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Sarah Tingey is one of the brains behind a small packrafting company called Alpacka Raft. It started as a basement type of operation, fueled by adventures in the Far North, including time spent in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Sarah tells us about her experiences on that incomparable landscape, plus what it's like to travel there with a small child (on a 10-day packrafting trip, of course). Taking kids into the backcountry isn't all puppies and unicorns, but it can be hugely rewarding when we do make the effort.

4:00 Career life at a small outdoor products company like Aplacka Rafts (you're a jill of all trades)

6:30 Packrafts - they started as a means for water travel in the deep backcountry, like -- say -- a 700-mile trip across Alaska's Brooks Range

9:00 From a basement sewing machine operation to a company that employs 45 people

10:00 "Design by Sheri" - a staple of the Warren Miller ski days, also what would be the skill base for a packraft company

14:00 Sheep hunting; New Mexico elk hunting

21:00 Visiting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and suddenly feeling like all those discussions about oil development weren't very abstract anymore

25:00 Check out a map of where ANWR is

26:00 Efforts to conserve ANWR predate Alaska's statehood

28:00 Would you rather visit a place called a 'petroleum reserve' or a 'wildlife refuge'?

30:00 Taking a BABY rafting on a 10-day trip in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (flash floods, weather delays, hustle hustle hustle)

33:00 Risk judgement when conditions change (leave the stress out of it)

36:00 Carrying a baby in the backcountry; hunting with a baby (or not)

42:00 Growing up in a hunting family, but not ever going along

43:00 Sharing the burden of all the extra energy that goes along with taking a kid outside

47:00 Taking kids into the wild isn't all unicorns and ponies

51:00 Catch the Emily Ledergerber episode on Hunting While Pregnant

53:00 An 185-mile overland trip over several drainages in Alaska, and getting to see a pristine salmon run

56:00 "The 'potted plant' phase [of babyhood]... soak it up."

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Hunter, angler and conservationist Bianca McGrath-Martinez first drank the volunteerism Kool-Aid when she was serving with AmeriCorps. Today, her professional life (with MANY volunteer hours across different groups) is spent working towards an inclusive conservation movement with a program called Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors.

2:00 HECHO; Latino Outdoors Colorado

5:00 Growing up with a negative perception of hunting, and then the slow process of changing your mind as an adult

8:00 How you become comfortable with something that your family has traditionally been very cautious about, like firearms

13:00 Fly-fishing... can open the gate to other sporting disciplines

16:00 The backstory of the American conservation movement, it can sound rosy and peachy -- but there's also racism, censure, and genocide there, too

17:00 Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors - a policy-driven group that advocates for the conservation of wild lands in the Southwest

20:00 Parks podcast, Ashley's recommendation on a frank history of National Parks

23:00 Why it's important to re-teach ourselves American history through a historically accurate lens

28:00 The importance of bringing conservation (and sporting) to elected officials and other leaders

30:00 Find HECHO on Facebook, Instagram, and via their online newsletter

31:00 Cocktails and Conservation event in Utah in October. Keep track of HECHO events here.

32:00 Translating hunting/fishing regulations into Spanish

37:00 Bianca on the Your Mountain podcast, a great listen

38:00 Volunteerism accomplishes SO MUCH in the outdoors space. Check out Latino Outdoors' Yo Cuento blog, the group's job board, etc

43:00 Women's Wilderness  (and their Trailblazers program)

45:00 "I did AmeriCorps... and I think I just sort of drank the Kool-Aid when it comes to volunteerism."

50:00 Tarpon fishing! Large, ancient, big-fighting fish

54:00 Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Ranching for Wildlife program -- an access program for new hunters on private lands

1:02 An upcoming Artemis episode... bowhunting with a baby or a toddler (yes... hunting WITH a baby/toddler, like, on your back)

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Tia Shoemaker is a second-generation Alaskan who grew up at her family's remote hunting and fishing lodge in the Becharof National Wildlife Refuge. You might remember her from Artemis's episode on Traverse Mag, but today Tia comes to us from the NWF Outdoors podcast, where she talks about what it's like to see climate change on the front lines. The changes are very real, and alarming. Even Shoemaker's long-time fishing clients are noticing. 

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Texas hunter Hannah Marcom took up hunting with a bow before she ever reached for a firearm. She tells us about that journey in addition to the public-facing work she does in the hunting industry through her Instagram page, @Hannah.The.Plus.Size.Hunter. We talk about choosing gear for function over aesthetics, sweaty sports bras, and garden bounty galore. Plus, when you're from Texas and you tell someone you have "ground hog" in your freezer... sometimes they mistakenly think you mean groundhogs. 

