Local Motion: Montana Bull Elk | S4E04 | MeatEater 

I've only become interested in hunting along with my son over the last couple years because I didn't come from a hunting/firearm family. But since I've started watching your videos (due to my sons recommendation), I've grown a huge respect for you and the lessons you teach. Life is hard work, along with rough days. Its about excitement and disappointment, lessons learned, and forgotten. Its about growing as a person, while still having the ability to stay small. I've seen you grow as a hunter and person since I started watching. I look forward to having as many of these experiences as I can with my son. Thanks for the content

This is one of the finest television shows ever made so knowledgeable and honest, it has revolutionized the way I think about hunting

Steve: "World's finest meat... Elk." Joe Rogan watching on tv, naked: "You're damn right it is..."

Drinking game.. every time Steve says “you gotta be kidding me”

Steve, just wanted to thank you. I have walked the same paths, from shrimp and crabs to elk in the Rockies....but the old bones just aren’t the same anymore. I love your ethics and envy your youth, and appreciate getting the share your adventures.... so many memories.

Steve waxes poetry when he narrates. The modern philosopher hunter-monk. He does a great job of carrying the legacy forward from the outdoors-men ancestors that came before us. Thanks Steve and team, keep it up. You're doing a great service to humanity, helping others to deeply understand who we are for ourselves.

i thought he switch from hunting the bull elk to that guy lmao

I love the fact that Seven, still putts out the video even when he's not successful in the hut, because we have all been there many times.

I always carry an extra base layer in my pack. It’s so fast and easy to just get out of that sweaty shirt and get a dry one next to my skin. Well worth the weight in my pack and saves me nearly every climb when I’m elk hunting. In warm early season weather I carry a washcloth that’s very wet and a lil scent free liquid soap in a ziplock back to reach under my shirt and wipe off after a hot hike. Very refreshing and I think keeps my scent down some. Also great for cleaning my hands after a gut job. Love your videos and your show Steve!!

This has to be my favorite episode, it shows the reality of true hunting for most people. I hunt public land (which most of us do) and you really get to learn the nature of other hunters and how to play the "game". Sure it sucks some years, you go home empty handed most of the time, but at the end of the day, 90% of the time we are out there.. just to be out there. Cheers to all the hunters who find their peace in sitting for hours on end. Better luck next year, and here's to getting that wall mount!

2:45 reminded me of my 70 yesr old grandpaw taking me hunting back in the 90’s. We’d sit at the top of a little hill in his 20-30 year Old chevy and glass the draws, spot one and Id have to go chase after it. Good times

Ha ha very well said "Lets just say his nose is not smelling grass."

I like the skunked videos best. Hits me right in the feels. I’ve definitely gone hunting and gotten skunked far more than been successful.

I have so much respect to the fact that he had the patience and the respect to let the other hunter have the better opportunity.

I've been hunting in Montana all my life, and one of the most frustrating things is definitely other hunters on public land. Obviously they have just as much right to be there as anyone else, but it definitely can be a little bit discouraging. Great hunt Steve, really enjoy the show 👍🇺🇲

"That sinking feeling it ain't gonna happen." Yup... I hear ya. Great video and that's a great representative of public land hunting.

I moved from Tennessee to Wyoming about 10 years ago.... I feel in love with Elk... I have been blessed to see many Elk in the bridger-teton National Forest near the Teton Mountains... Elk is my favorite steak...!!!!!

The hunter is in good shape to be doing all of that!

I like how you used the old cabelas hunting game theme music

By far the best real hunting show anywhere

Id love to see Steven go through and explain his gear. That backpack looks legit. 19:48

I lived in Belgrade Montana. Have had same experience many times. It’s a part of the hunt. Nice video. Brought back l lot of memories. Thank you for that.

“I love to hunt, I just hate other hunters.” Dirk Lipps

The most relatable episode I've watched so far.

Your ethics on hunting has always impressed me. It is still a successful trip.

This guy is so good at holding himself accountable.

"If anything, It's just nice being out here." title of my hunting life.

Love the authenticity of this video. Huge effort. Very frustrating and after days of hunting you end up skunked. “It’s just nice being out here.”

Man, I really want Steve to get a Grizzly in one of these episodes .

When I kill an Elk everyone wants to know where. Hey, I did the work all year. That's treasured info.

I’m a vegetarian and I still respect what you do thanks we all need to be enlightened .

I love his respect for other hunters and the animals he kills. Im a Aussie so hunting is different. But this guy is very informative.

Win lose or draw, I always enjoy watching and listening to every episode. The show inspires, motivates, and educates. Very respectfully, brethren outdoorsman.

