Tony's guest is his dear friend, Rabbi Joseph Edelheit. They discuss whether Jews hunt, why Nimrod is a biblical villain, whether you should follow Jacob or Esau, kashruth, Jews who ice fish, the ethics of kosher butchering, why Noah brought animals to the Big Do-Over, and leaving some crops out for the animals.

Find Joseph and order his book at his website: https://www.whatamimissing.org/ 

Special Thanks to Realtor Heather Womack (https://heatherwomackrealty.com/)

Tony and Brandon discuss whether hunters should support commonsense gun control, and Tony also weighs in on the MeatEater controversy about ending hunter recruitment. They also banter about life, spring, Lake Mille Lacs, opening the cabin, and more.

Special Thanks to Realtor Heather Womack (https://heatherwomackrealty.com/)

Tony's guest this week is Meadow Kouffeld, wildlife biologist, taxidermist, college professor, accomplished hunter, and single mom. They talk about growing up off-grid, pointers vs. flushers, getting claustrophobic in Europe vs. living in a FEMA trailer, not letting your dog's tongue near your face, battling intestinal parasites, taxidermy as an act of art, and letting people into your soul when you take them hunting. 

You can see Meadow's work at https://www.facebook.com/WoodsandMeadowTaxidermy/ and follow her on Instagram at @MeadowKouffeld.

Special Thanks to Realtor Heather Womack (https://heatherwomackrealty.com/)

Tony sits down with Bob Timmons, editor of the StarTribune Outdoors Weekend section, and they talk about faith healing, Christian Science reading rooms, the uniquely spiritual architecture of a canoe, middle-aged men, whether bird watchers and bird shooters can work together, and more.

Read Bob's writing here: http://www.startribune.com/bob-timmons/10646126/

Special Thanks to Realtor Heather Womack (https://heatherwomackrealty.com/)

Tony's guest this week is Bob St. Pierre, the chief marketing and communications officer for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever. Tony and Bob talk about being a Yooper, blaze orange sport coats, the St. Paul Saints, Disco Demolition Night, hanging out with Bill Murray, the origins of PF, the magic sauce, keeping life in perspective, hunting with a passion, and more. Find Bob on Twitter at @BobStPierre and Instagram at @pheasantbob.

Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn sits in the Minnesota House of Representatives and is Anishinaabe. She and Tony talk about her childhood on the Leech Lake Reservation, growing up as a Rez Catholic, walleye vs. perch, how white people can learn from native cultures without coopting them, working as an indigenous person in a colonial system, the spread of CWD, the spirituality of deer hunting, and more. 

Find Jamie on all the social medias and on her website: https://becker-finn.org/

Tovar Cerulli is the author of "The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian's Hunt for Sustenance." Tovar and Tony discuss the journey from veganism to hunting, how life and death are constants, the two camps of hunters, the dietary benefits of meat, the spirituality of mortality, the ritual of butchering, and more. Find Tovar at tovarcerulli.com and buy his book here: https://amzn.to/38YiZEF

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Courtney is not only Tony's spouse, she's also a photographer, yoga instructor, and an Enneagram teacher. Tony and Courtney discuss eating wild game yogically, reading a book while goose hunting, the joy of watching dogs hunt pheasants, how to best photograph a hunt, how the enneagram can help hunters work together and solo, and more. Find Courtney at yenneagram.com and on all the social medias by searching Yenneagram (that's yoga + enneagram).

Tony chats with longtime StarTribune Outdoors columnist Dennis Anderson, and they talk about loose-meat sandwiches, hitchhiking to Ecuador, St. Sigurd Olson, small town cafes, Bud Grant, that feeling when the ducks drop in, and more.

Read Dennis's columns at http://www.startribune.com/dennis-anderson/10644341/

Tony welcomes Steve Chapman, the author of "A Look at Life from a Deer Stand" and many other books about hunting and faith. They discuss Steve's first squirrel hunt, his grandpa getting his arm amputated on the kitchen table, self-publishing his first book, storing ten thousand copies in the garage, an antelope hunt in Wyoming, finding the first drop of blood when trailing an animal, and more.

Find Steve at steveandanniechapman.com and find his books here: https://amzn.to/37p0qbY. Thanks to Scheels for sponsoring this episode.