The Conservation, Fishing, and Hunting Podcast

Jim and Matt Rinella discuss their criticisms of hunting television. Their conversation arises from Jim's renewed interest in watching hunting shows.

On this week’s episode, I’m talking with fishing guide and OG podcaster Rob Snowhite.   Rob started his career working for Orvis and is now a full-time guide in the Washington DC/Virginia area.  We discuss everything from fishing on the Salmon River to fishing for Snakeheads in Virginia.  Rob is the host of the Fly Fishing Consultant Podcast. 

On this week's episode, Jim talks with former Oregon resident hunter Ken Sporalsky about the difficulty in drawing a western tag, non-resident tag reductions, and the seemingly constant price increases to non-resident hunting licenses.  They also discuss spot burning by celebrity hunters and the negative impact it has on hunting opportunities.   

On this week's episode, I'm chatting with Betsy Ukeritis and Thomas Kielbasinski. Betsy serves as the Inter-Regional Environmental Educator for the NYDEC, and Tom is the Salmon River Fish Hatchery Manager.  We discuss the history of the Salmon River, the day-to-day operations of the fish hatchery, and how salmon and trout are successfully reared, raised, and released.  https://dec.ny.gov/things-to-do/freshwater-fishing/hatcheries/salmon-river  

Mark Hall is the Director & Co-Founder at Wild Origins Canada Foundation and host of the Hunter Conservationist Podcast.  We discuss hunting and how it’s challenging as you age, and the outdoor restrictions imposed in Canada last fall. But our focus in the episode is the Seven Principles of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.

In this episode, I catch up with my friend Omar Markhieh.  Omar is a contractor by trade and a gun nut on the side.  Our topics range from competitive shooting, 25 cals, and drawing a tag in Nevada.     

On this week's episode, Jim talks with Sam Baker of Wrigglebrew.  Sam is a biochemist and entrepreneur and has developed a fertilizer made from worm castings. 

On this week's episode, Jim talks with fly fishing author Tim Cammisa.  They discuss Tim's newest book, "Tying Euro Nymphs and Other Competition Favorites."  They also chat about Tim's YouTube channel and his extensive travels to fish for Atlantic Salmon and Brown Trout in Iceland.  Tim is the owner of Trout and Feather and has been educating fly fishermen for over a decade. https://www.troutandfeather.com/    

In this week's episode, Jim chats with Mike Deyo of Deyo's Outfitters.    Mike is a lifelong resident of Pulaski, New York, and spends every fall guiding for salmon and steelhead from his driftboat.   Jim and Mike discuss their love of the fisheries in western NY and share some fishing stories along the way.   Deyo's Outfitters 1-315-529-4084 https://deyosoutfitters.com/      

Jim and Matt Rinella discuss the eye-popping salaries paid to some hunting nonprofit CEOs.  While salaries may be taboo to criticise, it's hard to ignore what these nonprofit CEOs make in a year.  Other topics include Hunters For Access updates and what hunting influencers will do to gain Instagram followers.  

Jim and Jill walk up a hill....Just kidding.  Jim and Jill discuss the current political stunt to sell off public lands and reduce the regulatory oversight by many of our governmental agencies.  They pretty much have all of these problems solved. 

On this week’s episode, Jim chats with Justin Adamski of Full Color Waterfowl. Justin is an outdoor photographer and digital creator who focuses on waterfowl and waterfowl conservation. Their conversation centers around the alarming and disgusting trend of people posting videos with crippled waterfowl. Justin has posted a series of videos condemning this behavior.     

On this week's episode, Jim talks with Reina Tyl, a PA State Game Commission Grouse Biologist. Their topics range from current grouse numbers to West Nile Virus and even the PSU/OSU football rivalry. Reina is a wealth of knowledge, and you're not going to want to miss this one.       

On this week's episode, I catch up with friend and fellow HFA contributor Colton Farley. 

On this week's episode, Jim chats with Dr. Ed Ashby, Vice President of the Ashby Foundation. Ed has dedicated more than thirty years to researching and studying arrow performance and broadhead lethality on six continents. Thanks to his research, archery hunting is now legal in South Africa.  

In this episode, Jim catches up with Mitch Petrie, the Outdoor Channel's VP of Programming. Their discussion topics range from learning to trap to fighting the anti-hunting movement to the hunting industry supporting conservation. They also review and analyze (with laughter) their previous episode with Matt Rinella on the Hunt Quietly Podcast (Episode 127).    

In this week's episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with outdoor writer and former fishing editor of Field and Stream and Outdoor Life, Joe Cermele.  Joe and I shoot the shit about a plethora of different topics including Stiper fishing, public access, and why fly fishermen "maybe" get a bad rap.  It's a great episode you don't want to miss.  

In this week's episode, Jim talks about arrows and broadheads with the Ranch Fairy (AKA Troy Fowler).  Big surprise right? They also get into a long discussion about fishing since Troy and Jim are both diehard fishermen.   

Jim Durkin is joined by Sgt. Matt Kramer of the Pennsylvania Game Commission to discuss the PA Hunter Access Program. Topics covered in their talk include the 88-year history of the program, landowner habitat improvements, and how the program has helped hunters and landowners alike.

In this episode, Jim catches up with his old hunting buddy Larry Bartlett.  Jim and Larry discuss past hunts on Kodiak Island, the rising cost of air transportation, and back-country meat care. Larry is an outdoor writer, raft designer, and owner of Pristine Ventures.