4:00 Texas wild hogs! Or "pigs" in Texas-speak... perennial freezer-fodder in the Lone Star State

6:00 "No matter what hunt I'm on... if I see a pig, it becomes a pig hunt." It's an invasive/abundant species

10:00 Two adult-onset hunters venture into bow-hunting

15:00 Even on non-harvest days in the field... you have the best seat for nature-watching. Plus, working up to your first harvest, step-by-step

18:00 What nudges some of us toward bows over guns?

22:00 Using the red light option on your headlamp heading to the tree stand (and sometimes finding an unexpected set of eyeballs in that light... AH!)

24:00 Ladies, totally ok to have a little cry in the treestand. That wasn't a chupacabra! (Right?)

25:00 Doing the observing vs. being the one who's observable

27:00 Find Hannah on Insta @hannah.the.plus.size.hunter and YouTube Hannah Marcom - there is so much good story and deep thought here

30:00 Realizing you need some camo and having a hard time finding something that fits #imnottheonlyone

34:00 "If you can't try it on, seeing it on someone else's body is the next best thing."

42:00 Sports bras! Check out Hannah's take on this Best Sports Bras... "I have been on a sports bra journey."

46:00 Padding? Zipper? Clasp? Razorback?

48:00 SheFit

50:00 Wool-blend bras for the sweaty hike followed by the cold sit at your hunting spot

59:00 McCall WildFest - Aug. 18

1:04 That expression "the bee's knees" ... it's about pollen pants!

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The hunting landscape is about 89% male and 97% white. Although there are a number of recruitment/retention groups out there to add to the ranks, we talk about why we need groups for specific demographics -- like Artemis for women, or Hunters of Color for the BIPOC community. Lydia Parker joins us from Hunters of Color to talk about the group's mission -- how they aim to reach out to hunters of color and say, "Yes.. you. This table was made for YOU. Join us."

1:00 What someone names their chickens tells you a lot about them

3:30 Hunters of Color: HuntersOfColor.org, on Insta @huntersofcolor, FB - Hunters of Color

5:30 What being a play-by-play baseball commentator teaches you about the hunting scene (and what it's like when sports broadcasting runs in the family)

10:00 Becoming comfortable with firearms as an adult

14:00 How can you tactfully introduce sporting culture to communities traumatized by gun violence? 

15:00 Reframing: Firearms as weapons vs. firearms as tools

16:00 Hunting demographics: about 89% male, 97% white 

18:00 Empathy and education first

20:00 How do groups like Hunters of Color go from idea to fully-fleshed organization? Plus, the early stereotypes that got the ball rolling

23:00 "Is Hunting Too White" by Patrick Durkin

25:00 Community-building & recruiting ambassadors

30:00 There are so many groups/events/organizations that help recruit new hunters... everyone is welcome! So why do we NEED specific groups like Artemis/Hunters of Color? Hunters of Color FAQ

35:00 Author Angela Davis and thoughts on oppression/privilege/inclusivity

36:00 "Everyone can be a better ally to someone else."

40:00 "Generational wealth" also refers to things like family knowledge and culture

42:00 What's the responsibility that comes with owning/knowing your own privilege?

45:00 "Hunting and Fishing in the New South" by Scott Giltner - a book that looks into Black hunters pre- and post-slavery, exclusionary hunting laws, land ownership then and now, and more 

54:00 There's value in having the hard/uncomfortable conversations

55:00 Mentor application on HOC website; And become a Member

58:00 Want to make a difference? Volunteer volunteer volunteer

59:00 Catch Hunters of Color co-founder Jimmy Flatt on NWF Outdoors: Breaking Down Barriers to Entering Hunting

1:02 Those hunts where you suffer? Sometimes they're the most memorable. Fern pollen to the face! 

1:06 Sometimes the fish throw you a bone! Catching one as you're preoccupied elsewhere

1:08 Portugal. The Man  

1:10 Artemis Fly Fishing Tactics... that's a wrap! What should we cover next? Send us a note: [email protected]. And as always, join our Artemis Podcast Facebook group to continue the conversation

Other groups for your radar: Brown Folks Fishing, Outdoor Afro, Queers and Camo , LGBTQ Outdoors

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Melody Engle is the captain of the U.S. Women's Spearfishing team, which is headed to Sardinia next month for the Spearfishing World Championships. She tells us what it's like to condition for World's, how to master your mind as a freediver, and how her own headgame was influenced by a background in competitive figure skating and skydiving. Plus -- targeting fish, stone shots, and the ecology of the marine ecosystems we depend on.

3:00 The best tasting fish is a fresh fish

5:30 Speara - woman who spearfishes

8:00 A typical spearfishing outing; Determining 'drop' location based on quarry

10:00 Where to aim on a fish... a "stone shot"

11:00 Distance from fish when you shoot + you ARE the reel... you have to swim the fish to the surface

12:00 The quality of your shot can influence how quickly sharks pick up on that animal's demise

13:00 A good spearfishing friend fends off a shark (!) while you get your fish to the surface

15:00 Diving for a Cause + Ted Harty's freediving course

19:00 Getting into freediving in your 50s (with a background in figure skating and skydiving)

21:00 Being captain of the U.S. Women's Spearfishing team

24:00 U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team headed to World's in Italy in September: World Spearfishing Championship 2021; Plus, if you have any to spare, their GoFundMe page is still active. (Plus... it's a WINNING team!)

26:00 The U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team is relatively new compared to teams in other countries. Follow them on Insta @usa_spearfishing_womens_team and Facebook @USAWomensSpearfishingTeam

27:00 How team members are selected

27:30 U.S. Women's Spearfishing Alliance - conservation & camaraderie

33:00 Shooting a 68-pound yellowfin tuna in Costa Rica

37:00 Decline in Florida hogfish in the past couple years

38:00 Reef-safe sunscreens (like Stream2Sea)

43:00 A high-level competition mindset is about disciple, mastering your nerves, being present

46:00 What's the fate of the fish caught during spearfishing tournaments? Fresh fish are sacred to many

50:00 Ciguatera poisoning

55:00 Freediving + black out risk

58:00 Do you have a boat? It's an obstacle to entry for many

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Kelsea Albert is on the U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team, which heads to Sardinia next month for the World Championships. This week on Artemis, she tells us how she got into the sport (it started with a freediving course), and how others can tap into the wonders of the ocean's bounty. 

1:00 Did you catch Brianne Lauro on Artemis this winter? Diving for Tako and the Value of Community Knowledge.

2:30 Ain't no bettah' fish than raw fish

6:00 Spearfishing for meaningful subsistence during school

7:00 To harvest it helps to really get to know the species

9:00 Want to get into spearfishing? Start with freediving (there's classes for this stuff, everyone!)

11:00 The hardest fish to wrangle underwater? Basically, anything with red meat... that fish is athletic

13:00 Taking a scientist's methodic approach to learning a new skill

17:00 Spearfishing myth busting: You don't need a boat to be able to go. A kayak works. So does a jetski. 

20:00 The wonderful solitude of a sunlit kelp bed... plus, the SOUND of fish

23:00 Tips for hunting sea bass

26:00 It's not about what you harvest, or what you take

27:00 Are some things too special for social media? (Or, do we protect what we love by NOT sharing it publicly?)

32:00 Spearfishing competitions

33:00 U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team headed to World's in Italy in September: World Spearfishing Championship 2021

38:00 Preparing to dive in the Mediterranean

39:00 Time underwater & cold- vs. warm-water conditioning

42:00 Shallow-water blackout

46:00 The headgame behind spearfishing (and life)

55:00 GoFundMe for women headed to the spearfishing world championship in Sardinia - https://www.gofundme.com/f/womens-team-usa-2021-spearfishing-worlds

1:00 U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team on Insta @usa_spearfishing_womens_team and Facebook @USAWomensSpearfishingTeam

1:05 Age/weight have little to do with someone's aptitude for freediving

1:14 Becoming a mentor (or "old salty mermaid" in the ocean world)... mentorship is a serious relationship. Don't ask for it lightly, and don't say 'yes' frivolously

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Last time we spoke with Sharenda, we heard about how she got into shooting and reloading. This week, we get an update on where she's at in her journey being a hunter and angler. She's been dove-hunting and tying her own flies... AND, she's bringing other women along on the journey through a program called WildHERness. Becoming a hunter can feel like a long process. Sharenda breaks down her journey into simple steps, sometimes as concrete as "Next thing: buy tent."

2:00 WildHERness.org , a program to get women into sporting, @wildHERness_ on Insta and WildHERness on Facebook

4:00 Missouri's Pheasants Forever "Go Wild" program ... like a BOW program, but for women in Missouri/Kansas (September 24-26)

8:00 Imagine a weekend with arts & crafts AND reloading activities... #dreamcometrue

10:00 Girls with Guns "Upland" pants

12:00 Boots for female hunters: Danner "Wayfinder" boots, RedWing "Upland" boots, Timberland "Pros", plus... good 'ol Muck boots

13:00 Squeaky boot problems... is it the laces? The insoles? 

17:00 DSG clothing line... hello, ladies! Adjustable inseams, plus-size and petite options, etc

20:00 Let's snow-boogie-board, y'all

21:00 Miss Sharenda on Artemis the first time? Add it to your listening queue

23:00 A first-time dove hunt... "those little boogers fly like bats!" #theyrequick

27:00 Hunt prep on YouTube... good idea? bad idea?

28:00 When your friends are literally your bird dogs

34:00 Coleman pop-up camping bed

36:00 Practicing your duck calling around the house can be rough on a relationship... but what if you did it every time you were at a stoplight?

37:00 Christopher Polk duck calls

41:00 Fly-tying, fly-casting... practice, practice, practice (whenever you can)

44:00 Taxidermists have a quagmire of regulatory hoops

51:00 The garage-centric chicken coop set-up

57:00 How antelope negotiate fences... it's fascinating

1:04 A keep-your-cooler-cool trick involving a wet towel

1:06 Find Artemis (and Sharenda) in our Facebook group ... Sharenda is also on Instagram @pinkshears

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Emilie Cram worked for an outfitter in Wyoming -- where her jobs included packing mules, quartering elk, and pretty much anything else needed on guided hunting trips. When she took up a rifle herself, she found that even after so much time in the field, there are STILL questions it helps to be able to phone a friend for. Emilie also made good on a lifelong infatuation with Maine's seafaring culture by learning to lobster... which is fascinating. Trust us on this one!

2:00 "Hoot-owl restrictions" vary by state... some states close rivers to fishing when the river temp stays high. Others rely on anglers' judgement.

7:00 Winter scallops for year-round eating, plus berries galore

9:30 Tip for keeping turkey feathers: Freeze them so the mites don't deteriorate the feather

12:00 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

13:00 Learning to hunt working at a family outfitting business out West, then bringing those skills back home to the Northeast

16:00 Becoming a lobsterwoman (+ lobster-bacon salads)

19:00 A lifelong crush on the state of Maine

20:00 The regulatory climate for Maine lobstering

24:00 Bait

25:00 A wee bit of lobster ecology

28:00 No keeping the monster lobsters... "keepers" are a function of lobster size (dimensions) and gender

33:00 A rule of thumb: If you get a pound of lobster per trap (about one keeper), you're in the black on your lobstering

36:00 Notching a lobster

40:00 Going from working for an outfitter to being the one who does everything on a personal hunt

43:00 The power of being able to phone a friend when an unforeseen hunting problem arises

45:00 Hunting East vs. West... dense private lands vs. open public lands

48:00 Density of deer versus density of hunters

51:00 The nuance of asking permission to hunt on private lands... and as a landowner, sometimes having to say 'no'

53:00 NWF Outdoors podcast

59:00 Turkey eggs

1:00:00 Pasta Grannies! If you missed it last week... now's the time to catch up

1:00:02 Fly FisHer Adventures in Helena, Mont.

Find Emilie on Insta @instahcram

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"You get one physical vehicle for your entire life." Our bodies help us do ALL the things outside -- fishing, hunting... even moseying. Artemis Ambassador Sara Camiscioni reminds us that our daily happiness is often directly related to how we feel in our bodies. On this episode, we talk about becoming a hunter, tree stands, whether rivers are changing, and the general pursuit of a strong, functional, confident life.

2:00 Moving to a new place and feeling like you nailed it: "It's everything I've ever wanted in terms of recreation and lifestyle blended together while still being able to run my business." 

3:30 Find Your Strong with Sara - a diet/exercise program for the athletic/adventurous (psst... that's us!) Plus, running a business the jives with who you are as a person

6:00 Fly-fishing as therapy

8:00 What fisher(wo)men notice about how rivers/fishing are changing in a changing climate... when did it become the norm for the season to go on hiatus for warm/low water? #newnorm?

11:00 What we look for in partners (... kind of!)

14:00 First hunt - antelope on cherished lands... plus, EMOTIONS! You feel like you can do anything... there's gratitude... there's depth. It's real out there

19:00 Randy Newberg... you need a sidekick?! 

22:00 Connecting to your food

25:00 Tree stands 101 - Do you bring the coffee? Do you pee?

29:00 SheWee? #shewont

31:00 Doe pee vs human pee

34:00 Cutting a hunt short to not have to process meat or exit in the dark... it's a tough decision

40:00 In pursuit of a strong, functional, confident life

43:00 Boating body? Even out those muscles! Casting a lot? Forearm strength. You'd be amazed how surgically you use your body in the outdoors

47:00 "You have ONE body. You have ONE physical vehicle for your entire life"... "Your daily happiness is linked to your physical body."

54:00 Changing your health isn't a one-stop-shop... it takes habits and change that you can keep up for a lifetime

55:00 Find Sara on Insta @findyourstrongwithsara, OR the Find Your Strong podcast

58:00 What you learn about someone when they tell you what their chickens are named

59:00 The YouTube channel you didn't know you needed... Italian grandmas making pasta: Pasta Grannies

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