The Origins Foundation Podcast

Robbie and Hunt To Eat CEO Mahting Putelis discuss “harvest” vs “kill” terminology, the gravity of life and death, the inclusion of so-called “non-traditional” hunters and how we can - and should - take more pride in our food system. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Duck Dens: www.theduckdens.com  Pl...

Darryl Carver grabs his Whistle Pig and joins Robbie and Cody for this week’s roundup. This week, the guys talk helmets as snow leopard protection, officials calling over a hundred man-eating predators’ farmers’ “friends” and a Meateater article about R3 that has made big waves in the hunting industry. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And...

National Geographic filmmaker Filipe DeAndrade filmed the film "Wildlife Killing Contests" that has been generating significant debate and controversy- in this episode, Robbie drills down with Filipe and debates the merits of not only the film but the role of predator hunting in sound ecology and the ethics of the controversial way the film portrayed hunters. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon U...

Longtime friend of Blood Origins John Bair, a sheep farmer and expert predator hunter on the importance of managing predator populations, discusses the ubiquitous news around predator killing “contests” and how we chart a path forward. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Duck Dens: www.theduckdens.com ...

For our third roundup, Cody and Robbie are joined by special guest and Blood Origins family member Jana Waller of Skullbound TV. They covered human-wildlife conflict in Africa, SB 32, recent wins in state legislatures - including protecting hound hunting - and so much more! Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoff...

Andrew Ratcliffe, “Ratty” to his friends, shares his perspective as a man who doesn’t hunt with Robbie. Why is this perspective is critical to hunters? Non-hunters are a much larger demographic, understanding their perspectives is key. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Duck Dens: www.theduckdens.com ...

From a backcountry road drive, Craig Murton decided to flip on his phone recorder and shares his thoughts on why he has taken to the Blood Origins movement.  Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Duck Dens: www.theduckdens.com  Pladra: www.pladra.com Civilware: www.civilware.com See more from Blood Origin...

Lyle Mullen grew up around hunting but not much. He reminisces about the best memories around hunting. From witnessing his brother’s first harvest, to watching his son’s reaction to his own first harvest, this episode is big on heart. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Duck Dens: www.theduckdens.com  P...

Welcome to the second edition of our new Weekly Roundup. This week, Robbie and Cody tackle a proposed federal bill to ban the sale of kangaroo leather, land development and keeping wild places wild, a paper on hunting’s place among stressors to ungulate populations and so much more . Have information we need to know about? Keep the questions coming - whether through instagram, FB messenger, or ema...

In this episode, Robbie asks the tough questions every hunter who’s never been wants to know or learn about hunting in Africa. Oliver from Wettstein Safari's, a family run hunting safari business in South Africa was gracious enough to donate this month’s Blood Origins Supporter Program dream hunt on his family’s ranch in South Africa. Have you ever dreamed of hunting in South Africa? Here's your c...

Bribery, corruption. Hunters just come in and pay people off, right? Wrong. Jeff McCollum is a land manager in Mocambique. His perspective is critical, because it provides the context we need to understand what it takes to manage a preserve in Africa, and dispels many of the myths and stereotypes about doing business in Africa that fuel anti-hunting tropes. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unw...

We're starting something new. We get a lot of questions - whether through instagram, FB messenger, email or otherwise making us aware of so many topics - we decided to create a place where we address them all every week. In this inaugural roundup, Robbie and Cody tackle the New Mexico trapping bill, the wolf quota in Wisconsin, Africa, disingenuous attacks by anti-hunters, and the hypocrisy of eco...

Terrance Butler is a game warden with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Robbie caught up with him at Sorinex WinterStrong to discuss how he is changing perceptions around hunting through both his personal life and his work as a Federal Game Warden with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gun Coffee: ...

For well over a century, the Tigers of India have been the subject of intense debate. What you’re about to hear is the first of many conversations between Rajeev and Robbie and some mind-blowing information about the state of wildlife in India, from bears to wolves to leopards and, of course, tigers. Podcast is brought to you by: Carbon Unwind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1512187506 Dog And Gu...

