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While spending time in one of my favorite places, Eastern North Carolina, I sat down with Pamlico Sound local legend, Captain Owen. Owen has the coyote hunting and tarpon fishing figured out. He, in fact, was one of the very first to discover tarpon fishing in the Sound and somehow managed to keep the method a secret for years. Owen also taught a high school class called Marine Occupations for 25 years, in which students would operate a shrimp trawler, learning everything they needed to be a commercial fisherman or charter captain. Owen also greatly contributed to preventing bycatch in Pamlico Sound, developing some ingenious drum fishing techniques that are keeping that fishery strong today. Owen is a fascinating guy, and his knowledge of this area, the fish, and wildlife are incredible. 

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I'm back in beautiful Pamlico County, North Carolina, joined this time by NASCAR legend, and now, rice farmer, Tommy Wheeler. According to Tommy, making cars go faster is all about manufacturing unfair advantages, whether through innovation or hard work. And that's exactly what he did as an engineer for NASCAR. Tommy worked as a team engineer, engineering manager and technical director for teams like Hendrick Motorsports and Evernham Motorsports. In 2021, he ended his career as operations director and general manager of Roush Fenway Racing. After leaving racing, Tommy co-founded Tidewater Grain Co., where he produces heirloom Carolina Gold Rice unlike any rice you've ever had. My conversation with Tommy takes us all over the map, as we discuss insane feats of physics in racing, the history of rice in the Americas, and the ins and outs of a low country boil. 

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This week on the podcast, we're continuing our conversation with local historian, David Weaver. David is the Board President of the Wallowa History Center, and his knowledge of my home, Wallowa County, is extensive. In part 2 of our conversation, we cover early species migration, hunting strategies of the Nez Perce and early settlers, buffalo trips to Montana, and what life was like in the county around the turn of the 20th century. 

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History always starts with a question. For local historian David Weaver, that question takes us back to the mid to late 1800s. David is the Board President of the Wallowa History Center, and his interest lies in learning more about the relationship between the Wallowa Band of the Nez Perce Tribe and the early European settlers who came to Northeast Oregon. In part one of this two-part episode, David and I sat down to discuss the lifestyles, cultures, and conflicts of the people of Wallowa County leading up to and after the Nez Perce War.

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Many are called to go out west, whether to satisfy a desire for adventure, or live in vast country. Alex Mojcher is one of those folks. Originally from New England, Alex bought a KLR motorcycle and rode it west across the county camping and exploring as much as he could along the way. Now, as the Social Media Manager for DECKED, Alex is living the western dream. He's been practicing with his 1968 Remington 870 Wingmaster shotgun, and we finally got him out on his first ever hunt for ducks. In this episode, Alex and I discuss the highs and lows of riding and what's next in his hunting journey.

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Jim Overstreet was born and raised ranching in Montana by a father who was widely considered to be the best cowboy around. Jim has been raising horses, cowboying, and competing in rodeos for 60 plus years, earning multiple titles in tie down roping. Now in his 70s, he's even roped in the National Senior Pro Rodeo Association and hasn't yet decided when to retire. Jim is also an accomplished writer and the author of A Montana Rivalry, book one in his Rodeo in the Blood series. In this episode, Jim and I swap rodeo stories and discuss his new book all about fathers, sons, love, and rodeo.

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The last time I had Kevin Harlander on this show, we discussed how to prepare for hunting season.  Since then, another archery season has come and gone and, today, we're going to look back. I truly believe that self-reflection is critical for improvement. If you don't reflect, you've missed an opportunity to learn from your successes and failures in order to become a better hunter. In this episode Kevin and I discuss our recent elk and white-tail hunts, and Kevin's new (and currently unnamed) business working with innovative brands in the outdoor and hunting industry.

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Tyson Samples has been hunting elk as long as he could legally buy a license, bow hunting being his favorite method. In his day job, he owns his own welding and fabrication business and makes some unique and beautiful custom pieces. In this episode we sample homemade white-tail salami, and discuss my recent goose turned duck hunt, archery and why we love it, advice on calling bulls, and our lessons learned from last season.

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You might remember my guest today, Kevin Plew, from a previous episode where he told the story of being charged and attacked by a black bear. Besides surviving bear attacks, Kevin has been busy guiding elk and mule deer hunters and harvesting black-tail and waterfowl. Kevin has a knack for finding big mulies in places with very few deer. In this episode, we discuss mule deer tactics, common hunting mistakes, shooting angles, bird dogs, and the dos and don'ts of hunting spot etiquette. 

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Shane Brozowski, an Explosive Ordinance Disposal Technician and Blake Woestman, an electrician, have been friends since grade school. Growing up in Wisconsin, they've hunted their fair share of turkey, coyote and white-tail from tree stands, but were both unfamiliar with western hunting. A couple years ago, I advertised a learn to hunt course, and these two took me up on it. At the 6 Ranch Outfitters Hunting School, Shane and Blake have learned to pack, camp, scout, glass, hunt, shoot, field dress, process meat, and get that meat home. They put in the hard work and were successful on opening day, taking a white-tail buck. My hope for this course was to give people the tools and knowledge to hunt out west without a guide, and Shane and Blake left Oregon with the confidence to do so.