Team Early AF

It has been A LONG time since my last coaches corner podcast. A year of helping my dad recover from multiple poor spinal fusion operations has been a test. No one prepares you for watching your parents get old and have their physical capacity taken from them. Challenges all the identities and roles you had created for you and your loved ones. This year I have also been volunteering more in various organizations and leaning more into helping the local community where I can. A big thank you to the

How do we become native to a place? A question Jeremy Solin brought up on episode 1 of the SeasonalAF tour for 2021. I cant help but think that educating ourselves on the "weeds" growing around us may be a great first place to start. Joined by my friends Chris Gavin of Eagle Outdoor Skills and Kelly VanLaanen of Becoming an Outdoors Woman to talk about foraging, the land ethic, and the various programs they offer to teach people how to live WITH their environment. --- Support this podcast:

Back in the studio for the final pre-hunt prep podcast with Kelly and Peggy. We break down hunting logistics for our new hunters Lyna and Mike. Many nuggets and pearls for hunting mentors, new hunters, or people interested in tongue pressure for mouth calls... With all the scuttlebutt around R3 in the hunting world we hope this can be the start of reimagining how we learn and share about these outdoor traditions. A love of the outdoors for everyone will help our conservation efforts going

We are back for episode 2 of Turkey Hunting 101. Kelly and I are joined by Wildlife Biologist Sara Kehrli to talk all things turkey in Wisconsin. We dive into habitat, hunting logistics, social structure, what the turkey stamp is, and more. There have been a few anti-R3 articles posted from some mainstream hunting organizations. While they each may have a valid concern or two, I could not disagree more with the thinking R3 does not have an important part to play in continuing in sharing and evolving

I love Seasonal Books. Stories that follow the changing of the seasons on the landscape. The most common may be A Sand County Almanac. I prefer the Last River Rat. My current seasonal read for 2021 is Onigamiising Seasons of an Ojibwe Year. I am absolutely loving it, and both of these last two reads agree with me that the year should start with spring not mid winter january...any ways. I am joined by my friends Kat of Cattail Organics and Jeremy of Tapped Maple Syrup to welcome in the new year by

We started the SeasonalAF series with the maple season. Now we dive into chasing turkeys. We will be guided by my friend Kelly VanBeek a biologist, and the best damn turkey tactician I know. We will learn all the things about how to enjoy spring and chase some gobblers. The "WE" is myself, Chef Mike of Chef C's Munchie Mobile/Father Fats/Chef's Kitchen here in Stevens Point. He is a 5 year hunter who loves eating local, making amazing meals, and interested in improving his hunting skills. Lyna