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The Venatic Podcast

Join your host, Ryan Wilby, each week as he summarizes all of the news and views from the outdoor world as featured in the twice-weekly outdoors newsletter known as The Venatic. Just as the name suggests, the show is "fond of or living by hunting", and is a new extension of the famous newsletter that has been delivering outdoor content to subscribers since 2017.In addition to Wib’s Weekly Roundup episodes, the podcast also features deep-dives into curious Stories From The Field, highlighting

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26:42

Week in Review - March 28, 2025

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2025/03/28

Well, we kicked the week off with the news of a pair of Utah residents who have since been nailed for residency fraud for the illegal killing of a beauty mule deer in Nevada, we then covered the story of Alaska’s fight that would allow them to continue to cull bears and wolves to protect caribou, despite one bogus ruling that called the program “unconstitutional”. By mid-week we were talking about the possibility of both an elk hunt in North Carolina and an eve more surprising potential bear hunt in

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25:33

Week in Review - March 21, 2025

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2025/03/21

Well, we kicked the week off with the news of a crazy finding way up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula involving some awfully cute future killers, went down to Texas and learned about the state representative and deer breeder that is introducing legislation that he hopes will abolish the state’s Parks and Wildlife Department and dismantle any regulations around deer breeding (protectionism anyone???).By mid-week we were covering the story of the whiskey-shooting police officer that is now facing

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24:49

Week in Review - March 14, 2025

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2025/03/14

We kicked things off this week in Colorado as ranchers have begun to be rewarded funding for wold predation claims, we chat about Utah's bill aiming to ensure that all wildlife board members hold and maintain a hunting license, two stories coming out of British Columbia involving influencers and poaching and the story of the Wisconsin man who is now headed to prison after viscously assaulting a state game warden.We’re also covering:Wyoming influencer in hot water after snatching a baby wombat from

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18:40

Week in Review - March 7, 2025

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2025/03/07

We kicked things off this week with the story of how a big old deer smuggling bust in Texas turned into a whole lot more than wardens expected, an Oregon man who was handed his third lifetime hunting ban in 10 years, the story of a Washington man who almost successfully commandeered a commercial fishing vessel, a Wisconsin farmer who "made a game" of illegally killing 150 deer on his property along with a new California bill set to allow houndsmen to "tree and free" problem mountain lions.We’re also

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20:14

Week in Review - February 21, 2025

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2025/02/21

We kicked things off this week with the story of how the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation isstepping up in the case of a pair of illegal elk killings along the Nevada-Utah border, on Tuesday we covered Montana’s new proposal that would see them follow in the footsteps of some neighboring states by bringing in license fees for shed hunting, Texas Game Wardens were at it again, this time rescuing a pair of hypothermia-induced hog hunters, a case of mistaken identity in Ontario that resulted in the death

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23:16

Week in Review - February 14, 2025

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2025/02/14

We kicked off the week this week covering a multi-year Montana poaching investigation that resulted in guilty pleas for the poaching of three bull elk, a black bear and a whole lot of trout. We’ll also cover off the failure of a new Wyoming bill that would have outlawed the use of snowmachines to mow down predators like wolves and coyotes. We also got the details and pictures of the fattest cat ever captured in the state of Florida along with the story of citizen’s arrest, bear penises and a

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18:25

Week in Review - February 7, 2025

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2025/02/07

We started this week with the tragic profile of 7 long-time hunting buddies who were returning from a hunting trip in Kansas on American Airlines Flight 5342 before it collided with a Black Hawk helicopter last week in DC. We’ve also got the news surrounding a new bill that maybe, just maybe will see gray wolves finally delisted in the western Great Lakes. We’ve also got the stories of how Texas Game Wardens busted in on a group of duck hunters that simply couldn’t resist blasting every duck out of

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22:32

Week in Review - January 31, 2025

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2025/01/31

This week's episode included the story of four complete douchebags and their attempt to use stolen valor to get free hunting and fishing licenses, Wyoming’s Clean Kill bill and how it just kind of sort of missing the mark, along with a new study that shows us that all we need to do to combat chronic wasting disease is to kill more big bucks and how a New Mexico lake is so incredibly filled with cancer-causing chemicals that the state’s Department of Health is now imploring hunters to get to a doctor

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Week in Review - January 24, 2025

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2025/01/24

For our main stories this week, we dissected the not-so-surprising reasons that Banff’s elk are in decline, Colorado’s hush-hush approach to ushering in a whole new batch of wolves, Florida’s possible forthcoming bear hunt and the miraculous story of a pair of Louisiana duck hunters who braved frigid temperatures (and waters) after their boat sank.We're also covering:A headless deer found in AlbertaWhen neighbors help you deal with problem cougars$1.3 billion in conservation Nebraska's mountain lion

