MeatEater's Cal in the Field

From elk hunting on the vast Zumwalt Prairie Preserve to noodling for catfish in Tennessee, MeatEater's Director of Conservation Ryan Cal Callaghan is know to have some interesting weeks.

Rice Field Duck Hunting, Managing for Wildlife and Way of Life

S3 E1

Cal heads to California's Sacramento Valley, a waterfowl mecca; he joins Sean Doherty and local guide Scott Feist for a mixed-bag hunt in the heart of the nation's largest agricultural area.

Salmon vs. Striper on California's Coastal Waterways

S3 E3

Cal returns to California's Sacramento Valley.

Is CWD Changing Midwestern Deer Hunting?

S3 E4

Cal goes to Doug Duren's farm outside of Cazenovia, Wisc., to hunt deer and discuss Chronic Wasting Disease; Cazenovia is also ground zero for CWD, a fatal and highly transmissible prion-based disease.

Idaho: Living With Grizzlies

S2 E1

Ryan Callaghan joins Idaho Fish and Game in an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the science of grizzly population dynamics.

Rewards for Rainbows: Fishing the Snake

S2 E2

Cal joins Idaho Fish and Game as they tag rainbow and cutthroat trout on the South Fork of the Snake River as part of an effort to help native Yellowstone cutthroat trout on the biomass ladder.

Paradise Lost: Louisiana Hog and Tripletail

S2 E3

Cal joins Captain Gjuro Bruer to take part in citizen science by catching and tagging Atlantic tripletail; he then meets with Jared Serigne to hunt hogs and cajun pheasant while getting a look at the effects of land loss and saltwater intrusion.

Mule Deer by Canoe With OnX

S1 E3

Ryan Callaghan and Eric Siegfried navigate around the crowds and into a hard-to-access piece of public land in Montana for a mule deer rifle hunt.