I just moved to montana and started hunting here and man, I can feel the struggle in my soul lol. Everywhere you go theres a truck parked and a bunch of dudes both infront and behind you, and youl be lucky if they hunt legally and dont offroad with their truck and go well into private. Alot of folks dont respect the law around here sadly, appreciate seeing those who do. Beautiful country though, and great video as always!

As a montanan his portrayal of elk hunting is spot on.

Thank you so much for posting these on RU-vid Steve. People like me who don’t own computers really appreciate it when you make it easy for us too.

Thank you brother for sharing your thoughts and adventures

You and your friends are the best group of people to show case Hunting and I can't forget about Jim Shockey. Amazing representation for hunting and outdoorsman alike.

C’mon get this season completely downloaded! I have already binged watched Seasons 1-3 and the first 3 videos of season 4 😁.

Steve's philosophy of public land hunts and fighting for bulls is really beautiful. Respect for others who may be need that bull as an answer to a prayer, patience is rewarded in other ways. Your conscience followed you every day, and if you swiped that bill legally, it may not taste as good or even bitter by how you got it.

Couldn’t have started my morning better; learning about my past and watching my dude Steve!

Respect for them putting this episode out of an unsuccessful hunt.

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times.

How have you not been given your own TV show yet? Between you and Coyote Peterson, you blow any tv show in this realm out of the water.

I have never hunted, no 1 in my family hunts. Im not your stereotypical hunter guy by any stretch, guys like Steve are really helping peak my interest I really hope I get to hunt 1 day. Peace and blessings..

A hunting show with The Clash references. I'm in heaven.

Aside from your video production getting better every time, the land that you hunt on is always nothing short of epic! Keep them coming, please!!

Looks like Pennsylvania deer gun season when I was a kid with a bigger sky. That cat and mouse game with the deer and other hunters gets in your blood and you come to cherish each cold breath that seems to crystallize your nose hairs. A person can’t get much closer to deep, personal peace on earth.

I wish steve can do a video Some where in East Africa for charity and Ugandan Nile Bufalo. Also Tanzina and South Africa are must go to places for the show🇺🇬🇹🇿🇿🇦

i love that you showed the failure the first day, and not just the kill for the show. quality stuff.

I love MeatEater, and i haven't always been Steve's biggest fan... BUT this episode made me respect him on another level.

I'm glad Rinella came across other hunters. He always has the whole mountain to himself and it's nice when he has to come down to mortals and hunt within the space of other hunters. Welcome to the less than 1% of the other population.

I love hunting and fishing, it's one of the few activities where most people you come across are really friendly. I would always see my grandpa talk and have laughs with everyone we would run into while hunting, now i do the same. They would even offer help and information, majority of hunters are just good people.

That tundra is a beauty , long bed

1:42 is amazing. A two lane road covered in ice and snow and you are still allowed to drive fast. Merica!! Love it!

When we were hunting in this same area in Montana another hunter was down below us on a ridge and he started using his scope on his rifle to check us out instead of just using his binos. So many novice hunters near Bozeman. A lot of the elk just end up getting pushed onto private ranches as the season goes on.

I think this is one of the first vids I’ve seen you in hunter orange.

I find myself coming back and watching these older episodes.

👏🏾 love watching all of your content and experiences! This shows why nothing but respect

Honestly I love to see this. Most non-hunters don't understand that many times hunters come home empty handed. I live in California which means everywhere I hunt is a high pressured area. Duck hunting and Turkey hunting in California on public land is no joke, most places are overrun with people. You have to walk many, many miles, or know someone with private property to kill lots of game in CA. Or spend lots of $$$ for clubs and such. It's not what you know fellas, but who you know.

Like others who watch Steven, i did not come from a hunting family. I started in 1999 and have not stopped. I now own and live on my hunting land and live off of the deer, hogs, turkey, and fish i harvest. Its hard, but way more satisfying than buying meat on maxipads in cellophane from who knows where. I harvest, butcher, and wrap all my meats personally. Field to table, Steven......thank you.

Beautiful country! Camera guys are awesome!

After weeks of binge watching Meat Eater, I finally watched all the episodes here on RU-vid. I now know why people get so excited for new video uploads😂

I only recently started watching more of your videos, and now I'm totally hooked. Because of me filming and editing hunts for most of the year, I don't watch other hunting shows. Yours are different than the rest, I love it, especially the cooking side of it.

