The Origins Foundation Podcast

Tasmanian native Andrew Winwood joins the Blood Origins podcast to talk about the small Australian island-state’s Quality Deer Management (QDM) approach to managing Fallow Deer on Tasmania. How does this approach butt heads with Australia’s ‘all of them are invasive’ approach? Find out. See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice...

Carl from John X Safari’s joins the boys on this week’s roundup. Together, they talk about Cody’s fall from grace as an elite shooter on his recent Africa trip, ‘African Professional Hunter-isms’, an update on the John X and Blood Origins conservation project, the real reason behind Robbie’s recent trip to Spain, the recent election (among other news) in the UK and the political ramifications for...

Ray Penny and Carlos Gomez join Robbie from the legendary G & H Decoys. As waterfowls will know, G & H Decoys is the oldest decoy manufacturer in the United States - if not the world - and Ray (under 40) and Carlos (over 60) have formed a team to resurrect this company. Far more than just decoys, this conversation delves into duck hunting, conservation issues around duck hunting, and digs deep on...

Australian Senator, and Leader of the Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers Party from New South Wales Robert Borsak, joins Robbie on the Blood Origins podcast to talk about Australia, their hunting culture, and the divergence between such a species-rich country with such little public hunting access.  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter...

While Robbie is off galavanting in Europe, Cody and Cody are back at it, and this time they are joined by Lane Walter! Together, the boys talk about Lane’s upcoming moose hunt, the new wolf lawsuit in Colorado, gripes with Colorado’s OTC elk tags, a lawsuit against banning marketing to youth in California, and so much more! Animal Rights Extremist Groups Sue Feds over Missed Deadline on Gray Wolf...

Christina Pittman is the President and CEO of the Texas Trophy Hunter’s Association. Already an anomaly as an hispanic woman who is leading such a group, Christina joins Robbie to talk about her, her vision for the organization, and what she’s all about in a short, sharp and to the point conversation.  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post...

Greyling ‘Grey’ Van Der Merwe is a former French Legionnaire who now runs the anti-poaching unit for Mayo Oldiri in Northern and Eastern Cameroon. This is a short, fun conversation with an individual who sets the conservation ethos for a massive area comprising over 2 million acres. See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), l...

The boys are joined by Bill Vanderhayden, best described by Robbie as ‘a scientist who is just enamored by the idea of lethality of broadheads’. Bill is the owner and lead engineer for Iron Will Outfitters, a premium broadhead maker. The boys talk about Cody’s abysmal archery hunting percentages, we get an update from James in Ohio about all the things he accomplished since having to pay attention...

You could say Ben Masters is ‘in the news’ right now. He’s a member of the Texas For Mountain Lions Coalition that recently submitted a petition to Texas Parks and Wildlife around mountain lions in Texas. As the filmmaker behind ‘Deep In The Heart’, he tackles mountain lions - specifically trapping as the mechanism for declining mountain lion populations. In this ‘can’t miss’ conversation, Robbie...

It’s the ‘other side of the coin’ regarding the Texas mountain lions petition. Greg Simons of Wildlife Systems (along with a number of other companies) is a wildlife manager, hunter, and lover of wildlife (including Mountain Lions). He has hosted a screening of "Deep in the Heart" in San Angeloa, and moderated a panel discussions on it. Ben Masters actually recommended him to us, along with two ot...

Former Director of US Fish And Wildlife Service and current Executive Director of the International Order of T Roosevelt Aurelia Skipwith joins Robbie to talk about this new organization, where its origins are from, and what we can come to expect from this new group making a stamp on the world of conservation!  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by...

We know you’ve been missing them - and they’re back at it this week. Cody and Robbie bring you an action packed Roundup. Together, the boys catch up on what we’ve all been missing, apologize for making our listeners ‘pay attention too much at work’ this past couple weeks, dive deep on when is ‘too young’ to start hunting, and more! Please continue to text us at 620-860-4804 but introduce yourself...

