THE AMBASSADOR
Hunter-conservationist Steven Rinella educates the masses, one meal at a time BY M I CH AEL R. S H EA
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GARRET W. SMITH
teven Rinella doesn’t remember his first hunt, but he does recall that at 13 he killed his first deer. Those details are clear as yesterday: the itch of cheap wool, the sight of fresh blood. But hunting for Rinella — and his legion of fans who follow his MeatEater books, TV show and podcast — is so much more than killing. It’s a way of life. >
36 HUNT & FISH | SUMMER/FALL 2018