MeatEater

Steven Rinella charters a float plane to drop off on a remote lake in Alaska's coastal rainforest for a solo Sitka blacktail deer hunt. With challenging terrain, thick fog, and incessant rain, finding a buck won't be easy. But if Steve connects on a Sitka blacktail, he'll celebrate with a camp meal of rock-pounded tenderloin.

As summer turns to fall, Steve heads into the backcountry of Alaska's Chugach Range. The bears here are on a quest to fatten up on high elevation blueberries before they hibernate for the winter. Steve will need to hike into steep, rugged terrain to find a fat black bear and some of the finest tasting meat available to the American hunter.

For a waterfowler's dream hunt, Steven Rinella joins his friend, wildlife biologist Brandt Meixell, on a remote trip to some untouched Alaska wetlands in search of ducks and geese. With a spread of decoys and a loyal retriever, they try to get their limit and fill their bellies with willow-spit roasted whole duck.

Every year, a handful of hunters draw a mountain goat permit to hunt the Mills Creek region of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. Steven Rinella holds one of the permits this year, and he and his brother Danny backpack into the mountains, into rugged country they've never seen, in hopes of finding a Billy goat.

To hunt some of the most elusive game, the predator must become its prey. Elusive Coues Deer in the stark mountains of southern Arizona, where his spot and stalk skills will be pushed to the limit. Featured meal is cowl-fat deer heart tacos.

On this trip, Steve travels to the Sacramento Valley in central California in search of a new challenge and seriously good food. 300 years ago Spanish settlers let a handful of pigs loose in order to turn acorns into bacon, and today Steve is hunting the feral descendants of those pigs. If he's successful in finding a wild boar, Steve will prepare a backcountry gourmet feast of pork loin.