The Wild Initiative

Wildlife Photographer, Tony Bynum, joins Living Country in the City to talk about learning to jump on incredible opportunities when they present themselves as well as creating your own opportunities. In this episode, he discusses his love of photography and its importance in conservation, tattoos and their meanings and training your mind for hunting and the outdoors in unique ways.

See the show notes page at thewildinitiative.com/93.

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Locker Wheeler of T3 Game Calls and The Progression Series joins Living Country in the City to talk turkey about… well… turkey. We cover what makes turkey hunting so appealing, the basics and definitions of turkey hunting, types of turkey sounds and their meanings and uses, essential gear, shot placement and we walk step-by-step through a typical turkey hunting scenario.

See the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/92.

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Joel Pilcher gets introspective with Living Country in the City to talk about getting started drawing wildlife for a living, designing branding and logos for companies, “making a living” in the hunting industry, being unique and more than just a logo, hunting for fun versus hunting for work and deciding if you REALLY want to start your own hunting brand. See the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/91.

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Modern Huntsman Co-Founders, Tyler Sharp and Brad Neathery, join Living Country in the City to discuss the publication, misinformation between hunter and non-hunters as well as dissension among hunters, awareness of how your content is perceived by varied audiences, adjusting messaging to encourage productive conversations, the savage nature of wildlife, developing a connection to the meat you consume and hunting’s “PR problem”. See the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/90.

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Marc “Muley Slayer” Smith joins Living Country in the City to talk about why he loves hunting mule deer, avoiding cold weather, rifle versus archery, how to get started hunting muleys, sharing the mountain and sharing core beliefs, important gear to invest in, shooting “consolation bucks”, the tao of hunting industry success, celebrating mediocrity in the fullest and how to be successful in both hunting and life. See the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/89.

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Lt. Alan Gregory of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife joins Living County in the City to talk about the Advanced Hunter Education program, predator hunting in CA, filling in the knowledge gaps for the adult onset hunter, the difference between hands-on experience and watching a YouTube video, the benefits of processing your own meat, the stigma of being a Californian, special hunt offerings in CA and courses offered in the program. See the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/88.

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Sam Soholt joins Living Country in the City to talk about jumping into hunting with both feet, needing a homemade 2x4 truck bed extender for mass amounts of gear, relaxing on hunts, extreme nature walking, photographing Joe Rogan, buying a school bus as a billboard to advocate for public lands and why public lands are so important and how they’re in danger.

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Garrett Johnson, the Brush Wolf Hunter, joins Living County in the City to talk about the ethics of predator hunting, tips for calling coyotes, decoy dogs, calling in your underwear, pet coyote pups, rookie mistakes and the strategy of calling coyotes as a giant rabbit.

See more on the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/86.

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Living Country in the City calls all the way across the pond to the UK to talk with Rachel Carrie about the traditions of hunting in England, running hawks and ferrets with her father, hunting as an upper-class “gentlemen’s” sport, dealing with the antis and changing the perspective of a PETA model, the expansion of shooting sports in the UK and the differences between hunting in the US and the UK. See the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/85.

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Living Country in the City hops on the line with Doug Boze, author of The Ultimate Guide to Black Bear Hunting to talk about hunting black bears without bait or dogs, learning about bear sign, predator calling for bear, ground shrinkage, the allure and ethics of predator hunting, following wounded bears into thick brush and judging boars versus sows. See the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/84.

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