Tundra Talk Podcast

In this episode, I’m joined by Frank Schultz, and we finally get a chance to recap our sheep hunt from August, all hardships included. Enjoy! comments or questions? email podcast@tundratalkak.com

In this episode, I’m joined by Tyler and Jordan Wagner, who I met on the Haul road, and we recap our action-packed hunts! comments or questions? email podcast@tundratalkak.com

In this episode, I’m joined by Mark Rowenhorst, Connor Owen, and Nick Muche. We get a recap from their sheep seasons, as well as Connor’s caribou hunt. Enjoy! Comments or questions? email podcast@tundratalkak.com

It’s been a crazy busy summer here in the north, but we’ve got Frank Schultz, Temple Dillard, Zach Kenner, and Nick Muche for what is becoming an annual pre-sheep episode as we sit on the brink of the fall hunting seasons getting rolling. Enjoy! -Tyler

In this episode, I sit down with Nick Muche to talk about the end of our bear season, which has come and gone in a flash, as well as some fishing and switching gears into the upcoming fall.

In this episode I get to catch up with John Whipple, of 49mm creative, who was on an early episode of Tundra Talk, following our goat hunt on Kodiak in March of 2018. We talk about what John’s been up to lately (which includes some firearms and bear defense instruction), as well as how hunting in Africa compared to the hunting we are used to here in Alaska.

In this episode, Frank Schultz, Rob Simard, Nick Muche, and I discuss our bear hunting misadventures up to this point in what has been a crazy busy spring. Enjoy! Here is a link to the Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor phenomenon that we discuss: Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion – Wikipedia comments or questions? email podcast@tundratalkak.com

It’s Frank Schultz and me in this episode, where after the previous episode, Frank has some cautionary tales to add involving all of the dental work he’s needed to have. We talk about potato guns, cracking muzzleloader stocks, and the troubles of running jet outboards in dirty rivers, as well as my catastrophic flub on a black bear recently. Enjoy, and hopefully learn from our mistakes...

In this episode we get to hear about some squirrel shooting from my son Jed, then Matt Herkstroeter and I talk about how fast the transition from winter to spring/summer is here, the million things we’ve been up to, and of course plenty of spring bear hunting talk. Enjoy!

In this episode I’m joined by Larry Bartlett to hear some more detailed information on the looming closure of federal lands in units 23 and 26A for non-local caribou hunters. This is a heated issue, but an important one, and the effort to keep non-local hunters out doesn’t seem to be supported by evidence. We fully believe in the need for rural residents to have first priority at times...

In this episode I’m joined by the crew, Dr. Frank Schultz, Nick Muche, and Temple Dillard. We’re all antsy and ready for spring and hit on a number of topics including (state-level) fish and game proposals, and just being wound-up and needing to make some new hunting stories. I plan on following up with more detailed discussion on the current proposal to close caribou and moose hunting...

In this episode, I’m joined by my dad Britt Freel, as well as my uncles Jerry and Tracy. I get to hear a bunch of stories about the old days, how we came to Alaska, and what it was like growing up in what was then a wilderness town of Fairbanks, as well as hunting moose and caribou, and what “the bus” was like as a hunting camp. Enjoy! -Tyler

In this episode, I sit down with Connor, Christina, and Adam Owen to hear their stories from both of the hunts that Christina drew tags for last year, and her transition from southern California to full-blown Alaskan brown bear killer. Enjoy! comments or questions? email podcast@tundratalkak.com -Tyler

In this episode I’m joined by my friend Harrison Gottschling and Jeff Lund, Ketchikan resident, teacher, writer, and host of The Mediocre Alaskan Podcast, which has been around longer than Tundra Talk, and was one of the first Alaska podcasts I found. We chat about Jeff’s trip to get a taste of late winter in Fairbanks and do some caribou hunting. We talk about some of the differences...

In this episode, we recorded in Frank’s newly finished man cave and talk about everything from hunting with our kids, to mountain boot insoles, taking time to glass, and how we generally do NOT dress to impress in Alaska. Enjoy! Comments or questions? email podcast@tundratalkak.com -Tyler

In this episode I’m joined by Dr. Frank Schultz and Nick Muche, and we discuss the ADF&G draw tag results for this year. Nick and Frank both had their phones off and look at their results for the first time, and we go from there. Enjoy! comments or questions? email podcast@tundratalkak.com -Tyler

In this episode I sit down with Master Guide Coke Wallace, of Midnight Sun Safaris. Coke has been at the game a long time and it was great to hear about Coke’s background and talk about hunting sheep and moose with horses, predator hunting and trapping in the Alaska Range. Enjoy! Comments or questions? email podcast@tundratalkak.com -Tyler

In this episode I’m joined by Dusty Spencer. We talk about moving to Alaska at a young age and get to hear just a few of Dusty’s great stories as well as some issues surrounding game laws in Alaska. Enjoy! Comments or questions? email podcast@tundratalkak.com thanks! -Tyler

In this episode I’m joined by Harrison and Pat, fresh back from a caribou meat run. We talk about that, getting sick on a sheep hunt, Harrison’s new/old tundra and more! Enjoy! -Tyler

We finally made it to 100 episodes, and this time I’m joined by Dr. Frank Schultz, Nick Muche, Temple Dillard, and Connor Owen. We get caught up on everything going on lately, from ice fishing, to coues deer hunting, to snowmachines catching on fire. Enjoy! -Tyler

In this episode I’m joined by Robert Coker, professor of biology, chemistry, and biochemistry at the University of Alaska and also a passionate outdoorsman. We talk about his background backpack hunting for whitetails in the Appalachians, coming to Alaska, some of his scientific studies, and what he’s learned living and hunting in the last frontier. Enjoy! comments or questions? email...

In this episode I get to catch up with Brett Evens and JT Morgan and hear about their week-turned-month long Southeast AK deer hunt turned Covid quarantine, and of course we tell a couple sheep stories as well. Enjoy! Comments or questions? email podcast@tundratalkak.com thanks, -Tyler

In this episode I’m joined by Frank Schultz and my buddy and new hunter Jeremy Highfill. We talk about Jeremy’s experiences hunting this year, goat hunting, ice fishing, as well as some discussion of some outdoor companies and personalities’ opposition to possible oil production in area 1002 of ANWR. Enjoy! -Tyler

In this episode, I’m joined by my uncle Tracy Freel and Temple Dillard. We talk a little trapping, hunting, and get to hear plenty of stories from a different era. Enjoy! Comments or questions? email podcast@tundratalkak.com -Tyler

Skookum, Adjective: “Marked by excellent quality: First Rate” This episode includes Frank Schultz, Nick Muche, and Johnny Klug. After the previous episode, we set aside some time to answer Johnny’s questions about getting started in bowhunting and archery in general. We also talk about the uniqueness of “deer camp” down in the midwest and northeast, and have a few tho...