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Episode 191 - Dave Gittleson || The First Wolf ...
Dave Gittleson, who owns a cattle ranch in Northern Colorado with his father, talks about living with wolves and the common misconceptions that are pushed by radical pro-wolf, anti-management forces and how they affect the bottom line on a family-run ranch like his. The Gittleson Ranch is located right near the first established wolf pack in Colorado and has recorded the first livestock kills by wolves in the State of Colorado.
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Episode 190 - Rafael Sanchez || The Proof Of Wh...
Rafael Sanchez is a forestry engineer that works with private lands in the national park system of Cabeneros. Just 18 months after banning hunting under these national park umbrellas, management of deer and boar species is desperately needed. Animals are more than double their carrying capacity, and habitat is being destroyed. It shows in real time the consequences of hunting bans around the world.
We pride ourselves on being at the cutting edge of breaking news in the hunting space - but this week is different. There’s only one article on everyone’s mind today, and that’s the TMZ piece titled “NFL’s Derek Wolfe Kills Buffalo, Arrow Through The Heart”. The boys are joined by Super Bowl champ Derek Wolfe and talk about the hunt, the backlash, and what it means to be a hunter for Derek.
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Episode 188 - Judy Camuso || The State of Maine...
Judy Camuso is THE boss when it comes to fish and wildlife resources in the state of Maine. A member of the Governor’s cabinet, she is charged with overseeing the stewardship of wildlife resources for all Mainers. She’s also a former vegetarian who began hunting while ‘on the job’ - and as such brings a wealth of personal experience and perspective to the position that is valuable not just to Maine hunters but hunters everywhere.
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Episode 187 - Raymond Rowe || A WWE Superstar i...
WWE Superstar Raymond Rowe - better known as ‘Eric’ from the Viking Raiders tag team - joins Robbie to to talk about what it is like being a mainstream celebrity who hunts, and why he is vocal about it anyway.
Randy Newburg - or as Cody’s wife would call him ‘the nice guy hunter’ - joins this week’s roundup. The boys dish on Cody’s quest for an ‘agave’ brand sponsorship, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte’s mountain lion hunting controversy, lead bullets and more.
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Episode 185 - Craig Maartens || A Family of Pro...
South African Professional Hunter Craig Maartens joins Robbie on his Africa trip to talk about growing up in a professional hunting family. His father was a pioneer in professional hunting and one of the first licensees in Southwest Africa, so you can essentially assume that hunting, and then guiding people as a professional hunter is in his blood.
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Episode 184 - Spyder || A Blasting of Anti-Hunt...
Spyder, the camp operations manager and cook at Greater Kuduland Safaris, accompanied Robbie on his recent Africa trip. Working 30 years for Greater Kuduland, he’s seen pretty much everything. He shares his thoughts on hunting’s place in society in Africa, and his thoughts to those that wish to remove hunting!
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Episode 183 - Roundup 46 || Brad Luttrell of Go...
Brad Luttrell, founder of the wildly popular GoWild social media app built for hunters, joins Robbie and Cody on this week’s roundup.
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Episode 182 - Doug Cockcroft || The Fine Art of...
Doug Cockcroft is the managing director and owner of Splitting Image Taxidermy in South Africa. He joins Robbie during the Success Untold filming to discuss the fine art of taxidermy and how this industry is integral to Africa. Doug was instrumental in bringing Success Untold to light, and Splitting Image Taxidermy is the presenting partner in the film itself.
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Episode 181 - Howard Knott || Game rancher firs...
Howard Knott, a third-generation game rancher and second-generation outfitter in Limpopo Province just outside of Zimbabwe, talks about his hunting heritage with Robbie on site in Africa. Howard is the land owner in the upcoming film called Success Untold that showcases the very successful wildlife management model of South Africa.
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Episode 180 - Roundup 45 || Cable Smith Joins T...
