Ep. 317: Super Slammin' with Tom Miranda - MeatEater Podcast Reading List

Steven Rinella talks with Tom Miranda, Spencer Neuharth, Katie Hill, Hayden Sammak, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics discussed: 20/15 vision; Tom Miranda, the rare book collector; the archery Super Slam; Cutting the Distance with Jason Phelps and Friends; go get our limited edition Line One Pot Call; Chester's big sturgeon; a half million cysts per pound; "One State Might Expand Bobcat Hunting and Trapping Seasons"; science news click bait; when your ex tattles on you for poaching wild game and selling it as beef jerky; read Katie Hill's investigation, "Major Online Retailers Acted as Black Market for Endangered Animal Parts," on MeatEater's website; skinning for a furbearer as a hard way to make money; the job description of a government trapper; the power of VHS; when you're on PETA's Top Ten list; buying your first car, home, and plane with trapping money; bow hunting as making the hunt as hard as it can be; all of Tom's books, including "Master Trappers"; and more.

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Referenced Books

Longliner Fox Trapping

by Gerald Wheeland

Tom Miranda mentions this as a book that influenced his trapping education. He references multiple books in the series including 'Longliner Fox Trapping,' 'Longliner Coyote Trapping,' and 'Longliner Mink Trapping' by the same author.

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The Complete Book of Trapping

by Bob Gilsvik

Referenced as 'that famous hardcover book that everybody in the world had' - a well-known trapping book, though the specific title is not mentioned in the transcript.

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Buccaneers of America

by Alexandre Exquemelin

Tom Miranda describes this as his most valuable book - a first edition from 1678 in Dutch, in original binding. He discusses his rare book collection focused on piracy.

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None

by None

Tom mentions owning a rare Sir Francis Drake book, one of only five known copies, which he purchased from a castle in England. The specific title is not provided.

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Master Trappers

by Tom Miranda

Steve discusses reading this book by Tom Miranda at night, describing it as 'the most exhaustive thing on trapping in America.' The book profiles trappers from the Mountain Men era to modern times and includes Tom's evolution as a trapper. Tom explains he started writing it in 2014 and completed it during COVID in 2020.

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