Emilie Cram worked for an outfitter in Wyoming -- where her jobs included packing mules, quartering elk, and pretty much anything else needed on guided hunting trips. When she took up a rifle herself, she found that even after so much time in the field, there are STILL questions it helps to be able to phone a friend for. Emilie also made good on a lifelong infatuation with Maine's seafaring culture by learning to lobster... which is fascinating. Trust us on this one!

2:00 "Hoot-owl restrictions" vary by state... some states close rivers to fishing when the river temp stays high. Others rely on anglers' judgement.

7:00 Winter scallops for year-round eating, plus berries galore

9:30 Tip for keeping turkey feathers: Freeze them so the mites don't deteriorate the feather

12:00 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

13:00 Learning to hunt working at a family outfitting business out West, then bringing those skills back home to the Northeast

16:00 Becoming a lobsterwoman (+ lobster-bacon salads)

19:00 A lifelong crush on the state of Maine

20:00 The regulatory climate for Maine lobstering

24:00 Bait

25:00 A wee bit of lobster ecology

28:00 No keeping the monster lobsters... "keepers" are a function of lobster size (dimensions) and gender

33:00 A rule of thumb: If you get a pound of lobster per trap (about one keeper), you're in the black on your lobstering

36:00 Notching a lobster

40:00 Going from working for an outfitter to being the one who does everything on a personal hunt

43:00 The power of being able to phone a friend when an unforeseen hunting problem arises

45:00 Hunting East vs. West... dense private lands vs. open public lands

48:00 Density of deer versus density of hunters

51:00 The nuance of asking permission to hunt on private lands... and as a landowner, sometimes having to say 'no'

53:00 NWF Outdoors podcast

59:00 Turkey eggs

1:00:00 Pasta Grannies! If you missed it last week... now's the time to catch up

1:00:02 Fly FisHer Adventures in Helena, Mont.

Find Emilie on Insta @instahcram

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