Cable Smith, the host of the popular Lonestar Outdoors Podcast, joins Robbie and Cody on this weeks roundup. The boys debate Robbie’s astrological sign, social media censorship and why hunters need a platform like GoWild, realizing the rest of us have been doing ice fishing wrong this whole time, why Robbie is a ‘6.5 Creedmoor guy’ and much more!
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Episode 179 - Erin Merrill | Get to know the Bl...
Get to know Blood Origins team member Erin Merrill as she shares her origins story, and talks about drawing and filling her first moose tag in her native Maine this past season!
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Episode 178 - Jordan Syatt || Push Back for Cel...
Weight lifting influencer Jordan Syatt joins Robbie to talk about his recent decision to publicly show his journey in becoming an adult-onset hunter - from pushback to praise and what it’s like to make such a sensitive decision in the public light.
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Episode 177 - Roundup 44 || Kane Overstreet Joi...
Kane Overstreet joins the podcast for a well-overdue good time. Cody, Robbie and his old friend Kane discuss poaching, the ongoing Idaho wolves controversy, and the all important subject of rhetoric.
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Episode 176 - Rebecca Baker || A Fly Fisher "Wo...
Non-hunter and fly fisherman Rebecca Baker joins Robbie to discuss her perceptions as a fly fisherman and women in the hunting and angling space.
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Episode 174 - Roundup 43 || Ryan Furrer Joins T...
Ryan Furrer of Southwest PA joins the roundup to talk about his thoughts on the Matt Rinella controversy, the political divide, the fruits of anti-hunters’ coordinated attacks - all before finally getting to an article, too!
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Episode 175 - Jake Franklin || Raised with Hunt...
Jake Franklin describes what it was like growing up and learning the heart of a hunter alongside his father and what it was like in high school to discover hunting and learn those things together.
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Episode 173 - Bob Holder || A Game Warden Refle...
Bob Holder, who has served the people and wildlife of Colorado for 47 years as a game warden in the same district, joins Cody to reflect on those years, what it has taught him, what has changed, and why it matters.
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Episode 172 - SB22-031 || Everything You Need T...
In 48 hours the biggest push against hunting will be heard in the Colorado Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, and its SB22-031 to ban the hunting of bobcats, mountain lions, and lynxes. Cody and Robbie decided to talk to the two individuals that know the most about this, Gaspar Perricone and Dan Gates to get to the heart of the matter, why we are seeing this push, and what you can do in the next 48 hours to shut this bill down.
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Episode 171 - Roundup 42 || A world renowned ex...
Rutgers University professor Dr. Steven Plattick joins Robbie and Cody for this week’s roundup. An expert on yawning with one of the most varied academic CV’s we’ve ever seen, including a fascinating study on semen as an antidepressant, he brings a unique (and hilarious) perspective to this week’s show.
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Episode 170 - Katy Allan || A Locavore’s Perspe...
Katy Allan, was a non-hunter, but she was intrigued by healthy eating, sourcing your food, and understanding the best way to get the best food for her family. When you get to know Katy, she is a force in the growing ‘locavore’ movement and she joins Robbie to discuss her first hunt - what she felt when she took life for the first time - and her journey from non-hunter to hunter.
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Episode 169 - Sarah Rowe || Mainstream Influenc...
Sarah Rowe may not be a name familiar to you, but you may know her as Sarah Logan, a professional WWE wrestler - and a hunting advocate. She joins Robbie to illustrate why she does what she does and start the conversation about why mainstream influencers need to help broaden our hunting story.
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Episode 168 - Marie Neumiller || Fighting back ...
Marie Neumiller from the Inland Northwest Council joins Robbie to discuss the monumental stakes here and what could go down from petitions to even a potential revote by the Washington Fish and Game Council on the black bear season that is happening tomorrow, Friday January 21st.
Amber Munig, the Big Game Program Management Supervisor for the Arizona Game and Fish Department, joins Robbie to talk about the current opening of hunt guidelines in Arizona. These rules open every five years, and today we cut to the chase on what they mean and why hunters need to make their voices heard in rule making processes like these.