Janis Putelis Hunts for a Montana Black Bear

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3 ай бұрын

In this episode, Janis Putelis continues his quest to harvest a black bear in Montana with his friend and fellow MeatEater colleague, Cory Calkins. The duo ventures to a more heavily timbered mountain landscape with the goal of finding spring bears feeding and wandering on closed logging roads. An early and dry spring, hot temperatures, and very unforeseen wildfire smoke makes for a grueling week in the bear woods. Presented by ‪@SilencerCentral‬.
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@theokaisla7309 3 ай бұрын

I love Janis thank god he isn't just a camera guy anymore

@roberthyatt342 3 ай бұрын

he never was a cameraman

@jaredknapp8886 3 ай бұрын

I doubt he has the faculties to operate a poiny and shoot camera. And he's got the stage presence of an elder car salesman.

@whoopwhoop1584 3 ай бұрын

Janis is a heck of a guy through and through if I could pick anyone in there realm to go hunt with its yanni ol cal calohan is a close second

@jake5150 3 ай бұрын

You don’t love him so much if you think he was ever just a camera guy 😅

@allansheets9031 3 ай бұрын

@@jake5150 Let He who has never made a mistake cast the first stone.

@benkizerboughner9678 3 ай бұрын

"Join us on this episode of Meat Eater as the boys kick poop around" lol

@branchandfoundry560 3 ай бұрын

Steven Wright used to tell the joke, "You know there's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot." Same applies to hunting.

@Paqq6969 2 ай бұрын

Yeah meat eater is trash now

@dannyjackson6286 3 ай бұрын

"Some people just have bigger diameters" 😂 my stomach hurts

@garychiang2568 2 ай бұрын

Came to watch a bear hunt. Left with a new appreciation of what a diameter really means.

@balaclava734 3 ай бұрын

I just love how you show hunting as what it is, a lot of work, a lot of uncertainty, and a lot of meaningful fun… continuing what every human before us has done for sustenance!… thank you Janis, Cory and the whole Meateater Crew! ❤

@tcollier4017 3 ай бұрын

the hustle and flow movie reference at the end! good ol Memphis classic

@Lucas_1287 3 ай бұрын

I don’t know what I want to happen more. Steve to bag a Griz, or Janis to get a black bear

@cashreliadorgaragedoors1178 3 ай бұрын

When "two thirds of a mile" just won't do 😂

@speed-shop33 3 ай бұрын

Hahaha! I also heard 7/8ths and was like....

@ajm.5160 3 ай бұрын

LOVE THE GUIDE FOR THE HUSTLE & FLOW QUOTE!!!!!!!!! LOL

@TrailheadTales 3 ай бұрын

Your videos are awesome and have inspired us to share our hunts and fishing with KZfaq. Thank you

@oneballwizard406 3 ай бұрын

Spring bear in MT is my favorite time of the year! Good luck

@CatFarmAgriculture 2 ай бұрын

Your shooting skills are really superior, no one can compare!

@WildSideOfLifeYT 3 ай бұрын

Love the yanis on the hunt episodes. Hope to see some more latvian content!!

@BenC-77 3 ай бұрын

Amazing...Transparent...It would have been easy for The Meat Eater to not use this footage, but showing hunting as hunting is enjoyable to true sportsmen!

@ClimptonDiddlehopper 3 ай бұрын

They show people all the time getting skunked including the great and powerful Steve.

@rabbithomesteading3797 3 ай бұрын

They didnt say how to tell black bear from grizzly/brown bear poop. Black bears have grass and berries. Grizzly/browns have bells and pepper spray cans in it. lol Dont take that serious, just a joke. :D

@ClimptonDiddlehopper 3 ай бұрын

Pile size usually. Though a small brown is dropping loads like a bug black. Also look for hair caught in the dingleberries that get pulled out...

@stevecrader3479 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@rivergnome4708 3 ай бұрын

So refreshing to watch hunting shows on public land ranch...great video

@Smfe614 2 ай бұрын

You can come to my ranch but on my land you have to hunt naked

@rivergnome4708 2 ай бұрын

@@Smfe614 corny

@wyattlewis8041 Ай бұрын

I feel like Steve and Janis complement each other well, Steve is high energy and fired up, Janis is just happy to be here 😂

@nikolasmaclean4450 3 ай бұрын

Go Jani! We’re rooting for ya! One of these years you’ll get your bear!

@ivanjordaan174 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, that bench gun carries like a section of railway line... Great content thank you.

@JimBobTheDestroyer Ай бұрын

Pretty sure that gun was supplied by the sponsor I'd get pretty tired of carting that thing around

@christophersharp7198 3 ай бұрын

Definitely appreciate the SNL reference lol!!

