Ep. 41: How to find and Hunting Mentor with Rick Brazell of the First Hunt Foundation
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Show Notes
Date: February 18 2021
Episode: 41
Title: Finding a Hunting Mentor with the First Hunt Foundation
Guest(s): Rick Brazell
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Brief Summary of Show:
In this episode of The Silvercore Podcast, Travis speaks with Rick Brazell, founder of First Hunt Foundation in Idaho USA. Brazell talks about his passion for hunting and how it lead to him starting the foundation to help get new hunters out there with the help of mentors. He speaks about difficulties experienced, as well as memories created, listen to this podcast to hear Rick’s truly inspiring story.
If you have a story that would be of value to the Silvercore audience, or know someone who does, email us at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you!
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Intro [00:00:00 – 00:01:02]
- First Hunt Foundation [00:01:02 – 00:07:33]
- R3 Movement [00:07:33 – 00:12:54]
- How First Hunt Foundation Started [00:12:54 – 00:16:00]
- Costs & pushback from outfitters [00:16:00 – 00:18:11]
- Metrics collected & increased interest in hunting [00:18:11 – 00:22:43]
- Costs of hunting & deterrent [00:22:43 – 00:25:57]
- Women hunting & learning where food comes from [00:25:57 – 00:28:14]
- How to become a mentor with First Hunt Foundation [00:28:14 – 00:29:42]
- Mentorship and Master Hunter Program [00:29:42 – 00:32:45]
- What the future holds [00:32:45 – 00:34:32]
- Coming back for a second, or more hunts [00:34:32 – 00:37:27]
- Funding & donations to support the cause [00:37:27 -00:40:33]
- Pushback, or lack thereof [00:40:33 – 00:44:07]
- Bridging the gap between existing and new hunters [00:44:07 – 00:47:43]
- Outro [00:47:43 – 00:48:21]
Explore these Resources
In this episode, we mentioned the following resources which may be beneficial to you:
- Silvercore [00:00:10] [00:00:21] [00:00:24] [00:00:31] [00:00:58] [00:47:59]
- First Hunt Foundation [00:00:50] [00:01:04] [00:21:07] [00:30:36] [00:33:09] [00:38:55] [00:39:40] [00:40:11]
- R3 Movement [00:08:16] [00:08:17] [00:35:24]
- Fish and Wildlife ID (FWID) [00:09:50]
- Master Hunter Program [00:29:49] [00:30:04]
- BOW Program [00:23:46] [00:25:59] [00:26:06] [00:26:36] [00:29:29]
- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation [00:39:03]
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