At age 5 Dale’s dad abandoned his family. At 11 he contracted polio and became paralyzed from the neck down for 18 months at 17 he set a national record in the mile, 4:11 seconds. He’d go on to win the first ever NCAA National title in the 5,000, an event he ran barefoot in 30° weather. He’d later set a world record in the 2 mile 8:46 seconds. Following college he became a school teacher in Wallowa, Oregon where he worked for 33 years instructing science and forestry while also advocating for wilderness preservation. Dale was also a legendary bow hunter who started hunting elk with a recurve in 1961, which he also did barefoot. This man is a national treasure. 

This episode has a brief introduction and then over an hour of listening to a river flow over a rapid in the bottom of a canyon  lined by wildflowers while songbirds sing. Use this to fall asleep, meditate, or to help focus you at work. No music, no ads, just the sounds of nature for free. This episode is dedicated to young Olsen Harlander, who was born while this recording occurred. 

Just a good conversation with a couple young fellas who get after it in the mountains. We talk trapping, mule deer, elk, whitetail, and a bit of nonsense in between. Check out more from them on the show they just started called The Middle Class Man on Spotify. 

Recorded in Panama on a sailboat in a stunning saltwater bay illuminated at night with bioluminescence, this podcast goes into the adventure, technicalities and beauty of spearfishing for yellowfin tuna and reef species 7° north of the equator. Anthony Dooley from Life Below the Surface has guided spearfishing for three decades and he makes the short list of people I’d trust with my life in situations like this where the potential for things to go wrong is ever present. Cliff Gray of Pursuit with Cliff is a lifelong spearfisherman, guide, and a great friend. Enjoy the show. 

Ticks. Nobody likes them. They carry and spread diseases to people, wildlife and pets. This spread is made worse by misinformation about tick ecology and behavior. In this episode I sat down with Dr Thomas Mather, one of the nation’s foremost experts on ticks to dispel myths and help people learn what they need to do to prevent getting bit and infected by these terrible diseases. Check out more articles and research about ticks at tick encounter and if you catch and tick and want to know what kind it is and what diseases it might be carrying you can take a picture and send it to tick spotters, where they’ll get back to you within 24 hours. 

This is big. For the first time, a new product is being launched on the 6 Ranch Podcast (actually two new products from Spartan). AND we are announcing an opportunity for three people to join me next year at Avon Valley Safaris in New Zealand for a week of hunting with many species available. Check out the new gear from Spartan here

Check out Avon Valley Safaris here

One of my favorite forms of animal art is gyotaku, the centuries old process of making prints using ink, fabric or paper, and the natural textures of a fish. Brandon has been practicing this art form for 16 years and it’s now his full time job— people from all over the world send him fish to make his prints. This episode is all about the combination of fishing, food and art. We all like that. Follow Makai Impressions on Instagram and check out their work. 

Tyler Hauk guides elk in some unique terrain which mixes the deceptively flat rolling short grass prairie of eastern Oregon and the unreasonably steep canyons that border them. He also used to take cruise ship tourists on trips to view bears and you’ll want to hang out until the end of the episode to hear that one. Trust me.  Follow his Instagram here. 

Silencers continue to be misunderstood. I sat down with the folks at silencer central to answer some of your questions: what’s the process to get a silencer? How long does it take? How do I pick one out? What are the benefits? Any downsides?

We cover all that and a bunch more. Enjoy. 

Get yours coming from Silencer Central and it’ll show up at your house in the mail before you know it. 

Marthe is the legend you’ve never heard of.  She skied from the sea ice to the South Pole on Antarctica. She skied across Greenland and the Northwest passage, dragging her gear behind her in a sledge, sleeping among the broken ice pressure ridges and the occasional polar bear with a WWII rifle for protection. Before any of that she was an Arctic Recon Ranger for the Norwegian Army. She is kind, thoughtful, humble and motivated. This episode, her first podcast appearance, will make you laugh, cry, and build a fiery motivation to adventure. Marthe might be one of the greatest endurance athletes of our time, but don’t tell her that, she thinks she’s just an average Norwegian girl. 

Follow Marthe on Instagram here to see her past and future adventures.