You’re listening to Shootin’ the Bull — a podcast by Idaho Department of Fish and Game. From fish squeezers to deer muggers and everyone in between, these are the conversations with the men and women of Idaho Fish and Game.

Host Connor Jay Liess (Public Information Specialist) sits down with Ben Bieri (Digital Content Specialist), Kolby White (Conservation Officer - Southeast Region), and his right-hand man, Bear — an energetic black Lab and certified K9 Officer with Idaho Fish and Game. Bear and Kolby have been working together, wearing the Fish and Game badge, for just over a year.

Other Topics: The Caribbean of the Rockies; Journal of a Trapper by Osborne Russell; what's inside a K9 handler's truck; any rivalries between working dogs and residential dogs?; a K9 officer's training regimen; when your grandfather's a game warden; patroling Idaho's borders; the history of canines with Idaho Fish and Game; "resting cop face"; can they sniff drugs?; training a dog to search for specific evidence; Bear's least-favorite word; potential hazards for a K9 officer; when your department property eats your other department property; finding a dog-sitter; the severe winter of '23; the Montpelier Reservoir state-record tiger trout story (and a $400 fine); stealing opportunities from other sportsmen; the folly of social media grip-n-grins; solving a case with your grandpa; and more.

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