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Alaska Wild Project episodes

November 10 AWP Episode 294 "Kodiak Strikes Again" (Team Pod) w/Chad Aurentz
Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau sit with our good buddy Chad Aurentz to recap Chad’s Kodiak Trip!

The political promotional abuse is finally over, AI flyer overkill, Let’s be original, bust your credit card out for the ADF&G draw hunt application period, AK Copper Challenge, Jack & Jill Baby Shower culture, favorite holidays, corporate America ruining Christmas, This day in Alaska History brought to you by Northern Waste, 1913 Severe weather effective public heath issue in Kodiak, 1938 Construction began on the small boat harbor in Juneau, 2006 International Inuit day honoring founder Eben Hopson (Born November 7, 1922), romanticizing being Jeremiah Johnson and the Mountain Man Era, shout out to our boy Ian the Mexican superstar, overlanding adventure in Africa, Casey Harver w/Big Timer Lodge bigtimberkodiak.com, Chad’s Kodiak debrief, transporters and the grey area,
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1 hr 56 min
November 03 AWP Episode 293 "That Aura" (Team Pod) w/Emily Thompson
Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Emily Thompson connect in studio to catch-up after an eventful hunting season and decompress as we transition from fall into another long winter ahead!

AK Wild Sheep raffles, Don’t miss out on the December Dalls Event December 10th, Buffalo Bills Mafia, Bear Mountain Meats assorted meat sticks, This day in Alaska History brought to you by Northern Waste, AK Highway completion in 1942, Mat-su valley Cooperative established in 1936, Dennis Winn’s influence on Bristol Bay in 1920, The Alaska Book, Arctic Valley’s 90th Birthday & Fundraiser, EAT, Emmy-T’s RAMDemption, Swaro BTX spotting scope system, making the call and the shot, managing the emotions after the result, West High Fishing Club, Emmy is ready for ice skating, The 3 R’s Brought to you by Game Day Men’s Health, Walking the dog, focused sleep and a full body massage, AWP loves the department of fish & game, Trivia Time! Brought to you by Connoisseur Crude, “Rohlff’s Cannery” the first established in Bristol Bay, the 1,487 mile Alaska Highway starts in Dawson Creek & End in Delta Junction, fastest growing AK recreational activities, Fat tire biking & nordic skating, Emmy’s Aura is strong!

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2 hr 37 min
October 27 AWP Episode 292 "Willow Daze" w/Kyle Wilkinson
Daniel Buitrago and Jack Lau welcome back Kyle Wilkinson to talk fishing, hunting,

Alaska parks boat launch improvement program, bike float portaging, pike fishing the valley, Kyle’s cover photo on Fish Alaska magazine, Daniel’s injury proneness, Collagen Powder for joints especially shoulders, Alaska Copper Challenge, Kyle’s moose float hunt, Lamprey pitch fork fishing, Sitka Tlingit war gear, Bradford Washburn “Sanctity of Space” at Anchorage Museum, Future Substack, writing for the Matsu Sentinel and fish alaska, Moose meat processing, Trout Copepods parasites, guiding trout and wacking silvers, cleaning up log jams on the willow, snowcat delivery, ice fishing for pike, Willow’s pioneer bar closing, fly tying frenzy, Squirmy wormy, you have a bead problem - fly box organization, Ken’s South Central Bead Company is dialed, techniques for painting beads, lots of hot fishing tips, AWP Trivia, Benchleg deer, butchering moose at Colony High School.

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2 hr 28 min
October 20 AWP Episode 291 "The Art of Leadership" (Team Pod w/Rob Bowler)
Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz welcome back Rob Bowler in studio to re-cap this past seasons hunting adventures, talk Ambler Road, the Brooks Range and the continuous pursuit of leadership greatness!

