Alaska Wild Project

Daniel Buitrago and Jack Lau welcome back Kyle Wilkinson to talk fishing, hunting,

Alaska parks boat launch improvement program, bike float portaging, pike fishing the valley, Kyle’s cover photo on Fish Alaska magazine, Daniel’s injury proneness, Collagen Powder for joints especially shoulders, Alaska Copper Challenge, Kyle’s moose float hunt, Lamprey pitch fork fishing, Sitka Tlingit war gear, Bradford Washburn “Sanctity of Space” at Anchorage Museum, Future Substack, writing for the Matsu Sentinel and fish alaska, Moose meat processing, Trout Copepods parasites, guiding trout and wacking silvers, cleaning up log jams on the willow, snowcat delivery, ice fishing for pike, Willow’s pioneer bar closing, fly tying frenzy, Squirmy wormy, you have a bead problem - fly box organization, Ken’s South Central Bead Company is dialed, techniques for painting beads, lots of hot fishing tips, AWP Trivia, Benchleg deer, butchering moose at Colony High School. 

 

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Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz welcome back Rob Bowler in studio to re-cap this past seasons hunting adventures, talk Ambler Road, the Brooks Range and the continuous pursuit of leadership greatness!

 

Seldovia runway, Where did the DooDoo go? Lake Hood and Merrill Field, the mechanism, scrutiny of the management, the drift, the avalanche dog survived, PJ’s to the Rescue, shout out to Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation raffle, Midnight Sun closed but the recipe’s are alive, Shout out to the The 2026 Alaska Native Heritage Center Benefit Concert takes place on Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM), whoop infested road to Tok, The Unit’s first Moose Hunt, wolves spook’n the moose, transition to a Goat hunting the Chugach w/Joe Falkner @wileybrew27, Naked River guy, wicked terrain of the Chugach Range, “Split Wig Billie”, Joe’s twilight Billie, Chad’s all in on the 6.5PRC Folding Stock suppressed, getting out of your comfort zone, Seldovia Summer, Haul Road Caribou Adventure, Zero degree temps, feelings behind the Ambler Road, creative writing, leadership is a constant pursuit, develop the art of leadership, The 3r’s (Rest, Recovery & Rejuvenation) Brought to you by Game Day Mens Health Alaska “A clinic Built for every man, every age & every chapter!”, green juice, meditation and family time, Trivia is brought to you by Connoisseur Crude Concentrates. “Top shelf concentrates for top shelf connoisseur’s” You can find Connoisseur Crude Concentrates at various dispensaries all over the state notably at the Connoisseur Lounge in Palmer, Alaska. John Muir “The Father of the National Parks, Brooks Range Tallest Mountain “Mount Isto”, Yin Tang Twins “Salt Shaker”

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AWP Episode 290 “Develop Your Capacity”

 

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau welcome special guest Dr. Cody Augdahl in studio.

 

Introducing Sitka Blacktail Deer to the Kenai Peninsula, “Empire of the summer Moon”, “Wrath of the Khans” Gotta watch “Chad Powers” Brandon’s run in with a little charging bull moose, Jack & Gideon’s Oregon Archery Elk experience, the Hammock game Hearing bugles under the stars, dealing wish heavy hunting pressure, ever heard an elk chuckle?, the widow-maker, Juniper Tree rosin, the rut argument, This day in Alaska History brought to you by Northern Waste, the central nervous system in a box, learning the art of family medicine, legacy providers, family medicine in Nome, a doc joining and serving in the Army, industrial medical complex, different perspective and approach on medicine, “direct primary care” model, membership medical care, developing a capacity for life,       

 

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Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield welcome back special guest and fishing fanatic AJ Hoffman of 3 Rivers Fly & Tackle to discuss hard topics

 

