Talk Is Sheep

We welcome Adam Foss to the show. Adam is no stranger to our wild sheep community and it is always enlightening, entertaining and educational chatting with Adam. Adam is not your regular mountain hunter having harvested his FNAWS (Four North American Wild Sheep) at the age of 24 – WITH HIS BOW. You will quickly recognize however that Adam is humble and gracious and cares deeply about conservation...

Steve and Kyle sit down with University of Victoria Masters Student, Sydney Goward. She is working with Gwich’in communities to study population dynamics of divii (Dall’s Sheep) in the Northern Richardson Mountains of the Gwich’in Settlement Area (Northwest Territories). Sydney holds a Bachelor of Natural Resource Science, Honours, from Thompson Rivers University (2018) and am an RPF (non-practici...

A two-time Olympic gold medalist, an Olympic silver medalist, and a four-time  X Games  Gold Medalist. And a hunter. A podcast almost 6 months in the making, Steve and Kyle get an opportunity to catch up with David Wise. Talking about his family, his hunting heritage, why he chose to come out as a hunter when he risked (and lost!) sponsorships and being a mentor, and why it was important to be tru...

Kyle and Steve welcome Women Hunt lead Renée Thornton to the show. A three time returnee we catch up on Wild Sheep Foundation’s Women Hunt initiative and their many successes to date. We also talk about what is in store for the year ahead and beyond for the program. Applications are now open for the Women Hunt New Hunter course that will take place this fall in Texas. Twelve new women hunters are...

While attending the Thinhorn Summit III in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory Kyle and Steve sit down with Wild Sheep Foundation Vice President of Conservation, Mr. Kevin Hurley. State, provincial, territorial and tribal agencies, conservation stake holder, academia, biologists, First Nations, Guide Outfitters and Wild Sheep Foundation staff meet to discuss the state of thinhorn sheep across North Americ...

Kyle and Steve sit down and talk wild sheep with Dr. Helen Schwantje. Helen has had her pulse on wild sheep in British Columbia for the past three decades as British Columbia’s Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Provincial Wildlife Veterinary. She also serves on the Wild Sheep Foundation’s Professional Reliance Advisory Board. An award winning Veterinaria...

Travis T-Bone Turner is the definition of Southern Hospitality. A genuine nice guy all around, Steve and Kyle were privileged to get an hour of his time on this podcast. One of the original Bone Collectors, T-Bone has been in the hunting industry for decades. He has owned his archery business, restored a vintage Mercedes, held the Outdoor 3-D Archery World Champion title, and appeared on numerous...

Steve and Kyle chat with Jen Shears (“@smidjen” on Instagram). Jen, a native of Newfoundland and her husband (Kerry) have an energetic daughter named Aspen. Ken has been surrounded by hunting her whole life, and some of her earliest memories are of shooting a .22 from the deck of her family’s cabin. Living sustainably off the land was a foundation of her upbringing, and her mother, father, sister,...

There is a pandemic happening amongst wild sheep. The infectious bacteria known as Mycoplasma Ovipneumoniae (M.Ovi) is a deadly bacteria that is passed from domestic sheep to wild sheep. Enter Dr. Helen Schwantje, the lead wildlife veterinarian for the BC Provincial government and a sheep farmer. Helen is at the forefront of the battle against M.Ovi. Working with a handful of other passionate scie...

Kyle and Steve sit down with Randy Newberg and talk sheep, hunting, conservation and what makes Randy tick. Randy is a straight shooter and we dive into a whole number of issues that are impacting hunters and wildlife. As always, Randy provides a candid insightful perspective on many of the things affecting the modern hunter. We dive into Randy’s upbringing and where his love for the outdoors came...

We sit down with Dr. Ford and talk conservation. He is an Associate Professor of Biology at UBC Okanagan in the Faculty of Science. Dr. Ford leads the Wildlife Restoration Ecology Lab (WiRE Lab) for UBC-O. Across the Earth, human modification of the environment has never been so widespread as it is today. As a result, many populations of Canada’s most recognizable wildlife – caribou, elk, deer, wo...

Kyle and Steve welcome Rocky Mountain Goat Alliance Directors and Executives to the pod – Jason Peak and Darryn Epp.  Jason and Darryn have been at the helm of the Alliance for years and this is one conservation moving the needle for wildlife.  We dive into some of the hot topic issues affecting mountain goats, the great work RMGA is doing on and off the mountain and what’s in store for the organi...

