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Some of our favorite guests from podcasts past join us to talk about what they're wishing for this year. Hannah Marcom and Sharenda Birts have tips and tricks galore -- like giving the gift of not having to learn from someone you're related to, or how exactly you can enjoy a latte in the field, frothed milk and all -- OR, could your HSA pay for those electronic Bluetooth earplugs you've always wanted? Get the scoop in our second annual holiday gifts episode. 'Tis the season to be merry, Artemis!

2:00 Our gift gurus: You might remember Hannah from earlier this year on the program, and long-time guest Sharenda, from WildHERness.org is back on the mic, too!

4:00 Outdoor apparel in the fitting room versus the field

6:00 On being an underbuyer of gear

8:00 WildHERness "Go Wild" event, where one participant left for snacks, returned with a roadkill squirrel and asked if they could field dress it #yeswecan!

11:00 Sound Gear Phantom ear buds - you hear the stuff you want (animals, audiobooks) and minimize what you don't want (firearms, crickets)

13:50 Also... you miiiight be able to get those ear plugs covered on your HSA plan #winning

14:00 On to base layers... confessions of a recovering merino wool purist

15:00 FORLOH for good-quality, synthetic base layers. Base layer tops and Base Layer Bottoms. Want more options? Check out Badlands tops and bottoms, too

17:00 Lightweight foldable shooting stick in the $30 range

20:00 Different sticks for different chicks. Think about what’s right for you.

23:00 Range-finding binos -- many different products, the Bushnell Fusion is one of the more affordable out there; the Vortex Fury is also a great set

28:00 Orvis Women's Ultralight Wading Boot with studs - a big step up from the Chacos/neoprene socks combo

30:00 A nice knife saves a lot of time on sharpening; Try a Havalon Talon Hunt set with blades you can swap out (plus, getting those blades out!)

37:00 Invest in yourself & your competence; take the bow course, buy a membership at the range -- those things add up

39:00 There's something to be said for learning from people you're not related to

44:00 "If I'm questioning if I can make that, I'm just not going to do it." Taking a good shot is more important than taking a shot

45:00 Wild rags for EVERYTHING

46:00 Flashback to the Kula Cloth: 3Ps with Anastasia Allison of Kula Cloth

48:00 The Ember, a battery-powered coffee cup that keeps your joe WARM

50:00 In the field, the CamelBak Mag Insulated Bottle will keep coffee hot for about six hours; And you've got to have a Stanley thermos (or 10)... "the original Yeti;" Lastly, the sexy thermos, Mossy Oak Camo Thermo.

52:00 Serious coffee in the field - try the Mukka; or the Jet Boil has a French press attachment

58:00 #coolertalk... wheels, bear locks, bottle opener, etc (the Otterbox cooler is Sharenda's fav)

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"I thought you said this was food?" Shannon Waters found herself asking that question after someone made her an MRE in the backcountry. Shannon had been to culinary school and worked in fine dining for much of her adult life.  As a hunter herself, she felt active people needed better in the field, and she was the right person to do it. Gastro Gnome was born. The Bozeman-based business has a storefront, a warm community of outdoorspeople, and many (MANY) gnomes. 

2:00 Odd Fellows Bakery in Salmon, ID #gemsofthewest 

3:00 "If you're not picking up rocks when you're hunting, I don't really know what you're doing."

8:00 Life story: economics + culinary school + brewery management + higher ed somehow all led to Gastro Gnome, upscale MREs for anywhere in the outdoors

13:00 Gourmet food in the wilderness is a creature comfort worth exploring - that value led to Gastro Gnome

14:00 Eating an MRE someone packed for you and feeling let down... "I thought you said this was food."

19:00 Going to Thailand to KNOW the curry-making process (pssst... it involves toasting)

20:00 Dehydrated Meals 101

21:00 Every ingredient has its own water content, which means they freeze dry differently

22:00 Gastro Gnome's Freeze-Dry 101

26:00 On the storefront in Bozeman... "People bring us a lot of gnomes" + the people-to-people vibes

33:00 Pack twice as much food as you need in the backcountry

36:00 The chemicals behind the scientifically long shelf life

40:00 @gastrognomemeals

45:00 Hunting in a team & collaborative decision-making

50:00 When you ask a friend, "Should I take this shot?" and they nod and go, "Don't worry, if it's down we'll get it out." #friendgoals

52:00 "Country Matters" by Michael Korda

55:00 "I shouldn't be doing anything else except exactly what I'm doing."

