Mountain Memories: Montana Black Bear | S6E15 | MeatEater 

You know most of the time when I watch Steve hunt, I’m not really even interested in what he’s after. I find myself more intrigued with his outlook on life and it is his thoughts that I admire most.

does anyone else feel like they’ve known Steve Rinella like a life long friend yet never met him? He would fit in just about any deer camp worldwide.

The beginning part about Matt made it seem like he was no longer with us. There wasn't any pickup like "But he is on a business trip and can't come hunting, the loser"

This still easily stands as a top five episode imo.

When Steve talks I listen intently. I love how he makes his adventures a story and how he uses his voiceover to further paint the picture. So good!! 🤙

I've seen every season and I think this is the best episode ever. The music, the edition, the photography, the places and the reflections... 10/10. There were no guests, not one shot was fired, nor were there recipes, but there was a connection with the truly hunter soul.

Hunted a few times when I was younger. I went on a different path in life and it wasn't a good one. I just turned 40 a few days ago and I'm getting back into hunting. I've missed so much in life! Wasted so much time. My next 40 will be great! Let's go!! :Thank you to everyone for the great comments. The outdoor community is still and will always be a tight nit community! That'll never change!

This was one of the most soothing episodes I have ever seen from Steven. I felt calm listening to him. 😂

We all click thinking we'll just get lessons on hunting, but with MeatEater, Steve always whips up some good ole life lessons as well

This has been one of my favorite episodes for quite a while. Glad it's on RU-vid, now

The reason this is the best episode of Meateater ever... is because this reaches into the depths of all of our souls and puts us EXACTLY back to the place with the sights and smells exactly where that place is for us... Kindred spirits..

You know listening to you reminded me of hunts and camping with my father. When I saw the shot of the night sky and the stars that seem like they just showed up and you never remember seeing so many. Makes you forget how dark and wonderful the mountains are without light and how awesome it is to fall asleep staring up at them. Nature is so wonderful. I felt like I was with you because there is never a better place to be than alone, away, and free in the wilderness. That feeling of wonder, excitement, with that touch of fear reminding you you're alive and want to stay that way to enjoy more......

Steve. Love how you are able capture what hunting is to the majority of us. You feed my soul. Also, huge thank you for being a role model of a healthy male discussing and normalizing emotions. My 16 year old son introduced me to your show, and you have spurred on his interest and knowledge of hunting and preparing wild game. I've hunted with him since he was an infant and now he is begging me to take him out of state (we live in Michigan), and out of country. ❤️

Amazing presentation in a most beautiful and memorable place on the planet! A man's place to be.♡

this is my favorite episode of meat eater! I could listen to him talk about his life experiences all day. he just seems to be so at peace in nature!

This is so much more than just a hunting show….Thank you Meat Eater

One of the best episodes, I always come back to this here & there. Amazing narration and story telling, makes you reflect on your own life. Also makes me want to explore with my brother, friends & family. Peace, may the wind always be at your face!

👍 It's an amazing creation. Age 41, and amazed every day. Praise God.🇺🇸

WHO THINKS STEVE RINELLA HAS A GOOD VOICE FOR CALM,OR CALMING APPS? gotta love this guy...such a great outlook on life, great to take into perspective Here in Australia.

always a pleasure bro

Wow my mind is blown!! What an amazing, beautiful back drop!! That was the best hunting episode I have ever seen. Thank you for this unexpected gift. I love how you can take me to a such a magnificent, magical place and watch from the absolute safety and comfort of my comfy warm couch. I feel like I was right there with you, what a blast. 👏 Bravo

By far the best episode, and it happened without a single thought of genuinely taking a shot

One of the best episodes for sure

I've been a cook my whole life and I'm so excited to learn to hunt my own meats. Deciding to relocate to Montana is the best choice I've ever made. Thank God my gf of 2.5 years is going to join me.

The only thing about the future you can count on is the days move faster and faster the older you get.

Wow this episode is awesome!!! So glad it was chosen to be in RU-vid I had never seen it before and it is definitely one of my favorite episodes.

Most entertainment out there today.

my favorite episode

I liked the story about your brother. I wish I had that.

Well that took quite the turn 😂😂 think you guys know what I’m talking about

That was kinda like church thank you for sharing

Great video, as usual. Thank you

Seems like Steve is feeling the father time a bit 😏

When he said quarter me out so a grizzly could eat me I lost it LOL

Thanks for another great video Steve, always enjoy meat eater, can't wait for some deer hunting videos brother

Excellent stuff bro

Steve is the Bourdain of nowhere

Funny, I’ve always wanted to be left out for the animals once I die too. Giving back

Great video I love bear hunting

Steve going full Aristotle

Special episode

Great content always look forward to the videos💪👍👌

My man went to BC twice to try to hunt a big Grizzly and film it, instead he only saw sows and Black Bear. Then he hunts his home turf for black bear and only finds Grizzly.

