Hunt Talk Radio

By Randy Newberg

Sports & Recreation Outdoor

What's Hunt Talk Radio about?

Hunt Talk Radio, Randy Newberg Unfiltered is a podcast covering hunting politics, public lands, and conservation topics; even a few things you didn’t need to know. The best hunters you’ve never heard of join Randy to answer questions from the Hunt Talk web forum, share ideas, reveal tactics, and give perspectives unique to public land hunting.

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Protecting Public Ownership...

09.19.2022

In this episode (196) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy has a conversation about protecting wildlife and other public assets from the politicians through grassroots advocacy that is rooted in the Public Trust Doctrine; a principle the courts have applied ...

Hunt Talk Radio episodes:

09.19.2022 Protecting Public Ownership of Wildlife In this episode (196) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy has a conversation about protecting wildlife and other public assets from the politicians through grassroots advocacy that is rooted in the Public Trust Doctrine; a principle the courts have applied ...
09.04.2022 The Business of Food & Outdoors In this episode (195) Randy shares the mic with Shannon Waters of Gastro Gnome and Ty Stubblefield of Wild Bison Ranch to talk about backcountry food, food quality, starting businesses around wild food ideas, hunting stories, stories of how they ...
08.29.2022 Intensive Product Testing and Dark Secrets In this episode (194) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy invites John Barklow, lead designer for Sitka Gear, and Tyler Johnerson, Randy's former camera guy and amazing hunter, for a discussion about how product testing works for high performance products. ...
08.15.2022 Human Population Growth - A Wildlife Apocalypse In this episode (193) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio Randy is joined by Todd Wilkinson of the Mountain Journal. Topics covered include the consequences of human development on western landscapes, loving it to death, lack of care about wild things, ...
08.01.2022 Mexican Wolf Recovery - Politics or Science In this Episode (192) of Hunt Talk Radio Randy shares a mic with Jim Heffelfinger, a member of the Mexican Recovery Team and Wildlife & Science Coordinator for Arizona Game & Fish. Topics covered include the history of Mexican wolves ...
07.18.2022 Grizzly Bears - Past, Present & Future In this episode (191) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares the mic with Chris Servheen, PhD who dedicated his entire career to the cause of grizzly bear recovery in the Lower 48. Topics covered include the history of Gbears, ...
07.04.2022 Johnathan O'Dell and his Backburner Podcast In this episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy and Johnathan O'Dell are talking about food, culture, traditions, people, and how hunting is a common thread that weaves through so much of our lives. Topics covered include Johnathan's travels to ...
06.20.2022 Hunting Technology - Good, Bad, or Ugly? In this episode (189) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy has Lorenzo Sartini of GOHUNT to talk about technology that impacts hunting as much as it impacts society. Topics covered include hunters as a cross-section of society, conservation as a ...
05.25.2022 Hunting Goat and Sheep with Adam Foss In this episode (188) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy visits with Adam Foss to talk mountain hunting and wild sheep conservation. Adam explains a rare opportunity to win a sheep hunt with him in the McKenzie Mountains, a hunt ...
05.09.2022 Wild Sheep - Collaboration, Conflict, & Conservation In this episode (187) of Leupold's Hunt Talk radio, Randy visits with Terry Meyers, Executive Director of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society, a prior guest who exemplifies citizen-conservation. Topics covered on this early March conversation include the policy issues facing ...
04.25.2022 North American Wildlife Conservation Model (Part 5 of 5) In this episode (186) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy and Shane Mahoney wrap up their five-part series on the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. This episode does a quick summary of where wildlife conservation is today, the challenges ...
04.18.2022 North American Wildlife Conservation Model (Part 4 of 5) In this episode (185) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio Randy and Shane Mahoney continue with Part 4 of 5 in their discussion of the North American Wildlife Conservation Model, detailing the next three tenets 1) Public Trust Doctrine, 2) Democratic ...
04.10.2022 North American Wildlife Conservation Model (Part 3 of 5) In this episode (184) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio Randy and Shane Mahoney continue with Part 3 of 5 in their discussion of the North American Wildlife Conservation Model, detailing the next two tenets 1) Eliminating Commercial Markets and 2) ...
04.04.2022 North American Wildlife Conservation Model (Part 2 of 5) In this episode (183) of Hunt Talk Radio, Randy and Shane Mahoney continue their discussion on the concept known as the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. In Part 2, they start an in depth discussion on the seven tenets ...
03.25.2022 North American Wildlife Conservation Model In Depth (Part 1 of 5) In this episode (182) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy and Shane Mahoney discuss the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. Shane is an expert on the Model, having shared many works with Dr. Valerius Geist, the person most credited ...
