Days In The Wild - Big game Hunting podcast

Elk Sing along 2.0 bonus episode

Elk Sing along 2.0 bonus episode
I demonstrate the following elk vocalizations:
Location bugle:
Challenge Bugle:
Advertising bugle:
Nervous Grunt:
Lip Bawl: 
Courting Bugle: 
If you want to learn how to do these communications check out the Elk Nut App

Paul Medel Elk hunting & Learning from your experiences 10.32

Paul Medel Elk hunting & Learning from your experiences 10.32
We talk about calling, locating elk and learning from past experiences and how they shape you into a better hunter 
 
check out Paul at Elk Nut 
 
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Charles Whitwam Coastal Blacktails, Pigs, Eating Keto and Arrow Weights Bonus episode

Charles Whitwam: Coastal Blacktails, Pigs, Eating Keto and Arrow Weights
Charles an I tend to talk all over the place when we chat on the phone one of the side effects of being hunting partners for the last 5 years. I hit the recorder button 15 mins into our pre show conversation because we were talking about dieting and nutrition. We eventually get to talking about hunting blacktails, hunting pigs and then as often we do we go off on a tangent and discuss arrow set ups..
Check out Charles's website Shadow Trekker Adventures 

Elk hunting Prep with Shannon Mobbs 10.31

Elk hunting Prep with Shannon Mobbs 10.31
In this episode we talk about all the things you need to be doing leading up to elk season.
Check out Angry Spike Productions here 
Past episodes with Shannon: 
DIY Oregon Elk Hunting 
Roosevelt Elk Hunting With Angry Spike

Layering Camo and dressing for the Occasion Bonus Episode

What camo should I wear today?
Layering Camo and dressing for the Occasion: What camo should I wear, What’s the best camo clothing for this trip?
I have written an article on the subject back in 2017 I have since perfected my gear list see updates chart below: Layering Camo
Spot and Stalk Hunts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Temp Range 
70-110 deg
60-70
50-60
40-50
30-40
20-30
0-20
Rain
Apex Light pants
x
x
x
 
 
 
 
 
Lightwieght Marino
x
 
x
 
 
 
 
 
Merino base layer top
 
 
x
x
x
x
x
 
Merino base layer bottom
 
 
 
x
x
x
x
 
Mid weight base layer pant
 
 
 
 
 
x
 
 
Mid weight Core Zip T
 
 
x
x
 
 
 
 
Heavy weight Bottom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 x
 
Heavy Weight Hoody Top
 
 
 
 
x
 x
 
 
Tiberline Pants
 
 
 
x
x
x
x
 
Kelvin Light hoody
 
 
 
 
x
x
 
 
Kelvin Down WS
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
 
Mountain  vest for wind
 
 
 
 x
 x
x
x
 
Jet stream Jacket
 
 
 
x
 
x
x
 
Traverse Heavy
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
 
Thunderhead jacket/pants
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sitting/ tree stand hunting 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Temp Range 
70-110 deg
60-70
50-60
40-50
30-40
20-30
0-20
Rain
Apex Light pants
x
x
x
 
 
 
 
 
Lightwieght Marino
x
x
x
 
 
 
 
 
Merino base layer top
 
x
x
x
x
x
x
 
Merion base layer bottom
 
 
x
x
x
x
x
 
Mid weight base layer pant
 
 
 
x
 
 
x
 
Mid weight base layer Zip T
 
 
 
x
 
 
x
 
Heavy weight Bottom
 
 
 
 
x
x
x
 
Heavy Weight Top
 
 
 
 
x
x
x
 
Stratus Pants
 
 
x
x
x
x
x
 
Stratus Vest
 
 
 
x
 
x
x
 
Down Pour jacket
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
x
Celsius Jacket
 
 
 
 
x
x
x
 
 
 

