The Wild Initiative

Josh Corbin of Antler Trader and Zero Guide Fees joins Sam on Living Country in the City at the Western Hunt Expo with to talk about making guided hunts more accessible to everyone. On this episode, they talk about bringing more business to outfitters, teaching Shedcrazy everything he knows and the idiocy of shed hunting seasons.

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Freddy Harteis, the Hollywood Hunter, sits down all the way out in Utah at the Western Hunt Expo with Sam on Living Country in the City to talk about merging city and country in an effort to change people's perception of hunters. On this episode, they discuss raising funds for conservation, positive and negative reactions in social situations to him as a hunter, the controversy over African big game hunting and the complexity of hunting beyond just meat versus trophies.

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Jessica Taylor Byers of FollowHerArrow joins Sam on Living Country in the City after a week of hog hunting. In this episode, they recap the week and talk about what makes hog hunting perfect newbies, thinking you're about to be eaten by coyotes, the excitement of releasing on your first animal and the heartbreak of losing it, my scientific process of selecting a blind, bouncing back from missed shots and failed stalks and the lessons learned from the trip.

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Jacine Jadreško joins Sam on Living Country in the City at the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo to talk about hunting all over the world. In this episode, they discuss her favorite hunts, The Women Who Kill Lions documentary, boyfriends with sensitive stomachs, dealing with anti-hunter backlash and her five hour fight with a giant marlin.

See the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/60.

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Lorenzo Sartini and Brady Miller join Sam on Living Country in the City at the Western Hunt Expo in the GoHunt booth to talk about the wide variety of hunting opportunities available in the west. In this episode, they discuss where to start when you don't know anything, the inconsistency of tag draws and regulations between states, the three main types of tag draws, deciding what's most important to you, point building strategies and what makes GoHunt such a powerful tool.

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and Tawney, President and CEO of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, joins Living Country in the City to talk about the founding of BHA, the importance of our public lands and waters, BHA's advocacy at the local, state and federal levels, Justin TImberlake wearing camo, opposition to public land access, and the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

See more on the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/58.

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South Cox of Stalker Stickbows and The Western Bowhunter Podcast joins Sam on Living Country in the City to talk about his vegetarian hippie commune upbringing in California. On this episode they discuss starting Stalker Stickbows, hunting California Blacktails, considerations when deciding whether to shoot a trad bow, common issues when first starting with a trad bow, longbows versus recurves and investing in yourself as a hunter.

See the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/57.

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Brad Luttrell, co-founder of the GoWild app, joins Sam on Living Country in the City to talk about what makes GoWild unique. On this episode, they discuss being discouraged from posting about hunting on social media, setting small goals to build something great, trophy scoring being inclusive of a lot more than antler size, censoring content, wild game recipes, saving Sage Wisdom (#savethesage) and how storytelling changes when posting on different platforms.

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Rob Smiley of Reelfowl Outdoors and Joey Ploshay of California Hunting Addiction joins Sam on Living Country in the City to talk about hunting and fishing in California. In this episode, they talk about the endless opportunities and variety available for the California hunter and angler, hunting waterfowl and upland game with dogs, dealing with the death threats, and both the positive and negative aspects of hunting in California.

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Chad "Money" Mendes, fellow Californian, UFC fighter and hunting and fishing guide, joins Sam on Living Country in the City in the Finz & Featherz booth at the Sacramento International Sportsman's Expo to talk about finding recipes for using wild game as lean clean fuel for training. On this episode, they discuss the allure of hunting with a bow, reactions to him being a hunter, sharing wild game with others, the variety of hunting available in CA and founding Finz & Featherz Guides.

See the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/54.

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