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Gather around for campfire stories with the MeatEater crew as they share 16 harrowing true tales of survival, grit, and misfortune in the great outdoors - an immersive audio experience from the host of the long-running Netflix series and top-ranked wilderness podcast.
In Campfire Stories: Close Calls, Steven Rinella invites seasoned hunters, anglers, adventurers, and outdoor professionals to share their tales of perilous adventures in the natural world, from run-ins with black bears and grizzlies to bad falls and severe hypothermia.
With humor and heart, the storytellers describe how they survived disastrous encounters with weather, wildlife - and even a criminal cartel. Whether set in urban forests or atop remote Alaskan peaks, the tales in Campfire Stories: Close Calls are rich with lessons on how to stay safe in nature, delivered in a conversational tone that conjures the feeling of sitting around a campfire sharing adventure stories with friends.
Campfire Stories: Close Calls features tales from MeatEater crew members Steven Rinella • Janis Putelis • Brody Henderson • Garret Smith • Seth Morris • Maggie Smith and Edbo Genet • with additional stories by Andy Bergin • Buck Bowden • Chad Converse • Jerry Dunlop • Greg Fonts • Jake Grzyb • Sam Lawry • Greg Litzinger • Joe and Joey Nowicki • Alex Reynaud • Thad Robison • Bobbie Scopa • and Avery Shawler.
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The best African hunting author in my opinion
- By Chris Esplin on 04-10-24
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Poachers Were My Prey
- Eighteen Years as an Undercover Wildlife Officer
- By: R. T. Stewart, W. H. "Chip" Gross
- Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Poachers Were My Prey chronicles R. T. Stewart's many exciting undercover adventures, detailing the techniques he used in putting poachers behind bars. It also reveals, for the first time, the secrets employed by undercover wildlife officers in catching the bad guys.
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Funny, crazy, awesome
- By Alexis on 09-28-16
By: R. T. Stewart, and others
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Jim Bridger
- Trailblazer of the American West
- By: Jerry Enzler
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Fremont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of. Here, in a biography that finally gives this outsize character his due, Jerry Enzler takes this frontiersman's full measure for the first time—and tells a story that would do Jim Bridger proud.
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Interesting
- By Jon Evans on 07-19-23
By: Jerry Enzler
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Endure
- How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
- By: Cameron Hanes
- Narrated by: Cameron Hanes, David Goggins, Joe Rogan
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Cameron Hanes discovered his true passion for bowhunting when he was twenty. Inspired by the physical challenges of stalking elk in the Oregon wilderness—traversing mountainous terrain, braving erratic weather, and evading his quarry’s even more dangerous predators—he began an ever-evolving journey of self-improvement. To become the best bowhunter of wild elk, to the caliber he believed he could be, Cam realized he would need more than archery skills.
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Garbage
- By JP Flouret on 05-22-22
By: Cameron Hanes
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The Poacher's Nightmare
- Stories of an Undercover Game Warden
- By: Kennie Prince, James L. Cummins - editor, Alfred Nichols - foreword
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The Poacher's Nightmare: Stories of an Undercover Game Warden contains dozens of hair-raising accounts of covert wildlife operations, often spanning years, requiring ingenious planning, complicated secrecy, and deft coordination.
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Christ and the outdoorsman come together in a must listen book!
- By michael collins on 11-11-24
By: Kennie Prince, and others
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Hunting Camp 52: Tales from a North Woods Deer Camp
- By: John Marvin Hanson
- Narrated by: Kevin Meyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet the Jolly Boys - five men from northern Wisconsin who built a deer hunting shack in 1955 and established a tradition that has now lasted over six decades. Hunting Camp 52, affectionately known as Blue Heaven, is a place where every trail, rock, and ravine has its own nickname; every kill is recorded by hand on a window shade; every hunter happily croons along during evening songfests; and every rowdy poker game lasts late into the night.
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Love the story of tradition and laughs.
- By Anonymous User on 11-27-24
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That Wild Country
- An Epic Journey Through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
- By: Mark Kenyon
- Narrated by: Mark Kenyon
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Since its inception, however, America’s public land system has been embroiled in controversy - caught in the push and pull between the desire to develop the valuable resources the land holds or conserve them. Alarmed by rising tensions over the use of these lands, hunter, angler, and outdoor enthusiast Mark Kenyon set out to explore the spaces involved in this heated debate, and learn firsthand how they came to be and what their future might hold.
