MeatEater — Season 1, Episode 2: The Sweetest Meat: Alaskan Black Bear
Documentary • 22 min • 13 seasons, 150 episodes • ★ 8.1/10
Episode synopsis
To find the best-tasting game meat, you have to earn it. As the cold Alaskan winter approaches, bears flock to the high country of Alaska's Chugach Range while feasting on cranberry and blueberry. As summer turns to fall, the bears have exhausted low-elevation fruit and their quest to fatten up pushes them into higher and less accesible terrain. The hard work and long hike pays off, as berry-fed black bears provide some of the finest tasting meat available to the American hunter. The meat is so good, that Steven Rinella plans to fry it in it’s own fat as a celebratory meal if he is lucky enough to land a bear on this trip.
About MeatEater
Hunter, author, cook and conservationist Steven Rinella treks into the world's most remote, beautiful regions, bringing game meat from field to table.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Into the Clouds: Sitka Blacktail Deer
- E3The Water's Edge: Waterfowl in Alaska
- E4The Rugged Peaks: Alaskan Mountain Goat
- E5Stalking the Grey Ghost: Arizona Coues Whitetail Deer
- E6The New American Food Chain: Wild Pigs
- E7Brotherhood, Badlands and Pack Llamas: Montana Mule Deer
- E8The Roughest Country: Texas Aoudad Sheep
- E9Canyon Bottoms and Cookouts: Texas Javelina
- E10Big Bucks and Small Game: Wisconsin Whitetail Deer