@huntsnewy 3 ай бұрын

As much as it sucks they didn’t get a bear- it’s good to show that hunting doesn’t always work and many trips are just a great weekend out in the bush!

@dallasedc2976 2 ай бұрын

The Hustle and Flow line was HILARIOUS

@casey_lee7579 3 ай бұрын

A chassis Tikka!? Hell Yeah Janis!!!

@Looscannon94 2 ай бұрын

I wish they would briefly talk about the rifle and caliber combinations they are using in each video. I know Janis is using what appears to be a Sig Cross, but I'm curious about the cartridge he went with.

@zappiness 3 ай бұрын

These types of episodes show what it’s all about.

@Smfe614 2 ай бұрын

I will show you what its about.......in the bedroom?

@jimothy-johnson 3 ай бұрын

Cool to see a mainstream hunting personality using an MDT Hnt26 chassis. Shooting from tripods via ARCA rails is the next big thing for hunters. Nightforce scope too and what looks like a Tikka CTR barreled action, good taste for a mid-price build.

@TheLikkinBranchRanch 3 ай бұрын

Yessir. I use my McCrees chassis and a tripod as well.

@jaredknapp8886 3 ай бұрын

Neeeeerrrrrddddd

@jimothy-johnson 3 ай бұрын

@@jaredknapp8886 You ain't wrong. I'm at least "spectrum" adjacent and custom long-range rifle builds are my thing.

@pakcanhunter 3 ай бұрын

You can tell ppl who post these kinda comments don’t have any business with hunting…

@jimothy-johnson 3 ай бұрын

@@pakcanhunter I don't know man it felt like I did when I was shooting a coues deer at 400 yards across a canyon from my tripod this fall. It just makes life a lot easier being able to shoot from a tripod.

@tyedenshaw6721 3 ай бұрын

Nice scope Janis 🔥

@MainVillainous 3 ай бұрын

Shitkickers: The Episode

@robertburke2804 3 ай бұрын

Like seeing Janis on the prowl!

@user-iz7zy7rx9t 3 ай бұрын

Goodr shades, loves 30-06, Janis is the peoples champ...

@dannyjackson6286 3 ай бұрын

"Drier than a popcorn fart" 😂

@jacoblindquist 3 ай бұрын

Montana is so beautiful

@Smfe614 2 ай бұрын

It really is. I was born on the Dutton ranch. Been here ever since protecting our ranch with my father john dutton. Stay off our land!!

@artoftruthpodcast8678 3 ай бұрын

Janis exposing his daughters tendency to not flush their huge poops should go well with them once this started streaming😂

@retrogunroom 3 ай бұрын

So nice to see what gets used when brand deals arent involved.

@g64460 3 ай бұрын

One of my favourite things about meat eater is that they don't always get the thing they go for and they show it. But am also pissed when they dont get one like am up in the mountains too.

@iainduncan9885 3 ай бұрын

Janis! What holster are you running for your X Ten?

@LoganW143 2 ай бұрын

6:50 what a many conversation 🤣

@badatstuff3690 2 ай бұрын

Music was wild this episode

@BattleBornArcher 3 ай бұрын

Great video like always! Love me some bear hunting. Does anyone know what holster Janis is using for his sidearm? Everything I’ve tried is impeded by my pack hip belts and seems like his stays clear of the hip belt.

@Smfe614 2 ай бұрын

You just gotta tuck that thang in yo waistband and when somene tries you get that thang out and put two in his chest. Ya feel me?

@eddiekane1202 Ай бұрын

Have you tried a chest holster? You can easily wear a bino harness over it. Stays away from the hip belt and also stays close when you take the harness off. I used to use a molle holster attachment on my harness but wanted to keep my pistol close by when I take the harness off. Chest holster is the way to go in my opinion

@BattleBornArcher Ай бұрын

@@eddiekane1202 I have been looking more into this I think I will give it a shot this weekend. Any brand that you recommend?

@eddiekane1202 Ай бұрын

@@BattleBornArcher I have one from a little company out of Montana called Invader Concepts. They have long lead times though just a heads up. Gun Fighters Inc makes one called the Kenai. Those are usually readily available and have good reviews

@clamum9648 3 ай бұрын

The fricking LATVIAN EAGLE ftw

@lewismooney3941 3 ай бұрын

Sweet cod load out! Lol

@kirkdial224 3 ай бұрын

@janis - what is your setup for your sidearm? That looks like the perfect setup for hiking through nature with a pack. Do you like it? Ive seen you carry a side arm a few different ways - which one is your favorite?

@L0NEW0LF210 3 ай бұрын

Why don't yall run slings on the rifles or the spotting scope as a posed to carrying them?

@alexfrazier88 3 ай бұрын

Got real smokey and started singing hustle and flow

@ImPacosTacos 2 ай бұрын

To many times you watch a hunting show Black Bear hunt and they always seem to see 100's of bears... for once I don't feel lied to. Black Bears are hard to find, even harder to find a boar.... Thanks for being realistic and not faking it

@lowcus211 3 ай бұрын

"It's hard out here for a pimp" I don't know that one - 🤣😂

@kevbev1524 3 ай бұрын

Did the smoke slow the bugs down a little bit ? Or they didn't care?

@ClimptonDiddlehopper 3 ай бұрын

Didn't look like it since they said fighting mosquitoes and swatting at their faces everytime they slowed to talk.

@crossbowhunter9118 3 ай бұрын

@meat eaters What rifles are you guys using what caliber and scope zoom range? I want to bear hunt

@fullsquish 3 ай бұрын

Man…you know the trick…you need to take Mr. Clay Newcomb! You’d get a bear annually! 😂

@fieldtoflameoutdoors1160 2 ай бұрын

You guys discontinued Cipher but everyone seems to be wearing it. Please bring it back!!!!!!

@robertwebberii4938 2 ай бұрын

all this equipment but no thermacell!? look it up, life changing piece for me in early bow season. when its still 70-90 degrees out here in nc when bow starts. i literally will not hunt without it!

@danielralston466 2 ай бұрын

Beach seining by Pavloff on the Aleutians I saw bear prints twice the size.

@D_Boone 3 ай бұрын

What holster is that on Janis? It's like a half drop leg holster. Looks like it would be comfortable to carry with a pack.

@rship2805 3 ай бұрын

Look up Safariland Low-ride UBL (universal belt loop). Or Mid-ride UBL. May need to attach your holster with a Safariland Quick connect system, depending on your holster.

@rship2805 3 ай бұрын

Also, I'd go with low-drop. I have the mid drop and it puts the pistol a hair too close to waist strap.

@kenshiassasin 3 ай бұрын

It's a standard g10 holster without active retention, but rship is right and it's sitting on a midride/lowride safariland UBL. I'd personally get a lowride safariland UBL w/ one of the active retention safariland ALS holsters.

@Smfe614 2 ай бұрын

If you boys wanna come hunt on my ranch in Montana you are more than welcome I own the biggest ranch in the west. The Dutton ranch. Come and bring steve

@eddiekane1202 Ай бұрын

Can I come?

@kenwiltsie6920 22 күн бұрын

I call bull crap on that one

@Squintztv 7 күн бұрын

You need a son?

@evanf7334 3 ай бұрын

Damn Janis is just asking to get shot with that p320 on his side lol

@internetcatfish 3 ай бұрын

Its nice to see a more widely-known hunting show using a suppressor on a hunt. All too many people seem to assume that there is no practical purpose for them outside of military use, which is incredibly far from the truth. I'd hunt with a suppressor myself if they weren't prohibitively expensive.

@reganbusch8343 3 ай бұрын

What rifle is being used looks really cool

@ph00z00 3 ай бұрын

can you use drones with thermal imaging cameras to spot game? or even regular drones?

@bad2debone825 3 ай бұрын

Big time no no in most if not all states. Great idea but takes the sport out of it.

@bhoutdoors507 2 ай бұрын

Definitely not “fair chase”

@longgone9869 2 ай бұрын

And that’s why they call it hunting!

@brianjohnson8918 3 ай бұрын

We need to get Janis to SE Alaska, where there's a bear behind every bush.

@ClimptonDiddlehopper 3 ай бұрын

But is their a turd behind every stone?

@jamtolwi 3 ай бұрын

So they plant grass on the logging roads? Or did I get it wrong?

@D_Boone 3 ай бұрын

Yes. To prevent erosion.

@rabbithomesteading3797 3 ай бұрын

From what I got from it is yes, to help stabilize the bare soil (bear soil lol :D) from eroding away from rainfall and probably wind also. The root systems help hold it together. I didnt know they did that on logging roads but do know that is a thing in general.

@heavytango7261 3 ай бұрын

Similar to my hunt last year lol

@mattwilliams1466 2 ай бұрын

Exactly how my 5 day bear hunt went.

@SteezerZimmer 3 ай бұрын

what tripod is Janis using?

@benknapp7737 2 ай бұрын

What tripods are they using @meateater

@itsbcook 3 ай бұрын

oof glad its not just me who has had 20+ days with no luck! great at finding poop and elk though.

@robertcumming2035 3 ай бұрын

Keep trying Janis! Come on up to Canada and enjoy a baited hunt!

