This week we caught up with Al Stewart, education director at the Nimrod Society’s education center at Hillsdale College in Michigan. Stewart has 50 years of trapping and managing wild turkeys and is the only wildlife professional to have both trapped and harvested all five subspecies of the American Wild Turkey and the Ocellated turkey. We discuss his career, his adventures and more. 

This week, the NWTF's own Fred Bird and Gilbert Randolph got together virtually for some holiday fun. They discuss the gift guide recently posted to social channels and also share in some holiday-themed banter.

On this episode, we're LIVE from Flaghill Distillery and Winery in Lee, New Hampshire! We sat down with Daniel Vitalis, AJ DeRosa, Emilie Cram, and Brian Ferguson to talk the future of hunting, the centrality of habitat work for sustainable wildlife populations, and much more.

A special thanks to our title sponsor, Nomad Outdoor. 

Meet Ann Nguyen! She is a first generation Vietnamese-American who has become fully immersed in the outdoors and hunting lifestyle. We discuss what piqued her interest in hunting, how she has since become fully immersed in the outdoors, obstacles she has overcome and how she hopes to share her knowledge through mentorship of other women looking to join the outdoor community.

This week we're talking with Adam Whitehead and Nick Wilson of Sportsman's Box! They share their experience starting the company and we open up the new NWTF Sportsman's Box on air. 

This week, we sat down with the NWTF's Patt Dorsey and Collin Smith to discuss the conservation organization's Big Sky Initiative in Montana. Dorsey, NWTF director of conservation operations in the West, and Smith, NWTF district biologist for Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, discuss the need for increased forest management and why it should matter to everyone. Topics include management as a method to decrease the risk of wildfire and provide cleaner water and better outdoor recreation opportunities. 

We sat down with dedicated NWTF volunteer, outdoor writer, podcaster and archery guru Cliff Cadet to talk about the New York City Metro Longspurs Chapter and the chapter's first JAKES event to introduce youth into archery. We also cover Cadet's journey into the hunting space and barriers he has overcome along the way.

We sit down with Cliff Cadet, Dr. Bret Collier and Dr. Kevin Ringelman, Cuz Strickland, Maddie Proulx and Mark Hatfield to talk new hunter programs, our on the ground conservation initiatives and more. This is all part of NWTF Conservation Week, where we celebrate the impact our volunteers and staff are making on wildlife and wildlife habitat across the US. 

Special thanks to Nomad Outdoors and Bass Pro Shops. 

You can donate to Wild Turkey Research here: https://your.nwtf.org/conservation_week/

This week we caught up with Mark Drury, a longtime outdoorsman with more than 30 years of experience and one of the iconic personalities in the hunting industry. We celebrate the opening of the fall hunting seasons, the second annual NWTF Conservation Week - set for the week of September 18 - and so much more!

This week we talk with Aaron Warbritton of the Hunting Public. We discuss the origins of THP, the challenges facing traveling hunters, ticks and tick prevention.

Special thanks to Nomad Outdoors and Bass Pro Shops