Ep. 133: You're a cool dude, Buck.

Published: 2018-09-10 10:00:00

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Anchorage, AK - Steven Rinella talks with Alaska Master Guide Buck Bowden, along with his brother Danny Rinella, Chris "Ridgepounder" Gill, Dirt Myth, and Janis Putelis of the MeatEater crew. Subjects discussed: becoming Buck, or a boy mangles himself with a knife; digging for money with nine fingers; hunting and visiting the obscure; candyass horses from lower-48 and their rough and rangy Alaskan counterparts; the big money makers in fur trapping; eating wolverines; cutting your teeth on sheep, moose, and grizz; becoming a Master Guide; lessons learned from three bear attacks; what makes a good hunter?; divorcing yourself from societal momentum; and more. To learn more about the ideas and materials referenced in this episode check out the show notes here.

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Referenced Books

One Man's Wilderness

by Dick Proenneke

Buck Bowden mentions this as one of his favorite books from childhood. He read it while living in Nome, Alaska. The book was about Dick Proenneke who went out to Twin Lakes and built a cabin by hand and lived there by himself. Buck says Proenneke was somewhat his inspiration for his own lifestyle choices.

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by Tom Walker

Buck mentions getting a book by Tom Walker about how to notch logs for building cabins. Walker is described as an outdoor photographer who went out with his wife to build a place in the woods and made a book about it with pictures showing saddle notch techniques and construction methods.

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