The ACT NOW 2.0 Supercast. BC’s hunt podcast community sits down for a serious talk about the Provincial Governments recent change relating to Caribou and Moose hunting regulations in Region 7B, the Peace. On this cast Kyle is invited on to the @Wilderness Locals platform to discuss the issue along with @COME_OUT_HEAVY_PODCAST @CORLANESPORTINGGOODS @EATWILD @FOCUS_HUNTING @TALK_IS_SHEEP_WSSBC @JOU...

Lifelong adventurer, World Class athlete and host of Greg McHale’s Wild Yukon. Winner of the Outdoor Network’s Best New Series for 2019! Whether hiking Mount McKinley or completing a 400 mile solo run from Whitehorse to Dawson City – Greg’s goal is to show that anyone can be their own personal best with drive, determination and commitment. McHale Media is committed to produce the best adventure ba...

Chef Michael Hunter made headlines in 2018 when he stepped out of the back at Antler Kitchen in Toronto which he co-owns, wearing an apron and wielding the hind leg of a deer and a carving knife. At the front window, he made a makeshift butcher’s table –and slapped the leg down. Then, cool, and methodical- proceeded to cut it up right in front of the dozen or so vegan activists protesting outside....

We sit down with Jules McQueen, President of Carbon TV. Jules is a dedicated hunter, passionate, articulate and leads a team at Carbon that is the premier online video destination for premium outdoor themed shows and engaging personalities. Immediately you will recognize that Jules is the real deal as we dive into what makes her tick, her humble Alabama beginnings and her zest for all things outdo...

Throughout his youth and young adulthood, Wayne Sawchuk struggled with the disparity between life as a logging contractor and the call of the wild. In the early 1990s, he decided to devote his life to conserving nature and her vast resources. He first started by working to protect the Mountain Creek Valley south of Dawson Creek, now protected by the Pine-Lemoray Provincial Park. As he became aware...

Kyle and Steve get a chance to sit down with one heck of a busy woman in Jessie Krebs. If you think you have an idea of tough in the back country is, you gotta listen to this episode. Jessie Krebs is a former U.S. Air Force SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape.) Training Instructor from the old school days when instructors were simply called “Survival Instructors”. As one of a handful o...

Mike Bridger has been a friend of the WSSBC as long as we can remember. Steve and Kyle finally get to sit down with him and catch up on how things are going in his life, and the state of wildlife in British Columbia. Mike’s position as a Wildlife Biologist currently working on Northeast Resource Management and Major Projects has taken him around the province of British Columbia, so he has more tha...

Kyle and Steve sit down with Jim Shockey. Jim has spent the past four decades in the hunting space and he has watched hunting evolve in the eyes of the non-hunting community. We learn about Jim’s humble beginnings growing up in Saskatchewan to how he became a main stay of the modern hunting story. Would you believe that Ralph Lauren played a role in that? We talk to Jim about today’s woke culture...

We sit down with PhD Student Siobhan Darlington and talk wildlife conservation. Siobhan is currently completing her PhD at University of British Columbia Okanagan and is the lead on the Southern BC Cougar Project. She shares with us the work she conducted on her Masters where she was involved with the Alberta Boreal Deer project. This study touch on conservation concerns around whitetail deer, hab...

Kyle and Steve sit down with Dr. Clayton Lamb to talk conservation. Our subject ranges from endangered caribou to Bighorn Sheep mortality in the Kootenay region of British Columbia. Clayton is a wildlife scientist at the University of British Columbia and University of Montana working with First Nations, governments, scientists, and land stewards on Indigenous-led caribou conservation. He also foc...

This is one for the books – from TV Celebrity to Taxidermist to Social Media Influencer to Hunter there is not much that Laura Zerra has not done. Having starred in Naked and Afraid FIVE times, Laura is not stranger to the camera. The day before our podcast she did an Instagram Story of how to skin a road killed deer that her and her friend came across. Laura is possibly the most interesting guest...

Kyle and Steve welcome author Sue Tidwell to the podcast. This is a fascinating listen, as they dive deep into her story. We are sure it will grab you too. Tidwell, a non-hunter deeply troubled by the concept of hunting some of Africa’s most exotic wildlife, finds herself a reluctant sidekick on an epic 21-day hunting safari. Largely through a close friendship developed during the course of the sa...

We welcome Jana Waller to the show. We wanted to talking hunting and conservation and she did not disappoint. We recap Jana’s hunting journey and how she landed her own hunting show AND how she ended up being appointed by Montana’s Governor as Region 2 Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commissioner. One thing we learned – Jana can hunt and she has done more this past season than most do in a lifetime. Bu...