The Wild Initiative

Mike Nielson of SKRE Gear and Ben "Shedcrazy" Dettamanti join Sam on Living Country in the City at the International Sportsman's Expo in Sacramento, CA to talk about the origins of SKRE. On this episode, they discuss the science and inspiration behind the original Mountain Stealth and newly released Summit patterns, favorite pieces of gear for various situations, upcoming products in the SKRE lineup and how high performance hunting gear can still be reasonably priced.

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Tammy Bashore, Sara Domek, Kathy Hadley, and Jessi Johnson of Artemis, the Sportswomen's arm of the NWF join Sam on Living Country in the City to talk about how women are represented in the hunting/angling world. In this episode they discuss women providing a distinctive, disruptive, and disarming voice for conservation, inspiring women to step up and be leaders in conservation, the three pillars that Artemis is built on, and plans for the future of Artemis. 

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In a change of pace, Living Country in the City records a quick solo podcast on his trip home from Arizona to recap and discuss lessons learned from his first time ever hunting late season desert mule deer.

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Trevon Stoltzfus of Outback Outdoors joins Sam on Living Country in the City to talk about storytelling versus slaughterfests, the best films not always being the best from a technical perspective, accessibility of media changing the stories we tell, decreasing attention spans, the appropriateness of grip n' grin photos and terrible reenactments of kill shots.

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"Muley" Matt Howell of The Mule Deer Hunter joins Sam on Living Country in the City to talk showing respect for animals by remembering the hunt, hunting with his boys and bringing kids into the outdoors, the power of a good pack, "hunting family reunions" at industry events, putting in your time to be prepared for hunts and working for conservation on both local and national levels.

See the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/49.

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Justin Wegner, Hunting Product Guru, joins Sam on Living Country in the City to talk about chasing Texas whitetail as a kid, getting his start in the hunting industry by reviewing cars, persistence when chasing your passions, creating a place for yourself in the hunting industry and his essential gear for hunting whitetail.

See the show notes page at livingcountryinthecity.com/48.

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Tim Burnett, of SOLO HNTR, joins Sam on Living Country in the City to talk about influencing others to get into the outdoors, trying to piss off the fewest people possible, his hunting heroes, lots of followers not equaling quality content, the benefits and downsides of hunting solo, focusing on positivity, essential gear and people getting butthurt when he's not hunting alone 100% of the time.

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Sawyer Peacock joins Sam on Living Country in the City to talk about his non-profit organization, Sheds for Santa, how it got started, expanding from solely collecting sheds, finding families in need, helping families all over the United States, the various different ways to help out as well as a few tips for getting in to photographing your hunts.

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John Stallone, Host of Interviews with the Hunting Masters, joins Sam on Living Country in the City to talk about tips and tactics for Arizona deer hunting. On this episode, they discuss differences between Coues and Muley behavior, gear recommendations, how to kill lots of not quite trophy-sized animals, bowhunting for predators as a way to hone his hunting skills in the offseason, learning from others' mistakes and how much he absolutely HATES not filling tags.

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Ber Yang of Pure Trophies joins Sam on Living Country in the City to talk about growing up learning woodsmanship skills and how to live off the land in Laos, moving to Montana after the Vietnam war, bowhunting with his four brothers, Hmong wild game recipes, being an unexpected face in the woods and using every part of the animal.

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