Join the HOWL PACK to amplify your voice, protect hunting & conservation nationwide! https://www.howlforwildlife.org/ Conserve & Protect Arizona - learn, join and rally with this powerful AZ org! https://conserveandprotectaz.org/ Arizona Working Dog Alliance - bringing together all forms of sporting, hounds and working dogs in AZ. https://azwda.com/ ** Details - 8am, Friday April 11th, AZGFD Headquarters, 5000 W Carefree Highway, Phoenix, AZ - agenda here Item for action - The Commission...
Apr 03, 2025•49 min•Ep. 81
Join the HOWL PACK!! https://www.howlforwildlife.org / Abe, Phil & Mike talk about the upcoming 2nd Annual Mile High Hunt & Fish Expo. This is not just Colorado's premiere big game hunting and adventure angling exposition, but it's also developing into a destination event for anybody looking for a GREAT lineup of vendors, brands, manufacturers, outfitters, raffle tags and hunt opportunities. By plane, train or automobile... head for the Mile High Hunt & Fish Expo this April 11-12-13!...
Mar 31, 2025•44 min•Ep. 80
The HOWL Pack needs you...Your advocacy, engagement and support will us preserve and protect hunting! Nationwide and certainly throughout Colorado, hunters, ranchers, land stewards and conservation advocates MUST rally together to support Initiative 35. There is no reasonable argument to indicates we should be spectators on this. What does Initiative 35 do? It puts an end to wolf-importation in Colorado while dealing a hard blow to the foundations of ballot box biology everywhere. Join the HOWL ...
Mar 26, 2025•57 min•Ep. 79
https://www.howlforwildlife.org/cawolfplan HOWL with us. HOWL as one. When we HOWL - our voices are amplified, our message is heard and we can be effective. When we HOWL we can lead dialogue and create positive outcomes that value entire ecosystems, human communities, and wildlife. Sign on to the HOWL letter today. Take Action here --> https://www.howlforwildlife.org/take_action Complaining isn't working. It's time to lead... It is time to call upon the California Dept of Fish & Wildlife,...
Mar 24, 2025•51 min•Ep. 78
AB1038 brings hounds back to the bear woods in CA, and it gives the Commission and Dept the tools needed for effective black bear management, increased harvest where warranted and more effective conflict reduction. This is a nationwide call to action - because a win in California is a win for everyone! Time to step in and help here... this will be a long campaign where we are approaching the 2nd gate, of about 7 if we are to take this all the way. Every inch of progress is a win, and gets us clo...
Mar 11, 2025•24 min•Ep. 77
Join the HOWL PACK! https://www.howlforwildlife.org/memberships Amplify our messaging, make advocacy work - Take Action with HOWL. https://www.howlforwildlife.org/take_action Shelina Moreda rallied a community of farmers, ranchers and local food advocates to beat Measure J in Sonoma County. She helped develop the messaging, the values statements and the strategy to steer this Northern California community away from a terrible anti-livestock, anti-ranching initiative. We dig in to find that the a...
Mar 04, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 76
Friends.. Join the HOWL PACK , we have some dragons to slay in 2025 and your support and advocacy is the fuel that drives success! https://www.howlforwildlife.org/ Cat Hunter Magazine started as a simple community space on IG where "cat hunters' around the world could gather for hunting and conservation stories. In this episode we learn about the recent launch of a truly beautiful and unique international print version of Cat Hunter Magazine!! There is simply nothing else like this in the huntin...
Mar 04, 2025•48 min•Ep. 75
The HOWL PACK is calling... Join us! https://www.howlforwildlife.org/ Jana Waller & John Bair are as deeply connected to hunting, conservation and wildlife policy as anybody we know. They've both served on the state level wildlife boards or commissions, they produce incredible hunting stories and help raise MILLION$ for habitat, conservation and wildlife. John & Jana were major boosters during the fight to protect mountain lion hunting in Colorado in 2024, and they share a love of bears ...
Mar 01, 2025•49 min•Ep. 74
Put an expiration date on the Wolf Reintroduction in Colorado: https://www.smartwolfpolicyco.com/ Can you love wolves, and still seek to end the forced importation of wolves to CO? Yes. Can you be pro-livestock, and still acknowledge that wolves (living w/in wild ecosystems) can have a place on the landscape? Yes. Wolf "reintroduction" was a charismatic but fictional vision that compelled Colorado voters to narrowly choose to forcibly import wolves from 1000s of miles away. These wolves could no...
Feb 22, 2025•46 min•Ep. 73
Elk Bros x HOWL PACK - check this out: https://www.howlforwildlife.org/elkbros Collaboration is our super power, and Elk Bros is bringing a huge opportunity for anyone that dreams of elk hunting! Tap into this deal and you'll get access to the entire library of knowledge over at Blue Collar Elk Hunting Academy, and the crew at Elk Bros will put into a 1:100 drawing opportunity. The best part... 50% of your membership goes to HOWL for Wildlife, making this the most powerful funding mechanism we'v...
