Steve, I want to thank you for giving me back hunting. I had quit watching hunting programs many yrs ago for many reasons. This episode is a perfect example of why I love your show. You're not just some guy sitting in a tree stand wispering to a camara man. You give history and show all of the elements to how each hunt goes down. As a result, I am absolutely addicted to your program. I most sincerely thank you for producing a show that I have grown to love. Joseph
I remember years ago crossing a beaver canal while elk hunting. The water was so clear I vastly underestimated the depth. The only thing left dry was my rifle held up over my head.
Sounds like it would trigger some serious psychological issues actually. A year of little to no contact. But the few humans you do encounter are either your competition, or natives who want to kill you, in an environment that's constantly working to wear you down and kill you. Everyone loves the romantic idea of a wilderness adventure, very very very few people actually have any idea about the reality or the actual desire to live it for more than a few weeks
Meat Eater Crew, this is a rock solid American History lesson. I use this video to teach my classes about expansion into the American West. I will never again explain this aspect of why Americans went West without showing parts of this video. Adding the visuals is priceless for middle school aged kids. As an outdoorsman, I am highly entertained as well. Many thanks!
As a life-long trapper and historian of the fur trade this video made my day. I went to that place near Daniel Wyoming last year on my way back to Minnesota from a Wyoming bear hunt. Kicking myself for not walking out there. By the way read Colter's account of the race with the blackfeet again sometime, there are some minor inaccuracies in your account. We need more of this stuff from you Steven. Awesome.
Loved hearing about our history during frontier days. So critical to pass it on to the few that will grasp. Our culture and love for hunting and the outdoors is fading with devices brainwashing the future generation. It’s somewhat comforting to know that there are a few who will pass it on before it’s too late. Great video!
I think that the problem was "yes" he spooked the beaver, but he could have remedied that situation by breaking the dam just a bit, to get the water moving. Beaver have a almost obsessive/compulsive drive to stop the sound of running water, and that sound will make the busy little guys/gals pop their heads out of the den, and fix the leaky dam until it is quiet. That's also where he should have used the castor odor of another beaver, to draw the beaver into a trap close to that dam break
Dang Steve, I'm a 43 year old mom of three boys and we absolutely LOVE your episodes!! You tell the best stories and we thank you for them. That beaver looked delicious! Cheers from Northern California.
I’m originally from India. I got the beaver joke much later. I remember telling some maintenance team guys in my plant one day, “We should go beaver hunting someday”. Everyone cracked up 😆.
Lol yeah people like to joke on the internet. I'm actually interested in going beaver, real water beaver, trapping just to experience it. I'm interested in getting my own natural food and learning how to cook non farm raised food.
Possibly, hes the only writer with the spirit and knowledge of the historical "American Mountain Man", who else could write a book about beaver trapping better than Steve?
Love your video Steve, but a couple small hints on beaver trapping Never use a green stick to anchor your trap , it could lead to the beaver chewing out the stick and losing it .the second is if using the conibear place it in the entrance to the lodge , its a sure shot anytime,
I would love to see more trapping videos, learn more history, tips and tricks of the trade! I would also like to hear you have trapping legends like Tom Miranda and many others! Keep up the great work!
The first sentence from you said it all. We all wanna get back to the mountain man days. I think I've watched 4 videos from Steve. This is one of the best ones each 1 keeps getting better than the last one...... I guess I gotta do a deep dive and watch all of your videos. Good job, very interesting, love the stories from the old mountain days. On top of that you are funny and give out how to skin and recipe for dinner as I am a meat eater too.
Thank You for taking me back home. I trapped the Green River for 8 years back in late 70's early 80's. In fact I have one of my Super Blankets hanging above my desk right here now. Oh the FUN & Hard Work it was.
Im amazed how traps that are not instantly lethal are still legal in the states. We trap up here in the north too, but only with traps that kill, not mame, drown, starve etc.
Every episode where steve kills an animal you never see him all overly excited and hooting and hollering. Hes very contained and humble about his harvest.
