This podcast I’m joined by my friend Jody Peck for a chat about the hunting guide outfitting industry.  Jody grew up in commercial hunting camps cooking, guiding and hanging out in the wilderness.  She still cooks for the industry during the hunting season, but spends her offseason as a successful artist working on cool projects.  Jody brings a unique perspective on the guide outfitting industry, new hunters, and life as an artist in the city of Vancouver.

To find out more about Jody Peck and what she’s up to, check out her out here: www.wildnorthernway.com

First moose, deer and bear hunting stories. Join us at the dinner table for the annual EatWild First Buck Banquet. New hunters are invited to join the EatWild team for dinner and then everyone takes a turn telling their first successful hunt story.  So stick around and share in the hard work, success, trials and tribulations of these new hunters. Hope you enjoy the episode!

Conservationist Jesse Zeman of the BC Wildlife Federation joins me for dinner and we are talking about sheep hunting and what you can do to advocate for wild animals and the places they live. 

Join us in the wall tent for at whitetail camp.  I am sitting around the wood stove with my hunting mentors Geoff, Pete, and Larri, and joined by Brother Ben and Shelley and we are talking about how to hunt whitetails, navigating in the woods and our first buck stories.  I really want to thank the old boys for putting up with me putting a mic in the tent, but I think they have so much good stuff to share.  Enjoy!

On this episode I am driving back from a river drift elk hunting adventure with hunting partners Geoff Horsfield, Dave Bornhold, and Matt Fuller.  This is the first time that our crew has done a drift hunt.  A lot of planning went into this trip.  We reflect on the highlights, planning, and the pros and cons of hunting from a raft.  Check it out, and let us know what you think!

Rick and I are well into our sheep hunt now and we've covered over 50 km of wilderness terrain. We have traveled through some of the most beautiful country I've ever seen and watched a broad range of wild animals in pristine habitat.  In this episode, we talk about how to orienteer and navigate through the mountains, staying dry in the wilderness and a few other fun things.  So stick around and check it out.

There are no sheep here!  After three days of hunting, we are coming to the realization that we are not in sheep habitat.  All hunters will experience this at some point where they are hunting an area that is devoid of the target species.  In this episode, we reflect on why there may not be sheep in the area, what are the contributing factors to the lack of sheep in the area, and why there is an abundance of other fritters around.  We also talk about hunting pressure and the effect on wildlife populations and the hunting experience.

Rick and I have flown into to the Norther Rockies and made our way from the remote airstrip and climbed up the mountain.  We chat about the experience of landing on a gravel bar with steep mountains all around.  We were up against some wet weather so we talk about strategies and tips on staying dry in the mountains. 

Rick and I are driving up the Alaska Highway.  Join us for hour eight of our drive while we kill some time and make a podcast.  In this episode we chat about the logistics of trip planning, picking your hunting partners, and the technical information that is available these days for hunt planning.