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This is an episode that offers a chance for listeners to unwind, to lay aside the stresses of world news and events and to get in touch with their inner houndsman. Steve describes it as “getting at the heart of the reason I follow hounds and enjoy the houndsman lifestyle.”

Recorded at a coon hunting camp in southeastern Alabama in February, Steve and longtime friend and fellow houndsman Arnold “Nubbin” Moore drill down into the reasons they enjoy the many aspects of hunting with hounds by recounting their experiences. The episode contains a wide range of subjects including White River coon hunting stories, eating raccoons, a profile of Hank, Nubbin’s Autumn Oaks-winning Black and Tan coonhound of a lifetime, a story about a coon hunting horse, tales of their roles as peace keepers at competition events and saying goodbye to a longtime hunting friend. As the old friends recap their travels, which consist of thousands of miles hauling hounds and hunting together, there’s something in this episode for anyone that enjoys hound hunting at the most basic of its many levels.

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The HXP Team welcomes Jared Moss back to the show for another installment of e-collar training. Jared, the owner of Best Gundog Kennel and training facility, Beaver UT, talks about getting the most from our hounds using the e-collar in the proper manner.

The crew talks about Jared’s recent hunt as he hosted an American Hero in conjunction with Freedom Hunters. They also talk about the current situation in the U.S. and how hunters can seize the moment as providers to feed our country, prepping, and living off of the land.

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Steve and Chris chat with Michigan Bear Hunters Association Tim Dusterwinkle. Tim shares his passion for Preserving, Protecting and Promoting bear hunting in an Xtreme Performance way. 

The Michigan Bear Hunters Association talks about the wild success they have had in raising money to fend off the relentless attacks to end bear hunting and Michigan. This plain spoken bear hunter lays out what drives him to his continued leadership of the organization and lays out an easy strategy for houndsmen across the country to preserve our lifestyle.

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HXP’s March for Bear Hunters continues! In this episode Chris hosts returning
guest Kevin Hall of dogsRtreed, apparel and lifestyle brand. It won’t be long before bears will be waking up and walking around and Chris and Kevin talk about preparation for spring bear season. From hound conditioning to personal fitness to gear, this episode will stoke that fire for warmer days and hot races.

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The Houndsman XP Podcast welcomes Clay Newcomb of Bear Hunting Magazine to this episode!

Chris, Steve and Clay discuss squirrel dogs, luxury mules and story telling. The listener will be drawn in by Clay’s personality and his delivery of the message as it pertains to the art of story telling, the value it serves and rules surrounding it. Steve, an expert story teller himself and will give his insights on the art of story telling and how it has made him an effective communicator and successful in his career as a professional Houndsman.

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Houndsman XP welcomes Mr. Van Johnson of Cortez, Colorado.  Van, who served as a USDA-certified wildlife specialist, chats with Chris and Steve about his life’s journey as both houndsman and professional guide that spanned more than sixty years.  He was an outfitter for forty years of that time.  Van Johnson has written a book titled The Houndsman, the story of his life of professional outfitting, guiding, doing large carnivore management in the West for the State of Colorado and of the friends he met along the way. 

From the very opening, listeners will be drawn in by Van Johnson’s humble delivery of the remarkable story of a lifestyle that certainly qualifies as Xtreme Performance in every way.   

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The traveling gypsy Houndsman returns home after 4 weeks of hunting the west. In pursuit of big cats Chris tells Steve about his adventures with great houndsmen across the Rocky Mountains. 

Chris and Steve talk about the real value of the “Houndsman Lifestyle” and the challenges of choosing this path. Chris gets on a rant about wolves and shells it down about the way the forced introduction of Canadian Grey Wolves is impacting the western hunter and the animals that live on the landscape.

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In this episode Houndsman XP hosts Steve and Lauren are joined by Nick Gilliland as the trio fields questions from podcast listeners appearing on various social media sites.  The panel vetted a multitude of questions choosing those that should draw the greatest amount of interest and would provide the greatest benefit to listeners. Podcasts that deal with training and care of hounds routinely draw a great deal of attention in the podcast sphere.  

Gilliland regularly hosts question and answer sessions on his Nite Life Kennels YouTube channel and has been an earlier guest as well as a staunch supporter of this podcast since its inception.  The session with Nick is free-flowing and comfortable. The answers come easily making this an easy-to-listen-to experience. Experience matters and it’s evident that the panel is not only up to the task but also enjoys the opportunity to discuss subjects that matter to hound people. 

Questions run the gamut from how to start puppies to the best type of kennel flooring to choose, from the differences in GPS locating devices to the optimum age to start a pup or when is it time to give up hope for the dog.  The panel also addresses time-honored questions such as how to deal with backtracking and should pups be started hunting game other than the intended target on which they will be hunted as mature hounds. Nick talks about hunting lights with lasers and the panel addresses a sobering question about the decline in the coon hunting lifestyle.  All in all, this is an interesting discussion that will be appreciated by hound people of all persuasions.

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In this episode, recorded at the Houndsman XP/Freedom Hunters Extreme Hound Adventure headquarters at the Thunderbird Lodge on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona, Chris and Steve are joined by Extreme Hound Adventure recipient Tanner Babb and by our guide Calvin Redhouse to discuss the week’s hunt for bobcats and mountain lions with hounds. The energetic discussion revolves around the five-day hunt engineered and carried out by Redhouse and his Rez Hounds pack of lion dogs.

Early in 2019, Houndsman XP partnered with Freedom Hunters, a non-profit organization, to provide an all-expense paid mountain lion hunt for a veteran or Gold Star family member. Freedom Hunters has conducted outdoor adventures for veterans or veteran families since its inception. Chris and Steve are veterans and after meeting with Freedom Hunter’s CEO Anthony Pace, decided upon the project which proved to be a very rewarding choice. The event was held with the help and support of several major vendors in the outdoor industry and was conducted during the third week of January of 2020 on the Navajo Nation.

Tanner proved to be an excellent choice for the hunt. Fully outfitted by the many sponsors in a full complement of hunting gear, from his boots to the rifle he would ultimately use to harvest his cat, Tanner came to the mountain fully prepared. He performed admirably, both physically and mentally, in taking on the rigors of the terrain and the cunningness of those illusive Navajo Nation cats. Listeners will hear the entire story in this episode, not only from Tanner’s perspective but also from the event’s planners and the guide himself.

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Ancient breeds of Persian Royalty scorch the terrain at mind boggling speeds in pursuit of athletic hares. Seth Hall, a wildlife biologist, hound and coursing dog historian and hunting hounds of the most extreme performance, joins the HXP team for a high octane conversation. 

Seth takes the Houndsman XP faithful along on a hunt at blazing speeds. His greyhounds and salukis could be described as the top fuel racers of the hound world. Reaching speeds of 44 mph, the coursing dog has been used for a variety of quarry in its ancient history. From gazelle to jack rabbits, Seth talks about the mind blowing capabilities of the coursing dog.

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