The Origins Foundation Podcast

The roundup is BACK and with BIG NEWS that you’ll have to tune in to find out. Robbie is joined by Mark Hall of the Hunter Conservationist Podcast soon to be Blood Origins Canada and aside from our big announcements, the boys cover the politicization of wildlife conservation and how it can be addressed, hunting tigers in Nepal, and more! Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members! Visit HuntScore h...

Luke Romano, a former All-Black rugby player from New Zealand, joins Robbie to discuss what it is like to be a well known hunter in the spotlight, in addition to his perceptions on hunting and his new endeavor taking over Monarch Pursuits in New Zealand.  Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members! Hunt in Texas with Bar JP Safaris https://www.barjpsafaris.com/ Shop Bear Beans Coffee here https://b...

Greg Ray, founder of From Field To Table, joins Robbie to talk about the locavore movement - people going out and grabbing, gathering and hunting to feed their families and how the experience he provides not only teaches people how to hunt, but to prepare their harvest as well. Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members! Hunt in Texas with Bar JP Safaris https://www.barjpsafaris.com/ Shop Bear Bean...

Charles Mayfield, an insurance broker by day and by night the owner of Farrow - a company that makes regenerative agriculture products for the whole body. He’s also a hunter who understands the sustainable use model and how to utilize a resource for the betterment of mankind. Robbie and he dive deep into that model and how that ethos informs what he does on today’s episode. Learn more about Farrow...

Robbie is joined by Antti of the Finnish Game Foundation, an organization that was revitalized in recent years under his leadership. He joins the Blood Origins podcast to share the unique hunting culture of his home country of Finland and what the thoughts, perceptions and driving forces are behind that culture! If you needed a wake up call, here it is: Put Finland on your bucket list and go hunt...

Pablo Carol of Wild Hunting Spain is a young guy and valuable supporter of the Blood Origins mission. After connecting with Robbie to do a little hunting during a film debut in Madrid, Pablo joins the podcast with Robbie to share the story, talk about the hunt, the landscape, and Spanish culture. If you’ve ever wanted to hunt Spain, here’s an outfitter on the ground, talking about exactly that.  S...

Duncan Fraser, owner-operator of Venator Cardrona Safari’s in New Zealand, talks about his experience hunting New Zealand as a guide and outfitter on the landscape. Rich or poor, if you can get to New Zealand, you can hunt, so go HUNT New Zealand! Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members! Shop Red Kettle here https://www.redkettle.co/ Looking for broad heads? Shop Kayuga https://www.kayugabroadhe...

Aaron Kindle and Bill Cooksey of the National Wildlife Federation’s sportsman and outdoors program join Robbie for a short and sharp conversation showing who the NWF really is. Misunderstood? Rabid anti-hunters? Listen in and decide for yourself. Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members! Shop Montana Knife Co. https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/ Visit Hartland Hunting Outfitters here https://www...

If you name a facet of the wolf management debate, chances are Jon Trapp has been involved. He joins us to give his insider’s perspective from being involved in every step of the wolf debate.  Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members! Shop Montana Knife Co. https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/ Visit Hartland Hunting Outfitters here https://www.hartlandhunting.net/ Shop Teton Leather Company https...

After a minor coup for the first few minutes of the show by the Slots Media boys, Robbie finally wrests back the reigns and gets us back on track. Still in Botswana, the boys recap their adventure, Patrick’s uncharacteristic good health this trip, and more! Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members! Shop Montana Knife Co. https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/ Visit Hartland Hunting Outfitters here ...

The legendary Randy Johnson of High Desert Sheep Guides is an old school western sheep hunter raised on shooting mule deer back in the glory days of the sport. Well-known and respected among hunters, Randy joins Robbie to talk about everything from the glory days, to the age of social media we are in today, to what hunters need to do to conserve our hunting lifestyle as we look to the future of ou...

Robbie follows friend of Blood Origins and previous guest (Episode 102) Snow Hewetson in the steep mountains of the Southern Alps on the South Island of New Zealand as he chases the thing he loves so much, the Himalayan Tahr, while talking about hunter-led conservation efforts in New Zealand. Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members! Hunt with Safaris De Mozambique https://safarisdemozambique.com...

