They say most people switch careers 3 times in their lives. I hope that never becomes my reality. It's no secret that I am blessed to get to call hunting and fishing a job. Of course there are the hours upon [...]
I recently came across a NAT GEO piece that detailed the interesting phenomenon of cougars killing grey wolves in Washington. After a quick Google search, I realized that a similar feature was published in Outdoor Life over a year ago and [...]
New Mexico has long been a place that is near and dear to me. I've backpacked, flyfished and hunted the Sangre De Cristos mountains for over 20 years. So to see a record shattering bull elk come out of the Land [...]
I became aware of Team Endure through a viral deer hunting video I came across a few weeks back. It was of a whitetail buck sliding down a snow covered hill where the hunter clearly had shot the animal from the [...]
No hunter, outdoorsman, biologist I've come across dismisses Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) as a made up disease that doesn't affect an infected deer. However, is CWD really the Grim Reaper for deer herds? With Tennessee's state wildlife agency possibly manipulating CWD [...]
Our old friend Jesse Duebel of the New Mexico Wildlife Federation makes his return to the show this week. The passionate big game hunter gives us his thoughts on why New Mexico continues to be squarely in the crosshairs of anti [...]
Texas Trophy Hunters has represented the Texas hunting community for nearly 50 years. The 2023 Extravaganza season kicks off this week in Houston as the TTHA tradition of hunting, family and community come together once again in Houston, Fort Worth and [...]
Former Texas Parks and Wildlife Director of Hunter Education Robert Ramirez joins me to discuss SB 1236 - the biggest anti hunting bill to ever pass in Texas history. As of September 1st, 2023, Texas sportsmen and women will no longer [...]
Assistant Commander Stormy King of our TPWD Game Warden Division joins us on this episode of Campfire Conversations. We discuss the implications of SB 1236 and it's potential impact on the hunting community and our Game Wardens as far as enforcing [...]
I don't know if it's because we all have cell phones with cameras on us at all times or if deer are just evolving to include meat in their diets, but what is up with all the viral videos of whitetails [...]
District of Conservation Host Gabriella Hoffman makes her return to the show this week. She recently appeared on FOX News to help spread awareness on hunting's role in conservation. We discuss that and the counter movement by anti hunting factions and [...]
Vinny Ranucci knew the buck was a one in a lifetime specimen for Northern Idaho's rugged back country. The lifelong hunter, trapper and outdoorsman spent 3 years waiting for the right opportunity to put his tag on this deer. So, after [...]
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 [...]
While they might look like your neighbor's mutt, truly wild (feral) dogs have no place on the landscape. Often void of human fear and quite aggressive, they're also hell on wildlife and livestock. One Houston area listener recently sent me some [...]
If I was a resident of Wyoming, I'd prefer for the majority of big game tags be allocated for Wyoming residents. I think it's realistic to feel that way. However, when non resident licenses/tags fund the majority of most Western states [...]
I've hunted Mule deer in 4 states with modest success. Sure, I've killed a few bucks, but eaten tag soup more often than not. The grey ghost and I consequently have developed a love/hate relationship as a result. So when my [...]
If you're family is anything like mine, you probably spent a good portion of the holiday season with family and friends. The rest however was likely spent in a deer or duck blind. I recap some of the hunting highs and [...]
Our old friend and fellow North Texas bow hunter Tarif Alkathib is obsessed with targeting mature whitetail with a stick and string. He's become pretty adept at it too, arrowing wary and mature whitetail bucks in the North Texas counties of [...]
My longtime friend Jeff Barry - VP Marketing for Kent Cartridge recently met me in the Texas Panhandle for a couple days of sandhill crane hunting. We discuss that experience and whether it exceeding his expectations. Also, what loads did we [...]
San Angelo, Texas native Case Hardin grew up on a ranch. He spent his youth running traplines with his dad who was employed as a government trapper. We discuss those good old days among other things such as rodeoing in high [...]
Sometimes hunters don't do the right thing. Sometimes they intentionally break the law, knowing full well what they're doing (those are poachers btw). But, that wasn't the case with Kiel Peterson. The relatively new bow hunter was chasing whitetails in the [...]
I was hooked on Wynn Williams' music from the moment I heard his tune 'Tornado' play on my Spotify mix. Turns out the former steer wrestler not only has a good thing going in country music, but he's also fully immersing [...]
I first came across Angie Kokes in a recent Outdoor Life feature that chronicled her taking a mature whitetail buck with a spear. I was instantly intrigued. What is the temperature for spear hunting in 2022, from both the pro and anti [...]
