Ep. 064: Bozeman. Steven Rinella talks with Kevin Murphy, the world's greatest small game hunter, along with Helen Cho, Brittany Brothers, Michelle Jorgensen, and Janis Putelis of the MeatEater crew.

Published: 2017-05-18 17:00:00

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Subjects discussed: the MeatEater crew's favorite things about The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game; Kevin's rotating trophy; Sylvalagus aquaticus; just one more gobble: boss toms, rope draggers and missed turkeys; squirrel-hunting war horses for the armageddon; Land Between the Lakes; the novelist Larry Brown; Conrad Richter's The Light in the Forest; Steve's kids are way-ass pro-hunting; unknown squirrel locales in the Rocky Mountain West, and more.

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Referenced Books

Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

Speaker discusses how their father read this book to them as children while camping, noting it was chosen because it was a fishing story rather than for its literary importance as a Pulitzer Prize winner.

Referenced at 00:00:08

Where the Red Fern Grows

by Wilson Rawls

Speaker asks Kevin if he had read this book, in the context of discussing hunting-related children's literature.

Referenced at 00:00:08

Light in the Forest

by Conrad Richter

Described as a book about a boy captured by Indians in Eastern settlements who is raised by them, then forced to return to settlements during a treaty, only to escape back to the Indians. Described as 'a solid book' for young adults.

Referenced at 00:00:08

Old Yeller

by Fred Gipson

Mentioned as part of discussion about the American literary canon being full of hunting stories and children's books about hunting.

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The Big Woods

by William Faulkner

Kevin Murphy describes discovering this book of Faulkner's hunting stories by accident at a bookstore. He found it and thought it looked good, leading to his appreciation of Faulkner's hunting-related literature.

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As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

Kevin mentions this was a Faulkner book they were made to read in high school or grade school, but it was not a hunting book.

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Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

Mentioned in discussion about high-minded American literature featuring hunting and fishing, specifically noting Huck Finn as a great fisherman.

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Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain

Mentioned alongside Huckleberry Finn in the same discussion about American literary canon and hunting/fishing themes.

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The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

Referenced as a positive depiction of hunting in literature, noting that the protagonist hunts deer and other food with archery.

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Father and Son

by Larry Brown

Mentioned as one of Larry Brown's novels that was made into a movie. Brown was a fireman in Oxford, Mississippi who became a novelist and was an avid squirrel hunter.

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Big Bad Love

by Larry Brown

Listed as another of Larry Brown's novels that was adapted for film.

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On Fire

by Larry Brown

Mentioned as one of Larry Brown's works in the discussion of the novelist who was also an avid outdoorsman and squirrel hunter.

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