Im glad they added all the context for us...

The whole reason I got interested in hunting was because of Steve Rinella and his attitude/approach to it. Dude is a legend

Steve Rinella is everything right with the outdoors. He is a great steward of the land. He is a conservationist. He is a teacher and instructor. He shares his experiences without prejudice. I love Steve and his content.

Insane how much he sounds like his brother 😂

I have to say that Meateater is only hunting show that I do watch anymore. Went for years without watching any. At least Steve isn't a trophy hunter or a self promoter. He doesn't hunt animals with names that he's given them. He shows what real hunting is about including when he doesn't kill anything.

Dude Steve is like the most ethical and non flashy/trophy hungry guy in the hunting industry by far. He works his ass off on his hunts, doesn’t give locations away, respects his employees, etc. if anything I’d say he’s taught hunters that it’s not all about the horns it’s about the meat and the experience. He also utilizes the hell out of every animal he kills.

People like Steve rinella are needed to show what hunting does for wildlife his films show that animals shot are not wasted and definitely helps keep the anti views in check

Would like to see more about hunting and less drama.

Matt seems to hold the belief that by glamorizing hunting that you will bring in more hunters which he doesn't support but Steve supports. Matt is like that old school guy who doesn't like any new hunter because they don't hunt his way. Steve has done more for the hunting community than Matt ever has

Nobody would know who Matt is if it wasn’t for Steven.

It seems like trying to ruin your brothers company (ie livelihood) that he’s worked decades to build because you wish there were fewer hunters does in fact upset, stress and estrange families. Matt Rinella if you’re wondering “Am I the asshole?” The answer is yes, yes you are.

I dont have any dog in this fight, but literally steve- his books, his meateater series, etc- has actually motivated me to start hunting, become a part of land access initiatives, and emboldened my 2a stance.

Matt embodies so much of the toxic behavior in hunting that driving people away. Obviously not all of it, there is the whole social media aspect that he rejects, but he certainly does enough to hurt the culture.

You're going to need MeatEater and others like them to hold off the anti crowd.

Bro steve is like the best face for the hunting industry 😂

This is what Jealousy brings

For Everyone confused from the short clip. Matt, has taken a stance against his brother Steve for the past couple years now; but has vocalized more than ever recently. Pertaining to how what he does as a content creator and business man behind the scenes, is only hurting the hunting, fishing, trapping scene; and it will soon be too crowded. He often reconciles on the fact that even years ago on public land, you will almost always see another spec of orange out there.

Matt is looking at the US. Steve is a global ambassador to hunting and conservation in countries where hunter numbers are drastically declining. Anyone here who hates on Steve for making money in doing so is a hard socialist There are public lands that have a high hunter density and some that basically have zero. Let’s promote and respect hunting those lands. Let’s promote respecting the over hunter public lands. He’s not wrong, but his message is on the extremism side of the line with a pinch of brotherly jealousy

I understand where Matt comes from. People are not known to be good arbiters of the land. That being said, it was programs like meat eater and guys like Hanes that introduced me to this world that was foreign to me, and who better to introduce? It has become a passion of mine, something that has allowed me to connect with nature, inspire me to learn about these animals, the history of our country, states, hunting etc. It had inspired me to bring in my brother, and friends to this sport. It has brought clean and ethically harvested food home for my family. It has inspired me to begin to truly care for this land and engage with and support conservative organizations. It has completed me as a person and given me a purpose other than being a cog in the machine. I hope Matt and Steve can put their differences aside. It's a shame they're estranged

Canada owns over 12 million acres of property, mostly forest, in the United States. 40 million acres of forest and farms are owned by foreign countries and investors. How's that sit in your craw? While numbers of hunters are down, so is the available property for hunting AND with the ability to support huntable numbers of game species. We all know that the quality of the environment is very low on the list of most humans, including so many hunters except when they are hunting. Conservative and Conservation are rarely in the same room together. We have had no Teddy Roosevelts in office since hisself. Montana had a huge Court judgement recently. Curious how that will turn out.

Matt is jealous of Steve and is tearing his own brother down. Matt doesn’t like new hunters and is being a gate keeper to hunting. The more people that hunt the better it is for hunting. Steve and Randy are great ambassadors for hunting.

Steve is a great ambassador for our sport... Matt not so much

A female hunter I learned to hunt reading Steve's book. I didn't even know how famous he was. I am grateful as a Native who was never taught to hunt. Game is part of my health and heritage as well as enjoying the land. It's nice to see his brother I wish them the best as brothers. ❤

Matt was on an episode of the meateater podcast like 2 years ago. He acted pretty childish the whole time. Refuses to admit when he is wrong even about little things. I understand some of his points but he doesn’t give any credit to all the good Steve and the guys so for conservation.

I got into hunting due to Steve rinella and I'm grateful for it. I'm a better person, I've had some and hoping for more opportunities to spend time out in the woods with my son. And I've contributed hundreds of dollars directly to game commisions not to mention all the gear I've bought supporting all types of businesses. Matt's view is inherently selfish. Sorry.

When is this question asked in the full episode?

Hunting is a dying tradition.. We need all the Steven Rinellas we can possibly muster up!!

Matt has a voice because his brother put him there, then took a dump on him.

So Matt is pissed that the public is encroaching on public lands?

Steve is an absolute legend in the hunting community. He has brought more anti-hunting folks into the “pro hunting” category than anyone else. Not to mention the countless he has inspired to take to the woods. He is exactly what we need when this lifestyle could seriously be at risk within 20 years.

Matt is a huge dbag. Steve has inspired so many people to do amazing things and so have alot of other "hunting personalities". People want to document their hunts and some end up making a killing on that because they do a great job. There are plenty of opportunities out there for outdoorsman. Much more than most other countries. Hunter recruitment is the only way to keep our rights to hunt.

I started hunting well before Meat Eater appeared. I watched a lot of hunting shows over the years. Watching Meat Eater was different. The stories were captivating, and relatable. The cooking at the end of the shows made a difference too. That’s the true celebration of a successful hunt.

ON Public Land you have no spot!... it's first come first serve. Matt's just being self centered. There's more than enough public land to support more hunters. If your not comfortable with the density of hunters on opening day, pick your lazy ass up and hike deeper into the woods..? That's where the animals go anyway? And! If you get int here earlier...you can use the other hunters to push the animals to you!? 😂😅😂

Randy Newberg posted a deer hunt in the exact camp where I hunted with my kids for decades. The hunting pressure in that general hunt sky rocketed. The deer quality declined greatly. The pressure was tremendous, and the animals are always freaked out. The otc archery hunt was worse and non residents pressure was up by quadruple. Guides flooded the unit and now the hunt is unrecognizable. A general hunt. An easy basic hunt just ruined. Those influencers are hot garbage.

I wouldn't have ever even started elk hunting if it weren't for Steve. Matt can pound sand

Heard the Meateater pod where they had their falling out, when Matt was complaining about media hunters, he failed to mention all of the Meateater episodes he’d been on.

I'm just gonna start removing channels that put up ridiculous videos with no context

Makes me so sad. I LOVED when Matt would be on the podcast with Steve and the guys. Wondering where Danny stands

Doing a little reading it seems Matt blames social media influencers for blowing up hunting spots, overcrowding and much more. There is a meat eater podcast covering this the article said.

So he has an issue with bringing attention to the sport and brings attention to the sport by discussing it... smart fella Steves a clearly great guy

I agree with Matt absolutely--newberg, rinnella, Hanes, i hope remi does not go the direction of marketing and money. It is a joke out there new hunters taking 600 yard shots--all this trophy hunting bs-I don’t have a good feeling the direction we are headed.

Steve and meat eater have done great things for hunting, pick your battles

Thing is with meat eater, there is no 20 min of commercials spamming sponsors for shit that does nothing but makes millions. We watch most eater because it litteraly is a hunting show. Numerous episodes Steve eats tag jerky. He stays connected to what hunting is to him and in turn it has brought back ALOT of people that wouldn't keep pushing. Hunting is about the experience not what an animal scores. The younger hunters have been completely ruined by social media and main steam "hunting" programs. Simple because the mainstreamers are owned by their sponsors so they have to do high fenced to get kills. Fuck it, comment is long enough. Let hunters hunt.

I fact of the matter is we need to see more people in the wood’s because that’s real land management and wildlife management conservation.

Public hunting land is definitely more populated than ever. Feel sorry for those that have to go that route

Why wasn’t this clip in the pod???

Sorry, but my life has changed for the better because of hunting. I got into it because I saw an episode of meat eater, and now I have a deeper respect for the outdoors. Not to mention, it’s brought me so close to my brothers as well.

He feels betrayed, ya because you betrayed him lol you want him to quit his whole lively hood because you suddenly don’t agree with everything he does, Matt was on meat eater at least twice, but know because his opinion has shifted Steve’s suddenly a bad hunter and a crappy person. It’s sad 🤦‍♂️ if you listened to the meat eater podcast that Steve allowed him to be on the guy honestly just sounds angry and jealous which is to bad cause on the meat eater episodes he appeared on I thought he was pretty cool.

