In this episode, Dr. Marco Festa-Bianchet joins us as we explore the commonly held belief that taking the oldest aged males from a population has the least impact. Some of the questions covered in this episode include - Do old animals stop breeding? Are old females dry and have old males passed on their genes, and are not needed anymore? How old do some game animals live to and what's the difference in old age between hunted and un-hunted populations? How does survival and fitness affect breeding and is hunting the oldest individuals sustainable or not? Thank you to Darryn Epp f ..read more

Mark explores bear baiting by first looking at the way all hunting is conducted and then secondly, by assessing baiting by the 2 principles of Fair Chase hunting.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Mark explores bear baiting by first looking at the way all hunting is conducted and then secondly, by assessing baiting by the 2 principles of Fair Chase hunting.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Chris Luehmann helps us dispel the notion that urban people don't hunt. Chris lives in Vancouver, and he is a hunter and a sport shooter. Chris tells the hilarious story of how he became a hunter and why he persevered for many years without harvesting a big game animal. Chris shares his hunting memories, what motivates him to hunt and his first big game animal. Chris is a fantastic role model for new hunters! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

BC recently tabled a series of controversial hunting regulations changes that have compounded the hunting opportunity taken away from licensed hunters over the last several years. In this episode, Dr. Adam Ford, who is a scientific advisor on BC's hunting regulations committee, Scott Ellis, Executive Director of the BC Guide-Outfitters Association, and Jesse Zeman, Executive Director of the BC Wildlife Federation are on the show to debrief the regulation changes and provide their thoughts on the trajectory of wildlife management in the province.  Learn more about your ad choices ..read more

In this episode Mark tries to make sense of the Wyoming wolf incident by filling you in on what he has uncovered about hunting laws that contributed to the incident. Mark discusses the heart of this issue - why are snowmobiles allowed as a legal form of hunting in some jurisdictions? The use of snowmobiles to run coyotes and wolves over is evaluated against the two principles of Fair Chase and the three tests of ethical hunting. The episode boils down to a single broad message that is relevant for every hunter in North America.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone ..read more

Mark provides a way to define ethical hunting using 3 key questions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Dr Erick Lundgren from Aarhus University in Denmark joins Mark and Curtis to talk about a new research study he was part of. The study addresses the question of whether there’s a need to eradicate non-native large herbivores to protect ecosystems. Topics discussed include small picky eaters vs generalist bulk feeders, the role of individual body mass vs total mass of all animals, the millions of dollars spent on eradications, eradicating native species as well as eradicating endangered species and whether the functional niche a species occupies within an ecosystem is more or less importan ..read more

Levi is a relatively new Dad, a Registered Nurse, and a hunter. He lives in British Columbia and shares how hunting is sometimes a means to unpack the events of work but how it mostly about getting into the backcountry to hunt for food. Levi talks about how he shares the world of hunting with others and how he is adjusting his longer hunting trips to balance hunting and family life. Levi discusses his passion for being involved with the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, sharing the experience of hunting with others and the challenges of trying to stay informed with what is happing wildlife mana ..read more

In this episode Mark covers the smoothing over an incident where endangered Peary caribou were killed in the high arctic, federal sabre rattling over Quebec caribou, whirling disease action and inaction, hunting bison in Banff, a very expensive way to deal with geese in BC, a not so peaceful bunny sanctuary, the predator attack that wasn't, protesting seafood price fixing in Newfoundland, the cost of the gun buyback program, and expenditures for the Sydney Island deer cull. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more