Ep. 22: Recruiting and Mentoring New Hunters With Pheasant Forever's Colby Kerber

05/04/20 • 88 min

In today's episode, we chat with Colby Kerber, Pheasant Forever's Hunting Heritage Program Manager, about arguably the number one issue to wildlife and hunting - recruiting and mentoring new hunters. Colby shares with us his insights and experiences on recruiting new hunters to the outdoors and why it's crucial to our hunting heritage that we pass along our tradition. Colby also offers up solutions on how to introduce people to the hunting and outdoor lifestyle in a way that ensures they'll be true conservationists and students of nature.

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Ep. 21: Do We Confuse Wildlife Management with Whitetail Management?

In today's show, we discuss whether or not we confuse the phrase Wildlife Management with Whitetail Management. Should be whitetails the metric by which we measure our success as wildlife managers? We answer this question and go into great detail about what it means to a true steward of wildlife in this episode!

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Ep. 23: The Ethics of Coyote Trapping with Casey Shoopman

In today's episode, we talk with professional trapper Casey Shoopman about the ethics of trapping coyotes and other predators.

In this episode we discuss:

Respecting coyotes and other predators, while also wanting to remove as many as possible off of the landscape.
Understanding the value and role predators play in an ecosystem.
The role trapping plays in wildlife management
How to portray trapping positively on social media
Mentoring new trappers
How to communicate the positives of trapping with non-hunters
The future of trapping
How YouTube videos can play a role in the future of trapping