The Venatic Podcast

This week started off a little slow, but thankfully the news cycle started to hit its stride yesterday and we did manage to find a few things to chat about this week.

For starters, our friends over at the Sportsmen’s Alliance released a rather robust report that we all ought to read and, quite honestly, stick our chests out just a little bit for. According to the report, we as hunters contribute more economic value than a few NFL teams combined and a couple of Fortune 500 companies. 

We're also covering:

•  12-year-old boy receives award for saving his father during bear attack
•  The elk affectionately named Roger has been euthanized after mixing it up with the locals.
• Colorado officials host conflict mitigation meetings as ranchers and wildlife groups call for pause in wolf reintroduction
• Police identify 81-year-old Utah man who drowned while duck hunting
• Scientist photographs Burmese Python swallowing a whitetail deer whole

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This week we’re covering the story of a woman and her three juvenile accomplices that went on an absolute tear over the course of a couple of years, illegally killing upwards of 100 deer.

We’re also following the infamous story of the Alexander buck. For those of you who may have been living under a rock for the last year-or-so, a young Ohio man killed an absolute monster of a buck last fall and was insta-famous for a minute or two before wildlife officials started sniffing around. As it turns out, it was an elaborate (and illegal) scheme that, despite the evidence against him, the accused remained steadfast in defending his innocence. That is until this week when he seemingly changed his tune…

We're also covering:

•  Oregon State Police Circulating Photo of Suspect Caught on Trail Camera Where a Bull Elk was Poached
•  7,000 Albertans Apply to Hunt Grizzly Bears Under New ‘Problem Wildlife’ Program
• Off-duty Game Warden busts 21-year-old poachers in Pennsylvania
• 90 bears hit the ground on day one of NJ archery season
• Idaho man charged with poaching elk with silenced rifle

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This week we’re covering the story of 81-year-old Arthur Shubarth who earlier this year was caught for importing foreign sheep parts, cloning embryos and eventually creating a giant sheep specimen he later named the “Montana Mountain King” who he would soon use to breed even more super-sheep and sell them to captive hunting operations across the country. Well, he finally had his day in court and things aren’t looking all that good for him.

We’ve also got the story of a trio of guides who are now facing federal Lacey Act violations stemming from over a dozen illegally killed and transported mountain lions. And let me tell you, these guys are going to be worse off than the old man and his sheep. 

We're also covering:

•  Northern Ontario man facing big fines after getting his Indigenous buddy to claim he shot a big bull moose
•  Three people killed in apparent dispute over hunting land
• “Fat Bear Week” gets delayed after a large bear kills a rival bear live on camera
• The dude from Swamp People has been cited in a Louisiana alligator hunting sting
• Headless elk leads to poaching investigation in Park City
• Colorado camper kills a mountain lion with a shovel

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This week we’re covering the story surrounding a catfish smuggling ring that resulted in over 180 violations to nine individuals across three states.  We’re also covering the harrowing story about a group of teens that were surrounded by a pack of wolves while duck hunting in Wisconsin and had a tough choice to make.

We're also covering:

•  11-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Hunter to Kill a Bighorn in Wyoming
•  A rare eye disease found in Idaho deer
• Alberta hunter vindicated after online trolls criticize the fact that he ‘let’ grizzlies feed on his elk carcass
• Recent study finds that spring bear hunting proves to be beneficial for moose populations
• NY man charged with taking more bucks than legally allowed during last year’s hunting season

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This week we’re covering the heroic story of a 12-year-old boy who left into action while his father was being attacked by a black bear and quite possibly saved his life. We’re also checking in on some new Canadian fishing regulations calling for fines of upwards of half a million dollars.

We're also covering:

•  Significant fines and revoked licenses for New York poachers
•  Utah officials are looking for information regarding a poached cow moose in Wasatch County
• Montana bear hunters facing charges for impromptu photo shoot with bear cubs
• Wisconsin sandhill cranes have become a victim of their own success and now the state doesn’t know what to do with them
• Colorado officials are looking for help for two poached animals in Lake Pueblo State Park

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This week we’re covering the story of the arrest of a 20-year-old suspect that allegedly went on an absolute deer killing spree across Cody, Wyoming. We’re also covering the flippity-floppity-ness of Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program. It’s going just about just as well as everyone expected and now an entire pack has been captured and quarantined.  For how long?  Well, nobody knows…

We're also covering:

• A new record gator in Mississippi
• Using drones for hunting in Missouri
• Iowa officials scrambling for help in botched poaching investigation
• Utah DNR admits to secret elk culling

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This week we’re covering the story of a former Ohio man who has recently been sentenced in a bizarre case of body-armor, coyotes and opening fire on unsuspecting game wardens. We’ll also be touching on the story of a pair of bow hunters who are thankfully safe after being attacked by a grizzly and a deadly outbreak in Wyoming that has left 50-60-head of cattle and a bull moose dead.

Plus we'll also cover:

• An almost-record gator caught in Mississippi
• The 5-year-old boy that was attacked by a mountain lion at a Labor Day Weekend picnic
• Two Ontario men kidnap a black bear and feed it Taco Bell
• Georgia's first National Hunting and Fishing Day
• And two major fishing leagues ban the use of forward-facing sonar

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This week we’re covering the story of a drunk Missouri man who was arrested after opening fire on a pair of anglers who were allegedly fishing a little too close to his dock, as well as Washington state’s newest policy for all of their 152 commissioned state wildlife police officers.

Plus we'll also cover:

• Colorado asking the fed for help in capturing reintroduced wolves
• CWD-detecting dogs
• Misdiagnosis as officials try to save bald eagle
• Man claims he didn’t need a hunting license because he’s American-born
• Former Utah Wildlife Board member slapped in illegal hunting case

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This week we’re covering the culmination of the infamous Hollywood Buck story as well as an interesting tale out of Utah where we try to balance what is legal with what is ethical in a case filled with some poor communication and even worse shooting that involved an alleged stolen bull that was shot by three separate hunters before finally being claimed. 

Plus we'll also cover:

• The "Doomsday Fish" that washed ashore in California days ahead of an earthquake
• An Idaho man that was busted for selling Landowner Tags
• USFW's duck report
• An Alaskan hunter that shot himself during a bear attack
• Two people attacked by a wolf along an Alaskan highway
• The new AI being built to help reduce vehicle collisions with deer
• And Sweden's bear hunt

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This week we’re covering a curious case of a family-oriented serial poacher turned dog killer. Yes, in a unique tale of family ethics - or the lack thereof - we cover the story of Brandon Mutchler and how Minnesota game wardens untangled his web of lies that led to a plethora of poaching charges and implicated him in the mysterious murder of a household pet.

Plus we'll also cover:

• The speed demon of Grand Teton
• The heroic rescue of a young boy by an Idaho biologist
• A mysterious fish kill in Minnesota
• Michigan's new rules for youth and disabled hunts
• A UK group that is lobbying for hunters to be recognized as 'ethnic minorities'
• The bear attack on a 3-year-old outside of Yellowstone
• And just how much a mountain lion hunt ban will cost the state of Colorado

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