Raw Notes From The Field - Steve Rinella - MeatEater
the galiuro mountains, southeastern arizona.
coues deer hunting with steve rinella and his film crew for a new show called "meateater". from left to right wade (we had two wades and and two codys), dan, steve, mo, cody, cody and me taking the picture.
spent a couple interesting days with steve rinella hunting coues deer in unit 32. you may know steve from his "wild within" show on the travel channel which was one of the very few hunting type shows i actually liked. the travel channel didn't like to call it a hunting show but how else do you categorize it when the host has a rifle in his hands, is hunting, shooting then cooking and eating the animals. he has a new show called "meateater" to be aired on the sportsman channel.
aside from being out in the boonies under threatening skies looking for whitey my favorite part of this trip was talking with the production crew about how they do their jobs under such diverse and adverse conditions. these are guys that have to be in the outdoors and get the job done regardless of weather, terrain and comfort. it is not life or death but the problems they face are not unlike those faced by wilderness law enforcement, backcountry search and rescue, wildlife biologists, military special ops, etc. they are not in wild, remote locations for fun but vocation and there is a lot of extra job specific gear that has to be humped in, maintained and operated to acheive their objectives. it is a cool gig but full of challenges. right up my alley.
i was facinated by their process of traveling from one place to another with all your gear. The what you bring, how you organize it and what you put it in is an interesting problem.
we talked alot about gear and it was no surprise that we shared many of the same favorites from names like outdoor research, lowa, jetboil, vortex, and arcteryx.
as for me, i used; hanwag mountain light boots, smartwool heavy weight trekking socks, arbor wear stretch tech pants, yates uniform rappel belt, under armour 9 inch boxer briefs, smartwool lightweight merrino wool long sleeve crew neck base top, hanz gloves, patagonia nanopuff jacket, kuiu chugach jacket, blaze orange hardcore outdoor cap, kifaru slick sleeping bag, therm-a-rest prolite plus pad, mystery ranch crew cab backpack, swarovski 15x56 binos, manfrotto 055xv tripod (it the tall one because I was doing a lot of standing), outdoorsmans pan head and binocular adapter, wiggys pillow, hill people gear kit bag (with SPOT, icom radio, acr firefly 3 strobe, garmin foretrex 401, first aid and fire kits, zeiss miniquick), black diamond trekking pole, jetboil sol ti stove, and a crkt abc er fixed blade knife.
wanted to use the iridium extreme sat phone but have not received it yet. bummer.
the kifaru slick bag worked better than expected. honestly, i thought it was too wispy and that the temp rating of 20 degrees was a little optimistic. i was wrong, the climasheild synthetic insualtion kept me warm and the kifaru design is dead on. love the collar. still think they should give you a stuff bag though. more testing to do on it but so far so good and i am pleasantly surprised, although i really shouldn't be, kifaru is a pretty good outfit with a strong following.
am news items from the drive down and back
lsu beat bama. bummer.
if i hear one more so called expert refer to "skill players" i am going to have to drive block them through a wall. so that can only mean that linemen are "unskilled". ridiculous and obviously a term coined by a skill player (back or receiver) or more likely by someone who has never buttoned a chin strap. i suggest that anyone who thinks a linemen is not skilled has never played those positions nor could they. i dare you to tell a nick mangold or michael roos that they are not skilled players and see how long it takes for the resulting injuries to heal.
and how exactly does it make sense that such paragons of virtue as lindsay lohan, paris hilton, and charlie sheen make anywhere from $3,500 to $15,000 per tweet for something called micro endorsements. sure, i believe that those celebrities drive toyota mini-vans, stay in comfort inns, shop at old navy and of course i will run right out and patronize those establishments just because they take time out of their busy schedules to tweet about them. we live in a topsy turvy world folks.
UPDATE - STEVE AND HIS CREW FILLED HIS TAG THIS MORNING. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS, WELL DONE.
Posted by Wade Nelson at Monday, November 07. 2011 
Categories: Field Journal
Tags: steve rinella wild within meat eater
Categories: Field Journal
Tags: steve rinella wild within meat eater
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