In the last of our High Fence series of podcasts, Cal Hendrick, owner of the Kickback Ranch in West Texas, finishes out our Texas High Fence podcast series. Cal talks about what it takes to run this 2,500 acre operation, managing 32 exotic game species, and above all the perceptions - Cal might say MISperceptions - around what it means to ‘high fence hunt’. If this series of high fence hunting has...

Clay Abernathy and Stephen Meiser are cousins. Their grandfather, ‘Daddy Jack’, bought the Tequesquite in Southwest Texas. These cousins who run this ‘essentially out of Africa’ ranch together are the next guests on our through-provoking ‘Texas High Fence’ podcast series. The boys discuss the ethos of the land and what Daddy jack imbued in them to allow them to manage the property for what it’s in...

Wayne is the general manager of Tequesquite Ranch in Southwest Texas. The epitome of an old school Texas rancher, Wayne continues our Texas High Fence podcast series with some very strong opinions about what constitutes hunting, versus killing. This series of podcasts is purposefully being put out there to challenge our thinking about the idea of high fences - what they are, what they mean for hun...

Kaitlin is the daughter of a very experienced hunter and comes from a family in the outdoor industry, running a high fence operation west of San Angelo, Texas. In this third installment of our Texas High Fence exploration series, she and Robbie sit down to talk about the property and the management and, above all, the care of the animals on the property - which is second to none. Kaitlin’s perspec...

On last week’s roundup, frequent guest and certified pistol Matt Rinella called out LandTrust, an organization that seeks to connect private landowners and hunters to exchange value for opportunity. Nic De Castro, the founder and CEO of LandTrust, refutes that. He and Robbie discuss LandTrust’s mission and why Nic thinks LandTrust is actually PROVIDING public access to private ground, rather than...

Continuing our Texas High Fence podcast series - Robbie is joined by Kyle Lang, a west Texas helicopter pilot. He works as an ‘eyes in the sky’ for high fence operations, game management, translocation of animals and more. Kyle shares with us his unique ‘birds eye view’ perspective on high fence hunting, after nearly thirty years in the helicopter piloting game. See more from Blood Origins: https:...

A high fence operation with 32 exotic species, known for their phenomenal whitetail hunting, the Hendrick’s are 3rd and 4th generation texans on the property. The land is in her blood - as is hunting. We wanted to talk to Amy as part of our Texas High Fence podcast series to dive into the idea of high fenced hunting. Join the conversation! See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_S...

Just an average ‘Joe Blow from down the street’, you’ve probably never heard of Charles Admire. He joins Robbie, though, to talk about his personal initiative to introduce his non-hunting friends to this thing we love so much, and discusses what it means to him to be a true ‘Ambassador Of Hunting’ to those friends and family. He shares his playbook for any hunter to introduce a non-hunter to becom...

Brent Reaves of the Bear Grease podcast joins the boys for this week’s roundup! After a rousing discussion on zoom backgrounds (this is an audio medium, Robbie) and Robbie humble-bragging about his black belt, recapping last week’s episode with Matt, whether to score your deer, Poland’s cat controversy, and more! California used to pay people to hunt mountain lions. Now we spend millions to protec...

Erin Butler, the terrestrial program director for the Kingman Region of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, joins Robbie to talk about a recent project she and Blood Origins were involved in - a DNR transfer of pronghorn antelope from Utah to Arizona. Find photos of the capture and other content from the project on our social media feeds - and be on the lookout for our short film on the transfer...

Moving up to Alaska 25 years ago with big dreams of hunting the moose, the caribou, and the other big game of the Alaskan wilderness - it might shock you to find out in that time Billy Molls has done none of those things. Instead, guiding others to do so satiates his need for this thing we all love so much - hunting. See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migrati...

Friend of the podcast and irredeemable contrarian Matt Rinella is back on this week’s roundup. Together, the boys catch up on everything from Matt’s emotional support dog to lead ammunition to an update on Matt’s podcast, private vs public land, and more. See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io L...

Nephi Cole and David Willms are the hosts of the podcast ‘Our Mountain’. They join Robbie for a hard hitting conversation on everything from state wildlife management agencies to the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA) to natural resources management in general. See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through ...