03.17.2022 Elk Advocacy From the Grassroots In this episode (181) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares the mic with three members (Justin Schaaf, Nuridia Nulliner, and John Sullivan) of the Montana Citizens Elk Coalition, a grassroots group focused on elk management in Montana. Topics covered ...
03.07.2022 Corner Crossing Part 2 - Legal Experts Chime In In this Episode (179) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, two attorneys bring their legal expertise to the discussion of private and public property rights where properties adjoin or intersect. Tom Stonecipher and Nick Vandenbos have been researching this topic and ...
03.04.2022 Corner Crossing Part 1- History and Trends In this episode (178) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy lays the groundwork for the upcoming legal analysis in podcast episode 179 that will dive into the complexities of property law in instances where private and public property intersect. This ...
03.01.2022 Migrations, Elk, and Ecology with Arthur Middleton, PhD In this episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares the mic with renowned ecologist, Arthur Middleton, PhD. Topics covered include the complexity of large systems, the danger of over simplifying science, urgency of habitat conservation, migration corridors at risk, ...
02.18.2022 Making Wildlife Science Interesting, Consumable and Actionable In this episode (177) Randy has a return guest, Ed Arnett, CEO of The Wildlife Society, the leading professional association of wildlife scientists, biologists, and managers. Topics covered include using communications to create advocacy for the causes of wildlife and ...
02.04.2022 The Outdoors Are For Everyone - with Hunters of Color In this episode (176) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares the mic with Lydia Parker and Alex Harvey from Hunters of Color. Topics covered include a history of the organization, outdoor experiences of BIPOC hunters, Randy as the "gray-haired ...
01.30.2022 Montana Elk Policy Proposals with FWP Director Hank Worsech In this episode (175) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares a mic with Montana FWP Director, Hank Worsech, to discuss dramatic changes to proposed elk seasons. From a list of talking points, the discussion gives the Director the opportunity ...
01.28.2022 Hunt Arizona Elk in 2022 - Or at least try In this bonus episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy goes over the details of the Arizona 2022 application process for elk and pronghorn. Topics covered include deadlines, fees, upfront costs and sunk costs, bonus points, how the draw works, ...
01.22.2022 2022 Wyoming Elk Application Overview (Bonus) In this episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy gives an overview of the Wyoming draw system and how it works for non-resident elk applicants in 2022. The deadline is January 31, 2022. Wyoming is a great state. If it ...
01.20.2022 Age Your Animal - Conservation Starts with Science In this episode (174) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares the mic with Carolyn and AJ from Matson's Lab, the leader in wildlife aging. Topic covered include the process of tooth aging, aging in other manners, cementum, annuli, the ...
01.08.2022 Hunting & Fishing With Your Youngsters In this episode (173) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy talks with Tim Hepworth, an EMT, fishing guide, and operator of the most family friendly Instagram channel in hunting, @TimandWren. Topics covered include commitment to an outdoor family lifestyle, making ...
12.24.2021 "With Privilege Comes Obligation" by Jessi Johnson In this episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy's guest is Jess Johnson, Government Affairs Director for the Wyoming Wildlife Federation. Jess brings her extensive policy experience to explain how to make a difference with people of all political stripes, ...
12.06.2021 A 2021 Season Wrap - Some Years Are Crazy In this episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy and Marcus give a season wrap. It has been the most disrupted of all seasons, requiring the Fresh Tracks crew to fill in a lot of the content Randy normally films. ...
10.21.2021 Hunt Talk Radio Mid-season Update In this episode of Leupold’s Hunt Talk Radio, Randy is joined by Marcus and Dale as they give a mid-season update. Topics covered include a scheduling mayhem, leftover and returned tags, great friends like Scott Jones, camera guys as scapegoats, ...
09.23.2021 Starting A Hunting Business From Scratch In this episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy has guest Charlie and Corey from Steelhead Outdoors. Topics covered include starting a hunting business as a dream, more work and less hunting, solving problems, building a better gun safe, what ...
09.09.2021 Future of Fresh Tracks and Randy Newberg Platforms In this episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy is joined by Matthew, Marcus, and RJ as they talk about the new distribution platform they are launching in response to request from followers. Topics include paying for content with time ...
09.02.2021 Building A Company For Hunters - The goHUNT Story In this episode (167) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy is joined by Lorenzo and Chris, co-founders of goHUNT. Topics include the goHUNT story, how it started and where they are going, focus on hunter needs, creating more value at ...
