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MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls

Written by: Steven Rinella,Clay Newcomb,Vince Merritt,Allen Jone,Kimi Werner,Roy Getson,Casey Frank,Cory Holloway,Cameron Kirkconnell,Bruce Batten,Vic Barnes
Narrated by: Steven Rinella,the Contributors
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Publisher's Summary

Ten harrowing firsthand tales of survival from the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio collection MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Close Calls.

In Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls, storytellers take us from Florida to the Northern Rockies to the Arctic Ocean with wild and true stories, a reminder that the natural world is rugged and unpredictable. Including stories from MeatEater's Steven Rinella and Clay Newcomb, and spearfishing champion Kimi Werner, this immersive audio collection also features tales from listeners who survived falling through the ice, gunshot and arrowhead wounds, hand-to-hoof combat with a deer, and a spearfisherman who made the best shot of his life to save a friend from certain death.

Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls features tales from MeatEater crew members Steven Rinella and Clay Newcomb • with additional stories by Vince Merritt • Allen Jones • Kimi Werner • Roy Getson • Casey Frank • Cory Holloway • Cameron Kirkconnell • Bruce Batten • and Vic Barnes.

©2022 Penguin Random House (P)2022 Random House Audio

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Another Great Book by Steve Rinella

Awesome naration and enthralling stories.

Makes you appreciate returning home intact after each successful trip.

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The funniest part

While the husband struggles to wrestle 200+ lbs of buck in the cornfield, both hands grab on the deer antlers.
Husband: Please get the kids out of the fields!!!
Wife: Why?
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Great storys

It was not a waste of time. I enjoyed listening while I was driving. Thank you.

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Loved, and learned!

I listened while heading to and from a couple of recent hunting trips. I found story tellers details on what they were thinking while in life threatening situations very interesting. And on how quickly things can change.

A few days ago I was hunting alone and decided I would put up a ladder stand which required the trimming of some limbs from a large spruce tree. I had a chain saw and headed in to start trimming. I would need to climb up 10-15 feet to use the saw with one hand while holding myself in position with the other.

Having listened to a few stories from this book that morning I decided I would wait until the next day to use the saw and put up the stand when a couple of friends would be there with me.

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  • Wes
  • 2022-10-22

Super entertaining and emotional

These stories stir up emotions as it is so easy to put yourself in the place of the individuals who lived to tell the tales. Very well done and enjoyable!

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  • rob
  • 2022-10-11

suck it Broqdy

another fine production out of the meat eater camp. I hope that there will be a third edition soon.

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amazing totally recommend

I seen this book thinking it would be a great read to drift off to sleep to at night. I couldn't put it down. It did not put me to sleep at all lol. Instead I devoured it and started searching for more books by this author.

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Another great Rinella production. "Nuff Said"

Great. a must if you are a fan of meat eater and Steven Rinella

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Great listen

Really enjoyed the time performances and stories. I was excited when one of the stories was from the area I live in and the area the hunter was in is an area I hike it. Pretty neat to have rural Alberta Rockies represented

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George D.

I really enjoyed the first close calls and was worried this one would have lesser stories on it. That is not the case, at least for me. This audio book has some of my favorite.

A criticism I have is that if you listen to the Meat eater podcast you will likely have heard Steve use most or at least half of his story intro/outro/transition content.

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  • Antonio Narvaez
  • 2022-08-04

Solid

Captivating stories that pull you in and cause you to squirm. My frequent internal response was along the lines of "jesus christ", "WTF", "OMG".....

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2022-08-03

Most captivating stories

Every once in a while you will get these stories that just grab hold of you and your fully submerged in what the speaker is saying. And this book had me stuck the whole 5 hours.. loved it.
Please make another one campfire stories 2

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  • Damon J. Graham
  • 2022-08-02

Great collection of stories

I enjoyed hearing these stories and the stories from the first book of near near misses. If you liked the first book, this one is the same format. All of the stories in this book are fresh and the narration is perfect. Shout out to Jimmy… it’s cool that he is participating in MeatEater content.

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  • Adam G.
  • 2022-08-17

unexpected language

pretty good stories to make you think about reality of the outdoors and the harshness that it can be. the readers are not professional so the voices maybe aren't the best but can be tolerated. listen with my young children thinking that it would be a clean listen but there is many uses of inappropriate language for certain ages or if you just don't like hearing that stuff when you listen to a story which is my case. won't purchase another read from Steve rinella because of this issue.

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  • James Guilliams
  • 2022-08-04

Keep ‘em coming.

I hope MeatEater keeps putting out these campfire stories and close calls….things. Interesting stories with a lot of lessons to be learned in them.

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  • Winter
  • 2022-08-03

Another Stellar MeatEater Production

The second iteration of Meat Eaters Campfire Stories is just as good as the first. Narrated by a collection of people, but set by the host Steven Rinella, this collection of stories will really pull you in and make your heart beat fast. Especially for those like myself who live outdoor lifestyles in which *every* one of these scenarios is a possibility.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2022-08-03

A Storyteller’s Will to Survive

This second edition of Campfire Stories did not disappoint. I found myself listening to the first edition multiple times, and I will no doubt, do the same with this version as well.

For me, it’s the raw emotion. The despair that these storytellers convey will bring you to tears, and make you really consider how you may have reacted, or processed each situation if had been you, rather than them. Their will to survive is epic. What would I do? Could I keep my wits about me to keep myself alive?

After listening to how these folks did it, I sure feel like my chances are better now, than before I heard them tell their stories.

Amazing job by everyone involved, from top to bottom. At this point, I can only hope, for a third installment.

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  • Danny W.
  • 2022-08-03

great listen

hope there are more books like this in the works! love it!
thank you to all that contributed stories

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  • Nicholas Clements
  • 2022-08-03

Another great Rinella book

I love these Camp Fire story books, I listened to the first one about 5 times and I just finished this one and the stories are just as harrowing as the first but thus time with a personal story from Steven himself. Highly recommended, it is a great listen.

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  • Matthew M.
  • 2022-08-03

Fantastic immersive experience

The story telling was phenomenal. I felt like I was in each story. Would absolutely recommend

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