In this week's episode Taylor Maples and Josh Stratton chat with Jacob DeVecchio from Oklahoma Fungi, the premier resource for mushroom education in Oklahoma. For many, Springtime in the outdoors offers a multitude of opportunities; turkey hunting, shed hunting, and morel mushroom hunting. Jacob is one of the foremost figures in Oklahoma's fungi community and sheds some light on the #MushLove movement and why more outdoorsmen should be interested ..read more

In this week's episode Taylor Maples and Josh Stratton discuss Oklahoma Senate Bill 941 with two of the bill's architects, Catherine Appling-Pooler, National Deer Association's Director of Policy, and Randall Cole, Oklahoma Ducks Unlimited's State Policy Chair. Today the bill has bipartisan support in both Oklahoma's House and Senate--but it hasn't always been that way. After numerous evolutions over 5+ years the bill now sit on Governor Stitt's desk. Listen to hear what SB941 means for Oklahomans and non-residents in the outdoors, local conservation funding, and more, plus why an unprecedente ..read more

In this episode Taylor Maples and Josh Stratton catch up with Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's Wildlife Diversity and Research Supervisor Kurt Kuklinski. Kurt was an integral part of the recent Dust Bowl Mule Deer film project with The Mule Deer Foundation, MeatEater, and Oklahoma State University and joined the guys at Western Hunting and Conservation Expo to talk about the project and it's implications to Mule Deer research in Oklahoma's panhandle. Plus, now two years after his first guest appearance on The Outdoor Hour, Kurt gives some exciting updates on several on-going rese ..read more

In this episode Taylor Maples chats with Sarah Blue and Jessica Curran from Ledger Outdoors about their female owned outdoor brand and their first experience as vendors at OKC's Backwoods Hunting and Fishing Show. As newcomers to the outdoor industry but lifelong outdoor enthusiasts, Sarah and Jessica have blown away at the positive reception they've felt and the community they've found after stepping out in faith into the unknown ..read more

In this episode Taylor Maples and Josh Stratton talk about the end of Show Season in the Outdoor Industry, culminating with the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo in Salt Lake City, including the premier of MeatEater's Dust Bowl Mule Deer film project with the Mule Deer Foundation, Oklahoma's Department of Wildlife Conservation, and Oklahoma State University. Taylor also recaps his weekend trip to Arkansas targeting big brown trout on the fly and the humbling experience of hunting predator trout at night ..read more

In this episode, Taylor Maples and Josh Stratton catch up after several weeks apart while Josh represents the Mule Deer Foundation on the road for Show Season. Josh shares stories from the road, Taylor teases an upcoming fishing trip to the White River targeting big brown trout on the fly at night, and more ..read more

"If every season were as hard as this one, I'd quit." In this episode Taylor Maples is joined by Brad Clay from Final Descent Outdoors to talk about the challenges they experienced in the 2023 deer hunting season. Plus, the guys find common ground in trying to fit their outdoor pursuits around more and more demanding family activities ..read more

In this week's episode Taylor Maples and Josh Stratton are joined by MeatEater's Ryan Callaghan to talk about a joint project in Oklahoma’s panhandle between MeatEater, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Oklahoma State University, and the Mule Deer Foundation. Dust Bowl Mule Deer is a film project which tells the forgotten story of the last mule deer population segment in the country whose movements and existence are largely unknown. The crew documents their experience in one of the most unique ecosystems in the US, and witnesses something biologists have never documented before ..read more

In this episode, Taylor Maples and Josh Stratton chat with Rhett Acker, owner of Oklahoma Drone Recovery Company, about his first season using thermal drones for deer recovery. Rhett first joined The Outdoor Hour back in September (S2 Ep18) alongside Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Game Warden Wade Farrar, producing the most-downloaded episode of 2023. Now with an entire deer season under his belt, we invited Rhett back to hear about the highs, the lows, the humor, and everything he learned this year ..read more

In this episode Taylor Maples and Josh Stratton are joined by Captain Chris Wittman from Captains for Clean Water to talk about an organization spearheading conservation of precious waters in the United States lead by those who make their living on the water. Listen to hear more about how they got started, why the things they've learned have shaped conservation efforts for other organizations, and more ..read more