Seldovia runway, Where did the DooDoo go? Lake Hood and Merrill Field, the mechanism, scrutiny of the management, the drift, the avalanche dog survived, PJ’s to the Rescue, shout out to Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation raffle, Midnight Sun closed but the recipe’s are alive, Shout out to the The 2026 Alaska Native Heritage Center Benefit Concert takes place on Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM), whoop infested road to Tok, The Unit’s first Moose Hunt, wolves spook’n the moose, transition to a Goat hunting the Chugach w/Joe Falkner @wileybrew27, Naked River guy, wicked terrain of the Chugach Range, “Split Wig Billie”, Joe’s twilight Billie, Chad’s all in on the 6.5PRC Folding Stock suppressed, getting out of your comfort zone, Seldovia Summer, Haul Road Caribou Adventure, Zero degree temps, feelings behind the Ambler Road, creative writing, leadership is a constant pursuit, develop the art of leadership, The 3r’s (Rest, Recovery & Rejuvenation) Brought to you by Game Day Mens Health Alaska “A clinic Built for every man, every age & every chapter!”, green juice, meditation and family time, Trivia is brought to you by Connoisseur Crude Concentrates. “Top shelf concentrates for top shelf connoisseur’s” You can find Connoisseur Crude Concentrates at various dispensaries all over the state notably at the Connoisseur Lounge in Palmer, Alaska. John Muir “The Father of the National Parks, Brooks Range Tallest Mountain “Mount Isto”, Yin Tang Twins “Salt Shaker”
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3 hr 26 min
October 13 AWP Episode 290 "Develop Your Capacity" w/ Dr. Cody Augdahl
AWP Episode 290 “Develop Your Capacity”

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau welcome special guest Dr. Cody Augdahl in studio.

Introducing Sitka Blacktail Deer to the Kenai Peninsula, “Empire of the summer Moon”, “Wrath of the Khans” Gotta watch “Chad Powers” Brandon’s run in with a little charging bull moose, Jack & Gideon’s Oregon Archery Elk experience, the Hammock game Hearing bugles under the stars, dealing wish heavy hunting pressure, ever heard an elk chuckle?, the widow-maker, Juniper Tree rosin, the rut argument, This day in Alaska History brought to you by Northern Waste, the central nervous system in a box, learning the art of family medicine, legacy providers, family medicine in Nome, a doc joining and serving in the Army, industrial medical complex, different perspective and approach on medicine, “direct primary care” model, membership medical care, developing a capacity for life,

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3 hr 20 min
October 06 AWP Episode 289 "Alaskant's" w/ AJ Hoffman (3 Rivers Fly & Tackle)
Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield welcome back special guest and fishing fanatic AJ Hoffman of 3 Rivers Fly & Tackle to discuss hard topics

Don’t deficate on the trail, the YouTube AWP address, support 907WAMMO, AJ’s hunting season, ** minute 7 **, extending the hunting season, controlling populations in Anchorage proper and JBER, valley ice fishing teams, fishing clubs, Drifterz Paradise w/Colton & Alyssa Connor, the slow sockeye harvest in 2026, somebody showed you the needle, on this day in Alaska History brought to you by Northern Waste, September 29, 2026 - A dead beluga whale was found floating in Cook Inlet Near the Anchorage small boat launch, needles at the boat lunch, commercial “Hooligan” Pacific Smelt harvest total harvest quota of 100 tons, salmon symposium, Annual Mat-Su Salmon Science and Conservation Symposium, mismanagement of fish, Cottonwood Creek poodle poo, loss of opportunity, educating your user group,

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2 hr 46 min
September 22 AWP Episode 288 "LIVE FROM 6500"
AWP Episode 288 “LIVE FROM 6500”
Daniel Buitrago and Brandon Fifield go live from their sheep hunt! Hopefully dragging the recording equipment was worth it! The boys chat gear, optics, tents, and how the hunt is going!
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58 min
September 12 AWP Episode 287 "Minn-Alaska" w/Mariah Rivard & Josh Daigneault
Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield are in studio with AWP's own 6 peaks weeks promoter and freshly new Alaskan Mariah along with her boyfriend Josh, the jack of all trades!
Raising young pups, spooky hike coning down Mchugh Creek, you can’t see Denali from Healy, This day in Alaska History, the journey to Alaska, Minnesota to Texas, back to Minnesota and on to Alaska, bagging the 6 peaks, coming on with Game Day Means Health Alaska, being a new Alaskan and embracing the lifestyle, learning to adventure on your own, the 3 R’s, the dog’s love the wild berry’s, Antler Ridge Trail,

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2 hr 5 min
September 05 AWP Episode 287 "GONE HUNTING"
We will be back with normal podcasts once we return from our sheep hunt! We appreciate you listening! Take the time to catch one of our older shows you may have missed. STAY WILD!
29 min
August 29 AWP Episode 285 (AWP Shootout) Team Pod
Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield re-cap and discuss the recent range day with the AWP team, Sarah Stallone and the Accurate Advantage Team.

Shout out to Accurate Advantage Sarah & her team, AWP team had a blast on the range, Justin is a tac-driver, the kids (Mateo & Rydell) shot lights out,
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1 hr 2 min