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Long-time Artemis guest (and co-founder) Jess Johnson returns to the podcast this week after a trip to the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation’s annual meeting in Budapest, Hungary. On her way back to Wyoming, Jess got the chance to stop in Scotland for several days to hunt red deer and roe deer. She shares that experience with us, plus what it's like to bump heads with hunters and conservationists from across the world. 3:00 International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation - aka "the CIC," which aims to preserve wild game and hunting across the world 6:00 Wolf perceptions worldwide 11:00 The rural-urban divide over predators 12:00 World Hunting Expo - an event that only happens every 50 years 17:00 Hungary's red stags in rut... it was a moving show for the world's sporting and wildlife advocates 21:00 Learning wildlife management models from neighbors abroad 28:00 The CIC has its own version of Artemis... and it's also called Artemis #twinningandwinning 29:00 And CIC's forthcoming cookbook featuring game recipes from around the world 33:00 The relationships/dialogue that comes from events like CIC are the real bounty 34:00 Modern Huntsman magazine & Into the Wilderness with Byron Pace podcast episode with Linzi Seivwright 35:00 Hunting Scotland's red deer and the rural-urban divide issue there; plus, values of the land-owners versus the public at large 42:00 Hunting with someone who's mastered being a predator on their own landscape 43:00 Hunting in tweed 45:00 Red stags "roar," they don't bugle 47:00 "We don't take long shots here... let's wait and get him in as close as we can." 49:00 You can buy red stag meat in Scotland's grocery stores, which means hunters can sell their bounty to butchers if they choose to 50:00 Sika deer - they sound like an elk bugle on helium 53:00 If someone wipes stag blood on your face, don't freak... it's a Scottish tradition called blooding 55:00 Scotland's roe deer 57:00 A landscape where humans are the only predator, and the ongoing discussion of whether you re-introduce eradicated predators 1:04 Converting other hunters to the cult of Those Who Eat Heart Meat 1:12 In lieu of agency-issued tags, hunting deer in Scotland is regulated by landowners, usually a partnership between the landowner and whomever leases the property for hunting 1:17 The U.K. (as yet) has no cases of CWD 1:22 NWF Outdoor Division's new climate report: A Hunter’s and Angler’s Guide to Climate Change Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lori Monday was raising three kids, going to school, and struggling to find herself when she had a life-changing encounter with a snake. It led her down a path chock full of reptiles. As an education ambassador for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Lori literally keeps a menagerie of reptiles and amphibians as a part of her job. Listen to find out what it means when someone says, "Hey... wanna go herping?" 1:30 "Herping" - to wander about and look for reptiles and amphibians 3:00 Freezer situation: frozen mice of all sizes, ya'll #portraitofasnakeowner 4:00 Authentic tacos. Find out more at our Artemis Podcast FB Group 7:00 Goose tacos. A new addition to your taco repertoire. 10:00 When someone asks, "Wanna go herping?" ...and that first snake encounter. "It was the most beautiful, gentle thing." 14:00 Getting into hunting/archery through a game and fish department, but also just by showing up 17:00 Deer lease 101 (effort + investment) 24:00 Herping isn't just about reptiles/amphibians... you'll see spider eyes catch the light, opossums, armadillos... all kinds of life at dawn or dusk 27:00 Project Wild from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission 28:00 Lori's teaching menagerie (which lives in her bedroom at home) 29:00 "Hey, I gotta call you back... my alligator is trying to eat my turtle." 35:00 Seeing the world at night can open your eyes... plus, experiencing the natural world up close for the first time 38:00 Snake phobias + the mind-changing experience of a herping ed trip 42:00 The first time in a deer stand isn't entirely intuitive 45:00 Taking your kids hunting as an adult-onset hunter 48:00 Harvesting your first deer as your teenage son cheers you on #heartexplosion 52:00 Women's Outdoor Retreat hosted by the South Carolina Wildlife Federation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Traditional bowhunter Beka Garris joins Artemis this week to talk about what it's like bowhunting with a baby. Yes... literally WITH a small child. Beka tells us about harvesting two deer (and a squirrel) alongside her daughter. She also talks about traditional bowhunting, the skills involved, and how your experience in the outdoors changes when you have a little one in tow. This week's episode is brought to you by Isle Royale Outfitters, a women-specific hunting and apparel company. Check them out online, and use code Artemis20 for a 20% discount at check-out. 2:00 Tiny human podcast crashers... #momlife 3:00 The switch from bowhunting to traditional bowhunting... the trad bow range is more like Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the pandemic hit, Bre Bashford returned to her home state of Colorado from Georgia, where she works as an R3 coordinator for the Georgia Wildlife Federation. She hunted elk and antelope, and she tells us what it was like to build up to those successful hunts after growing up in suburbia. For Bre, the journey started with a strong ethos about food, a generous mentor, and being willing to figure out what you don't know. Plus... what's it like when a group of vegans asks you to speak on the ethics of eating meat? 3:00 A pandemic-triggered change in geography 4:00 "Each year I have a goal to try something new... or to experience a new species, or a new technique." 5:00 Growing up in suburbia and learning your mountain literacy on the weekends 8:00 On knowing your food 12:00 R3 = the recruitment, retention, and reactivation of hunters, anglers and shooting-sport participants 13:00 When a pro-vegan crowd asks you to talk about the ethics of eating meat... #yowzers 15:00 Guns as weapons vs. guns as tools 18:00 Hunting is about more than meat... it's about the role humans play in the ecosystem 21:00 The power of a mentor to shepherd someone into hunting... squirrels to turkey to deer 23:00 "We all have something to give, and we all have something to learn." 27:00 Academics Afield & learning global perspectives on hunting 29:00 Are there benefits to people who interact with wildlife? 