It's a difficult subject. On one hand you want more hunters and anglers to keep our sport, hobbie, passion and lively hoods alive and to keep it going for future generations because we all know there is certain entities trying to take it all away from us. But On the hand there is nothing more frustrating then fighting the orange army on opening day, less odds on drawing the tags you want, seeing social media hunters and anglers blowing up spots, less opportunities in general, i feel like being a hunter made you kind of unique and people were interested in you because of it but now everyone and their mother is a bow hunter lol Ideally you want more hunters just not in your spot...

There is a huge disconnect now in the hunting world, people don't realize hunters still support their families by putting meat on the table,not just trophy hunters

He sounds like Harry from Dumb and Dumber 😂

Steve desensitized the non-hunting community, and allowed them a new perspective, which in turn helps to make ethical hunting more acceptable and understandable. The hunting community needs this, because for most of us it is a passion, but not too long ago it was a nessecity. It is in our DNA, but society came up with a false narrative and made the majority of us believe that hunting is not a human trait - but it is.

I got into hunting because of Steven Rinella. I understand the problem. I life in north east Germany where we dont have to many people but a good amount of wild game. Even here we see that hunting,fishing has become more popular. People wanna get that stone age feeling back which we lost throug the digital age. But I will never forget one specific thing that Steven Rinella said. Dont be to pickY with what you have in the beginning. If my only change here were to catch perch and I would be allready grateful. It doesnt have to be alwys the biggest stag.

As a former professional cameraman and producer for many outdoor shows, I can say that it’s all about the money. I have witnessed good intentions turn to product placement overnight. Lies, back stabbing and immoral behaviors is why I got out of it. I refused to be a part of that scene anymore. They thank Jesus as they are lying, breaking game laws and cheating on their wives. Sad.

(From what I’ve seen in the comments, Matt wants to keep hunting out of the spotlight… and we all know Steve wants it front and centre in the spotlight.) A hunter who’s grown up around hunting is most likely going to side with Matt. Because of a fair few good reasons. 1. Public land gets more hunted and therefore makes it a little harder for the public land guy. 2. Putting hunting in the mainstream causes a lot of city folk exposure. City folk just aren’t USUALLY raised the same or have the same lessons young. 3. You get the backlash of anti-hunters. (This is a MAJOR one). There’s a REAL problem with the way Matt thinks tho, if you don’t have alot of passionate hunters… hunting will get to a point where they can ban parts of it to appease the city lunatics and no-one is there to push back.

Steve Rinella is a breath of fresh air. He promo hunting in the most positive way possible and doesn't toot his own horn like most of them. ( Team Fitzgerald). I wish him all the best.

I’ve never hunted public my whole life but in my opinion matt needs to grow up, if you want to hunt without anyone else near you go hunt private land

I’m very new to even being interested in hunting and Steven and his show have done nothing but make me more excited to learn to hunt and make it a hobby of mine

Matt’s voice is the exact same as Dan Infalt

I mean. I know Steve. I have meat eater episodes saved I sleep to and use for background noise. I didn't even know he had a brother. From what I've seen and read of Steve he is everything I want to be as a hunter. I mean he's and clays moose hunt had me in tears.

I appreciate his stance and also think it’s horrible that they’re estranged because of it

It seems to me that the issue is over crowding. There was a steady decline of hunters and with that an increase in game. Now that those numbers have risen due to the popularity of hunting personalities people are upset that there won’t be as many tags, land and opportunities as there once were. But on the same note we need hunters to hunt. Land management is crucial for the survival of the species we know, love and want to harvest. I think another thing that has ruined it for a lot of people is greedy landowners and old fudds that cut off access or buy up land and make it private. We should be advocating for more public land and better hunter to hunter interactions above all.

So, the fact that I never knew Steve had a brother at all says volumes about the positive impact and kindness that comes from Steve in all his interactions with everyone on his show. Nothing against Matt but what positive impact has he produced for hunters and non hunters?

What’s going on!?!? Is it the corner crossing?

"It's probably a betrayal thing." Huh, cause that sounds like that's what this dude did!

Everyone deserves the opportunity to hunt or fish. If being in a spot where u don't see any other hunter or fisherman is important to u pay up and join a lease or get a boat . Its definitely money driven... and if ur only doing it for the trophy ur being greedy and ur part of the problem. Just a country boys opinion..

Cabelas, outdoor channel and Hollywood has done more to ruin hunting for the common man than anything else.

That Christmas podcast episode that Matt was on was great! Finally someone spoke a little truth to Steve and so publicly at that. Most of Matt's points are well founded especially over the long term. But just "get up earlier" or "go deeper" eventually won't cut it.

What time is this on the video

Matt was on Steve's podcast a few years ago, and after listening I emailed MeatEater and said. "That guy is an a**, don't have him on any more." he was being extremely critical of Steve for glamorizing hunting, and I thought to myself the whole time, "does he watch the show? Steve shows at least as many failures as successes, and he also is very clear about when and how they screw up." MeatEater is awesome!

What is the CONTEXT, for this short? I take it, this is Matt? Steve-Meat-eater's brother? Worse than Click Bait, this was! DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA WHY? WHAT? Absolutely ZERO attempt to explain the WHAT.......... Popcorn is Popped and Buttered...! Sibling Rivalry, posted for the masses..."Woe is me! My Bro is more popular!" If you gonna air dirty laundry....at least give us the Clothes Line or Clothespin?

I like the fact that Steve has opened allot of younger people’s eyes to the hunting world. When the older hunting generations die off. There won’t be enough people into it to keep it from getting banned. We gotta keep that flame lit.

I feel like being a content creator and being a public figure in the eyes of a lot of people wouldn't only help increase the amount of people that would love to help build bigger and better hunting areas and population but is going to also bring more people that want to do the right kinds of hunting like leaving the little bucks to grow and being more selective in what they take

how is a media outlet like this any different? i get matts initial point, but this is getting a little hypocritical.

I have one clear advice to all hunters in the US. Do whatever you can to buy your own hunting property because it will be close to impossible to hunt on public land in a not so distant future and you can be totally sure that your grandchildren will have zero access to public hunting some decades from now.

How would one not feel betrayed? I support Matt and his opinions. Simply put, Matt would not have a voice if not for Steve. No one would care about his thoughts at all. For him to use his position to discredit his younger brother is trash. Family should take priority over your precious Elk hole.

Meanwhile here in Australia, a few years ago, they changed the bag limit on sambar deer from one a day to unlimited, and you could live n die out in the bush without ever meeting anyone

What episode number was this?

No idea what the hell they're talking about

this dude definitely is injecting his arms 😂

Its crazy how similar Steve and his brother sound.

Ok, I'll be THE ONE. What happened and what stance are we talking about that caused hard feelings?

I’m glad that CNN compiled this video .. wouldn’t want to leave anything out especially something like the truth ..

I watch ME all the time. I hunted with my dad as a kid now as an adult in 2 weeks I’m going in my first guided hunt. It will be the first time I’ve been hunting in 30 years.

Its a complex issue. On one hand we need awareness on hunting/conservation and a healthy population of hunters. On the other hand hunting is being glamorized to death and public land access is now over-run with hunters. Being from Louisiana it doesn't affect me much. Hunting has always been extremely competitive and crowded here. If you can't afford private land you can expect to deal with dozens if not hundreds of pickup trucks in public land parking lots.

What is this from?

I remember the podcast between them. It was rough.

Bitterness and Jealousy oozes from Matt.... so sad

I am over commercial hunters.....its ridiculous. They have ruined hunting for many of us. They are privileged hunters

hunters against hunters. might as well call matt an anti.

A "tough stance" aka being stubbornly opinionated about sharing information with people. If Matt had it his way he would be the only person allowed to hunt PUBLIC land.

I would have loved to have seen that and experienced that, talk about an adrenaline rush 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Matt is 100% correct. Meateater has lost what made it so great. Ever since they sold out ,you see less and less of Steve. Now they are selling board games. Lost what made them relatable.

Some of his complaints about commercializing hunting are legit, but the way he came out against hunting media was dumb. Alienating Steve was going to be the only result.

When you get paid to hunt or fish, and have to do it at such a rate that you are annually putting thousands and thousands of pounds of meat in the freezer, BUT only need 500ish pounds of meat to consume each year, you have become a professional trophy hunter and the type of hunter everyone hates….. it’s the nature of the beast! “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” -Harvey Dent(Aaron Eckhart)

Matt is allowed to be a hunting celebrity, but no one else can, because they take photos and try to encourage people to hunt. But if he encourages people not to hunt while hunting it okay. Potatoes ain’t tomatoes, even if you paint them red.

Here’s the thing. It’s always on my mind. Monetizing the outdoors used to be selling game meat, hides, skulls etc… Now it’s Meateater, Hoyt, Simms, etc… The industry has filled the woods with social media trophy hunters with too much money. And it sucks for the regular folks who would sell their soul before the sold their most prized asset. Aside from family of course. Steve is a sellout and that’s a fact. I love his show and the people he works with. But the trade off is woods filled with folks who would be better off financially to buy grass fed meat but still hunt because they see it on tv and social media. It’s bugleshit.

If the purpose was to tell us nothing, you have succeeded.

He sounds exactly like Steve

Hunting industry is loaded with slimes