Feb 21, 2025•55 min•Ep. 72
VIDEO version here: https://youtu.be/IAWRHJjmQl8?si=lc08xPRhZZzDKq9Z HOWL PACK: https://www.howlforwildlife.org/membership s *** HOWL has a strategy and vision for the future, which brings back abundance of wildlife and abundance of opportunity. Listen in or watch the YouTube video ... get fired up and join the HOWL PACK . Share the vision, make it your own and become part of the long-term strategy to WIN. Losing is not predestined. Modern regulated hunting is the #1 tool for wildlife success an...
Feb 19, 2025•55 min•Ep. 71
Who we are! https://www.howlforwildlife.org/value_statement The values we uphold must be communicated to our elected leaders. Sitting in silence will ensure that we lose... but HOWL AS ONE with our shared values, can result in the hunting community leading dialogue and conservation in the United States. Listen in and TAKE ACTION so that your elected leaders know who you are, know what you value, and know what you expect from them. Values: - Hunting is intrinsically human, and regulated hunting i...
Feb 12, 2025•11 min•Ep. 70
A nationwide call to action: https://www.howlforwildlife.org/value_statemen t Advocacy works and the HOWL pack is a fast & effective group of hunting & conservation advocates. JOIN the HOWL PACK today. .. As the community grows, so does our voice, and our power to lead. In this episode, Gabriella Hoffman leads us through several hot button issues that all hunters in the US are impacted by, and can be leaders & influencers on. Reforming the Endangered Species Act, the Antiquities Act ...
Feb 08, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 69
HOWL Pack: listen, share & take action here! . https://www.howlforwildlife.org/cacoyote The backstory on this issue is shared via Chriss Bowles (California Bowmen Hunters) and Charles & Mike (HOWL). Bottom line is that bad optics and complete lack of context has some folks at the F&G Commission thinking that coyote (nongame species) need special regulations developed for hunting. Whooaaaaa nooooo they do not . Not when we have limited resources, limited time, limited staff and there'...
Feb 02, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 68
Join Us for this Virtual Townhall Event: Wolves, Lessons for California HOWL for Wildlife welcomes Justin Webb (Executive Director of the Foundation for Wildlife Management) and Jessi Johnson (Government Affairs Director, Wyoming Wildlife Federation.) Wolves are on the cusp of exponential population growth in California. The known wolf population nearly doubled in California in 2024 and is now reaching past 70 animals, with 9 packs acknowledged and several additional "areas of wolf activity" ide...
Jan 14, 2025•4 min•Ep. 67
Join HOWL's Jan 28th "Wolf Lessons Learned" Townhall featuring Justin Webb (Foundation for Wildlife Mgmt) and Jess Johnson (Wyoming Wildlife Federation).... MEMBERS ONLY so join today ! Wolves are here, and they're not going away. Planting flags of extreme support, or extreme opposition, only guarantees a long fight, unresolved conflict, and more work for lawyers. So... how do we bring stakeholders together to build effective, sustainable and adaptive mechanisms which can drive success for every...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 66
Please... Listen and Share Malcolm Brooks is the uncle of Taylen and Wyatt Brooks, the young men who were enjoying a day of shed hunting, scouting and outdoors recreation when they were attacked by a mountain lion. Malcolm shares the story of the attack, and wildlife management policies gone wrong here in California, in a newly published New York Times Magazine article (Jan 2025) . NYT Magazine Article Malcolm Brooks - Substack HOWL for Wildlife - Join the Pack ** #mountainlion #predators #hunti...
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 65
HOWL is already putting work into advocacy campaigns with nationwide impact in 2025! From the potential Utah vs. USA federal lands lawsuit that the Supreme Court of the US may hear, to protecting the use of hounds for mammal hunting in AZ, to expanding Elk and Black Bear hunting opportunity in California - HOWL is driving a paradigm shift where hunters and wildlife win! In this discussion with David Willms ( National Wildlife Federation ) we explore more of the legal details, potential outcomes,...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 64
Call to action!! We need to rally 100s of hunters (deer, bear, upland game, waterfowl etc!) to show up @ the Friday 12/6 Commission meeting. Several locations throughout the state are available. Click on the links below: - HOWL for Arizona Wildlife - ACTION ALERT - AZ 12/6 Commission Meeting Calendar Details - Conserve and Protect Arizona - Join, follow, support - Petition to Eliminate Use of Hounds (As Submitted to AZGFD) The use of hounds in pursuit of wildlife has been a human activity for up...
