’s Southern Alps in pursuit of Chamois and Tahr. Guide and friend, Remi Warren, will show Steve the ropes of hunting the high-country of New Zealand’s alpine. The men will travel light and hunt for food as they go, basing out of an alpine hut as they locate their quarry. This hunt turns adventurous quickly; with an impassable glacial river between Steve and his goal, things get dangerous.
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