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Alaska based podcast shining a light on the Alaska outdoor lifestyle, culture, people, and activities around our great state.
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Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
AWP Episode 206 “If the grass is long, cut it!” Coke Wallace of Midnight Sun Safari’s, Alaska’s foremost horseback guide outfitters!
Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz invite the man, the myth & the legend Coke Wallace in studio all the way from Healy AK to share his compelling story and history guiding horseback in the mighty Alaska Range.
Cokes first wolf @ 8, the big move to AK, the shower house 26 pack in the Brooks Range, Israel Payton 84 inch bull, the archery bull that got away, put a trillion toward conservation, Primary cause of predatory Dall sheep mortality, Joe Juan & the 40’s, Wilson the Ranch Dog, Coke’s 30 years @ Sheep Show, Bob Degrosy from Idaho, The Frank Galato award, towards to tunnels foundation, 1.3 million to the cause, a love for the danish, river crossing in crocs, “real men don’t shake it, they ring it” the wolverine suite, Eastern Sportsman Show, How’d he get the name Coke?, Daniels horse, Rudy from Alberta, getting split in half, struggles of raising horses in AK, Jim McCan, Same Day Don,
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Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
AWP Episode 205 “Jimmy’s Back” James Eicher Alaska Hunting Guide & HVAC Specialist
Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau invite Alaska Hunting Guide James Eicher back into the studio to find out the latest & greatest with James and that guide life!
The boys share their animal cruelty stories & regrets, lack of small game hunting opportunity on Alaska, finidng the hustler magazine stash in the woods, rock’n the Elmer-Fud hat, getting hopped one a tank of a bear on day-1, the helly trench, the Sitka Trench Coat, wearing hippers, Jame’s coming out to be a moose call competition judge, January 30th @ Double Shovel BHA & The Goat Alliance, 40 mile Caribou Herd Winter Hunt RC867 1-Bull January 11th - March 31st, James client 65 inch dandy bull, bear buster call, the black bear double tap, a love for big brown bears, Kodiak & a wide variety fish & Game, the Havalon Hydra, Jacks new sleeping bag & pad, Frank the tanks ass whoop’n, embracing the Tipi, breaking bank for a new Barney’s pack, running Argo’s, The Alyeska Gecko, James’ 2025 Guide season plans
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Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield are on site @ the 2025 Sheep Show in Reno, Nevada! Our first year attending the event and so tune as we are soaking it all in! Tune in and listen as we have a great list of guest speakers.
- Segment 1: Thursday - w/Kevin Kehoe - 2025 Sheep Show Intro
Thank you to AK WSF for having AWP @ the show, Family vibe @ the sheep show, the sheep show youth section and activities, exceptional organization of the event, gracious guest and staff, biologist hall of fame?, gotta book early folks, biologist connections, celebrating 47 years if the sheep show, 19 Sheep Jurisdictions in the world, Nick Nolty Safari’s, make sure to buy a table seat for the AK WSF Banquet April 12th, Desert Bighorn Sheep hunt “Life Member” Giveaway, The Chugach Dall Sheep raffle, Bear viewing giveaway, the gift of volunteer time
• ⁃ Segment 2: Friday
- w/Jack Ahtcheson (Legendary Hunting Consultant & Kurt Alt (Former Biologist & WSF Conservation Director)
Mongolian government, adopting the WSF conservation model, biologist, outfitters and government working as a team, Argali research center, retaining citizen hunting, red books, hunting consulting, funned going to the right, ear marked funds, measuring success by measuring the impact, The Hurley Scholarship fund, wild sheep internship, behind the scene work happening at the sheep show, be bold or go home, Mongolian Conservation permit, import conditions, not all hunting is conservation, and not all conservation is hunting, Mongolian chess champions, F.A.C.E,
- Segment 3: Saturday w/Shane Mahoney
A church like feel to the event and community, 15 million hunters annually in the US, over 1,4 billion meals are harvested annually, 4.3 billion to replace wild game, the prevision of wild food, our revolutionary past, “eat wild live free”, what is the North American American Model of Conservation, the Lacey act, fundamentals of wild life conservation, 981 million raised in the purchase of licenses, 34 billion in revenue raised by haters annually, the holy grail, what if hunting went away, hunting is not a side show, the marshal plan, One Natural World, One Humanity, One Chance… Conservation Matters,”
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Sunday Jan 19, 2025
Sunday Jan 19, 2025
Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz sit down with Marshall Johnson regional director of the shiny new Blacktail Deer Foundation established in December of 2024
A transition from a career in the newspaper industry to habitat conservation, recent wind storms in South central Alaska, the death of news paper, American Primeval, Marshall’s loss of dominate eye sight, starting the Blacktail Deer Foundation chapters in Alaska, Mule Deer in Alaska, Team Blacktail, 2024 Kodiak Big Buck Contest, Blacktail deer night @ the Double Shovel in Kodiak, Blacktail Deer Foundation Kodiak Chapter Banquet May 3rd 2025, Infrared drone, opening new chapters in Alaska, the new Anchorage chapter, plot treatment projects in the Tongass, a focus on habitat conservation getting the information to the people through a digital age, finding common ground for a common cause “Conservation of Animals & the Resource)
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Sunday Jan 12, 2025
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz go deep on the trap line with Huslia’s own Ricko DeWilde of the popular TV show Life Below Zero.
Patterning critters, bears caching food for the spring, BHA Governors Tag (Copper River Bison & Chugach Brown Bear), House boat ride, a love for wolves, trapping, Gilbert Huntington, tanning hides, “Hydz” Clothing Line, getting recruited on Life Below Zero, Huslia, AK, Ricko’s Cook Book, hunting spring windows for healthy critters, wind is the boss, the British knights, real hunters wear Jordans, Season 23?, Sheefish, Arctic Char, Grayling, Eels in the lower Yukon, raining Ravens & Owls in camp
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Sunday Jan 05, 2025
Sunday Jan 05, 2025
AWP Episode 201 “New Year New, Beginnings” AWP Crew New Year Check-in
Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz link-up after a long holiday break to catch-up & bring in the new year while re-caping an action packed & bountiful 2024!
Happy New Year, Hot Boy Christmas gifts, Chad’s Mid-Medium Flannel, Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation Banquet Early Bird Special (Offer Ends January 10th), 38th Annual Kodiak Big Buck Contest Tuesday January 7th, smoke’n meats on the boat, Chad’s Shoulder Update, 6-10 month recovery, Dialed up IQ XLT, Where’s the snow at?, Can you cook meat at a bear bait station,
Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau finally get the man, the myth, the legend “Gideon Saunders” in studio all the way from kodiak Island to sit down for much anticipated podcast convo!
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Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau finally get the man, the myth, the legend “Gideon Saunders” in studio all the way from kodiak Island to sit down for much anticipated podcast convo!
Brandon needs readers, “Gideon the The Great warrior”, Ol’stumpy”, Kona Honey & Bees, 2024 Double Shovel Christmas Cran launch, Mule deer foundation, Blacktail Foundation, Big Buck Contest in Kodiak, (Inferred Drone & Darting), hunting pressure, (Adult onset Hunters), Kodiak Surfing Scene, unwritten rules and the hunting conversation, Kodiak Crawdad’s on the Buskin, Kodiak, The furthest most Hawaiian island, Jack’s new fade, Gideon’s 25 years in the oil fields, Bear Valley Golf Course in Kodiak, we need some snow, “Snow Bros”,
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Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Daniel Buitrago & Jack Lau babble with Alpacka Raft cofounder Thor Tingey
Draw permit application, Trawlers in Prince William Sound, bad weather jinx, Ritt Kellogg grants, the OG white boat, Design by Sheri, dog mushing gear, growing up in Denali, designing the first Alpacka raft, figuring out inflation and working with seams, jigging and welding techniques for thermoplastics, Jack’s Plastic Welding and Feathercraft, trial and error, white water Valkery, store and zip tech, paddle progression, favorite packraft trips for families, International Packraft Film Fest, raft durability and material science, what’s coming down the pike, buy direct to consumer to support small biz
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Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Daniel Buitrago & Jack Lau sit down with physician, hunter, back country skier Paul Forward
Skiing anatartica, hunting in trees, neck injury bike crash story, 2024 sheep hunt and fall sotry, pack from hell, neck surgery and recovery, life in Girdwood, ski guiding, Heli skiing, predicting snow conditions, skiing is inherently dangerous, the hard way video, eastern rises fishing movie, origin of a hunting conservation story, draw tags, climate change impact on sheep habitat, archery impact on sheep, introducing new species to alaska, compressed alaska cedar wood shafts, sure wood shafts, customizing arrows mental refocus, lifesize targets for practice, hyperlite cook bag, gear talk, sleeping bag dreams for a quilt guy,
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Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
AWP Episode 197 “No Days Off” Teresa Moss (@alaskamountaingypsy)
Daniels Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau are joined by special guest Teresa Moss, Alaska Outdoor Guide & Pro Body Builder
We need some snow, running a dump truck, shout out to Awakening of Winter 5 by Awakening Productions, Sierra Winter & Josiah Smith, the art of video editing, shout out to smoking moose bones, eating the bone marrow, underground smoker, Teres’a road kill moose, sloppy kills and, John Lau’s hand kill caribou, TKO @ Koots & the start of the Miller Girls, latest body building completion in AZ, the terminator, getting started with fitness & training, fitness coaching and completion, Team IPL Coast to Cast, the natural federation, No Days off, writing training programs, BLT’s “Bite Lick, Taste”, Arbonne Products for supplements, outdoor guiding business, Outbound heli, Pioneer peak, tackling the Appalachian Trail, Trail Angles, Continental Divide trail, tearing an ACL, peptides & PT, love to inspire, “handsome ransom” Cheese Cake Factory, The She Beast, “Pillow” Teresa Jean Bell,
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