MeatEater's Cal in the Field

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From elk hunting on the vast Zumwalt Prairie Preserve to noodling for catfish in Tennessee, MeatEater's Director of Conservation Ryan Cal Callaghan is known to have some interesting weeks.
Idaho Goose With Brad Leone
S5 E2

Ryan Callaghan teams up Brad Leone to hunt honkers in Idaho.

Wyoming Antelope
S5 E6

Ryan Callaghan travels to Wyoming with a few antelope tags in his pocket.

Florida Turkey Hunting
S4 E1

Cal heads to Tall Timbers in the Florida Panhandle to hunt Eastern's and learn more about the benefits of fire.

South Dakota Pheasant
S4 E3

Ryan Callaghan visits Aberdeen, South Dakota for the state's festive pheasant season opener; Cal and Weatherby's Luke Thorkildsen join Pheasants Forever's habitat guru, Matt Morlock for an opening weekend of upland hunting.

Idaho Perch
S4 E4

Ryan Callaghan and Fritz head to Idaho for some ice angling. Cal, Fritz, and Snort target jumbo perch in Idaho's Lake Cascade.

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.

Spearfishing for White Sea Bass
S3 E2

Cal goes spearfishing for white sea bass; he joins Joel Oelnik and Ryan Moore in Southern California's kelp forests.

Is CWD Changing Midwestern Deer Hunting?
S3 E4

Cal goes to Doug Duren's farm outside 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.

Maine: Private Ground and Public Woodcok and Grouse
S2 E4

Cal checks up on Shiloh Pond to see what access means in Maine.

Elk on the Prairie
S1 E1

Ryan Callaghan heads to the Zumwalt Preserve.

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.