Alaska Wild Project

AWP Episode 264 "Riding by Braille" w/Tim Gossett & Chad Moore

Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield welcome back Iron Dog Veteran’s Tim Gossett & Chad Moore of Team #19 to re-cap the epic 2026 Iron Dog race!

 

Snaring a cracked skull Wolf, How to register a walrus tusk, John Reeves’ Bone Yard, Hillary & Keylee’s Mayors cup Valdez wreck, Alaska Cross-country Racing & Iron PUP, monster Steppe Bison, last years secret route now off limits, the training regimen, inspiration behind the team-up, breaking trail & training, the backcountry trail community, “This Day in Alaska History” brought to you by Northern Waste On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling approximately 11 million gallons of crude oil. This catastrophic event, considered one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, affected 1,300 miles of coastline and devastated local wildlife and ecosystems., the advantage of racing with air support, logistical challenges with land & air, Polaris vs. Ski-doo, New Iron Dog Leadership, qualifying for the race, possibility for a second run, 2026 payouts & sponsorships, Trivia Brought to you by Connoisseur Crude Concentrates,  

 

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AWP Episode 263 "Lick'm Up" w/Matt DeLuca & Cole Hawkins of Alaska Blade Works

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz are back in studio and pumped to welcome special guests and local knife builders Matt DeLuca & Cole Hawkins of Alaska Blade Works!

 

Get tickets now for the Alaska Wild Sheep Annual banquet April 10th & 11th, Brandon & Rinah’s Delta Bison Hunt, Caribou capping class @ Double Shovel, brought to you by BHA, “This Day in Alaska History Brought to you by Northern Waste, On March 17, 1912, the U.S. Marine contingent stationed in Sitka since 1879 was withdrawn after the Navy ceased using the location as a coaling station. This withdrawal allowed the vacant barracks to be repurposed, leading to the establishment of the Sitka Pioneer Home the following year, S-45 high carbon stainless, edge retention, Micarta knife grips, switch back design, Flow Sports Kodiak (Gideon Sunders), the ABW lineup (“Thin Horn”, “Wrqngell Ultra-Light”, “Kenai” Fillet Knives 6 inch & 9 Inch, “Unimak Skinner”, ‘Brooks Range’, “Chugach”, “Kodiak Skinner”, purpose built functional knives, field tested, building a legacy to pass on, Trivia Brought to you by Connoisseur Crude, the ancient Ulu knife, slate/Copper & Bone, Victorinox Swiss Army knifes, 1999 a Man killed a Kodiak Brown Bear by knife while deer hunting, the thrill of chasing big bears, Rapid Fire brought you you by Alaska Gun Company, quality USA built veteran owned products, thanks to the ABW team Matt DeLuca, Cole Hawkins & Andrew Arrabito!

 

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AWP Episode 262 "The Most Remote" w/Blair Hickson of Anvik River Lodge

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield and Chad Aurentz invite special guest Blair Hickson, of Anvik River Lodge in studio to talk remote lodge life, family legacy and the future of running the most remote full service fishing lodges in Alaska!

 

Ghost town in Healy, the Totem, 49th State Crabby Melt, old Toyota’s run forever, the Toyota Scion’, The Polaris Expedition, will we ever see halfpipes in the driveway again, AK Wild Sheep Banquet 95% sold out, prepping for Delta Bison, 3-day fast all around, discipline is freedom, This day in Alaska History brought to you by Special Olympics World Winter games, The AK Railroad, Dena’ina Center, Fire Island Wind Farm, Anvik River Chum Salmon Run, the Hickson Family lodge destiny, Anvik community and proud Athabaskans, the lodge offerings, fishing, hunting, 5-star lodging, wilderness week, the grand slam & century club, Bison 210 on the property, Kobuk the bear dog, a hovercraft named “Marshmallow”, monster graying, milling lumber onsite, world lass cuisine, fresh garden fare, 180-200 guest per season, bears eating bears,   

 

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AWP Episode 261 "Catch Fish, Have Fun" w/ Travis & Lori Price of Fish Em, LLC

Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield welcome special guests Travis & Lori Price, Owners & Operators of Fish Em, LLC in studio to talk Kenai River Guide Life, river ethics, and providing a world class fishing experience! 