31:00 Why hunting gets to us: We're in the moment, our senses are elevated... "Lose your mind, find your soul." 33:00 Hunting pronghorn... their eyesight is superb 34:00 Kneepads can help you crawl/stalk through cacti... also, army-crawling with your rifle is worth practicing 37:00 Pronghorn evolved alongside very formidable predators 41:00 Colorado Parks and Wildlife's "Elk Hunting University" program 43:00 Elk hunting: doing the prep, finding your spot, then arriving to see a bunch of other hunters... and eventually teaming up with two to plan a day's hunt 45:00 Being married to a non-hunter has a few perks... hello, truck shuttle 54:00 Montana antelope hunting - trying for a new, harder-to-draw area... and getting four tags with your friends 56:00 Scouting a completely new area 59:00 Georgia Wildlife Federation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyley Caldwell and her husband run a bird dog breeding and training facility in central North Carolina. Kyley tells us about how she got into dogs, and what it's like to do dog trials through The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association. We talk dog breeds, hardness tests, blind retrieves, and more. Upland game season is here, everyone! 2:30 When your freezer unexpectedly kicks it #facepalm 5:30 Rusty Guns Kennel (link) - a dog breeding and training facility in North Carolina 6:00 Meeting your husband by way of a dog 10:00 "We're here today because I'm getting you a puppy." #bestsurprise ... "but don't pick the first one that licks you." #puppycurmudgeon 11:00 AKC events... "dog show people" versus "gun dog people" 12:00 NAVDA (link) - North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association 17:00 Flushing vs. retrieving vs. pointing breeds 18:00 Quail/pheasants aren't as plentiful as they used to be in the Carolinas 20:00 Owning/managing a dog-training business with your husband 22:00 Training 10 dogs a month while still having full-time jobs; Growing the kennel to have kennel help and other trainers on staff 23:00 A life in the day of a dog trainer 25:00 Dogs sometimes stay with the trainer as long as six months 27:30 "A hardness test"... it's a prerequisite for some dogs before they can be breed eligible through their respective associations; a dog has to dispatch a fox or a raccoon 32:00 Dog trials + what to expect 36:00 The 100-yard blind retrieve... it's a feat of dog-handling 42:00 That moment you see a young dog just GET IT 43:00 "DK" in gun-dog speak is a Deutsch Kurzhaar, it's a slightly different breed than a German Short-Haired Pointer (which is a "GSP" in dog-speak) 45:00 The biggest dilemma for hunting vacations: "Which dogs are we bringing, and how many?" 49:00 Tracking a tricky bird (and getting it) 50:00 Check out a podcast Kyley hosts once a month, "Gun Dog It Yourself" (link) - a podcast for aspiring dog owners to train their dogs themselves; GDIY is also on Facebook (link) and Instagram (link) 54:00 Find Kyley on Facebook (link), Instagram (link) and RustyGunsKennel.com (link) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Tingey is one of the brains behind a small packrafting company called Alpacka Raft. It started as a basement type of operation, fueled by adventures in the Far North, including time spent in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Sarah tells us about her experiences on that incomparable landscape, plus what it's like to travel there with a small child (on a 10-day packrafting trip, of course). Taking kids into the backcountry isn't all puppies and unicorns, but it can be hugely rewarding when we do make the effort. 4:00 Career life at a small outdoor products company like Aplacka Rafts (you're a jill of all trades) 6:30 Packrafts - they started as a means for water travel in the deep backcountry, like -- say -- a 700-mile trip across Alaska's Brooks Range 9:00 From a basement sewing machine operation to a company that employs 45 people 10:00 "Design by Sheri" - a staple of the Warren Miller ski days, also what would be the skill base for a packraft company 14:00 Sheep hunting; New Mexico elk hunting 21:00 Visiting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and suddenly feeling like all those discussions about oil development weren't very abstract anymore 25:00 Check out a map of where ANWR is 26:00 Efforts to conserve ANWR predate Alaska's statehood 28:00 Would you rather visit a place called a 'petroleum reserve' or a 'wildlife refuge'? 30:00 Taking a BABY rafting on a 10-day trip in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (flash floods, weather delays, hustle hustle hustle) 33:00 Risk judgement when conditions change (leave the stress out of it) 36:00 Carrying a baby in the backcountry; hunting with a baby (or not) 42:00 Growing up in a hunting family, but not ever going along 43:00 Sharing the burden of all the extra energy that goes along with taking a kid outside 47:00 Taking kids into the wild isn't all unicorns and ponies 51:00 Catch the Emily Ledergerber episode on Hunting While Pregnant 53:00 An 185-mile overland trip over several drainages in Alaska, and getting to see a pristine salmon run 56:00 "The 'potted plant' phase [of babyhood]... soak it up." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunter, angler and conservationist Bianca McGrath-Martinez first drank the volunteerism Kool-Aid when she was serving with AmeriCorps. Today, her professional life (with MANY volunteer hours across different groups) is spent working towards an inclusive conservation movement with a program called Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors. 2:00 HECHO; Latino Outdoors Colorado 5:00 Growing up with a negative perception of hunting, and then the slow process of changing your mind as an adult 8:00 How you become comfortable with something that your family has traditionally been very cautious about, like firearms 13:00 Fly-fishing... can open the gate to other sporting disciplines 16:00 The backstory of the American conservation movement, it can sound rosy and peachy -- but there's also racism, censure, and genocide there, too 17:00 Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors - a policy-driven group that advocates for the conservation of wild lands in the Southwest 20:00 Parks podcast, Ashley's recommendation on a frank history of National Parks 23:00 Why it's important to re-teach ourselves American history through a historically accurate lens 28:00 The importance of bringing conservation (and sporting) to elected officials and other leaders 30:00 Find HECHO on Facebook, Instagram, and via their online newsletter 31:00 Cocktails and Conservation event in Utah in October. Keep track of HECHO events here. 32:00 Translating hunting/fishing regulations into Spanish 37:00 Bianca on the Your Mountain podcast, a great listen 38:00 Volunteerism accomplishes SO MUCH in the outdoors space. Check out Latino Outdoors' Yo Cuento blog, the group's job board, etc 43:00 Women's Wilderness (and their Trailblazers program) 45:00 "I did AmeriCorps... and I think I just sort of drank the Kool-Aid when it comes to volunteerism." 