Don’t deficate on the trail, the YouTube AWP address, support 907WAMMO, AJ’s hunting season, ** minute 7 **, extending the hunting season, controlling populations in Anchorage proper and JBER, valley ice fishing teams, fishing clubs, Drifterz Paradise w/Colton & Alyssa Connor, the slow sockeye harvest in 2026, somebody showed you the needle, on this day in Alaska History brought to you by Northern Waste, September 29, 2026 - A dead beluga whale was found floating in Cook Inlet Near the Anchorage small boat launch, needles at the boat lunch, commercial “Hooligan” Pacific Smelt harvest total harvest quota of 100 tons, salmon symposium, Annual Mat-Su Salmon Science and Conservation Symposium, mismanagement of fish, Cottonwood Creek poodle poo, loss of opportunity, educating your user group,   

 

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AWP Episode 288 “LIVE FROM 6500”

Daniel Buitrago and Brandon Fifield go live from their sheep hunt! Hopefully dragging the recording equipment was worth it! The boys chat gear, optics, tents, and how the hunt is going! 

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Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield are in studio with AWP's own 6 peaks weeks promoter and freshly new Alaskan Mariah along with her boyfriend Josh, the jack of all trades!

Raising young pups, spooky hike coning down Mchugh Creek, you can’t see Denali from Healy, This day in Alaska History, the journey to Alaska, Minnesota to Texas, back to Minnesota and on to Alaska, bagging the 6 peaks, coming on with Game Day Means Health Alaska, being a new Alaskan and embracing the lifestyle, learning to adventure on your own, the 3 R’s, the dog’s love the wild berry’s, Antler Ridge Trail, 

 

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We will be back with normal podcasts once we return from our sheep hunt! We appreciate you listening! Take the time to catch one of our older shows you may have missed.  STAY WILD!

Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield re-cap and discuss the recent range day with the AWP team, Sarah Stallone and the Accurate Advantage Team.

 

Shout out to Accurate Advantage Sarah & her team, AWP team had a blast on the range, Justin is a tac-driver, the kids (Mateo & Rydell) shot lights out,    

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Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz are back in studio with special guest and archery pro Justin Befort of Hoyt Archery and Full Curl Archery out of Anchorage, Alaska.

Daniel got the Goat back from @grizzlyexpediters, micros spikes vs cramp-ons, congrats to sheep hunters on opening week (Emily, Cole & Joe Peters), cleaning big game critters in the water, mustache strength, solitude of a solo hunter, Justin’n goat hunt, Ollin Snapcase adapter, pushing the tag when you potentially injure a big game animal, the new Alaska State Sheep Identification quiz has some tricky questions, Justin’s intro, Born & Raised Alaskan, first archery moose kill on For Richardson Army Base, The Vegas Shoot, top of the line, trust the float, shooting at the mind game, train hard & complete easy , The bow hunter games, club comp vs. Hoyt Comps, Easton Foundation, international shooting venues, Vegas, Netherlands, India, Turkey, China, Olympic Re-Curve in the Olympics, getting set-up with a bow, from then lotto the high, foundation outdoors freeze dried meals, the 3r’s brought to you by Gameday Mens Health, Justin his on that magnesium, Western Mountaineering Kodiak bag,

 

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Daniel Buitrago, Jack Lau & Chad Aurentz invite special guest Nic Hickman in-studio. Nic is an ex-air force pilot and personal trainer who settled here in Alaska, living the lifestyle and ready to share his compelling story!

 

Dude perfect challenges, 6 peaks 6 weeks challenge results, skyline hike, 49th state in Healy, antler ridge, salmonfest stories, shoot what you eat, archery talk, Elite archery workout, more archery talk, Northern Waste, Nick’s Alaska origin story, building relationships, finding Nicks calling, protecting our homeland, personal training certification, kettle bells and a deck of cards, Elite fitness and starting to coach full time, summit performance lab and train heroic app for strength and conditioning of first responders, resilient performance, conform cross book and performing regular mesugi, reframing challenges as opportunities, recovery protocol and importance of sleep, Whole Foods and don’t say beer, supplements and third party testing, creatine for physical and cognitive benefit, omega 3s, Alaskan diets and low berries, Tin Foil Kingdom Podcast, Downing enterprises, the Alaskan story, AWP trivia, Rapid Fire, nick@resilentperform.com

 

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