08.28.2021 Citizen Conservation - The Value of Volunteers In this episode (166) Randy talks with Lee McDonald of the Rocky Mountain Goat Alliance. Topics covered include all things mountain goats, how citizens can contribute to science and conservation, the value of volunteers, funding constraints for agencies, advocating for ...
08.05.2021 Arizona Wild Sheep, Water & Drought In this episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy talks about long-term drought impacts and Arizona's wild sheep with Brad Remfrey of the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society. Topics covered include drought, hauling water, volunteerism is key, loss of surface ...
07.30.2021 Hearing Loss for Hunters and Shooters In this episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, our guest is Dr. Weston Adkins, doctor of audiology at the Mayo Clinic, who also is a hunter and shooter. Topics covered include all items related to hearing loss, prevention, exposure to ...
07.16.2021 EP163: Juniper Management is Wildlife Conservation In this episode (163) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares the mic with Dr. Tim Deboodt and Dylan Kruse, experts in juniper management and emerging markets for juniper as a commercial wood product. Juniper is a native tree that ...
07.08.2021 EP 162: Hunt Talk with Olympic Biathletes In this episode (162) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares the mic with longtime friends Lanny and Tracy Barnes, US Olympians in the biathlon and competitive shooters. Topics covered include hunting as a life skill for elite competition sports, ...
06.25.2021 EP 161: If You Hook 'Em, You Cook 'Em - with Hank Shaw In this Episode (161) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Hank Shaw returns to share his ideas on cooking, fish, and fishing. He talks about his new book, his fishing childhood, regional biases against great tasting fish, how all fish are ...
06.20.2021 Bonus: Remaining Tag Options To Hunt This Year In this bonus episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy talks remaining tag options with Brady Miller of goHUNT.com. Topics covered include over-the-counter options for all species, returned tag options, left-over options, and an explanation of how these options work ...
06.11.2021 EP 160: Catching Up With Clay Hayes In this Episode (160) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy catches up with past guest, Clay Hayes. Topics covered include Clay's appearance on Season 8 of the reality TV show ALONE. Also covered are building your own bow, getting as ...
06.02.2021 EP 159: Updates and a Call for Topics & Guests In this shortened episode (159) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio Randy goes solo and gives some updates on podcast delays, makes a call for topics and guests to augment his own topic ideas, explains why policy and politics is a ...
05.07.2021 EP 158: Andrew McKean on Access, Politics, and R3 In this Episode (158) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares the mic with Andrew McKean. Andrew's background as with Outdoor Life and his many years as a volunteer give a unique perspective to discuss the issues of our time. ...
04.28.2021 EP 157: 2021 Hunting Policy/Politics with Experts In this episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares the mic with Dave Willms and Nephi Cole, both avid elk hunters and former policy advisors for Wyoming Governor Matt Meade. Topics covered include how the game works, an insider's ...
03.31.2021 Bonus - Colorado Elk & Deer 2021 In this Bonus episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy gives the 2021 update on applying for deer and elk in Colorado. Topics covered include deadlines, preference point system, over-the-counter tags, excellent dates for 2021 deer hunting, likely point creep, ...
03.17.2021 EP156: Hunters As Political Advocates In this episode (156) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy and Marcus are ice fishing, mostly fishing for answers to how hunters can better understand the political process and increase their advocacy. Topics covered include trends in hunting topics becoming ...
03.02.2021 EP 155: Steven Drake, Adventure Hunter & Photographer In this episode (155) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy is joined by Steven Drake, passionate hunter and adventure photographer. Topics covered include making your passion your business, hunting for adventure, avalanche mountain goats, photography through a different lens, avoiding ...
02.26.2021 Bonus - 2021 Utah Application Primeer In this bonus episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy gives the 2021 highlights of the Utah application process prior to the March 4th deadline. Topics covered include deadlines, how the system works, fees, upfront costs, and what species are ...
02.14.2021 EP 154: Hunting Politics Primer - Montana SB 143 In this episode (154) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio Randy shares the mic with Mac Minard, Executive Director of the Montana Outfitter and Guides Association. The discussion revolves around MT Senate Bill 143 that would take 60% now 39% of ...
02.12.2021 EP 153: Inglorious Glory Tags (elk) In this episode (153) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy, Marcus, and Michael talk about Michael's Idaho elk hunt in a hard-to-draw unit. In addition to that hunt, a season recap is provided, explaining how to make a story from ...
02.05.2021 Bonus - Hunt Arizona This Year In this bonus episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy is joined by Brandon Evans, Head of Research at goHUNT.com. Though this episode focuses on Arizona, with Brandon the topics diverts to explanation of how draw odds are calculated in ...

