Blood Origins

Blood Origins is an non-profit organization bringing unique storytelling and conservation together to change not only how hunting is viewed, but also how we fund conservation programs around the world more efficiently and effectively.

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Episode 157 - Roundup 38 || The Working Class B...
Curtis and Austin from the Working Class Bowhunters join the podcast to discuss the incident that has been circulating around the podcast and social media sphere - where Austin posed with a 190 class buck he arrowed even though coyotes had removed all of the meat on it. We ask the question everyone has been wanting to ask: why did you post that?
56 min
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Episode 154 - Jaden Bales || Preference Point C...
Jaden Bales, the catalyst for our recent Wyoming Hunters For The hungry fundraising program, joins Robbie to talk the reality of preference points and the proverbial "creep" - and nothing is off limits. Resident vs. nonresident conflict, how they’re good and bad, and what the future of preference points could or should look like.
39 min
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Episode 153 - Will deRover || Hunting Jack of A...
Will deRover is a young man (only 24) who started hunting in his late teens, has run a successful dairy farm, has started a successful guide business, and has launched a coffee venture - all since graduating high school just a few years ago. In this episode, Cody and Will tackle his story, how he did it, and announce a special giveaway for this month’s Supporter’s Program.
36 min
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Episode 152 - Roundup 37 || Taylor Latchem join...
Taylor Latchem, the first female listener to co-host the roundup, joins Cody to dish on the most important breaking news in hunting. They talk about wolf poisoning in Oregon, human-elephant conflict in Bangladesh, the success of wild turkeys in New York State, spring bear woes in Washington State and much more.
49 min
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Episode 151 - Nicole Qualtieri || Issues Affect...
Nicole Qualtieri, the hunt and fish editor of Gear Junkie, dishes with Robbie on her controversial article “The Hunters’ Decline Myth” and what she perceives as more pressing issues affecting hunting.
46 min
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Episode 150 - Sarah Roberts ||  A Non-Hunter Sc...
Author, non-hunter, former grizzly bear and shark biologist Sarah Roberts joins Robbie to give a non-hunter scientist’s perspective on hunting and the issues surrounding it - from the multi-state bear and wolf issues in the states to trophy hunting in Africa.
47 min
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Episode 149 - Jake Marquez || Understanding Dea...
Former vegan, documentary filmmaker (about meat, no less) and producer of upcoming documentary “Death In The Garden", Jake Marquez joins Robbie to talk about his journey and his plans as an aspiring hunter.
39 min
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Episode 148 - Durrell Smith ||  Dogmen
Durrell Smith - founder, director and President of the Minority Outdoor Alliance and a Dogman - joins Robbie for a hell of a conversation on the ‘why’s’ of hunting dogs and good old fashioned southern quail hunting. 
41 min
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Episode 147 - Roundup 36 || Gabriella Hoffman j...
Freelance Writer and friend of the show Gabriella Hoffman join the boys for this week’s roundup. They discuss a new anti-poaching measure in Oregon involving preference points, a recap of last week’s interview with Matt Rinella, and a discussion of Raincoast Conservation Foundation's anti-trophy hunting stance in British Columbia. 
57 min
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Episode 146 - Austin Booth || Ballsy Conservati...
Austin Booth, a retired marine, is the youngest ever state fish and wildlife director for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and currently youngest State Director in the United States. Austin speaks common sense with Robbie on the big moves they’re making in Arkansas to protect their water fowling resources and how waterfowls stand to reap big dividends over the long term from forward-thinking conservation ideas. Great conversation begins with out of the box thinking with science leading the way. What a conversation. 
42 min
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Episode 145 - Mandi Thomas || Veteran, Firefigh...
Mandi Thomas is a Veteran and a Firefighter who went hunting for the first time with the Blood Origins crew. In this episode Robbie and Mandi dive deep, exploring what this experience meant to Mandi and how, if at all, it changed her.
49 min
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Episode 144 - Roundup 35 || Matt Rinella is back!
