More Janis / On the Hunt w/ Janis, please. These two episodes were AMAZING.

This was one of my favorite 2 part episodes to date. Just to hear and see Janis speak and enjoy the traditions of his home culture was pretty awesome

These two episodes are exactly what I've grown to love about MeatEater! The hunting in Latvia was truly well done, and I can tell it meant a lot to Janis. Got a lump in my throat from his speech!! Great Time. Great People. Great Show!! KEEP IT UP!!!

Janis the speech at the end teared me up. The connection with people through hunting and traditions is what I cherish most, I love that you got to travel and enjoy a deep connection with your heritage. Thanks for sharing your trip.

It doesn't get any better than this. Two of the best episodes I've seen on MeatEater.

I love the amount of effort that is shown to honor the beast. Long live the beast!

It was a pure joy watching you, Jānis visiting our little country. But be sure Latvia has much more to offer so I hope you are coming back soon!

Man this is so cool. I love the cultural component to the hunting program too. It’s interesting to see how others do it.

Thank you! Janis, for sharing this experience with us. I'm glad you had a chance visit Latvia to see part of your history and meet some good people. I hope to see another hunt Latvia next year. I had a similar experience in Ukraine and got to meet some really good people who happened to be hunters. The hospitality we were shown was amazing!

Really like the traditions. My favorite is the dividing of the meat and having to be drawn for your "cut" of the take. Super cool @Janis Putelis. Thanks

Since Janis talked about his experience in Latvia on the podcast I have been anxiously waiting for these episodes to drop. Some of the best work from the Meat Eater crew. Thank you Jani for taking us along on the heartfelt experience. Would love to see a sequel with Lisa and Kaspars in the US!

Latvian Hunt Club sure have some funny traditions and superstitions about hunting but they are one of the most team and safety oriented groups I've seen when it comes to hunting. What a team effort! As it should be. Great videos keep them coming. Loving the content.

Love seeing you showcasing other countries hunting culture. I bet many who has envied your displays of american hunting don't even realize theres lots of options right at home.

This is how i grew up hunting in Germany. The small families coming together from all the local villages, the massive dinners at the end, beaters and hunters together, local farmers sharing their land for the hunt, the sense of overwhelming comunity and respect for each other, the dogs and ofcourse the game. Everyones dogs bieng related, everyone sharing their stories at the fire. No phones. Not one social media post. Im sad i dont have that anymore but so very greatful i was a part of it. Was truelly special. May these traditions live on.

Super great episode. Thank you for that. The view into lativian hunting culture was very interesting, it has a lot of things in common with my danish Way of hunting. . And Janis´ speech in the end was very moving. Thanks. 😊💪

Amazing Janis! So well done I felt I was there with you. Thank you so much for sharing your homeland trip with us! I enjoyed the traditions and superstitions most. I hope you get to host someone… hopefully Linda, here on an American hunt! Thanks for the lump in my throat during your emotional speech! 🥲

Latvians look like good people. They should send Janis all over Europe hunting. Would make for great content.

Excellent, they should take him up on a visit to USA, I’m sure they will be surprised at just how well connected he is and what he is able to offer them as thanks for the warm welcome he got visiting his families country.

Awesome, thanks for showing the fact that we, as people, are all hunters. No matter what language we speak, it's a shared experience. 🤓🤙🏻

Janis, thank you for participating in these episodes. They simply are some of the best Meat Eater has to offer. I am a Michigander and I love the fact you and Steve always represent our great state in such a fine fashion.

Hands down my favorite two episodes. So happy to see Janis reunite with his culture. Latvians are very imrpessive people. Much respect to the culture and more so to the hunters!❤

Wow this was very cool. Very well done. Love to see the spotlight on a little known culture. Over the years I’ve learned so much about Latvia through the Meateater podcast. A country that probably 98/100 Americans don’t know exists. With as much reverence they Latvians here have for their country, it was fun to see Jani experience it for his first time. The buildup over the years, and the well done production, narrating and editing got me emotionally invested in the story. Glad I finally got around to watching these ones. Makes me want to go visit the lands of my grandparents.

Janis, as a fellow descendant of Eastern Europeans this was fantastic and really quite moving. I'm so happy you were able to go and experience this.

These episodes were just great! Awesome footage, well narrated and explained. Love to see Janis connect to the roots of his family.

My wife is Ukrainian and solyanka is one of my favorite soups. We make it with venison, feral hogs, and various sausages. My kids call it pickle soup... SO GOOD! Love this series! Keep up the good work!

