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The Hunter Conservationist Podcast

Wild Origins Canada Foundation

The Hunter Conservationist Podcast brings you nuanced content about conservation, science and responsible hunting in Canada, so you can stay topped up on issues concerning your outdoor, hunting and fishing lifestyle, stay current on the latest in wildlife conservation, science and responsible hunting and be entertained by conversations with intellectual thinkers. The Hunter Conservationist Podcast is a Made in Canada podcast.

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Ep 10 - Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump with Jack Brink

The Hunter Conservationist Podcast ·

2019/11/15

In this episode, Mark and Curtis are in Edmonton Alberta with archaeologist and author Jack Brink. Jack was instrumental in helping uncover and tell the story of Aboriginal communal bison hunting at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is situated in the Porcupine Hills in southern Alberta. Jack discusses how bison were coaxed over the deadly jump using highly sophisticated hunting methods involving trickery, mimicry and an unrivaled understanding of bison behavior. Jack

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Ep 9 - Polar Bear Conservation in Canada with Dr....

The Hunter Conservationist Podcast ·

2019/11/03

In this episode, Mark and Curtis are at the University of Alberta joined by Dr. Andrew Derocher. This episode explores one of the world’s most iconic wild animals – the Polar Bear. Topics discussed include the things that make a polar bear tick, fat vacuums, chill bears, ponies with teeth, whether polar bears are land or marine mammals, their conservation status, what polar bear habitat really is, a half-baked plan to introduce polar bears into the Antarctic, polar bear politics and

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Ep 8 - Behind the Badge with Brenda McLennan and...

The Hunter Conservationist Podcast ·

2019/10/15

In this episode Mark and Curtis are joined by Brenda McLennan and Mance Visetin. The lady’s husbands were both Conservation Officers whose unique career paths brought them together. In this episode we learn what it was like for the newly married spouses of Conservation Officers back in the old days when officers were called Game Wardens. We find out what it was like being a Game Warden in Canada’s high arctic and British Columbia’s remote north before traditional ways of life were gone forever

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Ep 7 - New Hunters with Bryce McKinnon and Derek Johnson

The Hunter Conservationist Podcast ·

2019/10/01

In this episode Mark and Curtis are joined by new hunters Bryce McKinnon and Derek Johnson. These young men didn’t grow up in hunting families, but they are having fun finding their way in hunting by trial and error. This episode will help other new hunters and established hunters will hear what it’s like for a new hunter to try to get started in hunting. Topics discussed include how the guys got into hunting, what’s missing from the hunter training course, what the essential supplies for game

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Ep 6 - The Masters of Taxidermy- With Reg Parsons and...

The Hunter Conservationist Podcast ·

2019/09/15

In this episode, we are joined by Reg Parsons and Odd Aasland to discuss their careers as taxidermists. With 80 ish years of combined experience in their field of work, we discuss how these gents first got into taxidermy as a career, the history of taxidermy, the process of taxidermy, how taxidermy contributed to conservation, the infamous duck incident, whether size (antlers) matter, whether taxidermy is a verb or a noun, the evolution of taxidermy as an art and what defines a master. The guys

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113:43

Ep 5 - British Columbia’s Enhanced Chronic Wasting...

The Hunter Conservationist Podcast ·

2019/09/01

In this episode, we are joined by Cait Nelson, Wildlife Health Biologist with the government of BC. Cait oversees the province’s Chronic Wasting Disease on-the-ground program. Topics discussed include the latest on CWD science, global CWD news, the history of CWD in Canada, BC’s CWD program up to 2019, BC’s CWD free status, new CWD cases close to BC, the new mandatory head submission order for hunters in parts of Kootenay Region 4, what hunters need to do with their deer this fall, all the

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Ep 4 - Invasive Wild Pigs in Canada with Dr. Ryan Brook

The Hunter Conservationist Podcast ·

2019/08/19

In this episode, Mark and Curtis are at the University of Saskatchewan to discuss the growing problem of invasive wild pigs in Canada. Topics covered include leaky farms, the difference between wild boar versus wild pig, whether hunting is helping control wild pigs, where wild pigs are found in Canada, whether wild pigs can survive in the Yukon, countdown to 1 million square kilometers, whether sounder is a maritime term or not, what might be on your spinach, what a wild pig can do in 108 days,

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Ep 3 - Raising Kids in the Outdoors with Nikita Dalke...

The Hunter Conservationist Podcast ·

2019/08/01

In this episode, Mark and Curtis are in Cranbrook BC with Nikita Dalke, Jeff Berdusco, and Erin Aasland Hall. We chat about our earliest memories growing up in the outdoors, strategies for getting kids into hunting and fishing, indoctrination vs. exposure, expectation adjustments, when kids are old enough to hunt an animal, letting kids use social media or not, competing with a world of instant gratification, keeping kids comfortable in the outdoors vs. coddling them, and the strategy of suckering

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116:55

Ep 2 - Caribou Recovery with Dr. Rob Serrouya

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2019/07/15

In this episode we are in Revelstoke, British Columbia chatting with caribou researcher Dr. Rob Serrouya from the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute. We learn why caribou in the southern population in BC and Alberta are endangered. We also discuss cool t-shirts, saving endangered species with adaptive management, where white-tailed deer fit, social science, trade-off decision making, the controversial moose and wolf stabilization efforts, 500 jobs vs. 500 wolves and whether the cart was put

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122:06

Ep 1 - Grizzly Bear Conservation with Clayton Lamb

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2019/06/29

In this episode we are joined by grizzly bear researcher Clayton Lamb, from the University of Alberta. We discuss the facets of grizzly bear conservation and biology, Clayton’s PhD work in the Elk Valley, hangry bears, science of the obvious, source-sink dynamics, the ominous Olsen Pit, modern day raptors trying to kill prehistoric raptors and using data to make flooring decisions. Clayton's website. Follow Clayton on Twitter at ClaytonTLamb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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