Janis Putelis teams up with fellow elk enthusiast and co-owner of Haulin' Ass Backcountry, Seth Walk, to chase bull elk in Montana during archery season. Seth uses his pack string of donkeys to pack Janis and their camp into the backcountry in search of solitude and bugling bulls. | MeatEater

Michael Hunter, aka The Hunter Chef, sits down with us to talk about the time he spit-roasted a beaver and basted it with birch syrup. For those unfamiliar, spit-roasting is an old-school method where you rotate meat over an open flame, slow-cooking it to perfection. You can pre-order Michael's new cookbook, Hunter Chef in the Wild: Game, Fish, and Fowl Recipes and Techniques for Cooking Outdoors, scheduled to be released this September. | MeatEater