Robbie is on the ground in Botswana for the 100th Blood Origins roundup with the Slots Media boys! Patrick Tillard joins the boys for this special episode, a filmmaker and journalist, who is new to the podcast but on his second trip with the Blood Origins crew. After recounting Louis’s constant bad luck in Africa and baggage woes while traveling on Virgin Airlines, they discuss Botswanan hunting p...

Surfer, hunter, and spear fisherman and cofounder of Protekt Products Mark Healy of Oahu, Hawai’i joins Robbie on the Blood Origins podcast to discuss hunting both above and below the water’s surface, his ethos around hunting, how he got into the lifestyle, and more! Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members! Shop Christensen Arms https://christensenarms.com/ Visit the Clean Eatz website https://c...

RC Carter, owner of Carter Country Meats, joins Robbie this week to share his philosophy on regenerative agriculture, hunting and the perceptions around both things. As a purveyor of regenerative meats in ‘middle of nowhere’ Wyoming, as he puts it, RC talks about the blend between regenerative agriculture and the pursuit of wild game as both an ag producer and as a hunter. Shoutout to our Conserva...

Nicholas Pearce of Recipearce fame is an Instagram ‘cook’ (NOT chef) from New South Wales, Australia. He is also a new hunter who joins the Blood Origins podcast this week to discuss his recent wild game cooking series on his instagram channel, his experience hunting for the last four years, and what happened when those two things intertwined. Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members! Visit Eberl...

Conservative Commentator and Fox Nation personality Katie Pavlich joins the Blood Origins Podcast after running into Robbie at the recent Safari Club International convention. Katie gives us her background as a lifelong hunter and dives deep with Robbie on the challenges facing our sporting lifestyle and her take on what we do well, what we could do better, and her philosophy on how we save huntin...

Cody is back after his #ClassicCody hiatus last week, and the boys are up and at em. They unpack the post-land use debate controversy, answer some texts including from long-time listener Shay, the Maine Sunday hunting controversy, the welsh game bird consultation, the Colorado Supreme Court case on navigable waterways and public trust doctrine, and more! Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members!...

Biologist Conor O’Gorman of British Association For Shooting and Conservation (BASC) joins the Blood Origins podcast to talk about the ongoing consultation by the Wlesh government to consult people from around the world about the idea of permitting the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges in Wales for shooting. Get involved at basc.org.uk - the consultation closes on the 20th of June, 20...

Michael ’t Sas Rolfes, who has more than three decades of experience in conservation, has recently completed his PhD thesis. His background is as, for lack of a better term, a wildlife economist. Michael joins the Blood Origins podcast to talk about the trade in Rhinos, and even though he’s not a hunter, he understands the game when 8it comes to the ‘value’ of wildlife and sustainable use better t...

After a long-awaited comeback Cody has bailed yet again (but for a good reason) on a Roundup, but no fear because Robbie was joined by hunter, attorney, California BHA co-chair and first time podcaster Erik Hanson. The boys tackle the amazing update on the corner ‘crossing case’ controversy that has embroiled the hunting world for over a year and Erik shares his experience as the man personally wr...

Travis Bader, owner of Canada-based Silver Core Outdoors and host of the Silver Core Podcast, joins the Blood Origins podcast this week to have a hard hitting discussion between two individuals who think very deeply about this thing we love so much, and the nature of the controversies around it. Learn more about Hunt Quietly: https://huntquietly.org  Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members! Hunt...

If you’ve missed him, he’s back! Friend of the podcast and one of our most opinionated guests Matt Rinella joins this week for part two of a debate series with Land Trust exploring the land access issue. Just like the podcast before this one, Land Trust presented questions for Hunt Quietly to answer exploring the issue of land access versus privatization. In this part two of a two-part, double dro...

Nic De Castro the CEO and Founder of LandTrust joins the Blood Origins podcast for part one of a debate series on hunting access. The Hunt quietly team prepared questions for Nic and Land Trust to answer exploring the issue of land access versus privatization. In this part one of a two-part, double drop we explore the series of questions each ‘side’ of the debate has prepared for one another and a...

The band is BACK together for this week’s Roundup. The boys recount Cody’s fishing and gardening adventures (for all you that have been worried about him) go through some text messages, preview the upcoming double drop land access debate series between LandTrust and Hunt Quietly coming out Tuesday, Louisiana black bears, UK’s trophy hunting bill, and more! Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members...