Carl Van Zyl and I have spent over 2 months of our lives hunting the South African bush together. Having just wrapped up our 9th safari, we sat down in the library at John X Safari's Woodlands Camp to talk about [...]
Two of my favorite singer songwriters join us in studio this week. William Clark Green makes his 3rd appearance on the show and John Baumann his debut. In addition to their chops as solo artists, they also make up one half [...]
Travis Thompson is a lifelong Floridian outdoorsman who serves as the Executive Director of All Florida. This conservation group's focus is to "develop a coalition of advocates and artists, hunters and hikers, fishermen and families, to ensure that Florida's future is [...]
Cinnamon Creek Ranch's origins go back over 40 years, hell you've probably heard their commercial on this show for at least 15 of those. Our good friend and owner Joe Mussachio joins the show this week. I dropped a buck off [...]
Our old friend Michael Hunter makes his return to the show this week. The professional chef and owner of the esteemed Antler Kitchen & Bar restaurant just released a new wild game cookbook. We discuss the latest publication Hunter Chef in [...]
Ducks Unlimited Senior Waterfowl Scientist Mike Brasher makes his return to the show. We recount his recent spring turkey success before shifting our attention to the state of waterfowl populations. Highlights from the conversation include: NAWCA Funding Status (North American Wetlands [...]
Where does the rubber meet the road on game fish populations and advances in technology? Much has been made of forward facing sonar (Live Scope) in recent years. Some anglers love it, others bemoan it. Various tournament trails for both bass [...]
Author Paul Greenberg makes his return to the show this week, and if Paul is here then you know the conversation will steer towards fishing. The longtime New York City native is one of my favorite fishing/fisheries authors and we always [...]
We kick things off with a new duck recipe. If it's my cooking, then there's a greater than 50% chance it's going to be some kind of Tex/Mex preparation. We used the blue wing teal hearts from Henry and I's September [...]
Shallon Payne's family has thrived living on the land in Appalachia for as long as this country has existed. They're still doing the same today. So when the government used Hurricane Helene to close two massive swaths of public land to [...]
When I first saw the video of thousands upon thousands of snow geese frozen solid on a lake, I was initially shocked. Then I immediately wondered, what happened? It turns out the video I saw is actually one of many like [...]
Rachel Carrie is well put together. She is passionate about her love of hunting and shooting and articulates that reality thoughtfully and eloquently. When I met Rachel at the recent SCI Convention in Nashville, I immediately knew I wanted to visit [...]
Brad Luttrell is one of the nicest guys you'll come across in the outdoor industry. The GoWild founder jumps on to discuss a few memorable hunts from the past season. Including a Virginia bear hunt with hounds and rifle hunting out of [...]
Mark Boardman and I have had some great conversations over the years. This Campfire Conversation is no exception. The longtime Vortex Optics higher up and I discuss a wide array of topics including: Highlights from the past hunting season Spaghetti Shootouts [...]
If you aren't aware that the ATF might show up on your door step asking to seeing your guns, well now you are. The recent video of agents in Delaware showing up on a man's door step asking to see his [...]
Beau Martonik reminds me alot of myself. We're both big whitetail hunters who live in areas void of most other big game hunting opportunity. So, in both of our cases the West called and we answered. We discuss our similar backgrounds [...]
You may have seen hunting organizations like SCI bring the New Mexico bighorn sheep tag situation to light recently as a group of New Mexico residents appear up in arms over how the state dishes out big horn sheep tags to [...]
William Clark Green has been a staple on the Red Dirt scene for nearly 15 years now, and subsequently has joined the show a handful of times over the years. One of my favorite singer/songwriters, he also is a die hard [...]
Mossberg's Linda Powell is one of our oldest friends and subsequently a semi regular guest on the show. This spring, Linda and Mossberg came down to South Texas to chase longbeards with myself and my buddy Chisum Cooke. Mossberg also brought [...]
Remington's unprecedented $73 million dollar settlement with the families of the Sandy Hook victims is extremely concerning for the future of American firearm manufacturers. The Biden Administration has been open about repealing laws that previously protected gun makers from liability in [...]
Each January I head west to Pavur Outdoors (Seymour, TX) where I'm joined by my Missouri boys. This was our 6th annual duck/hogapolooza hunt where we spend 3 or 4 days chasing ducks and thermal hog hunting. It's always one of [...]
I'll be the first to admit that I don't know jack squat about surfing. However, it's something that has always fascinated me from an onlooker standpoint. When a mutual friend introduced me to professional big wave surfer Mark Healey with a [...]
Oklahoma State student Cort Travis recently took down this Boone and Crockett monster during Oklahoma's muzzle loader season. He joins the show to talk about chasing this wary bruiser. Sacrifices were made in the process as Cort cut classes and skipped [...]
