Just a few months to go, and we're back on the mountain, making dreams a reality! On this episode, I sit down with Marc Carlton of Native by Carlton Game Calls and dive into pairing diaphragms and tubes, the anatomy of a diaphragm, and take a brief walk down memory lane with a bit of Carlton history and elk calls. Enjoy the episode!

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Season 5 Wapiti Wednesday episode 1 kicks off 2023 with Travis "The Chuckler" O'Shea. This episode has a wealth of knowledge and some major pearls every hunter should carry in the woods this September. Travis O'Shea is the owner of Wapiti River Outdoors, elk calling coach, and a professional caller. We discuss Travis's strategies, why knowing the language is paramount, and playing the game against ALL the competition.

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I sat down with the gents over at Hunt Hike Harvest, Co-founders Joel Raether and Jason Hirsh to discuss their science-based approach to hunt prep., staying on the gas, and tackling the demands of your hunting season.

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I sat down with Efran Gonzalez, Jeffrey DeVaul, and Adam Schroeder to discuss Western Hunt Fest, how we ended up in Texas at Crystal creek with Adam, why I was crying in ground blinds, who killed what, and what the boys have planned for the Western Hunt Fest shoots this year.

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Chris and Jim are back for part four of our Is Hunting Conservation series. As usual, these guys bring the thunder on some of the following topics in regard to the future of hunting: How the activists sunk their teeth into the Colorado wolf plan, how tag dollars are allocated and how they're not, how sportsmen organizations can step up, breaking down our sportsmen organization membership, what's considered bad press that hunters post to social media, and Jim's newest attempt at leftist humor the new TWHP ad for Chris and myself...

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I sat down for a great conversation with DeAngelo Wilkinson—Father, hunter, athlete, and entrepreneur. We discuss and share our views on a couple of "tough" topics, what matters on the mountain and in life, just doing, cigarettes archery and Ozonics, elk season 2022, private jets, and Hunt Wallet. Enjoy the episode! 

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I caught up with my buddy Kyle Davidson of DCA custom arrows. Amongst other titles and hats, Kyle is an engineer and archer, combining those two and its next-level testing and analysis to produce, in my opinion, some of the best and technically sound arrow builds and components available today. Enjoy the episode.

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I sat down with Logan Holtz and discussed his exploration of his hunting roots and how the traditional German hunt compares to how he hunts out west, some of the traditions that have stood the test of time and what has seemingly been lost that could use a come back. We also go down the rabbit hole of handgun hunting and why he decided to take on the challenge. Enjoy the episode.

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HOWL for Wildlife came on the scene just over a year ago and has arguably garnered more direct sportsman engagement and involvement than many have seen in recent years. Nonetheless, not without scrutiny and struggle. I sat down with Charles Whitwam and Mike Costello, and we discussed some of the challenges and frustrations of coexisting with the "legacy" ORGS, scrutiny from within the community, the positive affirmations of their work and holding the front line. Enjoy the episode.

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Installment 3 of "Is Hunting Conservation". Jim, Chris and I have been discussing the viability of the statement that hunting is conservation and through some difficult, for some off putting dialogue. We explore and give our takes on the effects of social media, hunter apathy, our common foe etc. etc. In this episode we get into a bit of our personal history or origin story as hunters and what has brought us to our current mindsets, the fragmentation of our demographic, playing the game and understanding our opposition. And of course our usual banter, it's just a good time when we all sit down! Enjoy the episode!

Follow the links below to parts 1 and 2 and as mentioned episode 62 "The House That Ted Built" Chris's latest episode:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roe-hunting-resources-podcast/id1507792711?i=1000591672112

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-western-huntsman-podcast/id1492537819?i=1000590776428

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roe-hunting-resources-podcast/id1507792711?i=1000596013838

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