50:00 Tarpon fishing! Large, ancient, big-fighting fish 54:00 Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Ranching for Wildlife program -- an access program for new hunters on private lands 1:02 An upcoming Artemis episode... bowhunting with a baby or a toddler (yes... hunting WITH a baby/toddler, like, on your back) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tia Shoemaker is a second-generation Alaskan who grew up at her family's remote hunting and fishing lodge in the Becharof National Wildlife Refuge. You might remember her from Artemis's episode on Traverse Mag, but today Tia comes to us from the NWF Outdoors podcast, where she talks about what it's like to see climate change on the front lines. The changes are very real, and alarming. Even Shoemaker's long-time fishing clients are noticing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas hunter Hannah Marcom took up hunting with a bow before she ever reached for a firearm. She tells us about that journey in addition to the public-facing work she does in the hunting industry through her Instagram page, @Hannah.The.Plus.Size.Hunter. We talk about choosing gear for function over aesthetics, sweaty sports bras, and garden bounty galore. Plus, when you're from Texas and you tell someone you have "ground hog" in your freezer... sometimes they mistakenly think you mean groundhogs. 4:00 Texas wild hogs! Or "pigs" in Texas-speak... perennial freezer-fodder in the Lone Star State 6:00 "No matter what hunt I'm on... if I see a pig, it becomes a pig hunt." It's an invasive/abundant species 10:00 Two adult-onset hunters venture into bow-hunting 15:00 Even on non-harvest days in the field... you have the best seat for nature-watching. Plus, working up to your first harvest, step-by-step 18:00 What nudges some of us toward bows over guns? 22:00 Using the red light option on your headlamp heading to the tree stand (and sometimes finding an unexpected set of eyeballs in that light... AH!) 24:00 Ladies, totally ok to have a little cry in the treestand. That wasn't a chupacabra! (Right?) 25:00 Doing the observing vs. being the one who's observable 27:00 Find Hannah on Insta @hannah.the.plus.size.hunter and YouTube Hannah Marcom - there is so much good story and deep thought here 30:00 Realizing you need some camo and having a hard time finding something that fits #imnottheonlyone 34:00 "If you can't try it on, seeing it on someone else's body is the next best thing." 42:00 Sports bras! Check out Hannah's take on this Best Sports Bras... "I have been on a sports bra journey." 46:00 Padding? Zipper? Clasp? Razorback? 48:00 SheFit 50:00 Wool-blend bras for the sweaty hike followed by the cold sit at your hunting spot 59:00 McCall WildFest - Aug. 18 1:04 That expression "the bee's knees" ... it's about pollen pants! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The hunting landscape is about 89% male and 97% white. Although there are a number of recruitment/retention groups out there to add to the ranks, we talk about why we need groups for specific demographics -- like Artemis for women, or Hunters of Color for the BIPOC community. Lydia Parker joins us from Hunters of Color to talk about the group's mission -- how they aim to reach out to hunters of color and say, "Yes.. you. This table was made for YOU. Join us." 1:00 What someone names their chickens tells you a lot about them 3:30 Hunters of Color: HuntersOfColor.org, on Insta @huntersofcolor, FB - Hunters of Color 5:30 What being a play-by-play baseball commentator teaches you about the hunting scene (and what it's like when sports broadcasting runs in the family) 10:00 Becoming comfortable with firearms as an adult 14:00 How can you tactfully introduce sporting culture to communities traumatized by gun violence? 15:00 Reframing: Firearms as weapons vs. firearms as tools 16:00 Hunting demographics: about 89% male, 97% white 18:00 Empathy and education first 20:00 How do groups like Hunters of Color go from idea to fully-fleshed organization? Plus, the early stereotypes that got the ball rolling 23:00 "Is Hunting Too White" by Patrick Durkin 25:00 Community-building & recruiting ambassadors 30:00 There are so many groups/events/organizations that help recruit new hunters... everyone is welcome! So why do we NEED specific groups like Artemis/Hunters of Color? Hunters of Color FAQ 35:00 Author Angela Davis and thoughts on oppression/privilege/inclusivity 36:00 "Everyone can be a better ally to someone else." 40:00 "Generational wealth" also refers to things like family knowledge and culture 42:00 What's the responsibility that comes with owning/knowing your own privilege? 45:00 "Hunting and Fishing in the New South" by Scott Giltner - a book that looks into Black hunters pre- and post-slavery, exclusionary hunting laws, land ownership then and now, and more 54:00 There's value in having the hard/uncomfortable conversations 55:00 Mentor application on HOC website; And become a Member 58:00 Want to make a difference? Volunteer volunteer volunteer 59:00 Catch Hunters of Color co-founder Jimmy Flatt on NWF Outdoors: Breaking Down Barriers to Entering Hunting 1:02 Those hunts where you suffer? Sometimes they're the most memorable. Fern pollen to the face! 1:06 Sometimes the fish throw you a bone! Catching one as you're preoccupied elsewhere 1:08 Portugal. The Man 1:10 Artemis Fly Fishing Tactics... that's a wrap! What should we cover next? Send us a note: [email protected]. And as always, join our Artemis Podcast Facebook group to continue the conversation Other groups for your radar: Brown Folks Fishing, Outdoor Afro, Queers and Camo , LGBTQ Outdoors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melody Engle is the captain of the U.S. Women's Spearfishing team, which is headed to Sardinia next month for the Spearfishing World Championships. She tells us what it's like to condition for World's, how to master your mind as a freediver, and how her own headgame was influenced by a background in competitive figure skating and skydiving. Plus -- targeting fish, stone shots, and the ecology of the marine ecosystems we depend on. 3:00 The best tasting fish is a fresh fish 5:30 Speara - woman who spearfishes 8:00 A typical spearfishing outing; Determining 'drop' location based on quarry 10:00 Where to aim on a fish... a "stone shot" 11:00 Distance from fish when you shoot + you ARE the reel... you have to swim the fish to the surface 12:00 The quality of your shot can influence how quickly sharks pick up on that animal's demise 13:00 A good spearfishing friend fends off a shark (!) while you get your fish to the surface 15:00 Diving for a Cause + Ted Harty's freediving course 19:00 Getting into freediving in your 50s (with a background in figure skating and skydiving) 21:00 Being captain of the U.S. Women's Spearfishing team 24:00 U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team headed to World's in Italy in September: World Spearfishing Championship 2021; Plus, if you have any to spare, their GoFundMe page is still active. (Plus... it's a WINNING team!) 26:00 The U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team is relatively new compared to teams in other countries. Follow them on Insta @usa_spearfishing_womens_team and Facebook @USAWomensSpearfishingTeam 27:00 How team members are selected 27:30 U.S. Women's Spearfishing Alliance - conservation & camaraderie 33:00 Shooting a 68-pound yellowfin tuna in Costa Rica 37:00 Decline in Florida hogfish in the past couple years 38:00 Reef-safe sunscreens (like Stream2Sea) 43:00 A high-level competition mindset is about disciple, mastering your nerves, being present 46:00 What's the fate of the fish caught during spearfishing tournaments? Fresh fish are sacred to many 50:00 Ciguatera poisoning 55:00 Freediving + black out risk 58:00 Do you have a boat? It's an obstacle to entry for many Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelsea Albert is on the U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team, which heads to Sardinia next month for the World Championships. This week on Artemis, she tells us how she got into the sport (it started with a freediving course), and how others can tap into the wonders of the ocean's bounty. 1:00 Did you catch Brianne Lauro on Artemis this winter? Diving for Tako and the Value of Community Knowledge. 2:30 Ain't no bettah' fish than raw fish 6:00 Spearfishing for meaningful subsistence during school 7:00 To harvest it helps to really get to know the species 9:00 Want to get into spearfishing? Start with freediving (there's classes for this stuff, everyone!) 11:00 The hardest fish to wrangle underwater? Basically, anything with red meat... that fish is athletic 13:00 Taking a scientist's methodic approach to learning a new skill 17:00 Spearfishing myth busting: You don't need a boat to be able to go. A kayak works. So does a jetski. 20:00 The wonderful solitude of a sunlit kelp bed... plus, the SOUND of fish 23:00 Tips for hunting sea bass 26:00 It's not about what you harvest, or what you take 27:00 Are some things too special for social media? (Or, do we protect what we love by NOT sharing it publicly?) 32:00 Spearfishing competitions 33:00 U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team headed to World's in Italy in September: World Spearfishing Championship 2021 38:00 Preparing to dive in the Mediterranean 39:00 Time underwater & cold- vs. warm-water conditioning 42:00 Shallow-water blackout 46:00 The headgame behind spearfishing (and life) 55:00 GoFundMe for women headed to the spearfishing world championship in Sardinia - https://www.gofundme.com/f/womens-team-usa-2021-spearfishing-worlds 1:00 U.S. Women's Spearfishing Team on Insta @usa_spearfishing_womens_team and Facebook @USAWomensSpearfishingTeam 1:05 Age/weight have little to do with someone's aptitude for freediving 1:14 Becoming a mentor (or "old salty mermaid" in the ocean world)... mentorship is a serious relationship. Don't ask for it lightly, and don't say 'yes' frivolously Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last time we spoke with Sharenda, we heard about how she got into shooting and reloading. This week, we get an update on where she's at in her journey being a hunter and angler. She's been dove-hunting and tying her own flies... AND, she's bringing other women along on the journey through a program called WildHERness. Becoming a hunter can feel like a long process. Sharenda breaks down her journey into simple steps, sometimes as concrete as "Next thing: buy tent." 2:00 WildHERness.org , a program to get women into sporting, @wildHERness_ on Insta and WildHERness on Facebook 4:00 Missouri's Pheasants Forever "Go Wild" program ... like a BOW program, but for women in Missouri/Kansas (September 24-26) 8:00 Imagine a weekend with arts & crafts AND reloading activities... #dreamcometrue 10:00 Girls with Guns "Upland" pants 12:00 Boots for female hunters: Danner "Wayfinder" boots, RedWing "Upland" boots, Timberland "Pros", plus... good 'ol Muck boots 13:00 Squeaky boot problems... is it the laces? The insoles? 17:00 DSG clothing line... hello, ladies! Adjustable inseams, plus-size and petite options, etc 20:00 Let's snow-boogie-board, y'all 21:00 Miss Sharenda on Artemis the first time? Add it to your listening queue 23:00 A first-time dove hunt... "those little boogers fly like bats!" #theyrequick 27:00 Hunt prep on YouTube... good idea? bad idea? 28:00 When your friends are literally your bird dogs 34:00 Coleman pop-up camping bed 36:00 Practicing your duck calling around the house can be rough on a relationship... but what if you did it every time you were at a stoplight? 37:00 Christopher Polk duck calls 41:00 Fly-tying, fly-casting... practice, practice, practice (whenever you can) 44:00 Taxidermists have a quagmire of regulatory hoops 51:00 The garage-centric chicken coop set-up 57:00 How antelope negotiate fences... it's fascinating 1:04 A keep-your-cooler-cool trick involving a wet towel 1:06 Find Artemis (and Sharenda) in our Facebook group ... Sharenda is also on Instagram @pinkshears Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emilie Cram worked for an outfitter in Wyoming -- where her jobs included packing mules, quartering elk, and pretty much anything else needed on guided hunting trips. When she took up a rifle herself, she found that even after so much time in the field, there are STILL questions it helps to be able to phone a friend for. Emilie also made good on a lifelong infatuation with Maine's seafaring culture by learning to lobster... which is fascinating. Trust us on this one! 2:00 "Hoot-owl restrictions" vary by state... some states close rivers to fishing when the river temp stays high. Others rely on anglers' judgement. 