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Episodes

185. How to Win a Hunt with Ross Sharp
Feb. 6, 2024

185. How to Win a Hunt with Ross Sharp

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...
184. Prepared with Rob Benson
Jan. 30, 2024

184. Prepared with Rob Benson

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...
183. Mountain Hunting Etiquette with Dirk Durham
Jan. 23, 2024

183. Mountain Hunting Etiquette with Dirk Durham

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...
182. Know Where You Stand with Gabe Hinkle
Jan. 16, 2024

182. Know Where You Stand with Gabe Hinkle

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...
181. Western Hunt Fest
Jan. 4, 2024

181. Western Hunt Fest

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...
180. Outlaws, Wolves, and Hunting with Zach Hanson
Dec. 19, 2023

180. Outlaws, Wolves, and Hunting with Zach Hanson

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...
179. Guitars and Bows with Travis Van Hoff
Dec. 12, 2023

179. Guitars and Bows with Travis Van Hoff

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...
178. Framing Solutions with Gary Strassburg
Dec. 7, 2023

178. Framing Solutions with Gary Strassburg

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...
177. Cliff Gray on Hunting, Guiding, and Building a Life Around it All!
Dec. 5, 2023

177. Cliff Gray on Hunting, Guiding, and Building a Life Around it All!

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...
176. Conservation Coalition of Washington, Saving Hunting in the Evergreen State
Nov. 28, 2023

176. Conservation Coalition of Washington, Saving Hunting in the Evergreen State

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....
175. September Dreams with Andrew Tucker
Nov. 18, 2023

175. September Dreams with Andrew Tucker

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...
174. Late Season Elk with Guy Eastman
Nov. 14, 2023

174. Late Season Elk with Guy Eastman

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...
173. School of November with Troy Pottenger
Nov. 9, 2023

173. School of November with Troy Pottenger

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...
172. The Last Wyomingite with John Law
Nov. 1, 2023

172. The Last Wyomingite with John Law

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...
171. Scott Reekers of Eastmans
Oct. 27, 2023

171. Scott Reekers of Eastmans

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...
170. Deer Hunting Basics with Jim Huntsman
Oct. 25, 2023

170. Deer Hunting Basics with Jim Huntsman

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...
School of November with Jon Gabrio
Oct. 24, 2023

School of November with Jon Gabrio

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....
169. 6 Ranch with James Nash
Oct. 18, 2023

169. 6 Ranch with James Nash

I've always thought highly of James Nash, but after finally meeting him to record this episode, I'm a huge fan. James is a hunter, Marine veteran, outfitter, rancher, and an incredibly insightful dude! In this episode, James and I discuss different...
168. Red Beard Outdoors with Johnathan McCormick
Oct. 10, 2023

168. Red Beard Outdoors with Johnathan McCormick

Johnathan is the founder of Red Beard Outdoors where he promotes Faith, Family, Fitness, and the Outdoors. His platform has a YouTube Channel, gear reviews, and a podcast to name a few things.  In this episode, Johnathan and I talk about his...
167. Giving Olympia The Bird with Semi Bird, Candidate for Governor of Washington
Sept. 19, 2023

167. Giving Olympia The Bird with Semi Bird, Candidate for Governor of Washington

Semi Bird is a Marine veteran, a Green Beret hero, a business man, a PHD student, and best of all... a Gubernatorial candidate for the state of Washington! Yet there's much more than that to Mr. Bird. He joins me this week to discuss his story,...
166. We All Want the Same Thing with Garrett Weaver
Sept. 6, 2023

166. We All Want the Same Thing with Garrett Weaver

I can always count on Garrett Weaver, host of the On Point Podcast, to bring his A-Game for a great conversation. I really value his insight with issues we face as hunters and not to mention, he's truly a badass bowhunter.  In this episode,...
School of September with Jason Phelps
Aug. 27, 2023

School of September with Jason Phelps

It's here! Ready or not, September elk season is upon us and I couldn't be more excited! This is the last School of September for 2023, and what better way to end it than with Jason Phelps?? Founder of Phelps Game Calls, life-long elk hunter, family...
165. Living Wild & Free with Ray Livingston
Aug. 22, 2023

165. Living Wild & Free with Ray Livingston

Ray Livingston is a hunter, survivalist, homesteader, wildlife manager, and a personality on the hit TV show, Mountain Men. I've been following Ray on social media for years. He has an incredible story complimented by a super friendly, yet...
164. The Huntsman Homestead
Aug. 18, 2023

164. The Huntsman Homestead

There are many ways to define homesteading, whether off-grid or not, it's a growing lifestyle choice across the country. I was surprised at the amount of questions I've received around my family's choice to live this kind of life, so I figured it was...