Jake and I sat down to talk about the lifestyle, gear, diet, supplements, and equipment that can help propel you to a better you. Jake is a strength coach with the Seattle Kraken profesiional hockey team as well as a strength coach for sportsman and woman. Jake is a hunter and angler and has some great tips and strategies to help improve your health and fitness in the woods.

Elliott Outdoors

https://www.instagram.com/elliott__outdoors/

Jake Jensen

https://www.jakejensenstrength.com/

https://www.instagram.com/jake_jensen1/

https://www.instagram.com/sportsman_sc/

On this episode a group of us were thrilled to be joined by Bart George. Bart is the Wildlife Program manager for the Kalispel tribe, a licensed guide and hound hunter in Idaho. He also has been part of a very interesting research project in North East Washington. We dive into what that research is and also try to get as much great information out of Bart as we can. He has alot to offer. I really enjoyed this chat and look forward to more time chatting with Bart.

Elliott Outdoor

https://www.instagram.com/elliott__outdoors/

Bart George

https://www.instagram.com/bart.george.3/

Gary Strassburg

https://www.instagram.com/garystrassburg/

Jeff Holbrook

https://www.instagram.com/koorbloh/

https://www.instagram.com/veryserioushunting/

Charlse Whitwam

https://www.instagram.com/howl_org/

https://www.howlforwildlife.org/

Will Christison

https://www.instagram.com/nextgenerationhunter/

https://www.youtube.com/@nextgenerationhunter

Joel Swecker

https://www.instagram.com/blackrivertaxidermy/

Marie Neumiller

https://www.instagram.com/themuddydoe/

I drove over the cascades to Black River Taxidermy to meet with Joel and discuss all things taxidermy related, from tips and tricks for guys in the field and the tools to help preserve your trophy, to understanding the laws pertaining to CWD and Washington State. We hear about a close encounter with a grizzly bear and great advice when planning on taking an animal in for taxidermy work.

Elliott Outdoors

https://www.instagram.com/elliott__outdoors/

Black River Taxidermy

http://www.blackrivertaxidermy.com/

https://www.instagram.com/blackrivertaxidermy/

On this episode i am joined by Marie Neumiller of the Inland Northwest Wildlife Council, Mike Herz a sitting board member of the American Bear Foundation Washington Chapter, Jake Collier of One Outdoors. All, including myself members of the new Conservation Coalition of Washington. We got the opportunity to sit down and ask some questions to former WDFW Commissioner Kim Thorburn. She has been a strong advocate for hunting and its use in conservation and was one of few who stood strong to support the science and recommedation of the Washington spring bear hunt.

Elliott Outdoors

https://elliott-outdoors.myshopify.com/

https://www.instagram.com/elliott__outdoors/

Marie Nuemiller

https://www.instagram.com/themuddydoe/

Inland Northwest Wildlife Council

https://www.inwc.org/

https://www.instagram.com/inlandnwwildlifecouncil/

Mike Herz

https://www.instagram.com/herzmike/

American Bear Foundation

https://www.americanbearfoundation.org/

https://www.instagram.com/wa_chapter_abf/

https://www.instagram.com/americanbearfoundation/

Jake Collier

https://www.instagram.com/jakemcollier/

One Outdoors

https://www.instagram.com/one_outdoors/

https://www.oneoutdoors.org/

Conservation Coalition of Washington

https://www.instagram.com/conservation_coalition_of_wa/

I am joined by Justin of Backcoutnry hunters and Anglers Armed Forces Initiative, and Garrett who volunteers with Rally Point Outdoors. We chat a little bit about their respective organizations and the impact that they have on the veterans they are helping and the mental health benifits they see in hunting and the outdoors when it comes to this countries veterans.

Backcountry Hunters and Angler

https://www.backcountryhunters.org/armed_forces

https://www.instagram.com/bha_washington_afi/

Rally Point Outdoors

https://www.rallypointoutdoors.com

https://www.instagram.com/ralllypoint_outdoors_wa/

My guest today is a cool story of a 1st generation adult onset hunter. Hannah Scott talks about her experience with what its like to dive right into the world of hunting and fishing and venturing into the backcountry. Check out Hanna on and watch along as she learns and leans into hunting as a way of life on her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gonewithhannah/

We are joined by WDFW director Kelly Susewind for a conversation covering some topics of concern and questions gathered from polling a group of sportsman and woman. Mike Herz of the American Bear Foundation, Mandy Carlstrom from the Washington Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Angler and Gary Strassburg of the Conservation Coalition of Washingotn joined me to have a great converstation with the Director and we gathered some great information on steps forward for hunters and outdoorsmen and woman.

