On Step Alaska

Klawock resident and local hunting legend Don Busse and I talk about fishing, hunting, mentors, learning, missed deer, deer populations, whether or not people hunt where they say they do and gear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four buddies from California and I talk about the importance of experiences like camping in Alaska to reboot and help them become better fathers, husbands and men. All of this while waiting for our dinner to cook after a long day of fishing on Prince of Wales Island. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fogged in during a mountain scout, Jesse Knock and I talk about bowhunting in the alpine, how to more effectively use Google Earth and expressing something like the heavy hunting experience through videography, photography, writing or even social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High school and middle school Native Art teacher Ronnie Fairbanks talks teaching Native Art, the value it brings to a community and individual creativity within a traditional art form. Also, how do you bend wood to make a box? Ronnie knows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Klawock resident Travis Peterson talks about why he got into fish taxidermy, how to prepare your fish mounting and recaps his musk ox bow hunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A podcast months in the making with the Creative Hustler himself Matt Hamilton​. Great stuff about finding inspiration, work ethic, tenacity and some Ketchikan history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the way back down from scouting some deer territory, I talk bear protection on hikes, why it's important to not totally rely on Google Earth and the best trails in the Ketchikan area. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's normally called a "foul hook" but in some areas of Alaska, it is legal to snag salmon. It's crazy, it's exciting and it's frowned upon by those who haven't done it but it's an efficient way to harvest meat from fish that won't spawn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four things to consider for your Southeast Alaska alpine deer hunt: crampons, trekking poles, water, stabilizers! Short episode about the things you might not think about for your blacktail hunt in August. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Developed Recreation Manager Brad Schumaker and I talk about the Forest Service Cabins in the Ketchikan Area. We talk use, popularity, and the impact funding has had on upkeep of the cabins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I tell the maybe confusing story of taking a black bear on Saturday then dive into a rant about how suffocating life is without frequent adventure and how it's important to do things that make you feel alive, even if you're not good at first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded a conservation rant on my way to hunt bear this morning on how to survive wolf attacks, not actual wolves, people attacking those who hunt what hunts their food, then recapped the weekend of bear hunting near Ketchikan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fly fishing guide Jack Carson and I talk about the accident that postponed college, how it feels to be a 19-year old guide, whether or not growing up on an island in Alaska was a detriment and how to get through the winters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Troy Sharp and I discuss Juneau in summer, where to hike, where to have a beach bonfire, mountain goat hunting and a new inflatable jet boat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My thoughts on quitting while in the forest by a stream on an yet another unsuccessful grouse hunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Shannon returned from the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Rendezvous and we talk epic stories, protecting resources, access, and getting involved so decisions made which impact us, are done with us in mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's spring black bear season in Southeast Alaska. In this solo episode I talk about locating, tracking and cooking black bear in Units 1 and 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kayla Roys from Alaska Fly Fishing Goods talks fly fishing around Juneau, rod and reel preference and of course, steelhead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I talk do it yourself moose hunting in south central Alaska with my buddy Stephen Ellison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talked with my buddy Brett Fera (Director of Student Media at the University of Arizona) about Arizona basketball, the reaction to the loss to Buffalo, the Max Game Upset Special phenomenon, due process and journalism ethics. Such an interesting and maybe frustrating time to cover college basketball in an era of be-first-journalism. in an epic sports journalism episode. But yes, I was able to work...

My buddy Rob Buckingham and I try to identify the state in which colleges like Lipscomb and Bucknell are located, talk boats, boat fires and the distant memories of our own March Madness as high school basketball players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part one about getting excited for steelhead fishing. I'll tell you the rod, reel and flies I use, how long I'll hit a spot, but not where I go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do it yourself bowhunting for caribou along the Haul Road north of Fairbanks, Alaska with Steve Shannon and Tim Murphrey.    

Prince of Wales Island resident Corby Wehymiller talks rural education opportunities, growing up before the internet, why trying to Win on Facebook is stupid, and how to get through the winter in a small town on a big island. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna and Amanda preview the summer retreat they are hosting, talk the value of community, the dangers of mob psychology and why it's important to challenge your own thinking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices