Lauren catches up with Naomi Yates for this must listen episode of Houndsman XP. Naomi is a lion hunter living in northern Colorado, a college student studying wildlife management, a seasonal employee with Colorado Fish, Wildlife and Parks and a dedicated Houndsman. 

Naomi is dedicated to the Houndsman lifestyle. With a family dedicated to hunting with hounds and living the dream of a total outdoor lifestyle, she has a solid social media game and goes by @outdoorrevivalist on Instagram. Naomi caught national attention when she posted a picture of her first lion kill on social media. She defended herself with poise and insight that should be a model for hunters everywhere.

Lauren and Naomi have a high energy chat about hunting and hounds and defending the lifestyle we all care so deeply about.   

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Seth travels to the central New Mexico bosque forests to capture the voice of a man who is well known in the New Mexico hound world and a long time hunter of Raccoons, Mr. Fred Moore.

Fred has been active in the New Mexico Houndsman Association for over 50 years and has been instrumental in helping keep laws on the books that make sense for Houndsmen and conservation goals. Fred has a very lively and fun attitude that has kept him not only relevant, but also with a large circle of great friends by side. This is an episode that is for expert and novice Houndsmen alike that you won’t want to miss!

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Jim Ridge defines Xtreme Performance in coonhound breeding and he and his team have backed it up with consistent appearances in the winner’s circle, historical reproducers lists and the Hall of Fame. 

Jim and Chris have been friends for decades. Listeners will enjoy this historical review and updates to the present day of Briar Creek English coonhounds. Jim gives listeners insights  into breeding and consistent winning and performance of his hounds. 

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The Houndsman XP crew is joined by guest Josh Michaelis of Big Show Productions (available on YouTube). A wild and raw conversation about topics that Houndsmen talk about, the crew has fun with this episode.

Listen in on this conversation about the most highly debated topics in the hound hunting world.  Dog prices, puppy prices, ages to start pups, and breeding practices. It’s all here and it comes from Houndsmen that walk the walk.

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The Houndsman XP crew is joined by guest Becky Dwire of the Nevada Sporting Dog Alliance, for the first official “Point Blank” episode. Point Blank is an unfiltered discussion about the hottest topics in the hunting community.

The group discusses and explains why we hunt and the importance of being able to tell people why we hunt. Hot topics that directly affect houndsmen such as Trojan horse billboards, misleading news stories and humorous news releases, are shelled down to the cob in this Point Blank discussion.  

Unedited and raw, this episode will get people thinking about the important issues pertaining to the world we live in and how it affects us as houndsmen directly.

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Mark Dufresne and Heath Hyatt return to the Houndsman XP Podcast for a discussion about how to breed the best, select the best and behavior conditioning for Xtreme Performance hounds.

Heath is a professional K9 trainer and has done in-depth work, to include building relationships with breeders around the world, to achieve a Master Trainer title. He currently serves a police department in Virginia in that capacity and is crucial in performance dog selection. Heath shares the strategies that professional police dog trainers use in selection and the conditioning of dogs in preparation for a lifetime of dangerous and high stress service. He is also a hardcore bear hunter and has bred and trained generations of his own hounds. Heath has the ability to draw parallels from his professional training and experience and bring it to the hound hunting community.

Mark is a professional guide from the state of Maine. He has decades of experience using hounds to put clients in positions to be successful with the use of his hounds in pursuit of bear and bobcat. Mark has dedicated a large portion of his life to understanding breeding and training Xtreme Performance game catching hounds. 

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Gavin Lipjes returns to Houndsman XP. This episode features Gavin Lipjes, a Professional Hunter from South Africa and proprietor of Panther Trackers. Lauren cohosts with Chris as Gavin recounts real life Leopard hunts from South Africa to include a leopard attack.

This is an in depth discussion about native trackers, the culture they live in, the effects and properties of scent, the scenting hound and the environmental effects on a hound and hunter success rate.  

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Casey Stutzman and Chris slay some sacred cows in this podcast. A talk with Casey is always a straight shooting, point blank discussion. Casey is a hard hunting, dedicated Houndsman. He is also an intelligent, critical thinker that is always looking for more knowledge.

Chris and Casey talk about how good were the old hounds, how has technology changed hunting. They talk about mountain lion studies, hound performance, being honest and just general stuff that Houndsmen always talk about. It’s good talk and nothing held back. It’s Point Blank.

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Chris and Shorty are joined by Bubba Allen of South Texas for this deep dive into hog hunting, dog breeding and damage control work in. Bubba Allen is a dedicated dog man that hunts the toughest hogs around. Ranchers, farmers, even golf course owners depend on Bubba and his pack to catch the out of control population and devastating masses of feral hogs in South Texas.

This easy going conversation covers topics of breeding, hunting, the changes in technology and war stories. Any Houndsman will appreciate this episode of Houndsman XP.

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The American Plott Association (APA) represents Plott enthusiasts throughout the world. Their motto “A Breed Apart” can easily represent the rugged Houndsmen that hunt the Plott hound as well as the breed of dog itself. The APA is an inclusive and forward thinking organization that is dedicated to promoting the Plott hound and hunting big game. 

Chris is joined by APA President David Williams and a supporting cast for this episode of the Houndsman XP Podcast. Recorded live at the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association, the guys talk about the widespread membership of the APA, what it takes to keep a premier organization running and the historic Brindle Book the annual publication of the APA.

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