In this episode Curtis and Mark provide an update on spring turkey hunting, white-tailed deer hunting this fall and information and thoughts about bear meat.   ..read more

In this episode Mark covers an interesting and chaotic fishery for the American eel in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, a controversial amendment in Ontario for training dogs to hunt coyotes, whether addling goose eggs will work, a judge's ruling on salmon fishing in Alaska, spotted owl rewilding effort in BC and new legislation in Haida Gwaii.  ..read more

Brought to you by Community-Minded Alpine Toyota   Paul Jones, senior biologist with the Alberta Conservation Association joins Mark and Curtis to talk all things pronghorn. Topics covered include historic and present-day distribution, population dynamics, migrations, migration barriers, pronghorn friendly fences, highway crossing structures, twinning rates, migratory versus nomadic, urban pronghorn, principles for managing pronghorn for hunting and the longest distance travelled by a pronghorn.     ..read more

In this episode Curtis and Mark discuss trophy hunting and try to understand it from the perspective of Canadian hunters. Should society tell hunters whether or not they are trophy hunters or do hunters get to define their own currency for hunting ..read more

In this episode Mark is joined by firearm policy expert Tim Thurley again to discuss the federal governments latest gun control amendments to Bill C-21. Topics Tim cover include magazine capacity, the semi-automatic prohibition clause and the resurrection of the Canadian Firearms Advisory Committee.  ..read more

Brought to you by Community-Minded Alpine Toyota       Mark and Curtis are joined by Tim Killey, President of the BC Trappers Association to talk about fisher trapping and conservation in British Columbia. Tim explains the current trapping restrictions on fishers in Central part of the province and new regulation proposals being tabled. As well, Tim explains the two fisher sub-populations in BC, and trappers concerns about how the endangered status of the Columbia sub-population was established and the estimates of how long it will take fishers to go extinct with and without tra ..read more

In this episode Mark discusses his assessment of the veterinary photographic records of wolves killed in the caribou recovery areas of BC, some great news from the Nakusp caribou maternal pen, Canada’s commitment to the 30x30 biodiversity initiative, the future of hunting in Northern Manitoba and another anti-trapping campaign ..read more

John Schneider, host of the Food-A-Field Podcast joins Mark and Curtis to discuss ideas and philosophies related to going to a brand new area on a hunting adventure. Topics covered include expectations of outcomes, connecting to place, feeling the land, high points, roads, fences and Einstein's theory about the relative nature of time.  ..read more

Brought to you by Community-Minded Alpine Toyota John Schneider and Adam Weir join Mark and Curtis to discuss spring black bear hunting. John speaks from experience hunting in Alberta and Adam from hunting in Ontario. The guys discuss what spring bear hunting means to them, what the landscape is like where they hunt, how to find spring black bears, hunting methods, judging bears, bating tactics, step to safely recovering a bear, advice for new hunters and of course, lots of humour.             ..read more

Brought to you by Community-Minded Alpine Toyota Joe Northrup , Research Scientist Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Mark Ryckman, Manager of Policy Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Joe was the lead scientist on the recent study looking at the question of whether the Ontario spring black bear hunt reduced or increased human bear conflict. Joe discusses how the study was conducted and what its major findings were. Topics discussed include the spring bear pilot hunt, changes in bear populations, changes in human-bear conflict, baiting, age and sex of bears taken by hunters, pos ..read more