59:00 Hunting a new place with new people #winning

1:01 Tips for using bear fat in sausage

1:02 The Artemis Book Club is back! The seasonal read right now is "Flight Behavior" by Barbara Kingsolver

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Missouri opened its first bear season this year in what turned out to be a tightly regulated hunt and a very competitive draw. Kelsie Wikoff was one of the hunters who drew a tag. This week we talk about how you hunt an area you've never been to for a prey you've seldom ever even seen. For Kelsie, it involved frequent scouting trips, trail cams, and talking to lots and lots of people. The verdict? She harvested one of Missouri's first black bears early in the season.

4:00 Growing up in a small town... like, 350 villagers kind of small

6:00 Missouri's first ever bear season

11:00 From drawing a tag to creating a hunt plan

13:00 How do you hunt a new-to-you area for a prey you've seldom ever seen? Talk to people; set up trail cams

14:00 Differentiating individual bears in trail cam photos

17:00 Waiting in a tree stand for three days before seeing THE bear

20:00 After the shot... bears aren't a bloody harvest due to their fat content

22:00 Bear fat soaps for your bridesmaids, anyone? Lip balms? 

24:00 A scary bear run-in in Alaska

28:00 Finding your bear after the shot and safely approaching it

31:00 Bear fleeing bear... right into your tree stand

32:00 Being surrounded by ducks before shooting light... #magicinthefield

35:00 Geese executing a barrel roll

36:00 Watching your kids harvest their first deer 

37:00 Mentoring a new hunter

41:00 Dog-on-vacation blunders, followed by hunting-pheasants-without-a-dog blunders

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Kathleen Zapletal was a new(ish) hunter when she noticed a lack of women-specific apparel in the sporting world. "Pink it and shrink it" seemed to be the motto of gear-makers. Zapletal founded Isle Royale Outfitters, which makes gear for women. She tells us about the place behind the name -- Isle Royale National Park in Michigan's Upper Peninsula -- and about how you make tactical gear... from odor reduction, to noiselessness in the materials. Want to win gear from Isle Royale Outfitters? Head on over to our @artemis_sportswomen for our Giveaway Contest!

2:00 Intro to Upland & Waterfowl Hunting in Minnesota

3:00 Michigander Self vs. Montana Self... it's an internal battle royale some days

4:00 Smoked trout dip recipe

5:00 Isle Royale Outfitters: women-specific hunting apparel

7:00 From hunting "snack manager" to harvester of the snacks

9:00 Isle Royale National Park on Michigan's Upper Peninsula... it's remote and wild: wolves, aurora, flies, no road access, etc

12:00 Isle roy-UL, or Isle roy-AL? 

16:00 Family backpacking trip from hell

20:00. #findyourfield... cross-functional gear for all women

21:00 Tactical considerations in making gear: Odor suppressant, how loud is the material, mobility if you're back-casting or drawing a bow

24:00 "Camo is having a moment in the fashion world." 

29:00 Scout in the clothes you plan to wear hunting

32:00 "Shrink it and pink it" - the old-school way of making hunting apparel for women

36:00 Grandmas = indispensable during hunting season

40:00 Two birds with one shot

45:00 New jobs, new sense of purpose (which may align with fishing time)

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This week we get the scoop on hunting in South Dakota with hunters Emily Kiel, Marketing and Outreach Director for the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks, and Taniya Bethke, Director of Operations for the Council to Advance the Hunting and Shooting Sports. South Dakota is most famous for its pheasant hunting (meet the ditch parrot, everyone!) -- but there's an abundance of sporting opportunities. Plus, we talk about some of the initiatives from the state's Game, Fish, and Parks department that aim to roll out the orange carpet for new and visiting hunters, like HuntTheGreatestSD.com.

3:00 An upbringing in the outdoors/sporting world can nudge you toward a career that values/protects those things

9:00 Starting a family and realizing you'd like to make hunting a part of your family's culture, even though it wasn't part of your own childhood

11:00 Finding your community of people in the sporting world

12:00 Sometimes "mentoring" can be as simple as inviting someone over for a wild-game dinner, or inviting them to process an elk quarter

13:00 South Dakota Second Century Habitat Fund, a non-profit works with private landowners and other stakeholders to support pheasant habitat (and other wildlife habitat, too)

14:00 "Habitat is the foundation of wildlife management."

16:00 Pheasant country

20:00 South Dakota lion hunting with a distressed rabbit call

27:00 The Artemis Podcast Facebook group... come hang with us for extras! 

