Episodes

Mitch Kukson is an R&D Engineer for Barnes Bullets, which is a fancy way to say that Mitch is a bullet design expert and essentially a ballistics scientist. Needless to say, he is way smarter than I am and brings a level of expertise to the show...

I can't believe it's already time to kick off the School of September Series! But, since it is time, I thought what better way to kick it off than with none other than Cam Hanes! Cameron Hanes is perhaps one of, if not THE worlds best elk hunter. Cam...

Kevin Estela is the Director of Survival for Fieldcraft Survival and the Author of the best-selling book,101 Skills You Need to Survive in the Woods. A lifelong educator and the founder of the Estela Wilderness Education Fund, Estela is an avid...

Scott Rockholm is a North Idaho hunter, family man, film maker, and passionate advocate when it comes to the truth about wolves and wolf reintroduction.  Scott and I discuss several topics on the wolf issue. From wolf management to the cult of...

In this expert-heavy episode, I find myself a bit out of my league as we poke through some heavy topics. Recorded at the Western Hunt Expo in Salt Lake, we discuss a wide variety of topics from wolf management, mule deer conservation, public...

Mike Costello is a family man, hunter, advocate for hunters, and a Howl for Wildlife Strategic Partner. He's also a return guest on The Western Huntsman and a powerful voice for the future of hunting.  Mike and I dive into the Colorado...

Return Guest, Adam Grenda of Stuck N The Rut is an Alaskan bush pilot, hunter, husband, father, and a fearless advocate for our hunting heritage.  In this episode, Adam and I discuss some Alaskan hunting versus hunting the lower 48 stuff, the...

Return guest, Ross Sharp, is a Western Washington hunter and owner of The Crazy Elk Company. Many of you will know him from his Tag Wallet, a product desgined to simplify attaching a tag to your animal while also protecting it against the...

Rob Benson is an emergency preparedness expert, homesteader, hunter, survivalist, and family man. He has a huge social media following and even an online emergency supply store (link below). In this episode, Rob and I discuss his motivations for...

Dirk Durham is one of the worlds best elk hunters and callers, he's also the marketing manager with Phelps Game Calls and one helluva friend to me. As a return guest on this show, he never disappoints.  In this episode, Dirk and I discuss...

Gabe Hinkle is a Northwest Native, hunter, father, photogragher, and railroad engineer who joins me this week to discuss an important topic surrounding public land: Natural Asset Companies. Gabe brought this issue to me a few weeks ago, and it's...

Guy Duplantier, Efren Gonzalez, and Jeff DeVaul join me this week to discuss the Western Hunt Fest. This festival is a two huntfest that involves a 3D archery course, elk calling seminars and contests, a pack-out challenge, and tons of other...

Zach Hanson is a hunter, trapper, author, family man, and a return guest on this show. He wrote "Turning Feral" a couple years ago, which is a book centered around his story of leaving his corporate and city lifestyle for a remote life of hunting and...

It's no secret I love music and being a musician almost as much as I love hunting, every few months I like to bring on an up and coming new artist to introduce to you guys! Travis Van Hoff is a hunter, songwriter, musician, family man, and great guy...

Gary Strassburg is a veteran, hunter, family man, and Washington resident who was troubled by what he was seeing taking place with the hunting community in the Evergreen State. He is the perfect example of when a citizen decides to get engaged and...

Cliff Gray is a former outfitter, guide, hunter, and story teller of all things hunting. His YouTube Channel is one of the best in the business and he joins me for a great discussion about all of it.  In this episode, Cliff and I discuss his life...

This week, I bring in members of the newly formed Conservation Coalition of Washington; Mike Herz, Josh Caple, Kelsey Haller, and Cory Maxwell.  We discuss the current state of commissioners of the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife....

Andrew Tucker and his wife joined my wife and I for a night of campfires, whiskey, and good company. We slipped into the studio to record an episode during their visit and covered a ton of ground! He's the first in-person guest in the newly minted...

Some of us are still left holding unnotched elk tags this fall, so I decided to seek out a late-season elk expert and my search led me straight to Guy Eastman! Guy is a 4th generation Wyoming native, hunter, writer, and one of the owners of Eastmans...

This episode is the audio from an Instagram Live session Troy and I did. We continue to work through our November whitetail content and this week, one of the most legendary whitetail hunters I know joins me to talk about mock scrapes, set-ups for tree...

John Law is a hunter, Modern Homesteader, photogragher, and entrepreneur. He joins me in this episode to talk about some of the access issues in Wyoming and other hunting related topics. We discuss modern homesteading, being self-sustainable, and all...

My buddy Scott Reekers with Eastmans Hunting Journals joins me for a discussion on hunting the West, TagHub, getting tags in multiple states, hunting mule deer and pronghorn, and a pile of other hunting topics. Scott and I have known each other for...

After jumping on Facebook this morning and scrolling through the different hunting groups, I noticed a ton of new hunters on there asking some basic questions about finding and hunting deer. Let's face it, most hunting podcasts are geared more towards...

The whitetail rut is knocking on our front door here in the West, it's a season I always get excited for. The elusive, mature, public land mountain bucks have proven to be a serious challenge to many a hunter. In this episode, I bring in Jon Gabrio....