7:00 Winter scallops for year-round eating, plus berries galore 9:30 Tip for keeping turkey feathers: Freeze them so the mites don't deteriorate the feather 12:00 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation 13:00 Learning to hunt working at a family outfitting business out West, then bringing those skills back home to the Northeast 16:00 Becoming a lobsterwoman (+ lobster-bacon salads) 19:00 A lifelong crush on the state of Maine 20:00 The regulatory climate for Maine lobstering 24:00 Bait 25:00 A wee bit of lobster ecology 28:00 No keeping the monster lobsters... "keepers" are a function of lobster size (dimensions) and gender 33:00 A rule of thumb: If you get a pound of lobster per trap (about one keeper), you're in the black on your lobstering 36:00 Notching a lobster 40:00 Going from working for an outfitter to being the one who does everything on a personal hunt 43:00 The power of being able to phone a friend when an unforeseen hunting problem arises 45:00 Hunting East vs. West... dense private lands vs. open public lands 48:00 Density of deer versus density of hunters 51:00 The nuance of asking permission to hunt on private lands... and as a landowner, sometimes having to say 'no' 53:00 NWF Outdoors podcast 59:00 Turkey eggs 1:00:00 Pasta Grannies! If you missed it last week... now's the time to catch up 1:00:02 Fly FisHer Adventures in Helena, Mont. Find Emilie on Insta @instahcram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"You get one physical vehicle for your entire life." Our bodies help us do ALL the things outside -- fishing, hunting... even moseying. Artemis Ambassador Sara Camiscioni reminds us that our daily happiness is often directly related to how we feel in our bodies. On this episode, we talk about becoming a hunter, tree stands, whether rivers are changing, and the general pursuit of a strong, functional, confident life. 2:00 Moving to a new place and feeling like you nailed it: "It's everything I've ever wanted in terms of recreation and lifestyle blended together while still being able to run my business." 3:30 Find Your Strong with Sara - a diet/exercise program for the athletic/adventurous (psst... that's us!) Plus, running a business the jives with who you are as a person 6:00 Fly-fishing as therapy 8:00 What fisher(wo)men notice about how rivers/fishing are changing in a changing climate... when did it become the norm for the season to go on hiatus for warm/low water? #newnorm? 11:00 What we look for in partners (... kind of!) 14:00 First hunt - antelope on cherished lands... plus, EMOTIONS! You feel like you can do anything... there's gratitude... there's depth. It's real out there 19:00 Randy Newberg... you need a sidekick?! 22:00 Connecting to your food 25:00 Tree stands 101 - Do you bring the coffee? Do you pee? 29:00 SheWee? #shewont 31:00 Doe pee vs human pee 34:00 Cutting a hunt short to not have to process meat or exit in the dark... it's a tough decision 40:00 In pursuit of a strong, functional, confident life 43:00 Boating body? Even out those muscles! Casting a lot? Forearm strength. You'd be amazed how surgically you use your body in the outdoors 47:00 "You have ONE body. You have ONE physical vehicle for your entire life"... "Your daily happiness is linked to your physical body." 54:00 Changing your health isn't a one-stop-shop... it takes habits and change that you can keep up for a lifetime 55:00 Find Sara on Insta @findyourstrongwithsara, OR the Find Your Strong podcast 58:00 What you learn about someone when they tell you what their chickens are named 59:00 The YouTube channel you didn't know you needed... Italian grandmas making pasta: Pasta Grannies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're joined by biologist Nova Simpson, who works for the Nevada Department of Transportation to mitigate human-wildlife conflict in our travel corridors. We talk about wildlife overpasses and underpasses (even for things like snakes and toads), how those projects are funded, and whether they're effective at reducing vehicular collisions with wildlife. Plus: horses, whitefish dip, and HEAT. 4:00 "Large mammal mitigation specialist" - how can we help animals live more comfortably in our shadow? Also... state road departments have biologists on payroll! 6:00 "Road ecology": The study of how wildlife moves/adjusts to road infrastructure 7:00 Animal-vehicle collisions 12:00 There are 15-20 varieties of threatened animals for whom vehicular collision is a pretty significant source of mortality. Example: Florida panther 13:00 Roads fragment habitat. How can we restore connectivity? 14:00 (RE)CONNECTING WILD: Restoring Safe Passage Mitigation project over Nevada's I-80 on the species’ migration route. Win for drivers, win for deer 18:00 Conservation priority so often comes down to available funding and time resource 19:00 Roadkill collision app in the works 20:00 Overpasses/underpasses on highways, fencing projects, bridge crossings, "animal sidewalks," etc 26:00 Only about 2% of crashes in Nevada involve wildlife 32:00 Agency vs. private funding for wildlife crossings 34:00 How do animals safely cross a highway? New York Times article on wildlife crossings (including the rattlesnake underpass) 37:00 Toad crossings 38:00 Current transportation bill in D.C. includes funding for wildlife mitigation for the first time in U.S. history 41:00 Check out the NWF Outdoors podcast wherever you get your programming 42:00 Wildlife cams... THE THINGS YOU SEE! 47:00 Anyone apply for draw tags? Not drawing in an area with 90%+ draw odds... #darnit 51:00 Training our horse pals :) 55:00 Whitefish dip Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tia Shoemaker grew up in a remote Alaskan hunting lodge. Christine Cunningham didn't come to hunting until she was an adult. Both women found they had a passion for telling authentic stories from the hunt field, and together they launched the outdoor journal, "Traverse." The first issue is out now, and both women join us to talk about what makes for meaningful experience in the field. 1:00 Growing up on a historic homestead in Alaska at a family-owned hunting/fishing lodge. Pilot's license = mandatory 4:00 Hunting ptarmigan with a bow as a five-year-old... also, playing "guide and client" with a sibling 7:00 Traverse - an outdoor journal focused on hunting ethos, edited by Tia Shoemaker and Christine Cunningham 12:00 Christine Cunningham's book "Women Hunting Alaska" 13:00 "Ready? Fire!! Aim?" 15:00 Recovering from a surgery can make you zero in on what you'd most like to be doing 17:00 Feeling more "awake" in the hunt field + crawling at cockroach speed 22:00 Traverse = "the cave paintings of our time"... storytelling at the nexus of connection and place 28:00 Do hunting stories where everything goes right paint an authentic picture of the sport? 