Hunt Talk Radio

In this episode (116) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy and Marcus are on their way home from Randy's lifelong dream hunt; Mountain Caribou in the Cassiar Mountains of British Columbia.  This podcast focuses on the importance of having dreams, and even more important to work at making those dreams come true. Randy has been dreaming of this hunt since a teenager.  It took 40 years to make it a reality.  In addition to caribou, a moose tag in hand was a handy addition to this amazing experience.  Great adventures, new landscapes, special species, more memories and new friends.  If you get only one thing from this episode, I hope it is the inspiration to make your lifelong dreams the reality of today.

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In this Episode (115) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy opens the mic to a trio of hunters who just happen to be women.  Randy is deeply interested in the lens through which hunters who are women see the hunting world.  Joining in this conversation are Nicole Qualtieri, Sarah Keller, and Lindsey Mulcare.  Topics covered include how women are socialized away from hunting at younger ages, coming back to hunting, born into hunting or having to learn it, patronizing or pragmatic, crying is part of the deal, shrink it and pink it, huntress or hunter, OK to exclude men/women, and many other topics these three hunters find discussion-worthy for a male-dominated activity as is hunting.

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In this episode (114) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio Randy is joined by Keith Balfourd, Marketing and Communications Director at Boone & Crockett Club.  Topics covered include the history and origin of Fair Chase, self-restraint as the foundation of species recovery, conservation founded on the Fair Chase principles, hunting image, codes, standards, behavior, why it matters, wise use of resources requires restraint, hunting in a diverse society, conservation through a single species lens, databases used for conservation, harvesting older or male species is conservation, and many other sticky hunting topics on which B&C is leading the discussion.

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In this episode (113) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares a mic with two fellow public land hunters, Aaron Warbritton of The Hunting Public and Sam Soholt of the Public Land School Bus.  Topics covered include the challenges of filming public land hunts, finding public hunting spots, information and inspiration, how we all got into this gig, some behind the scenes stories, public land whitetails, midwest public land hunting, western spoils, and lots of ideas on finding public hunting ground.

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In this episode (112) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares a mic with frequent guest, Shane Mahoney of Conservation Visions.  From the RMEF Elk Camp in Park City, topics covered include sharing the harvest, wild harvest statistics, value of information gives value to wildlife, North American Model of Wildlife Conservation update, opponents can be allies, opportunities to sway abound, sustainable use of all resources includes wildlife, world looking to North America wildlife models, food security concerns favor hunting, hunting as an example for sustainable systems, food at the core of the hunting message, health awareness benefits hunting, society admires those who share, and a host of other ideas crammed into an hour-long discussion.

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In this Episode (EP 111) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy and his crew debate where you find elk and why you find them.  Marcus believes elk "Are where your find them."  Randy insists you find elk "Where they are."   That debate is not solved, but discussed in great depth, along with elk patterns, why elk are where they are, five calendar periods of an elk's year, E-scouting, fishing skills for elk hunting, elk needs, hunting scapegoats, moon phases, locked down whitetails, internet research, all forage is not the same, elk hunter botanists, and host of other topics designed to inform and inflame the listener.

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In this Episode (110) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares a mic with former guest and Leupold's VP Product Development, Tim Lesser.  Topics covered include where new ideas come from, dreams and realities, manufacturable, value proposition, relentless pursuit of improvement, gateways to end product development, field testing, honest feedback, migration of military technology, producing with customers in mind, test for weakest links, pulling the plug, USA manufacturing benefits and challenges, foreign competitors, real world results, over-engineer, weight and resulting forces, lighter can be more durable, surfaces aplenty, lens coatings matter, and many other topics that explain how high quality rifle scopes are made.

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In this episode (EP109) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy is joined by Ryan Lampers of the Sthealthy Hunter.  Topics covered include spring black bears, boars' nests, green pockets, backpacking for bears, evening or morning, bear meat, velvet mule deer, archery stalks, controlling your nerves, young buck sentinels, Western Hunting Summit,  high country bucks, Washington muleys, blown stalks, sloth-like, ten-day hunts, patience, and many other topics related to archery mule deer and spring black bears.

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In this Bonus Episode of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy gives a quick overview of the Idaho system for non-resident elk tags.  Topics covered include deadlines (6/5/19), no point system, upfront costs, getting the most for your money, strategy to hunt Idaho every year, wolf opportunity, combining with a deer hunt, where populations are over objective, season dates, and the other basics you need to apply for and hunt elk in Idaho this year.

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In this episode (108) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares the mic with Tony Peterson, outdoor writer and host of the Hunt For Real Podcast.  Topics covered include hunting public land whitetails, kids teaching parents, late season pheasants, hunting dogs, print media, changes to digital media, how hunting has changed, insights to the archery industry, commercialization, Congress is pro wrasslin, portraying real hunting experiences, how Randy got into media, how hunting messages are formed by outside influences, and many other topics from two experienced media producers.

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