The Truth about Conservation with Charlie Ebbers 10.30

The Truth about Conservation with Charlie Ebbers 10.30
Charlie is An outdoor writer concerned with all thing conservation and hunter access related find out more about him here 
More people are buying hunting licenses than they have in a generation, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s data. But other data from the same agency has consistently reported a downward trend in hunter numbers since the 1980s, creating palpable fear in state budgeting offices ever since. As states lost license sale and excise tax dollars, some looked to federal funds to fill their coffers. They chose to access those federal tax dollars by generating more license sales. Now, some people who have never hunted have a hunting license.
The most recent available data says that in 2016 over 15 million people bought hunting licenses, the most in 25 years. Yet the USFWS says the country has lost 1 million hunters in the field in the past decade. Which is it? Turns out, both are true.
Some states, such as Arizona and Georgia, started selling fishing-hunting combination licenses. Jim Curcuruto, director of research and market development for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, explained. “A guy might’ve bought it, but it doesn’t mean he’s a hunter. The states are kind of gaming the system to get the federal excise taxes.”
The Data is MessyThe metric to track growth follows paid hunting license holder numbers. Each holder represents an individual, and while there are hunters who hunt out of state represented at least twice in the data, that has always been the case.
Since each license represents an individual, the USFWS uses the number of paid license holders, along with the state’s land area, in a formula to determine how much federal money to dole out. The more paid license holders, the more money that state receives.
A federal excise tax on sales of firearms, ammunition and archery gear siphons money to a trust fund (commonly called the Pittman-Robertson Fund) operated by the USFWS. That’s the money states are chasing. Congress established the fund in 1937 upon realizing that our public wildlife resources had to be conserved so future generations could have a chance to enjoy them. Conservation is expensive and states needed a funding mechanism during the Great Depression.
The United States hasn’t seen this many license holders since 1993. In 2016, 15,620,578 people purchased a hunting license, up from 15,413,638 in 2014, according to data reported by the USFWS. (Due to a two-year reporting lag, the data released in 2018 is from 2016). The upward trend isn’t confined to a specific region of the country. More people aren’t buying licenses out West than back East, but the declines in the majority of the Midwest are consistent, and in some cases, dramatic.
The GrowthOne license holder is equal to one person, and Oklahoma led the country in license sales growth in recent years. They had an increase of more than 100,000 buyers in a 3-year span. That growth came from an enterprising hunting and fishing compact hashed out between Oklahoma’s governor and the Cherokee and Choctaw nations.
“We added around 90,000-95,000 paid license privileges through a state tribal compact. Reservations did a deal with the state, where all of the members get annual licenses,” said Nels Rodefeld, chief information and education officer for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
The 3-year agreement between the state and the Choctaw Nation granted the ability for the tribe to purchase at least 50,000 licenses annually at $2 a piece, and the tribe paid annual administrative costs to the ODWC.
The State of Idaho has taken a slightly different tack. Both deer and elk tags have been selling out in recent years, and some of that can be attributed to the state’s 3-year license program. Residents and non-residents can buy a 3-year hunting license and then apply for species-specific tags or buy them over the counter. People have been able to buy a combination license in Idaho since 2000. In the Gem State, an annual resident fishing license is $30 and a hunting/fishing combo is only $8 more.
“It’s not a huge discount, but it’s convenient,” said Roger Phillips of Idaho Fish and Game. “Implementing a 3-year license has helped keep hunters returning for 3 years and those are registered as license holders every year.”
The WitheringOn the flip side, the state of Michigan lost a reported 61,795 license holders between 2014 and 2016, the most of any state in the country.
The state has paid close attention to the tanking license sales. “A significant contributor can be noted from the extremely high post-war Baby Boomer generation,” said Dustin Isenhoff, a Michigan Department of Natural Resources market researcher. The hunters of the Pleasant Peninsula are aging out and no one is replacing them.
“Any uptick [in hunter participation] you see at the state level is welcome news,” said Bill Brassard of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. He cites access as the major problem hunting faces. Not just access to hunting land, but also access to mentors and access to information about hunting. The group initiated projects like “+ONE” and launched the website letsgohunting.org to stymie the loss.
License sales and participation data sets are both true: There are less hunters in the field, but more people with hunting licenses. And state wildlife departments are generating more funding. The 200,000 new license holders may not fill the woods or mountains this coming fall, but they’re helping to foot the bill for those who do.

Coues Deer Hunting Long Range w/ Anthony Stallone 10.29

Coues Deer Hunting Long Range w/ Anthony Stallone 10.29
Anthony drops by the office and we discuss:
*shooting long range
*long range hunting
*Coues Deer typical shots and set ups
*Hunting with your kids
*and How to use Phoenix shooting bags to take you to the next level  
 
#coues #coueswhitetail, #couesdeerhunting, #tuesdaycouesday , #phoenixshootingbags #longrangehunting 

Hunters always the Villain Never the Hero 10.28

Hunters always the Villain Never the Hero 10.28
The Problem:
There was a time when hunters were revered as providers, adventures and even heroes. A societal shift has transformed the perception of the hunter/provider into an un-educated, reckless, blood thirsty animal hater. As a result hunters and hunting became recluse and stepped into the background, not because we were ashamed but because we did not want to offend the non-hunting public” the middle ground”. I remember when I took hunter safety back in the early 80’s one of the things we were told was never to flaunt our harvest because we do not what to offend anyone. This mentality of keeping to ourselves and sticking to the background was a sound practice back then. But it came with consequences: 1) We never took main stream credit for the good that we do, we never informed the main stream public that the majority of conservation was made possible due directly to the efforts and dollars of the hunter. So the middle ground was left to believe whatever they were influenced to believe. 2) While we were in the background our opposition was doing the opposite and taking a very public very “in your face” approach to pushing their agenda, infiltrating main stream media, using big name public figures, funding for movies and planting seeds in the minds of our young.  3) We no longer live in an age where we can shield the middle ground from our harvests. Social media and the internet allows information good and bad to travel at the speed of light and a picture that is intended for our friends and family to see may get placed in the eyes of a non-hunter. The anti-hunting public has exploited this and uses it to paint the picture and direct the narrative to make us look like we are evil.
Our silent work in the background approach has left us at a disadvantage, Anti-hunting have been building mountains of propaganda designed to discredit our efforts in conservation.  Moreover, they have become masterful at directing the narrative and using our own content against us. It’s so important now more so than ever that we become unified and start “marching” to the same drum, that we continue to recruit and cultivate new hunter conservationists, that we educate the non-hunting public about the truth about conservation and the role we play in it.       
Our Mission:
1)      To help the hunting industry unite and become a community: Through Social media efforts and our panel of industry influencers we aim to unite our industry into a community. We all don’t hunt the same or for the same reasons but we all love hunting.
2)      Help educate hunters the importance of portraying ourselves in a manner that shows our true drive and passion not just the trophy : Our Goal is to establish a  standard of conduct that will minimize the ability for the anti-hunting groups to use our own content against us.  
3)      Educate non-hunters in the good that we do as a community and the importance of hunting within the north American conservation model: One goal is to have a curriculum introduced in 5th -6th grade social studies that would teach children the North American conservation model. Another goal is to produce and distribute “Hug a Hunter” media to help bring awareness to the non-hunting public where funding comes from for wildlife management and restoration. Also, to produce and distribute articles based in fact that will shine a light on the truth in main stream media.    
4)      Recruit and cultivate new hunters: We will promote a grassroots movement to get our community to introduce new hunters to the lifestyle of hunting

Sheep Hunting With Greg McHale 10.27

Sheep Hunting With Greg McHale 10.27
Greg and I talk about what goes into a sheep hunt in the Yukon:
*Physicality, mental prep and what to expect.
*Choosing an outfitter
*Sheep country
Get entered to win a sheep hunt with Greg Here 
 

Shooting the Bull with Solo Hunter Tim Burnett 10.26

Shooting the Bull with Solo Hunter Tim Burnett 10.26
In this episode Tim Burnet an I talk about :
*podcasting, videoing and how the industry has changed.
* How Tim likes to hunt and call elk Solo
*solo hunting for deer
*and the art of the stalk