I haven't read the previous posts, so this may have already been said, but I am going to say that I openly enjoy episodes where they come up empty. In my older age I have come to respect and admire the chase and I fully realize the kill is a bonus. I still learn a lot from these episodes.

this reminds me of Thanksgiving day pheasant hunting. In nj pheasant are stocked in just a few spots so they get insane. Makes me want to just jump in a vat of hunter orange paint so i don't get shot, and then it'd still be a risk

this episode is by far one of my favorites

Never into hunting myself, but watching you do it is awesome. Thanks for experiencing it for me where i'm safely watching. In your one season, Idk how you could hunt bears when you seen so many around and you and your hunting buddies kept your cool. Randomly found this channel while watching some rogan clip. Just mad respect.

A tip for people hunting by winter. Wear several thinner layers (2-3) of wool, with an inner layer of (what I use) a sort of chain-mail woll shirt and pants in the same knitting (lots of holes). Makes essentially a layer of air against your body so no sticky, wet cloths touch you. If you need to move a fair distance, remove your jacket (put it in or across your backpack), remove or wrap up your hat/beanie so it only covers the top of your head. You usually will have no problem staying comfortably warm while moving, just adapt the layers you remove to the temperature, including your gloves so they dont get wet from sweat and the neckwarmer (if you use it). It will make it easier for your body to cool your nut. The key is to not get so warm you sweat an avoidable amount. Then, let your sweat steam of you when you stop and put the jacket back on after. If its like colder than -12 to -15 celsius (arround 5-10 fahrenheit) pack an extra fat wool sweater to put on as a last layer under you windproof jacket when you are ready to put your cloths back on to scout at your lookout spot. And if its too cold to walk without gloves, bring an extra pair, just some thin wool/fleece gloves to walk with, so your real warm ones stay dry. A tip from Scandinavia where we often hunt in -4 fahrenheit (-20 celsius) to the interwebs.

Your attitude and respect for other hunters is very commendable even if other hunters are not.

I dont hunt but I absolutely love this show. Steve is very insightful.

Just left Wisdom, MT with 5 fruitless days behind me. Hey, sometimes the weather doesn't cooperate either. Wouldn't trade it for anything (well almost), and I sure do appreciate this young man's wisdom and attitude. Happy hunting folks!

Mr Rinella, you make some of the finest content ever made. Even unsuccessful it's better than most shows. Absolutely perfect 💪🤟🙏

love the shows and respect you and what you do !!!!! Thanks for letting us be apart of your awesome life big thumbs up buddy

Man, I love this guy never miss a video

You can just say "Remi." We know your "friend" is Remi 😂

I love the humility in this episode

The best episode by far. Shows the reality of public land hunting. Also gives me hope that with enough hard work, I can too get on some bulls with an OTC/easy to draw tag.

man that was awesome, the first order of business this fall would be getting my first elk, Montana seems like a great place to look for Elk. Great Stuff!

What a legend.

You are such a great hunter and inspiration I cannot get enough of watching your amazing videos. Loved this one especially!!

Just watched the BC moose hunt! Being Canadian, I love it when he hunts and films here!!

Best hunter no doubt

Exactly, It's just nice being out there.

I was searching for a meateater elk video yesterday finally😁😁😁😁

Best show! Always looking for new videos

I can’t walk more than a half mile without being winded and feeling like crap and here you are almost 4 miles up and over mountains !!! So impressive bud !

Reminds me of the orange army here in Wisconsin public land during deer season! Haven’t hunted for deer and switched over to birds and bird dogs after realizing Wisconsin deer is a losing battle.

I love how your videos are so honest by the way of honestly portraying the way hunting really goes and by that meaning that every hunt doesn't end in success like someone would watch on ESPN Outdoors or any other outdoor channel. 🤙💯

I know how this guy feels. I once counted 53 does walk within 25yds of my stand opening morning in Michigan and not a single buck.

Always an adventure.yeah it sucks sometimes but the journey is always good

Thank you for these videos!!

Still an awesome hunt and great of you to let the other hunter have at it.

Steve is THE MAN!!

Elk know late season well. If you knew that hunt you would have put yourself in those positions. Takes years to learn terrain, behavior of other hunters and uphill tendencies of elk. I hunt a ridge on private land (friends) every year and it's still really tough. Im a runner and try to sprint to where I know they're going to climb and they always seem to beat me, with wind right, running in the dark. These animals are crazy. had a spike spit in my face blocking my shot on a legal cow. That was what I got from 30 miles and one week last year.

JUST A MAGNIFICENT VIDEO. MAGIC!

Absolutely gorgeous hunt

Perfect stalking snow!

Good hunt, and thanks for pointing out that it is not the right thing for a Sportsman to cut off other hunters on a stalk or shoot over them!!! Steve, you are a Sportsman and take into consideration your fellow hunter even if you could’ve “beaten” him to the bull......... Hats off to you Sir!!!

At the end of every episode Steve always manage to leaves me really really hungry!!!