28:00 South Dakota's Learn to Hunt events

29:00 Pheasant 101 class: where we try EVERYTHING... breasts, thighs, feathers for fly-tying, gizzards, organs... it's an adventure :) 

30:00 South Dakota's "apprentice tag" - it's a $5 OTC tag for beginners

36:00 Hunting out the back door with kids; plus, MOJO decoys

39:00 Bringing up the next generation of hunters

42:00 South Dakota as a destination hunt for pheasants; South Dakota Public Hunting Atlas ... over a million acres to explore!

45:00 Harvesting and preparing gizzards

52:00 "Be where my hands are"... or, to be present in the moment

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Long-time Artemis guest (and co-founder) Jess Johnson returns to the podcast this week after a trip to the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation’s annual meeting in Budapest, Hungary. On her way back to Wyoming, Jess got the chance to stop in Scotland for several days to hunt red deer and roe deer. She shares that experience with us, plus what it's like to bump heads with hunters and conservationists from across the world.

3:00 International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation - aka "the CIC," which aims to preserve wild game and hunting across the world

6:00 Wolf perceptions worldwide

11:00 The rural-urban divide over predators

12:00 World Hunting Expo - an event that only happens every 50 years 

17:00 Hungary's red stags in rut... it was a moving show for the world's sporting and wildlife advocates

21:00 Learning wildlife management models from neighbors abroad

28:00 The CIC has its own version of Artemis... and it's also called Artemis #twinningandwinning

29:00 And CIC's forthcoming cookbook featuring game recipes from around the world

33:00 The relationships/dialogue that comes from events like CIC are the real bounty

34:00 Modern Huntsman magazine & Into the Wilderness with Byron Pace podcast episode with Linzi Seivwright

35:00 Hunting Scotland's red deer and the rural-urban divide issue there; plus, values of the land-owners versus the public at large

42:00 Hunting with someone who's mastered being a predator on their own landscape

43:00 Hunting in tweed

45:00 Red stags "roar," they don't bugle

47:00 "We don't take long shots here... let's wait and get him in as close as we can."

49:00 You can buy red stag meat in Scotland's grocery stores, which means hunters can sell their bounty to butchers if they choose to

50:00 Sika deer - they sound like an elk bugle on helium

53:00 If someone wipes stag blood on your face, don't freak... it's a Scottish tradition called blooding

55:00 Scotland's roe deer

57:00 A landscape where humans are the only predator, and the ongoing discussion of whether you re-introduce eradicated predators

1:04 Converting other hunters to the cult of Those Who Eat Heart Meat

1:12 In lieu of agency-issued tags, hunting deer in Scotland is regulated by landowners, usually a partnership between the landowner and whomever leases the property for hunting

1:17 The U.K. (as yet) has no cases of CWD

1:22 NWF Outdoor Division's new climate report: A Hunter’s and Angler’s Guide to Climate Change

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Lori Monday was raising three kids, going to school, and struggling to find herself when she had a life-changing encounter with a snake. It led her down a path chock full of reptiles. As an education ambassador for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Lori literally keeps a menagerie of reptiles and amphibians as a part of her job. Listen to find out what it means when someone says, "Hey... wanna go herping?" 

1:30 "Herping" - to wander about and look for reptiles and amphibians

3:00 Freezer situation: frozen mice of all sizes, ya'll #portraitofasnakeowner

4:00 Authentic tacos.  Find out more at our Artemis Podcast FB Group

7:00 Goose tacos. A new addition to your taco repertoire.

10:00 When someone asks, "Wanna go herping?" ...and that first snake encounter. "It was the most beautiful, gentle thing." 

14:00 Getting into hunting/archery through a game and fish department, but also just by showing up

17:00 Deer lease 101 (effort + investment)

24:00 Herping isn't just about reptiles/amphibians... you'll see spider eyes catch the light, opossums, armadillos... all kinds of life at dawn or dusk

27:00 Project Wild from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

28:00 Lori's teaching menagerie (which lives in her bedroom at home)

29:00 "Hey, I gotta call you back... my alligator is trying to eat my turtle."

35:00 Seeing the world at night can open your eyes... plus, experiencing the natural world up close for the first time

38:00 Snake phobias + the mind-changing experience of a herping ed trip

42:00 The first time in a deer stand isn't entirely intuitive

45:00 Taking your kids hunting as an adult-onset hunter

48:00 Harvesting your first deer as your teenage son cheers you on #heartexplosion

52:00 Women's Outdoor Retreat  hosted by the South Carolina Wildlife Federation

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Traditional bowhunter Beka Garris joins Artemis this week to talk about what it's like bowhunting with a baby. Yes... literally WITH a small child. Beka tells us about harvesting two deer (and a squirrel) alongside her daughter. She also talks about traditional bowhunting, the skills involved, and how your experience in the outdoors changes when you have a little one in tow. This week's episode is brought to you by Isle Royale Outfitters, a women-specific hunting and apparel company. Check them out online, and use code Artemis20 for a 20% discount at check-out.

