The Venatic Podcast

Well, we kicked off this week with the sentencing of a Coeur d’Alene man who poached a hell of a trophy elk in Northern Idaho, we followed that up with the story of the Canadian First Nation that is hellbent on blocking any non-indegenous hunters from accessing their territory.  By mid week we covered the Maine man and his five accomplices who went on an absolute poaching and theft-crazy fren...

Well, we kicked off this week with what looks like the culmination of one of the largest wildlife crime syndicates in Texas history, we followed that up with the case of a New York man who is accused of poaching over 30 deer, the tale of a douchey Arizona CEO who plundered 401K accounts to illegally fund lavish hunting excursions, we covered a new CWD study showing that deer are now contracting th...

Well, we kicked off this week with a lawsuit coming out of the state of Minnesota. As part of some monkey business regarding unauthorized elk permits, the state’s DNR has hurled a lawsuit at the Kittson County Sheriff’s Office. We’ve also got the story of the smurf-like colored pig meat that’s been discovered in California, the story of how a BC man survived 9 days in the backcountry by drinking p...

Well, we kicked off this week with the tragic but legal passing of Blondie the lion, along with the associated social media backlash. We got into the case involving a pair of Florida brothers and the 20-or-so deer they illegally annihilated last season, we’ve got the story of the federal judge that is trying to walk back wolf delisting in the western US, another tragic story involving the death of...

We kicked off this week with story of some cross-border poaching that took place in both Montana and Washington state, we covered the newly-introduced “Don’t Feed the Bears Act of 2025”, we’ve also got a couple of stories involving Canadians literally fighting off wildlife attacks from last weekend, how Michigan’s fight against feral Russian hogs is once again heating up and we closed off the week...

We kicked off this week with the unfortunate true story of the North Dakota sage grouse and how it has been officially declared as extirpated in the state. We follow that up with the story of the Idaho man who blatantly killed and wasted a trophy bull moose and how a Washington State guide and outfitter were nailed in a cross-border harlequin duck scheme. We closed out the week with Florida’s new...

Well, we kicked off this week with the harrowing tale of a 69-year-old Wisconsin woman who is now thankfully in stable condition after suffering severe injuries in a bear attack. We followed that up with the details surrounding Utah’s new law requiring all users of specific Wildlife Management Areas over the age of 18 to obtain a valid hunting or fishing license and why it’s a good idea. Grizzly b...

This week we got into the details surrounding two Ontario men who were implicated in an illegal deer hunting scheme in the western region of the province. We covered Wyoming’s sudden change of heart regarding some pending changes to their landowner hunting tags. In addition to those two stories, we’ve got a Pennsylvania felon who was nailed for killing a bear after it raided his precious bird seed...

This week we’re covering Tennessee’s sudden reversal of their proposed hunting and fishing license fee increases, we’ve got the story of the infamous Karl Studer’s day in court and sentencing, the Illinois Hunting Club whose doors have been shuttered after being implicated in a federal baiting scandal. We’ve also got the crazy story about how a 62-year-old Wisconsin man fabricated an entire huntin...

This week we’re covering the crazy story of a serial poacher that dodged jail time for his wildlife crimes but ended up behind bars for driving to his sentencing with a suspended license. We’re also covering the story surrounding the crooked dealings of one former Louisiana Wildlife Secretary, the long-range hunting debate that is heating up in Wyoming, how a Washington man is facing a slew of wil...

This week we’re covering the Pennsylvania poaching bust that resulted in $35,000 worth of fines, how one group of anti-hunters is planning to disrupt the upcoming Florida bear hunt, we’ve also got some confirmed photographic evidence of some baby mountain lions in Oklahoma, how a group of Alabama land owners are taking on the state’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in a private pr...

This week we’re covering the unprecedented euthanization of a famed and recently released and relocated Colorado wolf, the story of a Virginia duck hunter who illegally poisoned and killed over 20 bald eagles and hawks and pretty much got off scot free, we’ve got the heroic story of a rogue group of Canadians who are rallying to rescue and relocate a massive grizzly bear without the government’s c...

This week we’re covering the frightening tale of a pair of mushroom hunters that were forced to lethally defend themselves from a charging grizzly, we’re talking about Tennessee’s new pay-to-play baiting regulations, the story of a pair of poachers caught illegally killing a big bull elk in Great Basin National Park and we closed out the short work week with the story of yet another unhinged Flori...

This week we’re covering the story of a pair of boisterous climate activists that went ahead and stuck their foot in their mouth regarding the tradition of polar bear hunting in the Canadian North.  We also covered a new study that experimented with using drones to help haze wolves off of cattle ranches in the western United States. We also got into the crazy story coming out of Montana in wh...

This week we’re covering the story of yet another social media influencer who was busted in a massive residency scandal up in the Yukon, we’ve the details about the first fatal black bear attack in the history of the great state of  Florida. We’re also covering the confession of one Washington county sheriff who was embroiled in a cougar killing case in Idaho, the midnight maneuver to sell pu...

This week we’re covering the slap on the wrist that was offered to one Minnesota serial poacher, who quite honestly deserved a lot more considering his crimes. We went wolf crazy covering one study out of California illustrating that the state’s recent resurgence of wolves is costing ranchers upwards of $162,000 per wolf and how a California county is now under what they are calling a “gray wolf s...

This week we’re covering the defeated Colorado ballot measure that attempted to repeal the state’s wolf reintroduction efforts, how a father-son duo has been implicated in a massive illegal poaching investigation in Idaho, the conviction of the lady responsible for joyfully killing over 100 deer with her juvenile delinquents, how a Connecticut father ended up in cuffs after shooting a black bear t...

This week we’re covering how Atlantic salmon are getting jacked up on pharmaceutical drugs and what it means for their spawning rituals. We’ve also got the story surrounding a pair of Mississippi men who have been handed some big fines and jail time for some egregious poaching charges in Ohio, along with a survey indicating the success of Wyoming’s new shed hunting laws - at least from the perspec...

This week we covered the story of the Florida fishing guide who absolutely lost his damn mind…and his business and reputation in the process, the 80-year-old turkey hunter who accidentally shot another hunter in the back of the head in California and killed him, the story of the apparent de-extinction of the infamous dire wolf and we rounded out the week with an incredible story of a pair of Georg...

Well, it’s a funny time of year in the outdoor world and despite turkey season taking up pretty much everyone’s attention, we’ve had to dig a bit deeper to keep the stories coming. And not one to shy away from a challenge, we still managed to deliver amongst all of the foolishness that the beginning of the week brought on. This week we covered the unique story of an Alabama man that the law finall...

Well, we kicked the week off with the news of a pair of Utah residents who have since been nailed for residency fraud for the illegal killing of a beauty mule deer in Nevada,  we then covered the story of Alaska’s fight that would allow them to continue to cull bears and wolves to protect caribou, despite one bogus ruling that called the program “unconstitutional”. By mid-week we were talking...

Well, we kicked the week off with the news of a crazy finding way up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula involving some awfully cute future killers, went down to Texas and learned about the state representative and deer breeder that is introducing legislation that he hopes will abolish the state’s Parks and Wildlife Department and dismantle any regulations around deer breeding (protectionism anyone???)....

We kicked things off this week in Colorado as ranchers have begun to be rewarded funding for wold predation claims, we chat about Utah's bill aiming to ensure that all wildlife board members hold and maintain a hunting license, two stories coming out of British Columbia involving influencers and poaching and the story of the Wisconsin man who is now headed to prison after viscously assaulting a st...

We kicked things off this week with the story of how a big old deer smuggling bust in Texas turned into a whole lot more than wardens expected, an Oregon man who was handed his third lifetime hunting ban in 10 years, the story of a Washington man who almost successfully commandeered a commercial fishing vessel, a Wisconsin farmer who "made a game" of illegally killing 150 deer on his property alon...

We kicked things off this week with the story of how the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is stepping up in the case of a pair of illegal elk killings along the Nevada-Utah border, on Tuesday we covered Montana’s new proposal that would see them follow in the footsteps of some neighboring states by bringing in license fees for shed hunting, Texas Game Wardens were at it again, this time rescuing...