30:00 Celebrating experience as much as we celebrate success 32:00 First issue of Traverse is out now! TraverseJournal.com 36:00 "Be fearless and available to the moment" 41:00 Tia on NWF's "Vanishing Seasons" podcast ... "Wealth isn't about how much we have, it's about how much we enjoy it." 43:00 Pebble Mine prospect in Bristol Bay... it's been a long fight 48:00 Submissions at Traverse mag 50:00 Artemis Book Club - our first read is "Braiding Sweetgrass," virtual book club chats are on the horizon 51:00 Other book recs: "The End of the Game" by Peter Beard (LINK); "The Living Mountain" by Nan Shepherd; "The Old Ways" by Robert MacFarland; "Heartsblood" by David Peterson 58:00 2021 Artemis Ambassadors... you're going to meet them soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you heard of the Artemis book club? The club's summer read is "I Don't Know Why I Swallowed The Fly" by Jessica Maxwell. In the spirit of fly-fishing season, here's a treasure from the Artemis Archives -- Ali Bear giving us the play-by-play of casting. It's simply wonderful. Don't forget to join our community online in the Artemis Facebook group, or email us at [email protected] if you know of a book we should all read. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaitlin Barnhart is one of the co-founders of The Mayfly Project, an initiative to connect fly-fishing mentors with foster kids. A lot of the lessons we learn on the water carry over to the rest of our lives. Slow down and work out all the knots. Seek help from those with more experience. Kaitlin also tells us what it's like to grow a passion project into a national organization with employees and volunteers galore. 00:40 Remember Sarah Topp and Timberdoodle? 3:00 Ground-nesting bird species and dogs-always-leashed rules, even on public lands 5:00 Timberdoodle: The dog who pulled her owner on rollerblades six miles in 24 minutes... "It was terrifying, but I find that fun." 8:00 When you learn to fly-fish in Alaska and then return to Idaho... "Oh, I guess I'm not as awesome as I thought I was." 9:00 The Mayfly Project -- linking foster kids with fly-fishing 10:00 Foster kids and access to sports/the outdoors 12:00 Becoming a mentor with the Mayflly Project 14:00 From the genesis of an idea to 53 locations with mentorship projects in place 17:00 Teaching a conservation ethos alongside fishing 21:00 Fly-fishing gives us so much bounty 25:00 Slow down and work out the knots (Fishing lesson, or life lesson?) 28:00 When people are in and out of someone's life, the outdoors can be its own kind of steady relationship 32:00 When Mayfly project kids teach OTHERS to fly-fish 35:00 Making an investment of time into a kid is huge 38:00 Bringing a Mayfly type of project to a new place: it usually starts with a single invested, committed, connected person 41:00 When a non-profit grows from a self-motivated, two-person hustle to an organization with employees and volunteers galore 42:00 Find the Mayfly Project on Facebook and Instagram 45:00 Fly-fishing as a mom with three kids... and when fishing kids evolve from littles to teens 48:00 Fishing as a meditation / escape 52:00 Did you miss our fly-repellent tip on Amber Rose from Victoria's Secret? 56:00 Getting some instruction vs. teaching yourself 57:00 Hey, everyone... exciting news! Artemis's Fly-Fishing Tactics event is ON. There's a goodie bag, a storytelling contest, and loads of tips. Join us! Register here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artemis heads afield this week to talk with storyteller and adventurer Mandela van Eeden in Montana. Mandela's upbringing was split between South Africa, where her family harvested from the sea, and Montana - where they gratefully accepted the river's bounty. She went on to become a raft guide in the Grand Canyon and in New Zealand. Mandela talks to us about connecting to place, pursuing your dreams, and how we can care for what sustains us. Plus, a black bear walks in on Marcia and Mandela mid-way through the episode. (No jokes, folks!) 4:00 All the 'boks' in Africa, which is Afrikaans for 'deer' (springbok, bontebok, gemsbok) 5:00 A childhood split between the African bush and Montana, leaving your heart in both 11:00 Three Gorges Dam & the Yangtze River 12:00 Storytelling with sound and music AND raft guiding both hemispheres 16:00 What's the core value that makes us do what we do? 18:00 The Oily River Rendezvous and seeing an oil spill from the river's view 19:00 "If you think you're too little to make a difference, you've obviously not spent the night with a mosquito." 22:00 "Grand Canyon pink" - a rattlesnake endemic to that space 24:00 Getting Primitive program gets kids into bushcrafting 27:00 Fish in one hand, shark in the other 30:00 Fly-fishing as a family affair 32:00 Podcast interrupted by a black bear... yep, bonafide bear strolling through! 37:00 The myriad of ways in which people gather from the sea 38:00 NWF Outdoors podcast, Vanishing Seasons 41:00 If you want to connect with a place... BE there. Fully present. Cease the wandering mind. 42:00 Yoga sutras written by Pantanjali 49:00 Connection to the outdoors through harvest + patience and mindfulness 50:00 The value of a mentor 54:00 Riverboarding the Grand Canyon for 15 days... the dream started with a flip (link to article?) 56:00 Thalweg: the fastest current in the river 59:00 "Go into your dream closet and dust off some of those ones you've filed away." 1:03 Introducing family to game - antelope and bear... and recruiting a nephew into the ranks 1:06 Listen to what your body tells you to eat (plus, spearfishing) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BeBe Dalton Harrison was raised in a South Carolina fishing family. They often caught their supper from the salt marshes -- fish like large-mouthed bass, sea trout, and flounder. As an adult, Bebe now has the dream job of sharing her love for the salt marsh with other women, families and kids. Today on the show: A Carolina bug-battling tip straight outta Victoria's Secret, sea trout versus freshwater trout, and tackle-purses. 