As a first generation American, I grew up hunting in Northern California doing deer drives with my family. Deer drives are a tradition in which was the preferred manner to hunt as well. I moved away and finally went back to our family camp in California last September after a 7 year break and got a buck. Janis talking to the club members in his mother tongue made me well up and feel the same emotions I felt. Loved this episode though and through

While there are MANY fantastic MeatEater stories and episodes, Janis this one was hit cleanly over the fence. I want to go to Latvia...not just to hunt, but to enjoy the culture- what an honor driven bunch of folks at this club!

Great couple of episodes! Had to be such a cool experience to visit your homeland and be able to interact with them, just as if they were family. Says a lot about the culture and you (and team that was with you).

Janis, thank you for sharing your heritage and ancestral country with me. I have traveled extensively, but have never been to Latvia. I especially love the fact that you keep the language and the culture alive in the things you do and say. God bless you and yours, I hope you get to return soon, maybe with Papa Yanis for a couple of episodes.

Divas superīgas epizodes,paldies! Sveicieni no Latvijas🇱🇻💯

This adventure is by far my favorite content I’ve seen meateater put out. Janis these two episodes were very warming to watch you exoerience your dreams!

Definitely some of the best content MeatEater has produced. It surely means so much to Janis and that has translated really well in these episodes, and the episodes do a great job of introducing us to some hunting practices in other parts of the world.

Very well narrated and a great view into how things are done in another country. You are great asset to the MeatEater brand. Thanks Janis!!!

One of the best episodes I’ve ever watched on MeatEater. Love the emotion from yanis.

It was wonderful watching this... people coming together for a communal experience, sharing in the hunt, the good times, and the beautiful Latvian countryside. Kudos! @Meateater, more of these please!

One of the best hunting films I have seen in a while. Good job Janis &co!

These Latvian episodes are my favorite to date, no question about it.

One of the best two episodes since long months (at least to me)!

Meateater continues to turn out quality hunting & fishing shows. You’re the best at explaining the reasons & feelings behind the taking of game or fish.

Great episodes. I love to see the different hunting traditions and respect for the game as shown here.

Tanks for this amazing experience. I am Latvian myself my last hunt in Latvia was around 15/14 years ago… this inspired my to go back and do hunt again!!! Thanks I am grateful to watch it!

Well told Janis. I feel a kindred spirit with you. And I get emotional anytime I talk about my family. I can't imagine going to ones homeland and experiencing such and adventure. I love and will emulate the custom of honoring the fallen pray.

I felt emotional when you gave the speech too. It must be a great feeling going back to a country that you are from but haven't visited before. Amazing video!

So envious Janis, and happy you were able to experience this!

Best two episodes of meat eater ever.

Yani doing us proud here in the states! What a class act! Thank you sir, you are a true ambassador 🍻☘️

Those were two of my favorite Meateater episodes. Very well done 👍🏼 . I can appreciate how that would be emotional for Janis.

Fantastic traditions. Fantastic group experience, fantastic focus on safety. Certainly a great example of hunting being so much more than a product sales pitch.

Being able to see how the people of Latvia hunt and the dynamics of the hunting club was really intriguing! Very cool how they share their meat and are able to sell some too for funds to improve their club.

Great episode,,,seeing Janis so happy was awesome. Hunting at that hunt club and taking in their culture and tradition would be amazing.

Loved these past two episodes!

My favorite episode from any of y’all’s shows. Fantastic

Just came back from Hungary. I participated in a similar hunt. Wonderful people and way more respect towards the animals!

Wow Janis what a hell of a production and amazing opportunity to see your homeland. Thank you soo much for taking us with. Much love Dane from wa state

Such a beautiful place. Loving the videos with Janis.

Amazing episodes and such a great thing showing the customs of the Latvian hunters. I really enjoy watching all the Meat Eater episodes but I have to say the depth put into this was great. Seeing the pride and emotion in Janis being in his "father land" was amazing and real. Congrats Janis on being able to achieve that experience.

What nice people. Beautiful country. Great traditions. Fantastic episodes.

That was beautiful, really, really lovely. The hunt, the landscapes, the authenticity in Janis' emotion, all of it was a real joy to watch! Well done! And I think I'll be borrowing that tradition of the last meal and covering the wound.

This series was fantastic. Meateater has been to north America and south America. Liking janis and hunting in Latvia was so special. The Latvians seem like good people

Excellent, Janis! You represented well!!

Janis thank you so much for that insight, it was absolutely amazing watching. It’s great to see how other countries are so passionate about hunting and how safety isn’t compromised. If only those animal activists were to come and see something like that. They just might see the other 95% to hunting. No words can articulate it, it’s something a hunter knows. Thanks again so much for these video. Me personally I’d like to see more of theses type of hunts.

So glad they made these episodes, and that Janis not only got to visit Latvia, but participate in some local hunting! Congrats.

What a great series, thank you so much Janis for sharing this experience with us.

Absolutely loved both episodes. Well done and glad that Janis was able to visit and experience there way of hunting. Very cool.

Here is a practical advice for shooting from a standing position: Either place the wiggling rifle sling on your left arm while gripping the stock of your rifle with your left hand, or grip the sling together with the stock. This will prevent the sling from wiggling around, which can easily put you off target. Kind regards from a german driven-hunt enthusiast!

What a priceless experience. You need to bring her back to hunt in the US.

You all paint a portrait with each episode as usual!!! Love it and as I remind those around me that we are all indigenous to somewhere! Episodes like this speak to that reality! BRAVO

I absolutely love seeing you being able to hunt in your family's home place man!!!

I so enjoyed these two episodes. They represent everything I love about Meateater. Very well done!

Great job Yani. Your speech at the end touched my heart.

As someone who has just returned from Latvia yesterday from my first visit, I can understand why anyone would fall in love with this country.

Meateater could do a whole season in Sweden/Norway. Great hunting and fishing. Big driven hunts in the south of Sweden for deer and boar. Epic moose and bear hunting in the North of Sweden with dogs . Several kinds of birdhunting, flyfishing and deepsea fishing. Wild reindeer hunting in tve norweigan mountains. Etc etc Especially the moosehunting with baying dogs is magical.

Wow! Janis you got me emotional at the end with your speech. Nice to connect with your roots!

Having watched meat eater for many years, it was truly heartwarming to see Janis visit his fatherland. Thank you for sharing the experience with us. I hope you had many private moments to emerse yourself in.

More hunts in European countries with unique and timeless traditions!!! with Janis of course!!!

The way people hunted throughout most of history. Very cool!

Absolutely amazing episodes! And good to see someone from the MeatEater crew come and see how we do it in Europe :-)

That was awesome. I understand the show of emotion.

Great show, nice touch in helping with the game in the first episode. Driven hunting is a passion and a massive thrill in the heat of the moment. Respect for both weapon safety and quarry is paramount. The tableaux at the end is always a highlight and a nice way to end the hunt. We in the UK are not permitted to hunt driven ground game. We also go to mainland europe for it.

I think you all captured on film just a fraction of the passion involved in producing this journey. Film never gets it all. Thanks for taking us along. That was wonderful.

This is the best episode of Meateater ever. :’)

Janis' "story" at the end of the video was quite beautiful.

I knew very little about Latvia before watching this. Thanks for teaching me something!

Fantastic episodes Janis and Meateater crew absolutely love it!

Brilliant episode, thanks for sharing a great story!

We don't have enough of this comradery in the US.... It is all about bragging rights that mean nothing, sharing and working together makes life better all around!

Very cool place with some very cool people, thanks for sharing Jani. Good work!

What a honor to watch. Thank you meat Eater crew

I can’t express how awe inspiring this was! Thank you jani!

These two episodes where really fantastic guys. The MeatEater Crew did a great job as always capturing it all, and I'm super happy for Janni to get to experience his homeland like that. What an experience it was

What a special, special deal! Well done… :)

What a story, and show of respect in the entire episode! They ragged on Janis when they needed to, he thanked them for the lessons learned! So glad to see this!

Awesome stuff! God bless the hunters around the world!

I've watched most if not all of the Meateater videos. This two part series was by far the very best. Thank you. Great job!!!

Two fantastic episodes. Thank you.

Nice episodes. I sometimes wonder as an austrian about the US and the countless people that stem from the old country, while never witnessing it themselves. It must be kind of hard to have a cultural background (irish, german, dutch, italian, latvian, polish etc. etc.) and while speaking the native tongue, not truly belonging to either one of them. It brought a tear to my eye to see, Janis reconnect with the customs of his ancestry. It somehow shows the melting pot that the Americas are and the longing for identity that some of these groups have. P.S:: I sometimes hear that people are astonished about the architecture in my home city of Vienna and the history it has. For me its quite difficult to imagine living in a small city in America or a rural town, that does not really have a noteworthy history in of itself (or maybe it just wasnt recorded).

Such a wholesome 2 episodes of Janis back home ❤️ meat eater continues to bring more than just hunting videos but a family together!

This is a great video. I love to see how they hunt in different countries. Just goes show how much we have in common 🦌

THIS is MeatEater. Some of the recent shows have left something to be desired, but this hits all the notes of the MeatEater ethos. Culture, tradition, ethical hunting, respect towards the animals, and of course food. Well done.

So happy for you Janis. What an amazing gift to yourself and to your family to have gone and experienced that. The best part is when you will get to return the favor, hopefully soon.