There’s nothing like the sound of rattling chains early of a morning in a damn good set or the sight of a missing trap from its bed when there’s a drowner rig on it or the sight of fresh fur shining in the sun from the dispatched animal in a set. I love catching critters no matter the price of the pelts.
As a trapper I’ll hit an area hard one year and leave alone the next. Unless you have access to the whole stream where the beaver are you will not hurt the popular period these days.
Retired Structural Engineer. 45 years ago, did my Senior Thesis on a Beaver Dam. Those guys we’re very bit as savvy as we .... enjoyed this episode. Watch all your stuff! Thanks
Every time I think about trapping I think of my Dad who will be 85 in June I think how amazing he is still trapping beaver and hunting. He is rarely skunked.
Ive never hunted and wouldn’t even know where to begin but man watching your show really makes me want to. Just the whole process of planning, stalking, cleaning and cooking is so cool to me. Hopefully before i die i am able to try it out!
This episode hit differently. When you put that beaver on that pedestal and said this is what our country was built off of got me.... What a great one man.
I love that Steve is a trapper and they highlight trapping in the show .. we get such a bad rap as trappers but in all reality we need trappers to control predator and varmint populations just look what’s happening in California with the coyotes they are finding out real fast they need trappers! Tight chains Steve!
My wife’s Grandpa was a trapper in the north west territories in the 1930’s. He had a dog team and would travel all over the north trapping and hunting. Someone asked him onetime what beaver tastes like. To everyone’s surprise he said mustard. When asked why mustard he said it was the only way to make it edible. To bad he didn’t have some of Steve’s recipes. Would of made life on the trap line much more enjoyable.
My Best OF WHAT I KNOW OF THE WOODS COMES FROM GETTING TO BE A BEAVER TRAPPER... YOUR WORD ARE SPOT ON Steven,,, I do believe you and I crossed paths at the Michigan state Trappers Gathering in pir Ypunger days
I remember when I was 10 years old I went trapping with my grandpa. We didn't catch much but we did catch a beaver. It was one of the best days of my life.
The BEAVER, how I love the beaver, such a wild animal it is, the Beaver. 😂😂❤❤ Then again, you get what Steve does, hunt the beaver, I love this show, always amped up for history, hunt, eat and pretend for a single moment, I could be doing this too Long live Steve and his crew ❤❤
what a gorgeous animal i unfortunatly live in the uk so we dont have anywhere near the range of animals to hunt as you guys , id love to come to the US one day with to go out with a proper hunter like steve i feel id learn sooo much
Interesting fact if you guys want to know. John Colter was also the first white explorer to walk through the Jackson Hole and Yellowstone area. In the early 1800s he made that trip
Forget the Mountain Men era! I'd like to go back to the days when I trapped in the late 70s before I went into the Army and took a pay cut. Beavers showed up in my senior year of high school but I never targeted them. They were exotic and no one I knew targeted them yet. But I did manage to learn a little that last fall/winter about bivvers. Like how you could be walking along setting muskrat traps in your hip boots and find yourself in waste deep water when you "discovered" one of their bank runs.
One of my favorite episodes. I’ve trapped many beaver due to destruction of my Japanese garden. I used to plant cork screw willow along the steam bank to alert me to their presence, kinda like the canary in the coal mine. The willows would grow fast and a favorite of beaver, unfortunately once in a while the beaver would wonder further away from the stream than I was willing to accept and would cut down one of my selected specimen maples, some of those trees would be worth thousands of dollars. I was aware of the tails being eaten but not the meat. I wish I had seen your video earlier I would have tried it.
I purchased a ranch with a pond. I discovered we had beavers, and I thought, wow how cool. Then I discovered how destructive they are and the anguish began.
I have never watched one of your videos thinking they would be like all the other hunting shows. Trapping beaver in the title made me click on it. I’m glad I did. You have a new subscriber. I hope there will be more trapping videos. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.
I'm a Chef & I will say that Steve knows what he's doing. It's called Braising! You can do this technique with any meat except Venison. Venison has like zero fat & you need a fatty piece of meat for braising low & slow for hours! Wild Boar, Bear, Beaver all would be excellent. That's my piece. You did that Beaver right Steve. A dish worth dying over.
I love that his rifle he's carrying is a savage over-under. I got same one in .22/.410... my favorite gun. Sure you can't kill a deer with it (yea I know "can't" is debatable, but shouldn't is also true here) but it's definately the gun that, if given the choice of only one from my collection I'd pick it every time
Honestly had never been explained what castor looked or really was until this video...definitely a reason understandable why it was ingredient in timey perfume And the Midwest mom reference hit home even if pops is the cook
This video is an interesting diversion from your usual. Thank you for doing this one and thank you very much for the imbedded history lesson! It was very enjoyable. "It tastes like history.: That's a fantastic closing line.
Steve, I want to thank you for giving me back hunting. I had quit watching hunting programs many yrs ago for many reasons. This episode is a perfect example of why I love your show. You're not just some guy sitting in a tree stand wispering to a camara man. You give history and show all of the elements to how each hunt goes down. As a result, I am absolutely addicted to your program. I most sincerely thank you for producing a show that I have grown to love. Joseph
Thank you for this sir. It elevated my spirits reading this
@@mariemarie3569 You're welcome. I binged watched your 1st seaaon
It's real eh. I hadn't hunted since I was a kid, just fished... now my rods are growing spider webs again 🤣🤣
My rods don't collect dust on purpose lol. But I think you'll agree this is the best huntung, fishing, trapping show ever
Just love all of meateater folks and podcast. Thank you guys got me back in to HUNTING !!!
I remember years ago crossing a beaver canal while elk hunting. The water was so clear I vastly underestimated the depth. The only thing left dry was my rifle held up over my head.
You have your priorities straight.
@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 LOL
“Little or no human contact for over a year….” Sounds like heaven to me!
Especially in this day and age! To many horrible things happening.
Definitely won't get COVID With that kind of social distancing.
You all say that but give it 2 months and you all will want to go right back to the city
Sounds like it would trigger some serious psychological issues actually. A year of little to no contact. But the few humans you do encounter are either your competition, or natives who want to kill you, in an environment that's constantly working to wear you down and kill you. Everyone loves the romantic idea of a wilderness adventure, very very very few people actually have any idea about the reality or the actual desire to live it for more than a few weeks
Meat Eater Crew, this is a rock solid American History lesson. I use this video to teach my classes about expansion into the American West. I will never again explain this aspect of why Americans went West without showing parts of this video. Adding the visuals is priceless for middle school aged kids. As an outdoorsman, I am highly entertained as well. Many thanks!
"You really can not underestimate the impact that the beaver has had on the history of our country, and the world"
Brother...you aint lyin.
🤣
As a life-long trapper and historian of the fur trade this video made my day. I went to that place near Daniel Wyoming last year on my way back to Minnesota from a Wyoming bear hunt. Kicking myself for not walking out there. By the way read Colter's account of the race with the blackfeet again sometime, there are some minor inaccuracies in your account. We need more of this stuff from you Steven. Awesome.
I would watch a season of episodes just of steve explaining trapping and sets... facinating
If ya haven't already, check out 330 maniac
One of my favourite episodes. The whole history he touched on was great. And topped off with a hearty winter dish. Yum!!
Truly Real
Loved hearing about our history during frontier days. So critical to pass it on to the few that will grasp. Our culture and love for hunting and the outdoors is fading with devices brainwashing the future generation. It’s somewhat comforting to know that there are a few who will pass it on before it’s too late. Great video!
The john colter story is also shared in another book, "greatest stories of mountain men ever told"
America is slowly losing it's identity when men can't be men anymore.
For a second I thought that we were going to get a new series from the title who else wants a trapping series
I thought the same thing!
That’d be awesome
Yes Please!!
God id love a new series so so much 👍 love it
Yes please! From Germany.
I think that the problem was "yes" he spooked the beaver, but he could have remedied that situation by breaking the dam just a bit, to get the water moving. Beaver have a almost obsessive/compulsive drive to stop the sound of running water, and that sound will make the busy little guys/gals pop their heads out of the den, and fix the leaky dam until it is quiet. That's also where he should have used the castor odor of another beaver, to draw the beaver into a trap close to that dam break
Dang Steve, I'm a 43 year old mom of three boys and we absolutely LOVE your episodes!! You tell the best stories and we thank you for them. That beaver looked delicious! Cheers from Northern California.
I’m originally from India. I got the beaver joke much later. I remember telling some maintenance team guys in my plant one day, “We should go beaver hunting someday”. Everyone cracked up 😆.
haha !!!
LOL
Lol yeah people like to joke on the internet. I'm actually interested in going beaver, real water beaver, trapping just to experience it. I'm interested in getting my own natural food and learning how to cook non farm raised food.
Love watching Steve Hunt Beaver and teaching me just what I thirst for as the Grandson Of A Great ole Hunter
I loved the history aspect of this video.
Ditto
“What tells you this lodge is fresh is by the way that it is” 😂 sorry I had to.
Isn't nature neat
That's neat
Please do more trapping videos!!! As a brand new trapper I definitely have "the bug" and am quickly becoming obsessed with trapping and its history.
Same, cept i have never been trapping as my state banned all trapping
Will there be a book coming from Steve on the history of the beaver? Just like American Buffalo.
That was a great book.. if he does one about beaver I'll read it
@@The806OUTLAW totally agree
Possibly, hes the only writer with the spirit and knowledge of the historical "American Mountain Man", who else could write a book about beaver trapping better than Steve?
@@PeaceManBro nobody that I know of lol
Love your video Steve, but a couple small hints on beaver trapping Never use a green stick to anchor your trap , it could lead to the beaver chewing out the stick and losing it .the second is if using the conibear place it in the entrance to the lodge , its a sure shot anytime,
Beaver videos always bring a smile to my face.
👀
lol
The hairless Wyoming beaver is my favorite but they are hard to find 😜
Every time I think I found one it just turns out to be a porcupine that a dog's been after.
I would love to see more trapping videos, learn more history, tips and tricks of the trade! I would also like to hear you have trapping legends like Tom Miranda and many others! Keep up the great work!
The first sentence from you said it all. We all wanna get back to the mountain man days. I think I've watched 4 videos from Steve. This is one of the best ones each 1 keeps getting better than the last one...... I guess I gotta do a deep dive and watch all of your videos. Good job, very interesting, love the stories from the old mountain days. On top of that you are funny and give out how to skin and recipe for dinner as I am a meat eater too.
The largest Beaver I ever caught was 110 pounds! East central Illinois. Beaver loin tastes just like beef pot roast to me, that means fine eats to me!
Holy shit! That’s the size of a small woman.
@@RagnarLothbrok2222 also fine eats 🤣
Steve Rinella easily my outdoorsman idol. I love his narration an love for the old times an outdoors!
This is one the best meat eater episodes, we need more like these. I come back to watch this every now and again. Idk just so good.
Thank You for taking me back home. I trapped the Green River for 8 years back in late 70's early 80's. In fact I have one of my Super Blankets hanging above my desk right here now. Oh the FUN & Hard Work it was.
Awesome video!! Should do a meat eater trapping series! Would be super cool to see that from you guys.
Every episode is a banger
I LOVE your cooking uploads! It’s my favourite but! Me and my OH have all your books we are loving them! Very much love eating the unusual recipes!
I love the history lesson inside the show! Great content Steven
Im amazed how traps that are not instantly lethal are still legal in the states. We trap up here in the north too, but only with traps that kill, not mame, drown, starve etc.
“Wyoming’s got herself a big brown beaver and she shows it off to all her friends”
I sure do love this beaver I wish I did a pair
Primus sucks
@@bowlofrice8 they're really just a meme group
@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 you obviously don't get the reference
Young man, you have found your calling. Fantastic presentation. Your passion is shared in your work.
Every episode where steve kills an animal you never see him all overly excited and hooting and hollering. Hes very contained and humble about his harvest.
There’s nothing like the sound of rattling chains early of a morning in a damn good set or the sight of a missing trap from its bed when there’s a drowner rig on it or the sight of fresh fur shining in the sun from the dispatched animal in a set. I love catching critters no matter the price of the pelts.
As a trapper I’ll hit an area hard one year and leave alone the next. Unless you have access to the whole stream where the beaver are you will not hurt the popular period these days.
I cant wait to see all the beaver jokes
And the story of John Colter is awesome. Just like Charlton Heston in the mountain men
Retired Structural Engineer. 45 years ago, did my Senior Thesis on a Beaver Dam. Those guys we’re very bit as savvy as we .... enjoyed this episode. Watch all your stuff! Thanks
nothing like a mouthful of good ol all american beaver.
Cuban beaver isnt bad either just sayin
Loved the other stuff but glad you are back to posting your own videos.
Every time I think about trapping I think of my Dad who will be 85 in June I think how amazing he is still trapping beaver and hunting. He is rarely skunked.
Ive never hunted and wouldn’t even know where to begin but man watching your show really makes me want to. Just the whole process of planning, stalking, cleaning and cooking is so cool to me. Hopefully before i die i am able to try it out!
Really enjoying how as time passes with the different seasons and episodes, the writing and production is really on point.
This episode hit differently. When you put that beaver on that pedestal and said this is what our country was built off of got me.... What a great one man.
I am from a family of trappers. This was a great episode. Education is the only way trapping will survive. Thank you.
Beaver has always be an important incentive for men to start moving. Nowadays most people go to Cancun.
I love that Steve is a trapper and they highlight trapping in the show .. we get such a bad rap as trappers but in all reality we need trappers to control predator and varmint populations just look what’s happening in California with the coyotes they are finding out real fast they need trappers! Tight chains Steve!
I really enjoy hearing Steve enthusiastically talking about beavers :) They're really interesting. *the preceding was not a dirty joke*
He’s got a shapeshifting axe/22.
..he said..."eat beaver!" HAHAHAHA
Hunter and historian. Well done!
Like so many hunts;at least you weren’t skunked; but always a lot of work! Great job Steve and crew!
This felt like a documentary I loved it
My favorite show!! Always learn so much from Steve
Beavers are the coolest animals around.
Agreed
My wife’s Grandpa was a trapper in the north west territories in the 1930’s. He had a dog team and would travel all over the north trapping and hunting. Someone asked him onetime what beaver tastes like. To everyone’s surprise he said mustard. When asked why mustard he said it was the only way to make it edible. To bad he didn’t have some of Steve’s recipes. Would of made life on the trap line much more enjoyable.
I have never met anyone who actually ate it who said it was bad. Lots of bullshitters said otherwise.
My Best OF WHAT I KNOW OF THE WOODS COMES FROM GETTING TO BE A BEAVER TRAPPER...
YOUR WORD ARE SPOT ON Steven,,, I do believe you and I crossed paths at the Michigan state Trappers Gathering in pir Ypunger days
Cradle Catholic here and I had no idea that beaver was accepted as a lenten meal. Great episode.
This is definitely my favorite MeatEater episode and I have seen them all multiple times. Please do more Trapped in History
Great video! Little bit a history, little bit a huntin, little bit a cookin.
Best hunting show ever. No question.
"Trapping for beaver has always been hard work" - So true, Gentlemen^^
I remember when I was 10 years old I went trapping with my grandpa. We didn't catch much but we did catch a beaver. It was one of the best days of my life.
The BEAVER, how I love the beaver, such a wild animal it is, the Beaver.
😂😂❤❤
Then again, you get what Steve does, hunt the beaver, I love this show, always amped up for history, hunt, eat and pretend for a single moment, I could be doing this too
Long live Steve and his crew ❤❤
what a gorgeous animal i unfortunatly live in the uk so we dont have anywhere near the range of animals to hunt as you guys , id love to come to the US one day with to go out with a proper hunter like steve i feel id learn sooo much
Well after seeing that beaver cooked, I'm sold! Also loved the history lesson in this episode
Beaver prices are fluctuating wildly.... 🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭
Please God release the audio of this as a comedy album on vinyl.
Great episode and I gained a lot of knowledge as well.
That was good. Thanks
Interesting fact if you guys want to know. John Colter was also the first white explorer to walk through the Jackson Hole and Yellowstone area. In the early 1800s he made that trip
Another great episode by Steve
Thanks, Steve. Speaking to my heart again.
Oh I'd have to say beaver taste like victory farm fuel in between anymore to get so they're extra good when you finally get one
I can watch this episode over and over again! Awesome!
Forget the Mountain Men era! I'd like to go back to the days when I trapped in the late 70s before I went into the Army and took a pay cut. Beavers showed up in my senior year of high school but I never targeted them. They were exotic and no one I knew targeted them yet. But I did manage to learn a little that last fall/winter about bivvers. Like how you could be walking along setting muskrat traps in your hip boots and find yourself in waste deep water when you "discovered" one of their bank runs.
huge thumbs up. really enjoyed this one.
“ it taste like history!” Old ? Historic? Like reallly old? 🤣🤣
One of my favorite episodes. I’ve trapped many beaver due to destruction of my Japanese garden. I used to plant cork screw willow along the steam bank to alert me to their presence, kinda like the canary in the coal mine. The willows would grow fast and a favorite of beaver, unfortunately once in a while the beaver would wonder further away from the stream than I was willing to accept and would cut down one of my selected specimen maples, some of those trees would be worth thousands of dollars. I was aware of the tails being eaten but not the meat. I wish I had seen your video earlier I would have tried it.
I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!
The ending concept is a trip to think about.
Ive also had some Wyoming beaver before, she worked at a restaurant if i recall
Midwest mom pot roast is one of the best comfort meals.
I purchased a ranch with a pond. I discovered we had beavers, and I thought, wow how cool. Then I discovered how destructive they are and the anguish began.
Wynona's got herself a big brown beaver.
Cool! Interesting history and animal. Nothing like that in our country down under.
This guy is the best on this channel
Great vid....as always...but I can't help but feel I've seen this before 🤷♂️....either way, plz keep em comin. Peace ✌😎
Would love to see more trapping episodes in the future!
I have never watched one of your videos thinking they would be like all the other hunting shows. Trapping beaver in the title made me click on it. I’m glad I did. You have a new subscriber. I hope there will be more trapping videos. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.
Always on the hunt for some good beaver...
Enter many many tasteless but absolutely hilarious jokes about eating beaver lol
I'm a Chef & I will say that Steve knows what he's doing. It's called Braising! You can do this technique with any meat except Venison. Venison has like zero fat & you need a fatty piece of meat for braising low & slow for hours! Wild Boar, Bear, Beaver all would be excellent. That's my piece. You did that Beaver right Steve. A dish worth dying over.
I love that his rifle he's carrying is a savage over-under. I got same one in .22/.410... my favorite gun. Sure you can't kill a deer with it (yea I know "can't" is debatable, but shouldn't is also true here) but it's definately the gun that, if given the choice of only one from my collection I'd pick it every time
That looked really good man,loved the video Steve
Honestly had never been explained what castor looked or really was until this video...definitely a reason understandable why it was ingredient in timey perfume
And the Midwest mom reference hit home even if pops is the cook
Fixing to get back into beaver trapping.
The first 40 seconds pretty much sums up the challenge & lengths of a mans existence…
This video is an interesting diversion from your usual. Thank you for doing this one and thank you very much for the imbedded history lesson! It was very enjoyable. "It tastes like history.: That's a fantastic closing line.
I love how you hunt in every climate and different types of animals and States I wish I could do that too I've never even hunted anything before 😅