2:00 Tips for not scratching mosquito bites, other than willpower. A hot tip from Victoria's Secret (picked up at a tackle shop)... it's called Amber Romance 5:00 Other sensory vibes: The aroma of a salt marsh 7:00 South Carolina Wildlife Federation effort to restore a coastal bird rookery 10:00 Growing up in a fishing family on the South Carolina coast - sea trout, flounder, crab, sea bass, weakfish, etc 14:00 Taste test: Freshwater vs. sea trout 16:00 Hush-puppy fish fry 19:00 Growing up in fishing, growing away from it, then circling back around as an adult 21:00 Finding your path (however circuitously) 22:00 Want to break into an agency job? Persistence + volunteering + keep applying 25:00 R3 - Recruitment, Retention, Reactivation 26:00 Developing a salt marsh education program + Angling Women, a business to teach introductory marsh fishing to women and families 30:00 Poll: Who do you think asks for fishing lessons more often... men? Or women? 33:00 The tackle-purse! No, really. Plus, rod charms. 35:00 Environmental education bearing fruit: When a kid in a salt marsh ed program becomes a fishing guide 37:00 The $700 fish pic 42:00 From spin rods to fly rods + that first tug on a fly 45:00 Taking someone new? Especially a kid? Try leaving your rod at home. And maybe pack some non-fishing entertainment, too 50:00 "However you treat the trip is how they're going to remember it." 53:00 Find BeBe and Angling Women on Facebook and Instagram 59:00 Get in touch! [email protected], or, check out our Facebook group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we hear from South Carolina hunter Morgan Harrell, who checks in with us on Artemis's first turkey camp in the region. Plus, what's different about hunting with other women? Also in this episode: snow geese parts, what we remember from our childhoods, and eating the non-traditional cuts of meat. 2:00 "The only thing between Columbia and hell is a screen door." 4:00 Artemis South Carolina takes flight - women are coming together to share the sport 6:00 Nuts/flour/fish/moonshine... peek into thy freezer, peek into thyself 7:30 Canning wild game... yay or nay? (Pressure canning and the fear of blowing your house up) 10:00 Snow geese hearts and livers 12:00 Liver puddin' 17:00 Heart slices over the camp fire + other family memories 18:00 Being the only woman on the trip; Making use of every last bit of your harvest 21:00 Eating the non-traditional cuts - neck roasts, caul fats, etc 24:00 The regional ethics of what we do/don't eat 29:00 Family hunt camp and dead rattlesnakes that keep on wiggling 33:00 Childhood memories from the outdoors that persist 36:00 Artemis South Carolina does turkey camp! 38:00 What's different about a hunt with all women? 44:00 Finding turkeys (or not) 45:00 Hogs do the darnedest things 51:00 Are we ready for the Official Mary Lynn Fan Club yet? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It seems like a no-brainer: Let's conserve all wildlife, right? Jen Syrowitz of Washington state joins Artemis to talk about the importance of funding, which is possibly one of the least sexy parts of conservation. We also talk about upland bird hunting (dog, or no dog?), grouse, prairie chickens, and partridge. 6:00 Saving your seasonal bounty in the freezer... then realizing harvest time is almost upon us. Time to use those huckleberries/grouse/[insert food here] 7:30 Sand County Almanac 8:00 Graduate school in Manitoba to bird hunting to a conservation career 9:00 Conservation Northwest = the NWF affiliate in Washington state 11:00 Prairie chickens 15:00 Upland bird hunting: Dogs vs no dogs 19:00 First bird: a Hungarian partridge flushing overhead 21:00 Funding for wildlife management... but first, let’s go back to early environmental ed 26:00 How can we give people the right ecological literacy to understand (and participate in) wildlife management decisions? 31:00 We invest in what we know and love 32:00 Missouri conservation tax - a miniscule sales tax add-on that earns big 35:00 Recovering America's Wildlife Act - proposed legislation to fund conservation work to revive wildlife populations on the brink of ESA listing 41:00 Funding = the most unsexy conservation topic... but also vital 43:00 Northern gardening woes 45:00 Bear cub on the trail! Plus, channeling Tina Turner when you need her 49:00 Grassroots conservation + changing gender dynamics of land ownership 52:00 Missing a shot 53:00 "The honorable harvest" + Artemis book club: "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it mean to be a conservation advocate? It's different for every person. This week, Artemis ambassador Anne Jolliff talks about what she's learned over the past year about how to best advocate for wild spaces. She shares her "why" and her "how," and more on how it's going. 00:20 Montana Wildlife Federation + Artemis 101 1:00 "Go Confident as an Advocate" program 3:00 Ladies and gentlemen... we are hearing from a mother of 5-year-old triplets 6:00 Why be a conservation advocate? 8:00 First thing: What's holding you back? 10:00 The first time you speak up for something you believe in 13:00 Writing an op-ed, testifying at a hearing, sharing what you know with others 15:00 Preconceptions about what it means to "be an advocate" 16:00 "I'm not here to be the magic bullet that changes everyone's minds and pivots this whole discussion, as much as I would like it to... but I am going to show up." 21:00 When was the last time you changed your mind? 23:00 Wear fancy dresses in the dirt, ya'all 28:00 Start by watching... hearings, the political process, everything. Follow the groups that fit your beliefs. Engage. Reach out. Talk to people. 33:00 Don't be afraid to fail... failure is integral to how you learn this kind of thing 37:00 Ethos, logos, pathos 39:00 Bear! Right there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jodee Dixon joins Artemis this week to talk about bear hunting in southeast Alaska. We talk about spring versus fall bear fat, pie crust, trichinosis, skinning a hide for preservation, scouting tactics, and more. Plus, what does hunting do for our sense of self? It's kind of a forced meditation, which is a powerful experience -- both as it's happening, and months later when we enjoy our harvest at the table. 