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A Must Read!
- By Mollie on 12-28-19
By: Mark Kenyon
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Ranger Confidential
- Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks
- By: Andrea Lankford
- Narrated by: Julia Motyka
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The real stories behind the scenery of America’s national parks. For 12 years, Andrea Lankford lived in the biggest, most impressive national parks in the world, working a job she loved. She chaperoned baby sea turtles on their journey to sea. She pursued bad guys on her galloping patrol horse. She jumped into rescue helicopters bound for the heart of the Grand Canyon. She won arguments with bears. She slept with a few too many rattlesnakes. Hell yeah, it was the best job in the world! Fortunately, Andrea survived it.
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Depressing from Cover to Cover
- By Drew (@drewsant) on 04-13-15
By: Andrea Lankford
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Lost in the Wild
- Danger and Survival in the North Woods
- By: Cary J. Griffith
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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On a beautiful summer afternoon in 1998, Dan Stephens, a 22-year-old canoeist, was leading a trip deep into Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park. He stepped into a gap among cedar trees to look for the next portage - and did not return. More than four hours later, Dan awakened from a fall with a lump on his head and stumbled deeper into the woods, confused. Three years later, Jason Rasmussen, a third-year medical student who loved the forest's solitude, walked alone into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on a crisp fall day.
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Great book, but should be organized differently
- By Don Lance on 09-20-19
By: Cary J. Griffith
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438 Days
- An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
- By: Jonathan Franklin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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438 Days is the miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history - as told to journalist Jonathan Franklin in dozens of exclusive interviews.
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Excellent use of my credit!
- By SGL on 12-13-15
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One Man's Wilderness
- An Alaskan Odyssey
- By: Sam Keith, Richard Proenneke
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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To live in a pristine land unchanged by man... to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed... to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin... to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available... to be not at odds with the world but content with one's own thoughts and company. Thousands have had such dreams, but Richard Proenneke lived them.
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Wonderful Alaskan Read!
- By Pamela M. on 10-10-14
By: Sam Keith, and others
What listeners say about MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Close Calls
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- Chris Thomas
- 07-30-21
Great Stories
As an outdoor enthusiast, hiker, hunter, fisherman and lover of all things out of doors, this was absolutely 5 stars. This book has everything you would like. Some of, or if not all of the stories here I really wonder how are your guys girls not dead?!? This book should be called "I Should Be Dead". I am so glad that they are not, though these are great tails of survival and sheer will power to stay alive. Blown away. Great Job Meateater!
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- Karen C. Mctavish
- 07-21-21
THE BEST
Oh my god. So happy to have listened to this. Loved all the stories. Was on the river fishing while listening. AMAZING!!
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-24-21
MeatEater does it again
A great series of exciting, tense and thought provoking stories involving the outdoors! It involves people who are both experts and weekend warriors, and their trials and tribulations in the great outdoors. Really solid story telling. 10/10
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- courtney
- 07-21-21
Absolutely amazing
These stories gave me goosebumps the whole time. VERY well done I can’t wait for the next one
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- Michael
- 08-10-21
Rinella is a national treasure.
Awesome. Well produced. Captivating presentation. Keep them coming. MeatEater is doing amazing work for our wildlife and lands.
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- Daren Beede
- 08-13-21
Great Learning experiences.
My kids and I loved it. we picked up some good pointers to keep our selves out of danger for when we are in the woods.
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- Kevin Shuford
- 07-21-21
Outstanding
Steve and his crew at Meateater have done it again. This book is a roller coster of feelings. some of these stories you can relate to more than you know. I've told everyone I know about this book and can not wait for the next one.
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- thurman
- 08-23-21
Awesome book.
Great book. While listening to this audio book i had somewhat of a close call myself. Setting in my antelope blind i had 15 doe’s and a stud buck come in. And i missed lol damnit. Great work guys and gals. I look forward to more.
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- Devin
- 10-23-21
good
any thing steve does is gold. any book, show, podcast, doesn't matter. i enjoyed the subtle sound effects.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-04-21
Must Buy
As always Steve put together a gem here. Great listen for long travels, constructed very well. Looking forward to part 2.
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