Tundra Talk Podcast

In this episode, I’m joined by Frank Schultz, Rob Simard, and for the first time, Will Simard. We talk about how crazy spring and summer are here in Alaska and give a recap of our recent bear hunting trip, where Will killed a monster black bear. Enjoy!

In this episode I’m joined by my long-time friend Nick. I met Nick in our first couple years of college, and back in 2006, we set off to hunt sheep. It was great re-living the memories of that hunt and hopefully you can learn some lessons from our mistakes.

In this episode, I’m joined by Arthur Abalama, who’s a lifelong resident of southwest Alaska. Arthur does a great job sharing his adventures on his instagram page, and it was great to hear about growing up in that country, how he got into aviation, and some of his favorite hunting. Enjoy!

In this episode, I get to sit down with the man who took the NPS to the Supreme Court and won. Twice. John is a passionate hunter and now advocate for Alaskans, our lifestyle, and use of our lands. He talks about his now famous lawsuit against the National Park Service that has greatly impacted access to many of our lands. John also currently sits as president of the Alaska chapter of SCI, and is raising awareness around the upcoming meetings to decide the fate of millions of acres of federal public lands in northwest Alaska.

Meeting link and info: Public hearing announced for deferred Temporary Wildlife Special Action Request WSA21-01 regarding caribou and moose in Units 23 and 26A | U.S. Department of the Interior (doi.gov)https://doi.gov/subsistence/news/general/public-hearing-announced-deferred-temporary-wildlife-special-action-0

In this episode I’m joined by Frank Schultz, Matt Herkstroeter, and Connor Owen, and we discuss the recent draw results, some of the tags we managed to draw, and how much we are looking forward to the coming hunting seasons. enjoy!

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In this episode, I’m joined by Matt Herkstroeter to discuss the push for closures of sheep hunting opportunities in the Brooks Range. Some of these proposals follow suit with the attempted closures of federal land to non-local caribou hunters via the Federal Subsistence board through Wildlife Special Action Requests (WSA’s). We discuss the reality that sheep populations have been hit statewide the past two winters, what might be coming down the pipe, and the importance of staying objective in forming our opinions on the matter. The meeting we expect these proposals to be put forward is happening now, Feb 16 and 17, 2022, and the call-in info is listed in the episode photo here on tundratalkak.com. At the very least if you can call in to stay informed and give feedback if necessary, it will help.

Meeting phone number: 1-866-617-1525, passcode: 54006314

In this episode I’m joined by Brett Evens. We’d recently been talking about 10mm pistols, and I’ve been shooting a bunch to review some of them. We talk about pistols for backcountry defense, some specifics on certain pistols, and also talk some flying and other good stuff. Enjoy!

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In this episode, I’m joined by Frank Schultz and Temple Dillard. We talk a bit about the recent winter storms, digging out traps, how to make seal oil, and even making portable lamps out of .223 casings.

In this episode I’m joined by Adam Grenda. We talk about hunting brown bears, sheep, moose, and all the other stuff Adam has been up to out on the peninsula in the past year. Enjoy!

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In this episode I’m joined by Frank Schultz, and Shaun Porter, a blue-collar hunter from the UK who started a company global-outdoors.com, to facilitate helping other guys hunt around the world. He’s moving to Alaska to start fresh, so we talk about some of the things he’s done and what he has in store. Enjoy!