My brothers and I can survive in Alaska's backcountry for extended periods; we know how to fix things; we can handle the… — Steven Rinella Brothers Copy Share Image
I feel like I could write a thousand books about the outdoors and natural history and the landscape. — Steven Rinella Books Copy Share Image
In the woods I find things that are spiritual, redemptive, and worthy of contemplation. — Steven Rinella Contemplation Copy Share Image
I grew up in a home with guns. I was taught to use them at a young age. — Steven Rinella Age Copy Share Image
I prefer to hunt where I understand the conservation history and the complexities of what's happening on the ground. — Steven Rinella Conservation Copy Share Image
We read everything - from the Unabomber to Camille Paglia to Martin Luther King Jr. - and I really fell in love… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
Conversations around fishing tend to be easier than around hunting, they don't have eyelashes. — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
“Every schoolboy knows that the Indians used every part of the buffalo, which is true. But they did not use every part… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
If someone were watching from a distant planet, our beliefs might look like this: domestic animals should be more wild; wild animals… — Steven Rinella Animals Copy Share Image
Microthreats are hardly confined to the wilderness. From the common cold to the Ebola virus, various nasties could be waiting to pounce… — Steven Rinella Cold Copy Share Image
I like to brag that I've eaten more freeze-dried food than any man living, which is probably a lie. What isn't a… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
I trapped for 10 years, selling the hides and everything. Muskrats, raccoons, coyote, mink, beaver, otter, fox. When I figured out you… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
Even in our understanding of surviving on the Great Plains, they would cover this enormous amount of ground. I imagine these people's… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
It'd be interesting to know how many pounds of game meat get turned into jerky every year in the United States. It… — Steven Rinella Food Copy Share Image
Faced with economic and climatic uncertainties, more and more people are discovering something that outdoor adventurers have known for a long time:… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
Growing up in Michigan, people I knew avid about the outdoors, they hunted and fished. That is how I viewed things. The… — Steven Rinella Growing up Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, we always ate the heart of a deer soon after killing it. My mom cooked it very… — Steven Rinella Dad Copy Share Image
When my father decided to instill in my two brothers and me his love for the outdoors - a love that he… — Steven Rinella Army Copy Share Image
The thing that I've found is there's more to it than just presenting them with good options. You need to step in… — Steven Rinella Authoritarian Copy Share Image
“There's a fine line between being practical and being a candyass, which is a word that my father used to describe someone… — Steven Rinella Fine line Copy Share Image
I once spent 10 days wandering the Patagonian countryside in search of the perfect grass-fed steak, and I've engaged in the questionable… — Steven Rinella Chef Copy Share Image
We wanted to make a show that not only highlights the adventure of hunting, but also the fantastic culinary opportunities that a… — Steven Rinella Adventure Copy Share Image
When I got trichinosis, I was shooting an episode of 'MeatEater' that involved taking a Navy SEAL officer on his first hunt.… — Steven Rinella Experience Copy Share Image
Maybe stalking the woods is as vital to the human condition as playing music or putting words to paper. Maybe hunting has… — Steven Rinella Abstract Copy Share Image
From the time I was 10 years old, I was an avid fur trapper: muskrats, mink, raccoon, fox, all kinds of stuff… — Steven Rinella Fox Copy Share Image
There is a limit to political and public tolerance for sacrifice on behalf of wildlife. — Steven Rinella Animals Copy Share Image
If you hunt and fish, you're waging a social battle... about the validity of these practices. — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
I have family in Montana and Alaska. I travel to those places to hunt. — Steven Rinella Alaska Copy Share Image
I take pride in owning gadgets that other people don't even know exist until I whip them out. — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
Deer won't trust their eyes, and they won't trust their ears, but they'll always trust their sense of smell. — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
If I could be attacked by a grizzly and not be killed, or maimed in a way that made women afraid of… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
Describing Wallace Stegner as an 'author' is like describing a grizzly as 'brown.' — Steven Rinella Author Copy Share Image
While there's certainly no shortage of great preblended jerky-making kits on the market, it is fun and rewarding to make your own. — Steven Rinella Fun Copy Share Image
People are losing track of the old ways of doing things and being kind of spoiled. — Steven Rinella Being Copy Share Image
I think just by saying, 'Here's this thing, here's how I understand it, here's what appeals to me about it,' that works… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
People might say I'm a sucker for stupid gadgets, but I prefer to describe myself as a connoisseur. — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
I got an MFA in creative non-fiction writing at the University of Montana. — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
Trust me: anyone who ascribes to that old adage about not sweating the small stuff hasn't spent much time outdoors. — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
Getting published was like God stamping you 'acceptable,' and all of a sudden you can start writing for other places. — Steven Rinella God Copy Share Image
“The Dilligas is perhaps the ugliest boat I've ever been on... Dilligas is an acronym: Do I Look Like I Give A… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
