Steven Rinella (born February 13, 1974) is an American outdoorsman, conservationist, writer, and television personality known for translating the

hunting Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...

and

fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques inclu ...

lifestyle to a wide variety of audiences.

Early life

Steven Rinella was born in

Twin Lake, Michigan Twin Lake is an unincorporated community in Muskegon County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes. Local government services are provided by Dalton Township. As of the 2000 census, the co ...

on February 13, 1974. He grew up in Twin Lake along with his two older brothers, who were taught to hunt and fish at an early age by their father.

Career

Television

''The Wild Within''

Prior to ''MeatEater'', Rinella hosted ''The Wild Within'', an 8-episode series on the

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''MeatEater''

Rinella is the host of

MeatEater ''MeatEater'' is a non-fiction outdoors hunting television series in the United States on Netflix starring Steven Rinella. The show first aired on January 1, 2012 and is produced by Zero Point Zero Production. Episodes Season 1 (2012) Se ...

, a weekly half-hour hunting show. The show ran for six seasons on

Sportsman Channel Sportsman Channel is an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network owned by the Outdoor Sportsman Group subsidiary of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment. The channel is dedicated to programming about outdoor sports, incl ...

before moving to

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in 2018. The show is based on Rinella's hunting and fishing adventures in such locations as Montana (deer, elk); Alaska (waterfowl, mountain goat, Dall sheep, caribou, black bear, moose); Mexico (wild turkey, buffalo); New Zealand (

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chamois The chamois (''Rupicapra rupicapra'') or Alpine chamois is a species of goat-antelope native to mountains in Europe, from west to east, including the Alps, the Dinarides, the Tatra and the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkan Mountains, the Ril ...

, red stag); Arizona (mountain lion, Coues deer); Wisconsin (white-tailed deer, rabbit, beaver, muskrat); and California (wild pigs, quail, and turkey.) The show offers a defense of hunting and makes the case that hunters are obligated to be stewards of the land and protectors of their chosen prey species. The episodes include interesting and sometimes artful food preparations after the hunt. Examples include a deer's heart wrapped in

caul fat Caul fat, also known as lace fat, omentum, or fat netting, is the thin membrane which surrounds the internal organs of some animals, such as cows, sheep, and pigs, also known as the greater omentum. It is used as a casing for sausages, roulades, ...

and roasted over a fire,

javelina A peccary (also javelina or skunk pig) is a medium-sized, pig-like hoofed mammal of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs). They are found throughout Central and South America, Trinidad in the Caribbean, and in the southwestern area of North ...

meat boiled inside the animal's own stomach, and more common preparations. The series premiered on January 1, 2012, and has completed its tenth season. ''Stars In The Sky: A Hunting Story'' ''A 2018 documentary that follows a group of hunters as they grapple with complexities in the wild. Steven directed and starred in this.''

Books

* ''The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine'' (2006) * ''American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon'' (2009) * ''Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter'' (2013) * ''The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game'' (2015) * ''The MeatEater Fish and Game Cookbook'' (2018) * ''The Meateater Guide To Wilderness Skills and Survival'' (2020) * ''Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature'' (2022)

Podcasts

Rinella hosts a

podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...

called ''The MeatEater Podcast'' that ranks among the top ten sports podcasts. In addition to hosting his own podcast, Rinella is also a frequent guest on

The Joe Rogan Experience ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' is a podcast hosted by American comedian, presenter, and UFC color commentator Joe Rogan. It launched on December 24, 2009, on YouTube by Rogan and comedian Brian Redban, who was its sole co-host and producer unti ...

podcast hosted by

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Awards and nominations

In 2012, ''MeatEater'' was nominated for

's Sportsman Choice Awards for Best New Series, Best Host, Best Hunting Show and Best Educational Show A year earlier, ''The Wild Within'' was a

James Beard Awards The James Beard Foundation Awards are annual awards presented by the James Beard Foundation to recognize chefs, restaurateurs, authors and journalists in the United States. They are scheduled around James Beard's May 5 birthday. The media award ...

finalist for best Television Program, On Location. ''American Buffalo'' won a number of awards, including the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award and the

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Award. It was also an

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Book of the Month and one of ''

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''ʼs best fifty non-fiction books of 2008.

References

External links

Steven Rinelle MeatEater Profilehttp://www.stevenrinella.com/
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IMDB - The Wild WithinIMDB - Steven Rinella: Meat Eater
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rinella, Steven 1974 births Living people American television hosts American hunters American male writers American people of Italian descent