A problem wildlife officer by day, Ben Brochu is a person who is passing his love for the outdoors onto his young children, it is obvious from the first 2 minutes of this conversation just how passionate he is about preserving our heritage and wildlife in perpetuity.

Spending 5 months with 6 people on a sailboat doesn't seem like it is for everyone, but listen to Ben tell how they made it work and how it furthered that desire to connect with the outdoors, and himself.

From how Hinterland Outdoors came to be, to where it is now- this is a fun conversation that gets back to basics on the 'why' we choose to immerse ourselves so deeply into the outdoors

Listen to how he talks about what promised to be a near-death situation when down to 3 matches in the dead of winter, this is a conversation that will have you hooked start to finish.

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Les Stroud is someone that needs no introduction. Steve gets to sit down for an hour with the one and only Survivorman.  

A survival expert, filmmaker and musician, Les spent a year in the Canadian wilderness in 1994. where he and his wife built and equipped a winter cabin using an axe, a modern bow, and a trapper's tin wood stove. They hunted and foraged off the landscape, and relied on moose and beaver meat as well as other wild edibles.

The conversation goes from Les' experience as a hunting guide, to his time before Survivorman, to how important it is to be mentally strong in the bush- this is a fun conversation behind the scenes.

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Check out Les' Youtube Channel.

https://www.youtube.com/c/SurvivormanLesStroud

Steve and Jann welcome Bri Van Scotter of Wilderness to Table to the show for Episode 18.

Bri created Wilderness to Table a few years ago while she was an Executive Chef, and quickly realized she wanted a connection to her food and to inspire people to eat better.

From her first encounter butchering her own food and the circle of life, to her furry sidekick, this conversation stays light, even when the subject can be a bit heavy. Her plans for this fall, to the new announcement of the Wilderness to Table and 1Campfire collaboration, you won't want to miss this chat.

Steve and Bri have a close friendship that will no doubt show in this fun episode, as they touch on exactly why Bri chose to get into hunting, and why she continues to be such a passionate believer in that connection.

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Steve and JP have a great chat with John Legnard, Brewmaster for Blue Moon Beer.

John is a self-proclaimed sheep hunter, conservationist and raffle addict who calls Colorado home.

We delve into a ton of different conversations from how it worked to be an adult-onset hunter, to what it’s like to live at an altitude of almost 2 miles above sea-level. A memorable antelope hunt and a tire blow out, as well and his thoughts on wearing camouflage as much as possible add a ton to a great conversation we are sure you will love.

 John’s perspective on why it’s important to give back to conservation the way he does, and why hunting is so important to him and the mentorship aspect that runs deep within makes an hour just fly by.

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Steve and JP get a chance to chat with the man who got JP into sheep hunting, Dr. Christian Schadendorf.

Christian is a recently retired forest economist and Registered Professional Forester, with decades of professional experience in B.C. and Germany.

He returned to Germany 10 years ago after living in BC for years, and has a deep knowledge of how wildlife is managed there and gives his thoughts on successes versus failures and how we need to move the dial to do better for all species here in British Columbia.

This conversation goes from personal stories to why it's important to put a value on wildlife to ensure it thrives in perpetuity.



Steve and JP sit down with Madeline (Madie) Demaske and have an in-depth chat about her journey from childhood to where she is now at the age of 27.

If you listened to common place labels, Madie would be the last person you would think would be a hunter. However, she smashes those stereotypes. Articulate and well-spoken, she is an Attorney specializing in international conservation law.

You will learn what changed her life at the age of 12, to what a pinky promise means in their family to what she learned during COVID.

Listen for that long pause at the end where Madie must compile her thoughts. This is not an editing error, but one we intentionally left in to show the emotion and pause she must take before articulating her response.

This is a great episode that we are sure you will love, as you hear firsthand what that connection means to her on a spiritual, emotional, and physical level.

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Steve and JP sit down with Dr. Cori Lausen of the Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada.

Dr. Lausen is a bat research and conservation biologist whose program focuses largely on a science-based response to white-nose syndrome, a catastrophic disease impacting bats in North America, with 3 main tools: inventory and monitoring, disease prevention, and mitigation research.

We see the parallels in these furry mammals as we do in large game in North America. There are problems with inventory, disease and largely funding.

Did you know that bats can SEE, and some even see colour? There goes ‘blind as a bat’.

This is a fascinating listen that is not only educational, but fun.

Find us wherever you podcast, and check out her work at http://batsrus.ca/

Steve and JP welcome Joe and Kristen Eppele to this episode.

Joe and Kristen have been supporters of 1Campfire since day 1, and we finally got a chance to sit down with them to talk about why.

The conversation goes from both of their beginnings and how they got into hunting to the inevitable questions of why they hunt and why they don’t shy away from the controversy that comes along with it.

We chat about their new ‘hunting partner’ with their 6 month old son and why they feel it’s important to bring him up in the outdoors and around hunting, what it’s like to have a 6’8 300 pound pack mule, to Joes dress and shoe size.  

This is a fun episode we are sure you will love.

Check out Joe on his show The Edge, and find Kristen on Instagram at Hunting Holistic Co.

A vegetarian and a hunter. On the surface, you may think that there would be no more contrasting sets of values.

What if they got married?

Steve and JP sit down for a discussion with Steph Nikas about how that dynamic looks in their household. Steph, a long-time vegetarian going back to high school, married a hunter.

How would they get along? How would they raise a child? And how remarkably similar are hunters and vegetarians?

This episode covers a lot of ground in an hour, and hopefully will shed some light on how hunters and vegetarians value-systems are not so different.

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Could you live for 365 days only on things you have caught, grown, or raised?

Chris and Stef did exactly that and have continued to do so on their property on Pender Island, off the coast of Vancouver Island.

Steve and JP get a chance to talk to them about the journey they are on, how it came to be, why they continue to do it and what it’s like to live in a small town with a ton of eyes on you to make sure you are not cheating on your commitment!

This is a fun episode that we are sure you will enjoy.

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