Elliott Outdoors

https://elliott-outdoors.myshopify.com/

https://youtube.com/@elliottoutdoorgear

Gary Strassburg

https://www.instagram.com/garystrassburg/

Mike Herz

https://www.instagram.com/herzmike/

Mandy Carlstrom

https://www.instagram.com/mandy_carlstrom/

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

https://wdfw.wa.gov/

American Bear Foundation

https://www.americanbearfoundation.org/

https://www.instagram.com/americanbearfoundation/

https://www.instagram.com/wa_chapter_abf/

Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

https://www.backcountryhunters.org/

https://www.instagram.com/backcountryhunters_wa/

https://www.instagram.com/bha_washington_afi/

Conservation Coalition of Washington

https://www.instagram.com/conservation_coalition_of_wa/

What does conservation mean to you? On this episode a panel of sportsman and woman sat down and had another fireside chat with a Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission member to ask just that question. This time it was WDFW Commission Chair Barbara Baker. The lineup of Sportsman and Woman consisted of Charles Whitwam, The founder and president of @howlforwildlife , Dane Czarnecki, Will Christian the @nextgenerationhunter , Gary Strassburg, Marie Neumiller of Inland Northwest Wildlife Council @inlandnw916 and Ryan Garrett of Blue Ridge Rifles who was able to facilitate the meeting with Chair Baker.

Elliott Outdoors

https://www.instagram.com/elliott__outdoors/

https://youtube.com/@elliottoutdoorgear

https://elliott-outdoors.myshopify.com/

Ryan Garrett

https://www.instagram.com/blueridgerifle/

https://www.instagram.com/hunterfarmerartisan/

Charles and Howl For Wildlife

https://www.howlforwildlife.org/

https://www.instagram.com/howl_org/

Dane Czarnecki

https://www.instagram.com/dancz05/

Will Christison

https://www.instagram.com/nextgenerationhunter/

https://www.youtube.com/@nextgenerationhunter

Gary Strassburg

https://www.instagram.com/garystrassburg/

Marie Neumiller

https://www.instagram.com/themuddydoe

https://www.inwc.org/

A group of outdoorsman consisitng of your return favorites like Dane and Mike along with Ryan Garrett, Gary Strasburg Will Cristison Anthiny Smith Joel Swecker and some others join in along the way like Doug Boze, Washington state department of fish and wildlife commissioner Tim Regan. In an effort to gain more transparency a group of Washington resident outdoorsman and woman are reaching out to the WDFW commission members. So in the second meeting with one we speek with Tim Regan about his thoughts on the bear hunting debacle in washington, the apparent attack on hunting and the new Game Manegment Policy that has been introduced.

intro song

https://open.spotify.com/track/1S30TApdfjNaIp6WTEQRcY?si=0a9472015f314533

Mike Herz

https://www.instagram.com/herzmike/

Will Christison

@nextgenerationhunter

https://www.instagram.com/nextgenerationhunter/

Dance Czarnecki

https://www.instagram.com/dancz05/

Joe Swecker

https://www.instagram.com/blackrivertaxidermy/

Gary Strassburg

https://www.instagram.com/garystrassburg/

Ryan Garrett

https://www.instagram.com/hunterfarmerartisan/

Anthony Smith

https://www.instagram.com/antskillet/

Doug Boze

https://www.instagram.com/bozeandbears/

A group of sportman from Washington State consisting of Josh Caple, James Forslund of Bear Country Outrdoors, Joel Swecker of Black River Taxidermy Will Christison Mike Herz of the American Bear Foundation Washington Chapter, Dane Czarneki, are joined by Commissioner John Lehmkuhl for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for a discuission to clear up a lot of questions and concerns that alot of hunters and anglers in the state of Washington Have with the current climate with the current commision. John agreed to give some of his time to better help create more transparency and discussion between commissioners and the people of the state. This was, I believe a productive conversation and a very civil one while still hashing out some differences. For those who are interested in any studies or topics discussed there are links below as reference. intro musichttps://open.spotify.com/track/1S30TApdfjNaIp6WTEQRcY?si=t5ww1hFcSDe1k-kW2dOiBw

James Forslund https://www.instagram.com/jamesforslund/ https://www.instagram.com/bearcountryoutdoors/https://youtube.com/@bearcountryoutdoors

Mike Herz https://www.instagram.com/herzmike/ https://www.instagram.com/wa_chapter_abf/ Joel Swecker https://www.instagram.com/blackrivertaxidermy/https://youtube.com/@blackrivertaxidermyjoelswe9898

Will Christison https://www.instagram.com/nextgenerationhunter/ https://youtube.com/@nextgenerationhunter

Dance Czarneki https://www.instagram.com/dancz05/

Josh Caple https://www.instagram.com/jdcaple81/

Reference Links https://wildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/North-American-model-of-Wildlife-Conservation.pdf https://wdfw.wa.gov/media/13553https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/20230127-wdfw-ungulate-monitoringblue-sheetppt.pdf https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission/meetings/2023/26-28jan2023-agenda