@liveisascopeadventures 3 ай бұрын

Janis come to Manitoba Canada will get you a couple bears

@awilliamz907 3 ай бұрын

About 7/10 of a mile 😂 that as the crow flies or the deer runs??

@ChasinStuds 3 ай бұрын

Janis c'mon brother hustle and flowwww

@maximklimenko973 3 ай бұрын

Janis, come to BC buddy, I’ll get you a blackie under one day.

@hendu7111 3 ай бұрын

I wonder when this was shot. I wish he would say what year and month it is.

@kyleholmes2472 3 ай бұрын

They have done so well with the videos thru the years, but I agree that would be a nice addition!

@MorganMckinney-if9jd 3 ай бұрын

I believe it was last May. We had weird early smoke from Canada last year.

@hendu7111 3 ай бұрын

I will say, the content is still good even with Jani not getting a bear because that's how hunting goes. I get to live his adventure and disappointment and joys thru this video so that's worth it and I love that they show the non-successful hunts as well.

@benn1851 2 ай бұрын

anyone know what kind of gun calkins is carrying?

@christianniem844 3 ай бұрын

NIce hunt what kinda rifle you got there ?

@af4475 3 ай бұрын

Looks like 2 tikkas

@robvannoy2512 3 ай бұрын

From this day forward Bear Hunting shall be referred to as "kicking shit" et al "Hey Bill, the season's open! Let's go Kick Some Shit!"

@jacobbush1419 3 ай бұрын

Crazy how different bear crap looks out there than in Virginia

@jacobbush1419 3 ай бұрын

And our seem quite a bit larger as well

@CatHunterMag 3 ай бұрын

Get Mingus out there!

@DirtySanchez658 3 ай бұрын

How do you know that the bear is from Montana ?

@hendriksnyman8159 2 ай бұрын

What gun is he using ~ chassis, etc

@aussieredneck818 3 ай бұрын

Love it Janis But for the rest of the world what is 7/10th or was 7/8th of a mile in English. (KPH) Mile: 1.6kms 1/4mile 400mtrs.

@gmcg6326 2 ай бұрын

Join us on this episode of Meat eater where Jani whispers while in a car.

@MTrocker0221 3 ай бұрын

Should've took a dying rabbit call with you see if he would turn around.

@Dhatshim 2 ай бұрын

What kind of rifle is Janis using?

@ClimptonDiddlehopper 3 ай бұрын

Does a bear shit in the woods? Apparently no, they shit on old logging roads next to the woods.

@drewandcharlie7583 2 ай бұрын

Janis is a badass. Its kinda odd that none of the crew are ex military. Ya’ll are a dangerous group of bros

@BWIL2515 2 ай бұрын

Yeah it's hard out here

@roycesenjes1706 Ай бұрын

Do they ever actually catch anything on this show??

@zachpearl536 Ай бұрын

what rifle is he using?

@Itsnateagain817 3 ай бұрын

Do you know Clay Newcomb? He hunts black bears. Maybe he could help.

@stefanpietsch5398 3 ай бұрын

Is that rifle an sig?

@josephking2055 3 ай бұрын

Its always crazy to me to see guys running around in bear country with an empty chamber...

@Taleton 2 ай бұрын

Jianis Εύγε απ την παλιά πατρίδα... ..

@hermdeer 3 ай бұрын

I may have missed an episode or two but, why do you suddenly have moderators on your rifles ? They have been regarded as a necessity in the UK for probably 20 years. I hunt in Europe too, and I understand some countries they are illegal.

@paulopimentel2523 3 ай бұрын

🇧🇷👍

@caseyschulenburg8615 3 ай бұрын

Come bear hunt with the born and raised boys for black bears in Oregon

@nathanmieure4071 2 ай бұрын

Bear huntin ain't easy.

@Terpedup925 3 ай бұрын

Come hunt these cali bears. We got like 65k to 80k bears in our state

@mikemorris7922 3 ай бұрын

No one knows how bears feel about smoke? Has no one asked smoky? Let’s get on this.

@danieljordan2012 3 ай бұрын

I can come along with me yanis here in coastal British Columbia I'll get you a bear!

@shephusted2714 3 ай бұрын

they need walkies #audio //bear pimping ain't easy

@D_Boone 3 ай бұрын

Pretty sure it's illegal in Montana to hunt with walkies

@seanbennett7916 3 ай бұрын

Come on Janis its only a 7 or 8 year draw now for Wi bear. 😂

@hunt_trap_fish 3 ай бұрын

Apparently Zone C is much less. I drew w/5 points. And the only reason I drew is because I applied and Zone C was my second choice, and now they make you apply every 2 years. I'm not complaining, I think it's good to make people apply so we're not unnecessarily hanging on to points, just didn't expect to draw anything.