Matt Rinella rejoins the Blood Origins podcast to do a bit of an ‘unstructured roundup’. They launch right in, asking big questions like ‘when - or even WHETHER - it is okay to post kills on social media, Matt’s ‘hunting purity index’, and Matt’s unvarnished views of some big names in the hunting world.
92 min
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Episode 143 - Jay McNair || Representation Matt...
Only beginning hunting during her time at university, Captain Jocelyn ‘Jay’ McNair shares her unique perspective on who she is, why she hunts, and shares those thoughts in one of our most hard-hitting conversations yet. Buckle Up.
37 min
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Episode 142 - Julie McQueen || Perspectives of ...
Julie ‘Jules’ McQueen, CEO of OTT streaming service Carbon TV, joins Robbie to talk about what the female hunter looks like from the perspective of a veteran of this industry along with intentionality behind content and why it is important.
42 min
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Episode 141 - Roundup 34 || Sue Tidwell joins t...
With Robbie on location filming this week for an upcoming project, Cody took the reins on today’s Roundup and is joined by Sue Tidwell. Together, they talk about self publishing, poaching and game reserves in Africa, and so much more.
56 min
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Episode 140 - The Season || Changing the Narrat...
Aussie outdoorsman Craig Pringle talks about the making of and upcoming release of the first hunting show to grace Australian national broadcast television - including his camera man’s conversion from non hunter to hunter and what non-Americans try and call ‘tomato sauce’.
36 min
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Episode 139 - Joe Schwenke || Just an ‘average’...
Robbie lets loose of the reins and allows Cody to do a podcast on his own… finally!! Cody sits down with Joe Schwenke. Joe claims he is just an “Average Hunter” … we discover there is a little more to him and his upland adventures. 
73 min
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Episode 138 - Roundup 33 || Jules McQueen Joins...
Julie and Robbie discuss why it’s not a good idea to look at your iPhone right when you wake up, giving Cody crap for punking out on the roundup this week, the CWD epidemic and what solutions could look like. 
56 min
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Episode 137 - Karen Seginak || How we need to e...
Karen, a field biologist for a biotechnology company, sits with Robbie for a thought provoking discussion on how we can and should evolve the message we spread as hunters.
47 min
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Episode 136 - Mike Hairston || A tradition goin...
Mike Hairston talks about the ‘why’ behind taking up one of the hardest instruments of the hunting world, the longbow, and what rewards, chief among them a sense of history, he gets from his time in the woods.
19 min
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Episode 135 - Roundup 32 || Darrell is back on ...
Cody and Robbie, joined by Blood Origins’ Darrell Carver, dive right into the important things with Cody’s new office that you can’t see, why he’s not in his man shed, a recap of Cody and Darrells mule deer hunt. Then, the boys make time for the wolf season injunction, Africa and the rest of the articles from the list.
61 min
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Episode 134 - Nathan Ravenscroft || Feral Cats:...
Nathan Ravenscroft, an Aussie land management professional who focuses on feral and invasive species in northern Queensland, Australia discusses Australia’s invasive species issues with Robbie - especially of cats - and why the Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) method touted by anti-hunters doesn’t work.
43 min
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Episode 133 - Rob Shaul || ‘It feels like an at...
5th generation Wyomingite and ‘Mountain Pursuit’ executive director Rob Shaul joins Robbie for a rip-roaring conversation. Its so hard-hitting that we don’t want to give too much away, so listen to the end!
55 min
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Episode 132 - Roundup 31 || Robbie meets his ch...
Robbie and Ben Cassidy from Safari Club International dish on a very special guest on a recent zoom call, trophy bans in Washington, the antiquities act, and much more - all while Cody chases (and misses) wolves in Idaho.
53 min
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Episode 131 - James Connolly || The front lines...
James Connolly, the filmmaker behind Sacred Cow and a powerful new documentary called Death In The Garden talks about the front lines defending against the war on meat and what that means for us as hunters.
55 min