2:00 Cold-season gardening, y'all 5:00 How does hunting change our relationship to the natural world? (Hiking feels extremely anticlimactic, for one) 9:00 How bear hunting differs from other quarries, and predator vs. prey dynamics 15:00 Bear meat, spring vs. fall 17:00 Predator hunting... it's an intimate decision for some hunters 18:00 Trichinosis 23:00 Freeze in chunks for grinding later (even MUCH later) 25:00 Catch our 'What About the Hide?' episode (or the blog post) it inspired a bear-hide tanning project. Want to TRY a hide? Roadkill can be a good starting point 30:00 Ticks... or mosquitos? (Or devil's club?) 33:00 The zen of hunting for a distilled/strengthened self... a "forced meditation" 40:00 Boat-assisted bear hunting in Alaska (with a side of grouse) 42:00 Predator hunting: bears, wolves, cougars... it's different 43:00 Black bear kidney fat for pie crusts 47:00 Mind-blowing bear biology... body temperatures, the quick transition out of torpor, floating eggs, etc. 51:00 "A bear without its hide looks a lot like a person." 55:00 Skinning paws/nose/head for a hide destined for the taxidermist (and OTHER languishing hides) 56:00 Sleeping on the boat, dragging anchor, custom-sewn sheets for the v-berth 59:00 2021 Artemis Ambassador squad... assembly in process! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yasss, pythons. Not a typo. This week on the podcast, we hear about how Amy Siewe went from snake lover to snake hunter -- and how her hunting pal Anne Gordon-Vega also became a python contractor. Pythons aren't native to Florida, and they wreak havoc on native ecosystems. So... when you find a 17-foot python big enough to swallow a deer, in the middle of the night, and you're alone... how DO you handle that? 3:30 Badass python-hunters are grandmas, too! 5:00 Life transition: Going from being a real estate broker in Indiana to a Florida python hunter 7:00 A brief history of pythons in Florida... a non-native, apex predator 9:30 "In the southern part of the state we've lost over 90% of all mammals." It's shocking. No opossums, no raccoons, no marsh rabbits. 12:00 Miami, drugs & exotic pets 14:00 Pythons are VERY difficult to find in the wild 15:00 What eats baby pythons? Plus, python breeding 17:00 Two python facts: They're the only snake that sits a nest, and the "babies" are 18-24 inches when they're born. (AH!) 18:00 When a python regurgitates the last four things it ate... 23:00 The contractor program in Florida - Florida Wildlife Commission; South Florida Water Management District 26:00 The python-hunting version of a Florida family vacay 30:00 Meeting your first deer-eater sized python at 2 a.m., laying over its body so it doesn't wrap you, and wrestling it into a bag 34:00 Snake-bagging 101 37:00 Catching a python on your ebike 40:00 Team-tagging pythons at night in dark, dark swamp water 43:00 Wrangling a 17-footer, with a timely assist from passing hunters 48:00 Python hunting is actually not much like how it's portrayed on reality TV 51:00 BSwanky handbag line from Florida pythons 52:00 Amy is a full-time python-hunter... and she also saves the skins for her own line of product. Find her online, Python Huntress 53:00 What does it PAY to be a python contractor? It's not about the money... "I do it out of love (for the Everglades), and -- I'll admit it -- adrenaline." 54:00 Python hunting is a night-time thing... outsiders can totally try it on vacation, but start by paying attention to the rules: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 55:00 The Florida Python Challenge - cash prizes! ATVs! Reptile stuff! 56:00 Are we putting a meaningful dent in the python problem? 58:00 Snake-tracking hound dogs 59:00 Find @PythonHunter_Amy on Insta, or PythonHuntress.com for those snake skin goods we mentioned; Find Anne on the FWC Python Contractor FB page 1:04 Turkey hunting! It's ON. (Dinner Island Ranch, where working cattle land meets public lands) 1:06 When mom makes you a snake bag for the record-breaker on the horizon... <3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artemis ambassador Phoebe Stoner joins us this week to talk about becoming a hunter as an adult, and about realizing that serving on a board is for EVERYONE. We hear about hunting in the greater Yellowstone area, plus making a difference in the same region through service to municipal/non-profit boards. Also? That elk is SO MUCH BIGGER than a whitetail. 2:00 Rocky Mountain gardening... keeps you on your toes! 4:00 Growing up in a rural, ag-centric place in a progressive/liberal family 6:00 That first whitetail deer in the greater Yellowstone area... first deer, trembling arms 10:00 Being a new hunter, your mental checklist in the field can feel so long compared to people who grew up doing it... but it DOES get shorter over time 13:00 Hesitating and second-guessing... those things can be good 16:00 Hunting/fishing... it can be hours of low-key mellowness before 'the thing' happens and you're 0 to 100.... "everything I've been working for is right here!" 19:00 Serving as a board member on a conservation group... from interest to 'yes, I'll do it' 22:00 Being a 20-something in Jackson likely means you'll have approximately four jobs, have trouble finding a place to live... AND, if you don't ski, you also might feel like something of an outsider 25:00 Offering public testimony to a group of policy-makers... it's kind of what democracy is about 28:00 Boards... they're everywhere! Corporations, non-profits, city/county government, state government, state agencies, etc 29:00 Board service is a great way to interact deeply with people you might never otherwise meet; And you have useful expertise! Truly. Boards benefit from backgrounds of all kinds 32:00 Every board's dream: Engaged, responsive people (knack for tangent-killering is a bonus) 38:00 What exactly does it mean to be "an expert"? (Pssst... you don't need to be an expert to have something important to say.) 41:00 Board struggles... how to make them productive versus time-wasting? Good facilitation helps. 43:00 Being a 'yes person' can bring you to a lot of AMAZING opportunities... the harder part is nailing the work-life balance 44:00 "I'm a recovering people-pleaser." (More on this? NPR's Life Kit podcast on it is worth a listen, How to say no, for the people pleaser who always says yes.) 47:00 Spending your career as an advocate vs. volunteering as an advocate 54:00 First elk after deer... 'Wow, this is big' 55:00 When your body falls INTO the elk's body (AH!) 57:00 There ARE perks to learning things the hard way 59:00 Peer mentorship for ladies on boards, anyone? Like a book club, maybe? 1:03 Purchasing a raft with a partner, two doggie life jackets included... life = changed!! Plus, learning to steer the oar rig 1:06 A healthy appreciation for realizing you don't know anything 1:07 Happiness is... a new toilet you install yourself 1:08 Artemis 'Turkey Tactics' storytelling contest... check it out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices