The Origins Foundation Podcast

From a backcountry road drive, Craig Murton decided to flip on his phone recorder and shares his thoughts on why he has taken to the Blood Origins movement. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Duck Dens: www.theduckdens.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second edition of our new Weekly Roundup. This week, Robbie and Cody tackle a proposed federal bill to ban the sale of kangaroo leather, land development and keeping wild places wild, a paper on hunting’s place among stressors to ungulate populations and so much more . Have information we need to know about? Keep the questions coming - whether through instagram, FB messenger, or email. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Duck Dens: www.theduckdens.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Robbie asks the tough questions every hunter who’s never been wants to know or learn about hunting in Africa. Oliver from Wettstein Safari's, a family run hunting safari business in South Africa was gracious enough to donate this month’s Blood Origins Supporter Program dream hunt on his family’s ranch in South Africa. Have you ever dreamed of hunting in South Africa? Here's your chance. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Duck Dens: www.theduckdens.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bribery, corruption. Hunters just come in and pay people off, right? Wrong. Jeff McCollum is a land manager in Mocambique. His perspective is critical, because it provides the context we need to understand what it takes to manage a preserve in Africa, and dispels many of the myths and stereotypes about doing business in Africa that fuel anti-hunting tropes. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Duck Dens: www.theduckdens.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're starting something new. We get a lot of questions - whether through instagram, FB messenger, email or otherwise making us aware of so many topics - we decided to create a place where we address them all every week. In this inaugural roundup, Robbie and Cody tackle the New Mexico trapping bill, the wolf quota in Wisconsin, Africa, disingenuous attacks by anti-hunters, and the hypocrisy of ecotourists hating hunting for killing but loving mother nature being as violent as she can be. Have information we need to know about? Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Duck Dens: www.theduckdens.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Terrance Butler is a game warden with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Robbie caught up with him at Sorinex WinterStrong to discuss how he is changing perceptions around hunting through both his personal life and his work as a Federal Game Warden with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Duck Dens: www.theduckdens.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For well over a century, the Tigers of India have been the subject of intense debate. What you’re about to hear is the first of many conversations between Rajeev and Robbie and some mind-blowing information about the state of wildlife in India, from bears to wolves to leopards and, of course, tigers. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Duck Dens: www.theduckdens.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cayce De Simone is an avowed lifelong vegetarian and mother who has come through her years to understand who hunters are, even marrying one. She is from the interior of British Columbia, where hunting ban issues of large carnivore hunting and possibly other species are coming to a head. So her perspective as a non-hunter in the interior of British Columbia is likely the most valuable perspective we as hunters could have. In this podcast, we hear directly from Cayce about what her perspective of hunting used to be like, what it is today, and why it has changed. Remember that she is a vegetarian, because she will sound like a hunter. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sportsmen’s Alliance is an advocacy organization that fights for sportsmen’s rights in the political arena nationwide. Brian Lynn and Bruce Tague push the stone up the hill every day in defense of hunting, fishing and trapping. In this episode, Robbie gets into the weeds of advocacy efforts to save hunting, what messages work, and what threats are out there looming over the sportsmen of America. Learn more about Sportsmen’s Alliance: www.sportsmensalliance.org Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aleksi is a Finnish hunter, author and IT professional with a passion for the wolves of his Scandinavian homeland. In this episode, Robbie and Aleksi tackle the controversies surrounding wolves and try to chart a path forward for these incredible animals. From human-wildlife conflicts to agricultural damage, the parallels to the United States’ own wolf controversies is staggering. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Cat Biologist. Non-hunter. Vegetarian. Self-professed “bunny hugger”. Advocate for the benefits of hunting? Amy Dickman is a jack of of all trades in the wildlife space and noted conservationist in Africa. She is pro-hunting, even when her heart is against it, because of the cost-benefits analysis we has been face with during her career as a biologist. In this critical conversation, colored , Amy and Robbie cover everything from lions to poaching to disingenuous attacks by anti-hunters on her funding sources. Photo credit: Johann Vorster Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack was not raised a hunter, but he knew he wanted to be one. After pestering his father until the age of 12, Navy Diver Jack Bottoms’s father bought him his first shotgun, a .410. From there, Jack embarked a solo journey, learning the ropes - and the lessons the outdoors has to offer - even picking up a few friends along the way. He discusses how hunters can begin to combat the anti-hunting vitriol of today with ethics and discipline. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Renee Snider is arguably the toughest female hunter on the planet. Weatherby Award Winner Renee Snider grew up at the foot of the Bitterroot Mountain Range in Montana. Her father, an avid outdoorsman, fed his family off the land. She grew up with a great love for the outdoors because of those experiences. She uses these experiences to frame the ugly perceptions of hunters and how we can respond and educate non-hunters. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this social media age; where vegan, anti-hunting, non-hunting is on the rise, there is a very important question that hunters need to be able to answer. “Why do you hunt?” Pepe Madrazo of Salamanca, Spain is a lifelong hunter, and Pantheon, Conklin and OVIS Award winner, he has been hunting since he was a child. The nostalgia of his memories preparing to hunt with his father as a boy in Spain is palpable in this conversation with Blood Origins. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Robbie and Prairie Rock Outfitters Co-Owner Jake Latendresse venture to where it all started for him on his hunting journey. This private property in Tennessee has been in Jake’s family for over 50 years. It’s where he cut his teeth - learning to hunt, fish and be a woodsman. Watch Jake Latendresse’s full Blood Origins episode: https://bloodorigins.org/portfolio-item/s3e3-values/ Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie Hargreaves is an exceptional artist that typically focuses on wildlife as her subject of choice. She is a highly intelligent individual that has chosen to be Vegan. So it would surprise you that last December she went hunting for Chinese water deer, and she actually pulled the trigger herself. Why? Why did a Vegan decide she was okay taking the life of an animal? Isn't that totally contrary to what a Vegan believes? The answer is no in Katie's mind. Katie Hargreave Wildlife: https://www.katiehargreavesart.com/ Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gray Thornton is the CEO and President of the Wild Sheep Foundation, in which every year during their annual convention they raise millions of dollars for wildlife conservation. In the 2021 Virtual Sheep Show they raised over $8 million, with $4 million coming directly from the conservation permit tags. So where does that money really go? Isn't the North American Model supposed to be that wildlife is for all vs. the ultra-wealthy? Well, listen and find out ... More information about The Wild Sheep Foundation: https://www.wildsheepfoundation.org/ Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russel De Le Harpe (or just Russ) is a young bow-hunter out of Zambia who has started an outfitting business called Back Country Africa that specializes in Spot and Stalk Bow-Hunting. Essentially the out-west experience of the US in Zambia and Zimbabwe. A truly exceptional experience that should be the pinnacle of all bow-hunters to do. So why have so many bow-hunters written off Africa? We are featuring Russ and getting to know him in our Outfitter Spotlight Series where we highlight outfitters around the world and really get to know them and their passion for hunting and taking care of wildlife. This is a conversation beyond what he hunts, but rather why he loves this thing called hunting so much. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since the new administration’s State of the Union is due any day now, we decided to do a Blood Origins "State of the Union". 2020 was an incredible year, what does 2021 have in store?? A brand-new supporters program-support us with $3 / month and be eligible for all sorts of goodies, including AMAZING hunts all over the world! Join us. Support us. Help us convey the truth around hunting. Blood Origins Partner Program: https://bloodorigins.org/supporter-program/ Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a stigma associated with the duck hunting world. A stigma where women are nice to have around in the blind, not a need to have. A stigma where one could ask "do they really belong?", after all this is a man's world. Well, the stigma has never met Ashton. Ashton wasn't raised a hunter but she knew that there was something buried in her blood that was drawing her to the outdoors. Her calling was duck hunting and you will struggle to find a more passionate, die-hard duck hunter than Ashton, male or female alike. And oh yes, she can operate a duck call better than most men. Ashton’d Blood Origins Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1W0xkqDxkY Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan is an ex-combat marine that will tell you that its waterfowl above anything. He is chasing the elusive 41, and I have been engaging Ryan over the last several weeks about addressing some of the stupidity we are finding in hunting and specifically waterfowling i.e., the biting of the duck bill, the pushing the bill of the duck into the shotgun, etc. A thought provoking discussion. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cole Kramer is very well known in the hunting industry circles for his passion for hunting in Alaska - chasing goats, grizzlies, you name it, he chases it. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Fulton Mangwanya is the Director-General of Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority. There has been, and continues today to be a very loud chorus coming out the UK to ban hunting. Well how about a voice from the ground provides a first hand perspective to what the reality is. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johnathan West is an African American from Nashville Tennessee that self-proclaims that he is from the suburbs. He didn't hunt, but after he and his wife tasted venison for the first time, his wife literally told him he needed to go hunting to bring home the proverbial bacon for the family. So he did, with us, and it was incredible. This is him explaining that process and event. See more: https://youtu.be/yQt0H2woEL4 Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Quong is a second generation Chinese American that grew up in the Mississippi Delta, that has this burning passion for upland bird hunting, german short-hair pointers, and fly-fishing. He is also likely one of the most eloquently speaking individuals you will come across teaching English to hundreds of students where he recites a poem before the start of every class. I challenged him about the use of the term harvest vs. kill when it comes to the hunting. Here is his answer. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anytime Wolves are brought up there is immediate controversy from delisting, to Proposition 114 in Colorado to introducing wolves by 2023. Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota are now considering proposing 2021 hunting seasons. Politics, wildlife management, and public sentiment are all colliding as it pertains to this alpha predator. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trish Michler, wife to Ryan Michler, was raised in a hunting lifestyle. She is a homemaker, a hunter, and a connoisseur of homegrown sourcing of food. Hunting is all about the meat to her. It's all about connection - a connection to her food, as well as connection to exposing her kids to this lifestyle. She also absolutely can't stand poaching. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You have heard the headlines, "Lady Kills Giraffe"! "How could she!?" "Giraffes Are Endangered!!" - well technically they are not endangered. Conversations discussing the truth around certain topics are always needed, and Cody is the perfect subject to bring these untruths to our attention. Cody is the Business Development director of Blood Origins, a self-proclaimed liberal, that has just enough knowledge on a lot of subjects to be dangerous. Hence, a record-setting discussion between Robbie and Cody on Giraffes. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyle didn't grow up a hunter. But today he is a proud hunter. Hunting is a passion now for him. He is a member of the hunting fraternity. Add another to the ranks and his perspective is exactly the type of individual that we want to welcome into our tribe. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Arizona Game And Fish Commission recently decided to propose a ruling to ban the use of trail cameras for the take of the state’s wildlife. Robbie invited the Chairman and one Commissioner of the AZGFD and asks the questions everyone wants to ask around the topic, including its implications on hunters’ choice, fair chase and more - leaving no stone unturned. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meredith Bernard’s kids hunt, her husband hunts, but she doesn’t hunt. She’s better known as This Farmers Wife, cooking steak with lots of butter, and learning how to farm. When asked whether she accepts hunting, her answer was a definitive: absolutely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Michler runs an organization for men called Order of Man. It may be surprising that his wife is a longer, and better hunter than he is. Hunting is something he fully embracing as it gives him an opportunity to engage in something that is a little primal, a lot fulfilling, and connects him within something greater than he. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Memo Someh runs a non-profit in Kenya called Wildnow – an organization keenly interested in engaging youth in wildlife conservation. She is a 19yr old African female that is incredibly intelligent, mature beyond her years, and is certainly going to make a difference in this world. She is also completely against hunting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Suzanne Call’s non-hunter perspective dropped in Season 5 of Blood Origins. She is currently a non-hunter, but has recently taken her hunter safety and has started chasing wildlife in the backcountry in an anticipation of her taking an animal. She married into this hunting lifestyle, marrying Brian Call, aka Gritty / The Gritty Bowman, and surrounded herself in the community she lives in, with hunters – both male and female. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You will struggle to find a more unique individual that Candace Sabol. Lives in Maine, works for a feminist organization, loves to hunt, used to be a vegetarian, and has only eaten wild game meat for the last 20 years. She is a complete unknown – nobody knows who Candace is, she is not famous, and does not have much of a social media presence, but man she is awesome. She is a strong advocate for this lifestyle and has a unique perspective on hunting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Bair lives in Utah. He is a passionate predator hunter and has been working behind the scenes in the State of Utah for 25+ years championing wildlife, wildlife conservation, and this way of life we hold so dear. You may have seen John on Blood Origins already, his episode dropped in Season 5, and can be watched here. This is the entire content of that Blood Origins interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Perrin Noelke owns and operates Labelle Vie an organic farm a little outside Austin Texas. She is originally of French descent but married a good ole guy from Texas and now supplies fresh organic agricultural produce and meats to the Austin market. She is a non-hunter, but completely gets where meat comes from. Here is her perspective on hunting … Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blood Origins started as a way to convey the stories behind hunters and hunting. Over the last 4 years the project has grown into a platform and now into a non-profit organization that aims every single day to convey the truth around hunting, as well as to change the perception around hunting. This podcast series represents a reflection of Blood Origins content – from Africa to Wyoming, from behind-the-scenes content to non-hunter perspectives, from discussions about wolves to standing up for the hunter in New Zealand. This is what you will get in this podcast series. Come along for the journey, give us feedback, leave a review. Here we go … Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices