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Episode 75: How Great Beer & Public Lands Bring People Together

West Kill Brewing – How Great Beer & Public Lands Bring People Together Special Guest Mike Barcone – Founder, Craft Beer Brewer, Conservationist We’re in the Catskills this week talking about how great beer, wild food and public lands bring people together. West Kill’s founder and NY BHA member Mike Barcone talks about how the surrounding, publicly-owned mountains and blue ribbon trout streams defines their community. We also talk about big woods deer hunting in Read more…

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Episode 74: The Land of Many Uses – Allegheny National Forest

The Land of Many Uses – Allegheny National Forest Have you ever looked at your favorite public land recreational spot and wondered how it became public land? What does it takes to keep it that way? What are the tensions and partnerships  that have sparked and been cultivated over its management and future? This week we’re talking about the half million acre Allegheny National Forest in northwest Pennsylvania. Established in 1923, the “Land of Many Read more…

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Episode 73: Making the Big Move West

Episode 73: Making the Big Move West with Caitlin Curry and Matt Wohlwend Have you ever thought about making the big life move and heading West? Our friends Caitlin Curry & Matt Wohlwend share their awesome story about moving from central New York to Salt Lake City, Utah. We talk about why they chose Salt Lake City & Utah’s great public lands opportunities. Caitlin and Matt talk us through their first year elk hunting, what Read more…

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Episode 72: Scaling Conservation Success with Ben Jones – CEO Ruffed Grouse Society

How to Scale Conservation Success with Partnerships With Ben Jones – President Ruffed Grouse Society/American Woodcock Society This week we’re talking with special guest Ben Jones, CEO of the Ruffed Grouse Society. Ben shares his thoughts on how to scale conservation success through partnerships, the importance of ruffed grouse as a bellwether species, the need for diverse forest habitat structure on the landscape, eastern forest history, ruffed grouse reproduction, grouse hunting as an important R3 Read more…

By Todd Waldron, ago

Episode 71: Glacial Lake Iroquois, Adirondack Muskox & How to Butcher Your Next Deer

An Introduction to Glacial Geology & Deer Processing with Special Guest Dr. Brian Bird We’re having a great conversation this week with geologist Dr. Brian Bird from Whitehall, New York. Brian has an extensive background in GIS mapping & glacial geology and currently manages the Local Butcher Shop. We’re talking about Glacial Lake Iroquois & how glaciers impacted Pleistocene animals & hunters. Brian walks us through New York’s glacial footprints, finding muskox remains in the Read more…

By Todd Waldron, ago

Episode 70: Danielle Lynise – How She Launched Her Fitness & Hunting Journey

A Conversation with Danielle Lynise: How She Launched Her Fitness and Hunting Journey. This week we’re thrilled to be in Albany, NY talking with Danielle Lynise. Danielle  joins the podcast to share her inspiring personal fitness and hunting journey. She is a Certified Personal Trainer, athlete, hunter and a blogger at daniellelynise.blog. Background Danielle Lynise became a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine in 2018. She is a fitness professional and Read more…

By Todd Waldron, ago

Episode 69: Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics

Leave No Trace Center for Outoor Ethics Special Guests Erin Collier & Brice Esplin Whether we identify as hunters, anglers, campers, hikers, paddlers or nature watchers, we all have an opportunity to leave things better than we find them in the outdoors. This week, we’re excited to be talking with Erin Collier & Brice Esplin from the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics. Erin and Brice travel across the country eleven months a year Read more…

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Colorado Archery Elk Packing List by Mike Herne

Colorado Archery Elk Packing List by Mike Herne While my elk hunting experience is limited to two years, my backpacking experience is heavily derived from 13 years of military experience serving as a light infantryman. If you don’t know much about the military or light infantry, I will say this; a light infantryman carries everything he needs for combat operations, sustainment, and survival on his back. As a result, since I was the ripe old Read more…

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Episode 68: Hunting Opportunities On Military Bases with Mike Herne

Episode 68: Hunting Opportunities on Military Bases This week we’re talking with our friend Mike Herne from Fort Knox, KY about the logistics and opportunities of hunting military base properties across the US. Mike talks us through his experiences of archery hunting on Fort Benning & Fort Knox. We discuss the following: What you need to know about special military base permits Military base quality deer management programs Turkey hunting Quota and hunt area considerations Read more…

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Episode 67: Update on Atlantic Striped Bass Management with Charles Witek

Episode 67: Update on Atlantic Striped Bass Management with Charles Witek Fisheries Consultant Charles Witek joins us this week to provide an update on striped bass management. Striped bass have been recently experiencing declining populations in the Atlantic States. Charles is the founder of the blog One Angler’s Voyage and is currently serving as president of the New York Outdoor Writers Association. Striped bass populations plummeted in the 1980s and then grew steadily over the Read more…

By Todd Waldron, ago