The Kansas BHA Podcast

We sit down with KDWP Secretary Brad Loveless and Assistant Secretary Mike Miller to recap the legislative session, talk about the future, and more important take in what the retiring Mike Miller has to say about his 39 years with the Department.  It's always fun to sit down with these two.  Enjoy the episode.

We sit down with KDWP Secretary Brad Loveless and Assistant Secretary Mike Miller to recap the legislative session, talk about the future, and more important take in what the retiring Mike Miller has to say about his 39 years with the Department.  It's always fun to sit down with these two.  Enjoy the episode.

We sit down with KDWP Secretary Brad Loveless and Assistant Secretary Mike Miller to recap the legislative session, talk about the future, and more important take in what the retiring Mike Miller has to say about his 39 years with the Department.  It's always fun to sit down with these two.  Enjoy the episode.

We sit down with KDWP Secretary Brad Loveless and Assistant Secretary Mike Miller to recap the legislative session, talk about the future, and more important take in what the retiring Mike Miller has to say about his 39 years with the Department.  It's always fun to sit down with these two.  Enjoy the episode.

We sit down with KDWP Secretary Brad Loveless and Assistant Secretary Mike Miller to recap the legislative session, talk about the future, and more important take in what the retiring Mike Miller has to say about his 39 years with the Department.  It's always fun to sit down with these two.  Enjoy the episode.

We sit down with KDWP Secretary Brad Loveless and Assistant Secretary Mike Miller to recap the legislative session, talk about the future, and more important take in what the retiring Mike Miller has to say about his 39 years with the Department.  It's always fun to sit down with these two.  Enjoy the episode.

We sit down with KDWP Secretary Brad Loveless and Assistant Secretary Mike Miller to recap the legislative session, talk about the future, and more important take in what the retiring Mike Miller has to say about his 39 years with the Department.  It's always fun to sit down with these two.  Enjoy the episode.

Kurt and I sit down with Wes Sowards of the KDWP and talk about the Kansas WIHA program.   More specifically, an update on the program's future as well as many other related matters.  This is a tack and nails episode full of details you don't want to miss.  

In this episode we get a sneak peak into the Kansas Chapter Rendezvous in the Tallgrass happening at Flint Oak in June.  We get a little history on Flint Oak, some of the events planned at the Rendezvous and I get to remind them they need more Llewellins running around that place. 

Great partnerships start with great podcasts.  In this episode we visit with Rob Manes the Kansas Director of the Nature Conservancy.  They've got a ton of good things going on that align very well with BHA and plans are in the works to capitalize on that alignment.  Listen to Rob describe their mission, their efforts and all things good for our environment...and hunting and fishing.  Hopefully th...

Putt, putt, putt....GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE!  No, it's not Thanksgiving.  It's that second greatest time of year that we all think about turkeys...Spring Turkey Season in Kansas.  What better way to kick things off than a little turkey talk with the KDWP Small Game Coordinator, Kent Fricke?  Kent covers a lot of stuff from egg laying to very short shotguns.

Ready for your listening pleasure.  We visit with Steve Capizzi, man of good ideas.  Steve talks to us about his custom made turkey call business, his creation of Hunt Swap on Facebook, the dozens of mentored hunts he does each year, and a number of other things that listeners will find interesting.  Enjoy.

Ready for your listening pleasure.  We visit with Steve Capizzi, man of good ideas.  Steve talks to us about his custom made turkey call business, his creation of Hunt Swap on Facebook, the dozens of mentored hunts he does each year, and a number of other things that listeners will find interesting.  Enjoy.

Episode 58 is up and real.  It's real good too.  In this episode we sit down with the boys at Walton's, our podcast title sponsor, and talk about all sorts of good stuff.  This is a fun episode with lots of laughs and lots of information.  Make sure you have a listen...and for the love of BHA and conservation go to the Walton's website and buy some of their stuff.  It's good stuff and you need it....

This episode gets us deep into the fishing world.  We visit with Doug Nygren who is the Fisheries Division Director for KDWP.  Doug is passionate about ensuring Kansas anglers have quality experiences in fishing.  He has the 42 years of service to the Department to prove it. Listen in as Doug shares historically accomplishments, challenges moving forward, and most importantly a little insight into...

Episode 56.  Join us as we visit with Dawn Buehler, who I am going to affectionately start calling the water lady.  Dawn wears many hats, but in this episode she's talking statewide water wearing her Chair of the Kansas Water Authority (KWA) hat.  Dawn talks about the KWA's recent update to the Governor and the need for funding to address Kansas's water challenges from water quality and quantity t...

Norton, Kansas.  We visit with the party of four who were the Kansas Upland Hunt Auction Winners at BHA's Annual Rendezvous in 2021.  We talk about dogs, cabins, cold, and many other topics sure to interest all.  Listen in and hear a different perspective on Kansas upland hunting. 

Emporia, Kansas.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!  What better way to start the New Year than listening to Episode 54 of the KS BHA Podcast?  There are probably lots of better ways, but you won't find everything you need to know about the status of Kansas deer any place but this podcast; and really is there anything more important than that right now?  We visit with Levi Jaster, Big Game Program Coordinator with...

Zoom.  In this episode we visit with Mike Nyhoff during his last week of serving the KDWP for 40 years.  We talk about Mike's career at KDWP, changes at KDWP through the years, how things have changed in management, and lots of other stuff.  Mike is THE public lands guy at KDWP.  We'll miss him greatly.

Zoom.  I've been trapped in relationships, in business dealings, and even at airports...all never really ended well.  Then came this episode where we cover the good kind of trapping.  We visit with Jeremiah Wood of Trapping Today and talk all sorts of things trapping.  Talk about out of my league.  Jeremiah is the know all of trapping and a huge advocate for one of the coolest things a person can...

Salina, KS.  We sit down with Dean Krehbiel, State Resource Conservationist with NRCS, and talk a ton about grasslands.  In particular the Great Plains Grassland Initiative, which aims to head off and even correct the takeover of our Kansas grasslands by woody vegetation.

Zoom.  We made it to 50 episodes and with that we are the longest running BHA Chapter podcast in the history of BHA.  We actually got that title at just 1 episode.  To celebrate we talk to Tim Brass who holds a similar title.  Tim is the Director of State Policy and Field Operations at BHA HQ; but more impressive than that, Tim is BHA's longest term employee.  Tim has been a large part of growing...

Zoom. In this episode we visit with Mike Oldham, the Manager of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.  Mike tells us a ton about the refuge, opportunities for hunting on the refuge, and some of the more unique and even endangered species that visit the refuge.  Learn how Quivira is important not only to Kansas waterfowl, but the country's waterfowl as a whole.   This prairie hotel for water birds is a...

Fly away home in this episode.  If you're thinking of that movie with the little girl in a small plane and geese following her, you'd be wrong.  This episode is about all upland things flying in our home state of Kansas and it doesn't really hinge on saving birds, but rather shooting a few here and there.  Jeff Prendergast gives an update on what we can look forward to this upland season in Kansas...

In this episode Kurt goes over the top 5 reasons everyone should backpack.  I tell you what, I listen to a lot of these through editing and so on and Kurt really nails it here.  Listen to this, be inspired, and go backpack.  I love this episode!  This is a no bullshit, gettin' after it, episode of what the outdoors can and does bring to all us.