Cayce De Simone is an avowed lifelong vegetarian and mother who has come through her years to understand who hunters are, even marrying one. She is from the interior of British Columbia, where hunting ban issues of large carnivore hunting and possibly other species are coming to a head. So her perspective as a non-hunter in the interior of British Columbia is likely the most valuable perspective w...

Sportsmen’s Alliance is an advocacy organization that fights for sportsmen’s rights in the political arena nationwide. Brian Lynn and Bruce Tague push the stone up the hill every day in defense of hunting, fishing and trapping. In this episode, Robbie gets into the weeds of advocacy efforts to save hunting, what messages work, and what threats are out there looming over the sportsmen of America. L...

Aleksi is a Finnish hunter, author and IT professional with a passion for the wolves of his Scandinavian homeland. In this episode, Robbie and Aleksi tackle the controversies surrounding wolves and try to chart a path forward for these incredible animals. From human-wildlife conflicts to agricultural damage, the parallels to the United States’ own wolf controversies is staggering. Podcast is broug...

Big Cat Biologist. Non-hunter. Vegetarian. Self-professed “bunny hugger”. Advocate for the benefits of hunting? Amy Dickman is a jack of of all trades in the wildlife space and noted conservationist in Africa. She is pro-hunting, even when her heart is against it, because of the cost-benefits analysis we has been face with during her career as a biologist. In this critical conversation, colored ,...

Renee Snider is arguably the toughest female hunter on the planet. Weatherby Award Winner Renee Snider grew up at the foot of the Bitterroot Mountain Range in Montana. Her father, an avid outdoorsman, fed his family off the land. She grew up with a great love for the outdoors because of those experiences. She uses these experiences to frame the ugly perceptions of hunters and how we can respond an...

Jack was not raised a hunter, but he knew he wanted to be one. After pestering his father until the age of 12, Navy Diver Jack Bottoms’s father bought him his first shotgun, a .410. From there, Jack embarked a solo journey, learning the ropes - and the lessons the outdoors has to offer - even picking up a few friends along the way. He discusses how hunters can begin to combat the anti-hunting vitr...

In this episode, Robbie and Prairie Rock Outfitters Co-Owner Jake Latendresse venture to where it all started for him on his hunting journey. This private property in Tennessee has been in Jake’s family for over 50 years. It’s where he cut his teeth - learning to hunt, fish and be a woodsman.  Watch Jake Latendresse’s full Blood Origins episode: https://bloodorigins.org/portfolio-item/s3e3-values/...

In this social media age; where vegan, anti-hunting, non-hunting is on the rise, there is a very important question that hunters need to be able to answer. “Why do you hunt?” Pepe Madrazo of Salamanca, Spain is a lifelong hunter, and Pantheon, Conklin and OVIS Award winner, he has been hunting since he was a child. The nostalgia of his memories preparing to hunt with his father as a boy in Spain i...

Katie Hargreaves is an exceptional artist that typically focuses on wildlife as her subject of choice. She is a highly intelligent individual that has chosen to be Vegan. So it would surprise you that last December she went hunting for Chinese water deer, and she actually pulled the trigger herself. Why? Why did a Vegan decide she was okay taking the life of an animal? Isn't that totally contrary...

Gray Thornton is the CEO and President of the Wild Sheep Foundation, in which every year during their annual convention they raise millions of dollars for wildlife conservation. In the 2021 Virtual Sheep Show they raised over $8 million, with $4 million coming directly from the conservation permit tags. So where does that money really go? Isn't the North American Model supposed to be that wildlife...

Russel De Le Harpe (or just Russ) is a young bow-hunter out of Zambia who has started an outfitting business called Back Country Africa that specializes in Spot and Stalk Bow-Hunting. Essentially the out-west experience of the US in Zambia and Zimbabwe. A truly exceptional experience that should be the pinnacle of all bow-hunters to do. So why have so many bow-hunters written off Africa? We are fe...