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Hunt Talk Radio episodes:

Protecting Public Ownership of Wildlife

The Business of Food & Outdoors

Intensive Product Testing and Dark Secrets

Human Population Growth - A Wildlife Apocalypse

Mexican Wolf Recovery - Politics or Science

Grizzly Bears - Past, Present & Future

Johnathan O'Dell and his Backburner Podcast

Hunting Technology - Good, Bad, or Ugly?

Hunting Goat and Sheep with Adam Foss

Wild Sheep - Collaboration, Conflict, & Conservation

North American Wildlife Conservation Model (Part 5 of 5)

North American Wildlife Conservation Model (Part 4 of 5)

North American Wildlife Conservation Model (Part 3 of 5)

North American Wildlife Conservation Model (Part 2 of 5)

North American Wildlife Conservation Model In Depth (Part 1 of 5)

Elk Advocacy From the Grassroots

Corner Crossing Part 2 - Legal Experts Chime In

Corner Crossing Part 1- History and Trends

Migrations, Elk, and Ecology with Arthur Middleton, PhD

Making Wildlife Science Interesting, Consumable and Actionable

The Outdoors Are For Everyone - with Hunters of Color

Montana Elk Policy Proposals with FWP Director Hank Worsech

Hunt Arizona Elk in 2022 - Or at least try

2022 Wyoming Elk Application Overview (Bonus)

Age Your Animal - Conservation Starts with Science

Hunting & Fishing With Your Youngsters

"With Privilege Comes Obligation" by Jessi Johnson

A 2021 Season Wrap - Some Years Are Crazy

Hunt Talk Radio Mid-season Update

Starting A Hunting Business From Scratch

Future of Fresh Tracks and Randy Newberg Platforms

Building A Company For Hunters - The goHUNT Story

Citizen Conservation - The Value of Volunteers

Arizona Wild Sheep, Water & Drought

Hearing Loss for Hunters and Shooters

EP163: Juniper Management is Wildlife Conservation

EP 162: Hunt Talk with Olympic Biathletes

EP 161: If You Hook 'Em, You Cook 'Em - with Hank Shaw

Bonus: Remaining Tag Options To Hunt This Year

EP 160: Catching Up With Clay Hayes

EP 159: Updates and a Call for Topics & Guests

EP 158: Andrew McKean on Access, Politics, and R3

EP 157: 2021 Hunting Policy/Politics with Experts

Bonus - Colorado Elk & Deer 2021

EP156: Hunters As Political Advocates

EP 155: Steven Drake, Adventure Hunter & Photographer

Bonus - 2021 Utah Application Primeer

EP 154: Hunting Politics Primer - Montana SB 143

EP 153: Inglorious Glory Tags (elk)

Bonus - Hunt Arizona This Year

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