 

Fur Rondy was bust and freezing ass cold, enjoy the ice sculptures, B’s trip up to Coke Wallace’s place this weekend, Skilak Lake has some sketchy ice, shout out to all the folks who donated prizes to the 3rd annual Dray Result Party @ Double Shovel Cidery, (AK Wild Sheep, Alaska Gear Company, Alaska Blade Works, Screaming Eagle Archery & BHA Alaska) Alaska Outdoor Mentorship Program, Women hunting Alaska, On this day in Alaska History brought to you by Northern Waste, Travis & Lori’s backstory & history, from Virginia and Hawaii to Alaska, building the guiding business, Fishing with Santa Event, favorite part of the Kenai river to fish, timing for flies, beads & flesh, best trout fishing during the pink runs, guides giving guides a hard time, give and take with the locals, a love for the upper Kasilof River, green mountain grille smoked salmon, Traeger Coffee Rub seasoning, Graying in Upper Kenai River, Trivia brought to you by Connoisseur Crude, 2026 Iron Dog Champs, AK State Record Rainbow Trout/Steelhead, Japan eats all our salmon, over 600 registered fishing guides operate in Alaska, Rapid Fire brought to you by Alaska Gun Co, Catch Fish & have Fun!      

 

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AWP Episode 260 "FISH ON!" w/Melissa Norris of Fish Alaska & Hunt Alaska Magazine

Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield welcome special guest Melissa Norris founder and owner of the most prestigious outdoor magazines published in Alaska “ Fish Alaska Magazine” & “Hunt Alaska Magazine”

 

YouTube Does & Don’ts, shout out to AK Wild Sheep Foundation, Leanne & Jeff Lusk for coordinating the first annual “Youth Extravaganza”, shout out to Zach Kenner of Annuli Creations, Alaska Outdoor Games Coming Soon?, Fish & Hunt Alaska 25th Anniversary, This day on history brought to by Northern Waste, Melissa Norris Intro, girls talking fishing at the nail salon, marketing background, the history, current status & future of the printed magazine, finding stories and writers, Fish Alaska team, Trawl Free Table Podcast, trawling has to end!, Magnuson Stevens Act, can’t have bycatch if you don’t have biomass, talk to your favorite restaurant about where they get their fish, Trivia brought to you by Connoisseur Crude Concentrates products, information platforms, talk about the issues, Raid Fire Brought to you by Alaska Gun Company, closing statements    

 

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AWP Episode 259 "Lead the League in Assists" w/Dj Joe Brady

Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield are back in our Alaska studio and joined by special guest DJ Joe Brady! A local Alaskan family man with a passion for music, entertainment and a unique talent for spinning tracks to hype the crowd!

 

All about the sponsorships, Kirkland takeover, the paper routes, growing up with mom & grandma, alignment in faith & spirituality, halal meat & no pig meat, you don’t want, Pioneer Bar Sundays, DJ’ing & the social science, entertainment in the Last Frontier, lead the league in assists, on this day in Alaska history brought to you by Northern Waste, Frozen Legends free style, Showdown Alaska, Full sale, Orlando to Miami, Joe Galdo, Danny Boy Styles, high profile gigs, Sean Garret & the Spider, a beat, “Tim” & 2-chains, Wood Shed to the Brown Bag, Zach’s Boardroom, engineering D.J., what happened to high school breakdancers? Check out good-low, Sylobalistics, what happened to the Anchorage Downtown Scene, the Stanley cup water ring, DJ’ing for Nelly & Chingy loves Qdoba, The Smoke Bus, Mad Merna’s movement, Super Bowl Sunday, upcoming events w/DJ Brady     

 

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AWP Episode 258 "The Quad Gods" w/Aaron Ulmer & Chad Aurentz

Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield kick it in studio with Chad Aurentz & Aaron Ulmer for quick bro sesh and catch-up on Winterstrong, Sheep Show 2026 and spring fever!

 

Ulmer’s pissed off soccer mom Audi, YouTube & Strike 1! shout out to Aziak Equipment, “Jones 161 Howler”, Back Country Riding with Silverton & Knik Glacier Valley, Valhalla BC, dealing with knee issues, The Quad God” a hot mic, segment 2 brought to you by “Northern Waste”, on this day in Alaska History, Charles D. Brower (American Explorer), Winter @ Winterstrong 2026, Connoisseur Crude Triva,       

AWP Episode 257 "The Great Land" (Part-2) Sheep Show 2026

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz are on-site for Sheep Show 2026 coming to you from the Great Land Exhibitor Island in partnership with Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation at the Sparks Convention Center in Reno, NV

 