I like watching these videos, but seeing iconic animals like bear, moose, and cougars being killed is sad because there arnt that many

Good show

красивые места

Grizzly my dude..mlooj out Steve

I've told my friends and family, when I die freeze me solid and wood chipper me into the sea. You spend 80 years feeding it only to just burn it to ash at the end? I feel that's either incredibly wasteful or selfish.

Any good hunter knows you don’t want a man eater out there runnin wild!

Did you really want to get a bear? How would you carry everything out? Looked like you had a full packsack and you went a long way up the mountains. Very good commentary, though.

How much does that tripod weigh?

High low buffalo at our house

Can somebody explain to me how Steve isn't in real danger at night tenting in woods that are home to grizzly bears?

No bear again might as well not watch the bear shows 😂

Did not see a black bear, but a great video nevertheless

Yessir

ZACH DAVE

This is one of my favorite MeatEater episodes. The self reflection by Steve Rinella really gets you thinking about your own evolution through the years.

I’ve seen nearly all of them, and this is the best. It’s heartfelt and the themes in this episode can be reflected and considered as deeply as one wants to go while the episode touches nicely on what it needs to without going too deep still allowing the audience to do the reflecting/connecting if they want. Plus stunning footage and a good soundtrack

This is possibly the best episode of all. Better than almost any other "hunting" shows and all without even firing a shot.

Man, these later and later episodes are starting to be so high quality they’re starting to feel like a high budget nature show but with a hunting focus. Cannot get enough of these 👍

Unlike Golf ruining a good walk, a failed hunt is still a great day out in the wild...

I could listen to this guy talk for forever

That's why young brotha, you have to enjoy every second of every breathe with those you are fortunate to have around you, cause nobody's promised tomorrow, and we only have today, to make our memories....

Even when a hunt doesn’t result in a kill as hunters we generally come away from that hunt with new experiences and a heightened appreciation for the animal we were hunting and the environment that we were immersed in.In my case the evolution of myself as a hunter is paramount and the respect for my quarry grows with each hunt I venture on.You have given a fantastic description of what hunting and being in the outdoors means to many hunters around the world.Safe hunting to all.Cheers,from Australia.

Sad that we're gonna lose all this sweet hunting content. RU-vid is turning to garbage 🗑.

I'm getting pumped for opening day of deer watching all these videos!!

I'm 17 and my life goal is to move to Montana to become a game Warden and every time I see something like this it makes me even more determined.

Started watching Steve for the locations and game he chases. But over time i realize iam more here for the knowledge and sentiment he imparts about life, hunting and the splendor or nature. He's basically the Bob Brush of hunting. "The Joy of Hunting with Steve" next seasons title..

**wakes up from nap, opens phone and sees the new episode uploaded** Me out loud in my room by myself: “Oh f*** yea.”

Listening to Steve’s bloodlust-conservationist speech. Could you imagine if humans lived for 200-300 years and at 100 years old you still had a typical 40 year old body. What type of mentality would develop at that age.

Let’s gooooo

A HUGE part of the reason that Steve has me coming back to his page and subscribed is his story telling. I just can't get enough!

This is why I like watching Steve. Meat is great but just being out in the woods trumps all. If I die, I died right where I wanted to be, in the woods with my grandfathers rifle in hand.

I used to watch this for the hunt then I got into the cooking side of it now I tune in to see what wisdom Steve will impart. I wouldn’t of minded if he sat against that rock chatting all episode.

I like this episode quite a bit but the music was too heavy handed. They need to have the confidence to roll that back and let the environment and Steven waxing poetic carry the show.

any time i am in any patch of woods it is always a spiritual experience. i am back in the church of the wild.. i cherish it more than anything. I always take time to humble myself to be so lucky.. to be there to see and hear the birds and animals waking up like our ancestors did.

Steve could talk up a storm in my ear and I wouldn’t mind one bit. The eloquence, the patience, the professionalism and familiarity with nature speaks volumes to me. Those that talk down on hunters don’t know about the real aspect of conservationists. I’m sure if they did, it’s be a completely different climate.

Grizzly- "This quartered human meat is kind of gamey."

Your hunts are great but your story tellers make the show, you are the best, I thank you for all these memorable hunts😎👍👍

I have no desire to shoot a bear but I like watching and listening to Steve hunt a bear. He is wise beyond his young age. Imagine what an 80 year old Steve will have to say.

that is some of the most beautiful country I have ever seen. Just absolutely stunning.

Great video before I head out for opener tomorrow in Wisconsin. First time going for deer and honestly had me questioning if everything I did before would bring success, especially since I have no one guiding me along the way. This just humbled me to remember to enjoy the experience...

Holy shit Steve. The only way to describe this video is beautiful. Gotta be the music. Your reminiscence is amazing.