Nov 30, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 63
We love Utah... wildly varied topography and habitat, iconic wildlife and legendary hunting opportunities. But, in some ways Utah is belligerent and misguided. The current Utah vs. US Federal Govt lawsuit that is being presented to the Supreme Court is a problem. Here at HOWL we saw the attempt to ban mountain lion hunting in Colorado as something worthy of nationwide attention and engagement... this threat to the Federal public lands system could be 100x bigger, and worse if it succeeds. Listen...
Nov 24, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 62
Mike jumps in solo to celebrate, congratulate and express gratitude to the HOWL pack, partners and collaborators who made VICTORY possible in Colorado. Yes... a nationwide community of hunters, and a grassroots wave of boots-on-the-ground work by Coloradans drove home a NO ON PROP 127 message, and the anti-hunting industry is reeling from the shock. Bottom line... successful wildlife management and quality conservation systems depend on regulated hunting and science based decisions. The people o...
Nov 06, 2024•19 min•Ep. 61
Please - listen and share. Our army is small, but strong. With your support, contribution and participation the HOWL PACK will be unstoppable and the anti-hunting industry will wither on the vine. Brant , Mike & Charles talk about a recent 2-week adventure in Colorado... boots on the ground, street level advocacy where Brant, Seth (Colorado Golden Archers club), and Mike spoke with several 100 voters. This is the work that will lock in support for future pro-hunting initiatives. This is the ...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 60
Florida is blazing a trail that we all need to understand, support and follow. Most importantly, FLORIDA citizens and voters who love wildlife on land and in water, need to rally the YES ON 2 message throughout their communities. "Right to Fish & Hunt" establishes barrier to protect conservation, wildlife management systems, the use of hunting/fishing/harvest to maintain healthy ecosystems. Outside of Florida... we need to understand what is at stake, how we can emulate and duplicate this in...
Oct 21, 2024•50 min•Ep. 59
Baker Leavitt and I cover a lot of ground but it all circles back to one critical topic: our community must VOTE. We all need to vote. Make a VICTORY "too big to rig"!! We all need to vote. Just one day every 2 or 4 years... we HAVE THE POWER to choose the course of our country. We all need to vote. But 100s of thousands of gun owners, hunters, and anglers do not vote. If they did... the outcome of nearly every major election could have different results, and our country would be on a different ...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 58
Rally at the Capitol in Denver CO on Friday 10/18... come one, come all! Hunters, Anglers, Trappers and everyone who believes in true wildlife conservation - rally to win against ballot box biology. Rally to defeat Prop. 127. Grassroots is where the battle is now! Lawn signs, billboards, vinyl vehicle wraps and window tints, rally at the Capitol, and YOUR letter to the editor will have impact to drive the NO on 127 message. HOWL for Wildlife - IG HOWL for Wildlife - Web Colorado Wildlife Deserve...
Oct 06, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 57
Take 5 minutes to lead, take action and help the hunting community! Jess Johnson with the Wyoming Wildlife Federation maps out the status of legislation being developed, and the need for hunting community engagement and support NOW. This is an opportunity to lead and help establish better laws that continue to support and favor hunting and trapping, while penalizing and deterring truly unacceptable behavior. Background: the Daniel, WY "wolf cruelty incident" has spurred a national outcry for law...
Sep 21, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 56
You're going to learn more about falconry in this 45min conversation than 99% of "wildlife advocates" will ever know. Incredible information here from Devin Jaffe. She is a Master Falconer, educator, hunter, biologist and likely one of the best advocates for the ancient art of developing a truly wild hunting partner such as a raptor! There are many parallels between hunting with dogs and raptors... as a community we need to understand the historical treasure that each pursuit holds and we need t...
Sep 17, 2024•47 min•Ep. 55
You'll love this conversation with Zach Hanson, aka "the Okayest Trapper" and author of Turning Feral. Your friends will love it too... so hit that SHARE button and spread the good word of the HOWLCAST. ** Zach ditched the normal path to typical middle-America success and went off-grid, to craft an entirely new lifestyle in Idaho. He probably didn't graduate from high-school as the most likely to go full-mountain-man and live in a wooden shack ... but then what can ever be predicted from life wh...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 54
Are we going to WIN in Colorado and deal ballot-box-biology a LOSS? YES we are - with your help, your support and your engagement over the next 60 days. Dig in and let's do the work together: HOWL Townhall Meetings and the issues committee CO Wildlife Deserve Better need you. ** What a great time this conversation was!! Getting to know Ray "Living with Predators" Livingston at Outdoorsman's Days in Colorado was definitely a highlight of the trip. Ray's life history is rich and varied, but it's h...
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 53
Don't like the title of this podcast, or the negativity in the conversation? Well.. join the club and take action: (1) donate $$ (2) challenge your community to donate $$ (3) share this and the call to action; build and expand the community. www.wildlifedeservebetter.com www.howlforwildlife.org
Aug 16, 2024•38 min•Ep. 52
