Bear Grease

This past June, I got the opportunity to go on safari in Zululand, an area of the Zulu kingdom located in the northeastern part of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that runs from the Tugela River in the south up to the Mozambique border. During that trip, we encountered leopards, elephants, cape buffalo lions, rhinos, kudu, nyala, and a wilderneress and people with an incredible history of wildlife and wild places. We will talk to a man named Garry Kelly, who's been involved directly with wildlife in this place since the 1970s, along with his son Cullen, we will hear actual audio from time spent hunting out there, we will even hear stories of hunting impala for the Zulu king, and we will all get a better understanding of how special and wild this place is.
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According to the TCL mailbag, you folks are living on the edge. Brent's revealing two examples this week from listener stories that come straight from the wild. We think most of us can relate to some calamity in the field because nature is so unpredictable. Things happen and in this episode, they happen kind of big. It's time for MeatEater's "This Country Life" podcast.
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500 miles north of the Arctic Circle lies Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, one of the northernmost inhabited villages in the world. In this introductory episode of our new High Arctic Series, host Clay Newcomb talks with Inuit hunter Devon Manik on location 40 miles out on the sea ice of Arctic Bay on a polar bear expedition. Devon shares stories of his family history and when they first located to Resolute bay, surviving some of the harshest conditions on the planet.
Clay also introduces author, filmmaker, and professor emeritus of British Columbia University Frank J. Tester. In their discussion, Frank details his experiences living in Resolute Bay for 2 years and unbelievable stories of life in this unforgiving region. He also expounds on the history of culture, history, and relocation of the Inuit.
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Brent visits with "This Country Life" and "Blood Trails" contributing videographer David McDaniels to discuss David's recent elk hunt. It was a hunt opportunity that resulted from a crazy set of circumstances that initially felt like a huge disappointment. Good things happen to good people and in the end, David persevered in a big way. From darkness to light comes David's Elk Story on MeatEater's "This Country Life" podcast.
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Host Clay Newcomb is joined by Render crew members Bear Newcomb, Josh "Landbridge" Spielmaker as well as Moe Shepherd, and Ron Poole to talk about the latest Deer Stories episodes and share some tales of their own. Bear introduces Cricket, his new blue tick coonhound pup, sparking a conversation about generations of hounds, fur-trading days, and the memorable characters who made those days what they were.
The crew gets into the art of instinctive archery, including how traditional bowhunters learn to trust repetition and muscle memory instead of sights and gadgets. Along the way, they revisit stories of monster bucks, questionable claims of ownership, and deer that somehow come back to life after everyone thinks the hunt is over.
Clay also shares a first look at the bear grease research behind his upcoming book, American Bear, including a scientific analysis of bear grease and its place in American history.
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