Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Podcast & Blast with Hal Herring

Hal Herring talks with Mark Norquist of Modern Carnivore and Chef Lukas Leaf, both are BHA Minnesota Board Members and active volunteers in our Minnesota Chapter, and both have worked consistently on substantial issues in Minnesota's Boundary Waters.  The trio discusses adult hunter education and the factors drawing in new hunters, the merits of wild game, venison's bad rep, foraging for mushrooms, mining the BWCA, the interconnectedness of the BWCA watershed, why dirt is important, and much

Hal Herring talks with Jim Posewitz, writer and ethicist, and founder of Orion: The Hunters Institute, as well as Andrew Posewitz and Land Tawney.  The four gentlemen discuss the history of conservation, Jim's first deer, why we see the animals we see on public lands today, balancing sports and hunting season, the North American Wildlife Conservation Model, the power of people within a democracy, trophy animals and what they represent, how to write a college paper, protecting fisheries in 1864, the

Hal Herring talks with Anthony Licata, Editorial Director of the Bonnier Lifestyle Group, including publications Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Popular Science, and Saveur.  They discuss Licata's journey in the world of publishing, legendary outdoor writers, the importance of hunting and fishing with family, fishing stripers alongside humpback whales outside of Brooklyn, the art of being a modern generalist, BHA's hard hunting membership, the unlikeliness of American public lands, and so much

Hal Herring talks with Steven Rinella, author, hunter, and host of the television show MeatEater.  The two outdoor writers discuss squid jigging, 9/11, fishing in the Lake Huron, trapping in Michigan, heading West, fish before dams, the recovery of multiple species, short-sighted conservation, what came before us, hunting as tangible goods, outdoor recreation, people as watermelons, unspoiled places, hunting in the jungle, native wildlife vs non-native wildlife, and much more.

Hal Herring talks with Randy Newberg, Land Tawney, and Mike Schoby from this spring’s Rendezvous 2017 in front of a live audience. The fellas discuss outdoor writing, the Smith River mine, hunting as participants, the vast diversity of our public lands, hunting internationally, that one place you’d hunt anywhere in the world, audience questions, and more.

Hal Herring and Land Tawney kick off BHA's first episode of 'Cast and Blast with discussions of a public land sheep hunt, hunting with your children, wolverines & other predators, our public lands heritage, and much more.