Most duck hunters feel like waterfowl hunting has gotten more difficult in recent years. Some complain of a lack of access while others gripe about overcrowded WMA's and other public water bodies being chalk full of other hunters. Couple that with [...]
Our old friend Robbie Kroger of Origins Foundation makes his return to the show this week. We've been friends for nearly a decade at this point, and I always enjoy hearing about the Origin Foundation's latest conservation work. During today's discussion [...]
Huntstand's Josh Dahlke is obsessed with turkey hunting. When he isn't in the turkey woods each spring, you can find him pouring over Huntstand maps planning next spring's turkey hunts. During today's conversation we dive into a myriad of longbeard related [...]
"Chronic Wasting Disease is going to wipe out whitetail herds"! We've all heard the jargon put forth by popular NGOs as well as many of our state wildlife governing agencies. But after 18 years of doing this, I (as well as [...]
Matt Ward didn't grow up hunting. The California native discovered his calling in his late 20s. But for the better part of the last 3 decades, he's traveled the globe 10 times over in search of the next big game experience. [...]
Louisiana outdoorsman Barret Fritscher joins the program this week. A tugboat captain who takes off a month every waterfowl season to chase ducks/geese from the Dakotas back home to Louisiana, the man lives and breathes hunting. By his side the whole [...]
Tammy Bartels joined me at the recent NRA Convention in Houston, Texas. She is the Operations Manager for Women for Gun Rights. Highlights from the conversation include: Growing up in a hunting family, but not really understanding the 2A was for [...]
Our friend Baptiste Marchais makes his return to the show this week. Having fled the Muslim/Socialism takeover of his native France for Texas 4 years ago, Baptiste is the epitome of an immigrant success story. He built his outfitter/tourism business from [...]
Our longtime friend Baker Leavitt makes his return to the show this week. We roll unscripted and off the cuff. He mentioned he would be in the DFW area en route to a Mexico turkey hunt and we decided to get [...]
Mossberg VP Of Marketing Richard Kirk is a straight shooter; a no BS mentality delivered with a touch of humor. We sat down at the recent NRA Convention in Houston for a candid conversation spanning a myriad of topics. Highlights include: [...]
I haven't come across many Western big game hunters who are as passionate as Carter Lewis. The Virginia native simply lives and breathes it. Remarkably, he's living his dream of chasing bucks and bulls through the backcountry on one leg. A [...]
With spring gobblers on everyone's minds and me being on a red stag hunt in Argentina, I figured we rewind it to spring 2023 and talk longbeards with Zink Game Calls and Avian X Decoys founder Fred Zink. If you’ve been [...]
Our longtime friend Gabriella Hoffman makes her return to the show this week. The award-winning journalist, policy advisor, podcaster and sportswoman has her finger squarely on the pulse of what is happening in Washington D.C. and how policy affects sportsmen and [...]
Abigail Spanberger lied to Virginians. She ran as a moderate democrat and defeated Lt. Governor Winsome Sears in the recent Virginia gubernatorial election. What Virginians didn't understand until she took office though, is that she is actually a radical, dyed in [...]
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 [...]
If there's a duck or goose than can legally be hunted on planet earth, Ramsey Russell has been there and done that. He turned a passion for waterfowl hunting into the premiere booking agency in the pursuit of the next great [...]
Jon Ochoa is a lifelong Arizonan. The passionate big game hunter also happens to the be the President of the Safari Club International Arizona Chapter. We discuss a myriad of topics regarding hunting in Arizona before discussing the boots on the [...]
I kick this week's episode off with a recap of my West Texas mule deer hunt. I'd long been looking forward to heading towards Marfa and trying to turn up a good Trans Pecos up on the 100,000 acre Boershing Ranch. [...]
Lifelong big game hunter, tv show host and writer Chris Dorsey of Sporting Classics makes his return to the show this week. We discuss his recent feature in Forbes titled "Unmasking the Polar Bear Climate Change Narrative". Chris recently returned from [...]
How did we get here Colorado? A state steeped in ranching, hunting and Western culture is barely recognizable these days. It stems from the top, with Governor Polis trying like hell to push his husband's (yes you read that correctly) animal [...]
What does the fall waterfowl flight look like based off the 2025 USFWS Waterfowl Survey? Ducks Unlimited's David Schuessler makes his return to show this week. We take a look at recent trends in various duck species populations, some new regulatory [...]
If you listen to this show regularly, or manage to have half a brain, then you understand that wildlife only thrives when there is a monetary value attached to it's head. Call that blunt statement "harsh" or "calloused" if you like, [...]
On this episode of Campfire Conversations, I am joined by author, painter & lifelong hunter Doug Giles. Doug's unapologetic stance on hunting is one that is rooted in scripture. Doug talks about his journey in finding his faith and how it [...]