Welcome to sheep show 2026 in Reno, AWP team is on-site better than ever, shout out to partner with AKWSF for having us, Shout out to AK Airlines Customer Service and a smooth travel experience from Anchorage, Shout out to our neighbors on the Great Land Island ADF&G, Alaska Pro Hunters Association, Nice blend of big companies and small conservations organizations, intro Jeff & Leanne Lusk, volunteers with AK Wild Sheep Foundation, finding a love and new passion for teaching and inspiring youth, finding a new path in non-profit volunteering, taking on Ram Busters Camp structure for AKWSF, youth camp @ Rainey Pass Lodge in Alaska (Last 2-weeks) in June, Learning Archery, Rifle Shooting, building fires, first aid training, horse back riding and outdoor recreation, building the camp, Jack Frost in Camp, Application period March to April, Info on the Youth Extravaganza 2026 brought to you by AKWSF, February Friday 13th & Saturday the 14th @ the Denina Center in Anchorage, AK, outdoor recreation clinics, field dressing an elk, Trivia brought to you by “Connoisseur Crude” Segment 2 is brought to you by Northern Waste, Welcome Dane Gates of Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management to the Podcast, town cryers, we have to patrol ourselves, purchasing the tag and opportunity not the animal and its contribution, anti-hunters don’t put their money where their mouth is, Wild Harvest Initiative, Kamchatka Bears in Russia, are we ganging ground agist the opposition, bastardizing Trophy hunting, What is trophy hunting?, the 127 campaign in Colorado and the win on November 5th 2024, Champion the Sportsman Community, Unite the fight, its our wildlife, 7-tenant YouTube videos, plans for coming to AK, the center for biological diversity, savethehuntcolorado.com, participate in the pay to play system, Don’t the take advantage of your opportunity to be an advocate for the cause

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AWP Episode 256 "Finding a Right of Passage" w/Tyler Johnson (A Bear Attack Story)

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield, Jack Lau & Chad Aurentz are joined by special guest Tyler Johnson (@grizzlylife907). Tyler shares his terrifying story of a life treating encounter with an Alaska Brown Bear.

 

It’s way too easy to overload a plane, is the 6-man SG Stone Glacier) Dome worth the $3k?, Congrats to the 2026 FBS National Champion Indian Hoosiers!, build a Mendoza statue, Cignetti has the biggest balls, restaurant review “Crimson” @ the Wild Birch Hotel, “On this day in Alaska History” brought to you by Northern Waste, Tyler Johnson intro via zoom, life in Austin, TX working remote for ACS, a love for hiking with dad in Kenai, AK, Fining a right of passage with dad, adjusting to recreating without public land, the Adak mishap & UFO’s?, planning a new hunting area for black bear, a beautiful day for a hike, bushwack’n nasty brush, the bear attack, jumping a brown bear, initial bear charge on dad, pivot attack on Tyler, shooting yourself in the leg, empty the clip in that bear, the aftermath, treating a lucky bullet wound, treating a bear bite wound and stopping the bleeding, dad and a tunicate saved Tylers life, getting content and documentation in the face of extreme adrenaline, getting Medivaced, out  of the backcountry and the process, reuniting with ddd, debriefing with wildlife troopers & legal protocols, the call to the Wife, sharing that story, media and viral videos, the healing process and finding the positives, AWP trivia brought to you by Connoisseur Crude Concentrates, Rapid Fire presented by Alaska Gun Co. Tylers new invention to help save lives, closing statements 

 

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AWP Episode 255 "No Friends On Powder Days"

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield, Jack Lau & Chad Aurentz are back in studio to kick off the new year, catch-up on current events and discuss what we have upcoming up in 2026!

 

Betting etiquette, Vegas/Reno game favorites, art of craps, Brandon’s back from the Philippines, got sick again, Philippines surf towns, point breaks, favorite movies, bringing some heat back to the frozen cold ass holiday break, The Lake Louise experience with Berg’s Frontier Fishing Guides, Mayors Ice Face, call to Reed Carlson of AK Gun Company, a need for chasing the edge with cabin freezer, No Friends on Powder Days, the 8-inch Rule, Eagle Crest in Juneau, Lindsey Vonn one last time fir the 26 Winter Olympics, World Cup in the USA, Big Ray’s 2025 Big Buck Contest winners, This Day in Alaska History (Presented by Northern Waste), Connoisseur Crude Trivia, Mature Blacktail Buck horn Size, World Record Sitka Blacktail Deer (Typical & non-Typical), history on the .300 Winchester Short Mag birth year, Chad & Jack’s draw wishes, Upcoming events on 2026 (January - Sheep Show in Reno), (February AWP Draw Result Party @ Double Shovel), (March - SCI Alaska Annual Banquet w/Guest Speaker Jim Shockey), (April - AKWSF Annual Banquet),  Daniels’ on the bear league IR, New year Wishes

 

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