2:00 Tiny human podcast crashers... #momlife

3:00 The switch from bowhunting to traditional bowhunting... the trad bow range is more like

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When the pandemic hit, Bre Bashford returned to her home state of Colorado from Georgia, where she works as an R3 coordinator for the Georgia Wildlife Federation. She hunted elk and antelope, and she tells us what it was like to build up to those successful hunts after growing up in suburbia. For Bre, the journey started with a strong ethos about food, a generous mentor, and being willing to figure out what you don't know. Plus... what's it like when a group of vegans asks you to speak on the ethics of eating meat?

3:00 A pandemic-triggered change in geography

4:00 "Each year I have a goal to try something new... or to experience a new species, or a new technique."

5:00 Growing up in suburbia and learning your mountain literacy on the weekends

8:00 On knowing your food 

12:00 R3 = the recruitment, retention, and reactivation of hunters, anglers and shooting-sport participants

13:00 When a pro-vegan crowd asks you to talk about the ethics of eating meat... #yowzers

15:00 Guns as weapons vs. guns as tools

18:00 Hunting is about more than meat... it's about the role humans play in the ecosystem

21:00 The power of a mentor to shepherd someone into hunting... squirrels to turkey to deer

23:00 "We all have something to give, and we all have something to learn."

27:00 Academics Afield & learning global perspectives on hunting

29:00 Are there benefits to people who interact with wildlife? 

31:00 Why hunting gets to us: We're in the moment, our senses are elevated... "Lose your mind, find your soul."

33:00 Hunting pronghorn... their eyesight is superb

34:00 Kneepads can help you crawl/stalk through cacti... also, army-crawling with your rifle is worth practicing

37:00 Pronghorn evolved alongside very formidable predators

41:00 Colorado Parks and Wildlife's "Elk Hunting University" program 

43:00 Elk hunting: doing the prep, finding your spot, then arriving to see a bunch of other hunters... and eventually teaming up with two to plan a day's hunt

45:00 Being married to a non-hunter has a few perks... hello, truck shuttle

54:00 Montana antelope hunting - trying for a new, harder-to-draw area... and getting four tags with your friends

56:00 Scouting a completely new area

59:00 Georgia Wildlife Federation

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Kyley Caldwell and her husband run a bird dog breeding and training facility in central North Carolina. Kyley tells us about how she got into dogs, and what it's like to do dog trials through The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association. We talk dog breeds, hardness tests, blind retrieves, and more. Upland game season is here, everyone!

2:30 When your freezer unexpectedly kicks it #facepalm

5:30 Rusty Guns Kennel (link) - a dog breeding and training facility in North Carolina

6:00 Meeting your husband by way of a dog

10:00 "We're here today because I'm getting you a puppy." #bestsurprise  ... "but don't pick the first one that licks you." #puppycurmudgeon

11:00 AKC events... "dog show people" versus "gun dog people"

12:00 NAVDA (link) - North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association

17:00 Flushing vs. retrieving vs. pointing breeds

18:00 Quail/pheasants aren't as plentiful as they used to be in the Carolinas

20:00 Owning/managing a dog-training business with your husband

22:00 Training 10 dogs a month while still having full-time jobs; Growing the kennel to have kennel help and other trainers on staff

23:00 A life in the day of a dog trainer

25:00 Dogs sometimes stay with the trainer as long as six months

27:30 "A hardness test"... it's a prerequisite for some dogs before they can be breed eligible through their respective associations; a dog has to dispatch a fox or a raccoon

32:00 Dog trials + what to expect

36:00 The 100-yard blind retrieve... it's a feat of dog-handling

42:00 That moment you see a young dog just GET IT

43:00 "DK" in gun-dog speak is a Deutsch Kurzhaar, it's a slightly different breed than a German Short-Haired Pointer (which is a "GSP" in dog-speak)

45:00 The biggest dilemma for hunting vacations: "Which dogs are we bringing, and how many?"

49:00 Tracking a tricky bird (and getting it)

50:00 Check out a podcast Kyley hosts once a month, "Gun Dog It Yourself" (link) - a podcast for aspiring dog owners to train their dogs themselves; GDIY is also on Facebook (link) and Instagram (link) 

54:00 Find Kyley on Facebook (link), Instagram (link) and RustyGunsKennel.com (link)

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