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17:36

Week in Review - January 17, 2025

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2025/01/17

Our main stories this week included the brutal story surrounding 14 Arizona poachers that were finally indicted, Colorado’s steamrolling approach to importing more wolves, a pair of out of state poachers caught on Ring Camera and highlighting Wisconsin’s sandhill crane restoration project and what it means for possible hunting seasons.We're also covering:Application fee increases in both Montana and WyomingChina's wild hog problemIdaho survey reveals traditional values among huntersSupreme Court

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16:50

Week in Review - January 10, 2025

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2025/01/10

Well, things are starting to kick up again in the news world and this week brought us a lot of stories from the great outdoors. From poachers getting handed fines to politically-motivated moves from an outgoing administration, there was plenty to cover this week in the outdoor world.For starters, the Feds were busy knocking down big proposals this week: one for the long overdue delisting of grizzly bears and the other aimed at putting a halt to any future wolf reintroduction efforts in Colorado. In

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16:38

Week in Review - January 3, 2025

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2025/01/03

This week we’ve got a bit of everything including the sad news of an unfortunate hunting accident that resulted in the death of a Special Forces soldier, the story of a Louisiana veteran that downed a massive 700-lb bear in the state’s first hunt in 35 years and how one Connecticut man went all John Wick on a bear after it killed his prized donkey.We're also covering:Missouri man charged for senselessly killing mountain lionNew Brunswick's record deer seasonTwo Oregon men die of exposure on Bigfoot

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16:11

Week in Review - December 20, 2024

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2024/12/20

This week we’ve got a bit of variety for you. While the newswire has been slowing down ever so slightly as we approach the Christmas holiday, we were able to dig up a couple of doosie’s to help get you through the week. In this episode, we tell the story of how pesky international borders managed to foil a dream sheep hunt and how a new study has revealed that California ground squirrels are going full carnivore and devouring small mammals as part of their diet.We're also covering:Virginia hunter is

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16:32

Week in Review - December 13, 2024

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2024/12/13

This week we’ve got a couple of juicy poaching stories including CJ Alexander’s sentencing on Wednesday and the illegal killing of New York’s famous King Louie buck.We're also covering:Virginia hunter injured by falling bear after shooting it out of a treeFlorida high school football player and homecoming king killed in hunting accidentWyoming judge slaps feds over grizzly decisionBear hunting returns to LouisianaNPS halts removal of ungulate Berlin wallTo read these stories and more, be sure to

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15:12

Week in Review - December 6, 2024

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2024/12/06

This week we’ve got a couple of bangers for you including the story of how one former school supervisor in Oregon was fired and fined for blasting a deer on company timeto “blow off some steam” - we’ve also got the 36-year-old woman who orchestrated the poaching of roughly 100 deer with her juvenile accomplices pleading not guilty in court this week and the story of the peculiar elk hooves two Colorado hunters came across last month.We're also covering:Three captive elk killed within three weeks of

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Week in Review - November 29, 2024

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2024/11/29

This week we’re covering the story of a Michigan serial poacher who has, once again, been taken to task, this time, for killing a 9-point buck. We’ll also be covering California’s banging year - at least when it comes to wolves and the US Fish and Wildlife’s attempt to pay hunters for using non-toxic ammo.We're also covering:BC officials flabbergasted after a deer is spotted sporting a high-vis jacketDeer hunter helps Michigan state troopers catch fugitive on opening morningTank the hunting dog

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Week in Review - November 22, 2024

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2024/11/22

This week we’re covering the bizarre and honestly, quite funny story of “Operation Bear Thief" that resulted in the arrest of four people for impersonating a bear for insurance fraud. We’ll also cover the story of Two Virginia residents who have been charged for their role in a heinous poaching case that has resulted in over 230 violations being handed down.We’ve also got a sad story of murder at the hunt camp after an allegedly estranged son executes his father in cold blood at the family’s

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17:17

Week in Review - November 15, 2024

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2024/11/15

We’ve got a lot going on this week and I guess, given the time of year that’s kind of expected. The unfortunate reality is that a lot of the headlines this week involve poaching cases - many of which are quite egregious in nature. The good news is, most of them involve the bad guys getting caught and nailed with big-time charges including the story of how one group of “HUNTERS” are now facing upwards of 114 charges and another involving the infamous Cody, Wyoming deer-killing spree that now involves

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Week in Review - November 8, 2024

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2024/11/08

This week we’re covering the story of a Washington man who has been absolutely lambasted with YUGE fines and prison time for his involvement in a number of illegal eagle killing sprees that took place for well over a decade.We’re also covering the role hunters played in a recent Montana moose study and just how vital we are and always will be to conservation.We're also covering:Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program has cost taxpayers more than double what they expectedColorado’s ban on mountain

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13:47

Week in Review - November 1, 2024

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2024/11/01

This week we’re covering a controversial study, which shouldn’t really be all that controversial, that unequivocally shows the benefits that culling wolves can have on struggling caribou populations and why so many people are pissed about it - I’ll give you a hint - it has to do with wolves.We’re also covering the tragic death of a Sitka deer hunter who, as far as anyone can tell, died by the paws of a brown bear earlier this week.We're also covering:Oregon State Police release footage of man

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