This show became top tier when they replaced the early 2000’s rock music with music that matched the scenery and type of hunt

“History teaches us that warfare and starvation are the drivers of human migration, but you can’t rule out the role of curiosity.” - Steve Rinella

My favorite episode of MeatEater ever made, glad it's viewable for me again. Keep at it, thanks for being great representation of the community and the free content.

Awesome Steve, my favorite vid yet. I totally get it, as I've gotten older, it's more about the experience of being in a wild place and in a wild animals environment than it is about killing an animal. Especially now that I'm teaching my son how to hunt, it's all about getting him onto animals and teaching him how to take animals cleanly and hunting ethically. I get much more pleasure out of him taking an animal than me taking one. Keep up the great work Steve 👍

Bring back the old thumbnails

My brother and I were raised on the Mississippi river, if it flies, swims, crawls or runs in the woods we've chased it. I cherish those memories especially now that I'm stuck in a wheelchair. But listening to you talking about those beautiful mountains there kinda makes me wish that Dad would have settled in Montana. But being a 3rd generation commercial fisherman was my calling and I hardly regret it. We've fished the Mississippi & Ohio Rivers, Barkley & Kentucky lakes and Rough River in Kentucky. But you are making me day dream of your mountains. Thanks for carrying me along. Big Mike...... a Big Fan.

This is an excellent episode. The philosophy is wonderfully thought and memory provoking and that scenery is astoundingly beautiful.

This episode really hit me in the feels because it just got me thinkin about that one place we all have that we go to with our dad or our buds and we have all these special memories of those places and know them like the back of our hands. I am just dreading the day that I head back to me and my dads spot alone and this episode got me thinkin of what that might be like. Luckily that won’t be for a while but from what I hear, there is never enough time.

Steve offers a unique perspective on hunting and is able to masterfully articulate his true love for our sport. He is one of the true, great ambassadors of hunting and we are very fortunate to have him.

Steve, I am one of the biggest fan of your channel, coz of the information you give us. I followed your channel to hear your soothing voice, selected words that you use, scenario you show us, etc. I would like to request the viewers to subscribe your channel. I think best content and commentary is main attraction in your work. Keep up the good work.

So did dude have a Mag pistol???! 3 Griz walking up on ya with a bolt action rifle. Probably be okay but....

“Time does not pass the way you think it does”. 💯

Steve, when it comes to the fact of getting older remember this, youth and skill will never replace old age and treachery.....😀😀😀 Take it from an old fart, no brag, just fact....

Besides the thoughtful outlook on life pretty much way beyond the 40+ years.....at 65 I can add some context about why we all see Steve's walk in such a positive light First Hunter's are people who work for what they want.......meat-trophies--experiences.....I was fortunate to have time to elk hunt and its not the shot or the mount......its the hunt where you did not get in shape and had to settle for a 5x5 but still paid for your brother-inlaw's ticket and watched over the valley while he ran down an unsuspecting bull you had scouted the night before scoring a High 300's.........and the year that you did it all and came back with a bull that made you earn it......its the friends who went with you, the copper smell of blood from an elk carcass, and the night sky..........the context I offer is also from Steve......at the cabin putting out pots he said every fisherman may not hunt but every hunter pretty much fishes Word to the wise.....even if you lead an ideal active life and you fight time.......at 60 the wheels - they start to develop corners My dad - God bless his soul imparted the wisdom he had that "Time was money" meaning you need to get paid for effort In my time I taught my son and daughter the same with a different tilt.......time is your most personal "currency" and how you spend it says more about you than anything else At 65 I fish.....fishing is hunting retirement God bless you Steve......and all of you other boys and girls out there American exceptionalism at its finest in a shit crazy world

I met a couple young men up in there last month that you had lit the hunting/adventure fire in during spring bear. At 60 now, it brought back so many memories of myself being in their shoes at their age with that young fire. Age does take away some blood sport in you I think. I’ve watched things change in that area as well over the past 20 yrs and now I seem to fight more for wildlife balance than worry about a 340 bull. It’s important to me. I want those 2 young men to enjoy what I enjoyed back at their age and young men and women of yet to be born generations to enjoy it all as well. It’s hard to explain for me, because I still buy the elk tag and once that bugle fest kicks in, that Hunter instinct comes back in a split second. Today I just don’t get upset if I don’t get an opportunity. Weird, I think the same way when it comes to grizzlies and my death. I even said to myself while I was up there solo, that death by grizzly would be way better than death by Covid or a head on collision ect. You’re right….having my daughter feed the grizz with my dead quarters, might be a little intense for her. Ashes will have to do.

I always said the way I want to go is by a grizzly. Hopefully in my 60's, maybe 70's still able to walk and hunt and do battle with grizzly. Knowing it's gonna take me out but we're going together. There's something about that ,that appeals to me on a level I can't really explain.