This week, Alaskan guide Caleb Stillians is joining us to share some advice for how to get started hunting in Alaska. Caleb is founder and host of the platform Rise Up - which you can watch on YouTube.  He's talking about growing up in Missouri, how he became an Alaskan hunting guide in his early 20s, and his passion for being a great role model for new hunters. Caleb shares some important gear tips, talks about traveling to and from Alaska, and shares his great perspectives on hunting and life. Thanks for listening, give him a follow on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. You'll be glad you did.

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EP:120 - Hunting Alaska with Caleb Stillians of Rise Up

Have you had the chance to check out the Outdoor Feast Podcast by Modern Carnivore yet? Here's the type of great conversations we're having with the Modern Carnivore community. This week, Artemis Ambassador Christa Whiteman from the NY Catskills joins Todd to talk about her incredible 2020 deer season. We're talking about Christa's first buck, the importance of sharing venison with her landowner friend, Wild Woman Apothecary and more. Please also go over to www.modcarn.com and check out the Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:020) with Ronnell Lynn. Its another great conversation!

EP:119 - Christa Whiteman - An Outdoor Feast Convo by Modern Carnivore

Dr. Heidi Kretser of the Wildlife Conservation Society and Dr. Michale Glennon of the Adirondack Watershed Institute join us this week to talk about their fascinating ecological and social science research throughout the Adirondack Park. We're talking land use management and wildlife populations. Should we disperse hiking activity outside the High Peaks? What's the impact of working forests? How does increased demand for rural housing impact habitat? Thanks for listening!

Ep 118: Conservation in the Adirondack Park - A Convo with Drs. Heidi Kretser & Michale Glennon

Its mid-November and we hope you're all out enjoying a safe hunting season. Todd just returned from a 3 day big woods deer hunt in western Maine and he's breaking down how he went about trip planning, creating a hunting strategy and more. He's also offering a comparative analysis of hunting deer in Maine and the Adirondacks - how each rank in terms of deer numbers, remoteness, finding deer sign, logging activity and more. Thanks for listening and enjoy your time in the woods!

EP 117: A Comparison of Bigwoods Deer Hunting in Maine and the Adirondacks

Bruce McGlenn of the Human Nature Hunting School in Washington State joins Todd this week on the podcast. Bruce is a lifelong hunter with 35 years of experience and is a certified Master Hunter and outdoor instructor. We're talking about the role that hunting, angling and foraging can play in healing connections between humans and nature. We're also discussing Bruce's personal journey growing up in the Seattle area, hunting with his family and leaving a professional engineering career to become a hunting teacher. Check all the great work that Human Nature Hunting School is doing at www.humannaturehunting.com

EP 116: A Holistic Approach to Hunting with Bruce McGlenn

We had the opportunity to catch up with Adirondack Guide Jamie Frasier earlier this summer at his Adirondack Mountain & Stream guide and taxidermy shop. Jamie has 36 years of outdoor guiding experience and has spent several thousand days in the woods. He's talking about what its like being an Adirondack guide & sharing numerous tips to get you started on your outdoor journey. Recorded on July 7, 2020 in Igerna, New York.

EP. 115: Four Thousand Days in the Woods with an Adirondack Guide

Jon Teater of Whitetail Landscapes in central New York joins us again on the podcast to talk about advanced wind hunting strategies. He explains the fundamentals of air movement across various terrain features, thermals, aspect, prevailing winds, seasonal considerations, fog and more. It can take a lifetime of hunting to understand air movement and Jon is sharing his experience with the listeners to help shorten your learning curve. Thanks Jon!

Ep: 114 Advanced Wind Hunting Strategies with Jon Teater of Whitetail Landscapes

We're excited to be talking with country music singer & hit songwriter Adam Sanders this week on the podcast about the intersection of songwriting & the outdoors. Adam is also a Realtree ambassador and has written huge hits like "Hell of A Night" for Dustin Lynch and "Ain't Worth the Whiskey" by Cole Swindell. He recently released "Drink, Drank, Drunk" and we're talking about everything from early memories of Nashville, to what makes a great song to why hunting should be about exploring your personal relationship with the outdoors.

Episode 113: Country Singer & Songwriter Adam Sanders - The Intersection of Great Music & the Outdoors

Tanah Whitemore, Founder of Sacred Ground International in Pryor, MT joins us this week to talk about hunting as a collaboration with nature. Tanah shares her incredible story about how we can bring respect and honor to the hunter, the hunt, and the animals that sustain us. We talk about how hunting is going through a much needed evolution, The Sacred Hunt, The Hunters Code, The Right of Passage, Jim Posewitz's Beyond Fair Chase, Leopold's Land Ethic, visualization, telepathy, collaboration with buffalo and the land, quantum entanglement and how it all comes together.

Episode 112: Hunting As A Collaboration with Nature - Tanah Whitemore

This week, we're talking with children's book author Matthew Butler on having conversations with kids about hunting. After discovering that there wasn't a great children's book resource available, Matt wrote the story "Billy Goes Hunting". We're covering the conversations we've had with our daughters, the importance of validating emotions, why Bambi is so powerful, why the sequel should be called "Becky Goes Hunting", how conversations shift as kids get older, supporting kids' decisions and more.

Episode 111: Talking to Children About Hunting with Matthew Butler

Hope you all have a great Labor Day weekend! This week, we're talking with author and storyteller James Ross from Jackson, WY about his new book "Hunting Teddy Roosevelt. The story takes us on a journey to Africa with TR and his son Kermit in 1909. President Roosevelt just stepped away from a third consecutive term and picked William Howard Taft as his successor. TR decides to go to Africa for a year to sort out his post-presidency life and give room for Taft to take the reins - but someone doesn't want TR coming home. Check out this book and James Ross at his website https://www.jamesrossauthor.com/

Ep: 110: Hunting Teddy Roosevelt with Author James Ross

This week, I'm excited to be talking with Carbon TV's Julie McQueen about empowering women in the outdoors. We're talking about what its like being an outdoor industry executive, how outdoor media has changed over the years, building community, storytelling and more. Also, Julie share's some exciting news that's being released on the Carbon TV platform. I enjoyed this conversation so much, thanks Julie!

Episode 109: A Conversation with Julie McQueen of Carbon TV

This episode was recorded in Room 104 at the Best Western in Syracuse, New York in late January 2020 - just prior to COVID. My cousin, close friend and life long hunting partner Tom Hammond and I talk about considerations for choosing hunting partners. We discuss the dynamics of hunting together, defining your goals, hunting with our friends Jason and Greg, finding your lane in the outdoors and more. Thanks for listening!

Episode 108: Considerations for Choosing Our Hunting Partners

The Sporting Chef Scott Leysath joins us this week to share his advice for how we can improve our wild food cooking. Scott is one of the premier wild game chefs out there and is a well-known author, public speaker and host of the Sportsman Channel's popular Dead Meat series. We're debunking wild food myths, talking about how you can get started, discussing what happens when you hand-deliver cookbooks to customers and talking about a recent article in the Wall Street Journal - A Smart Guide to the US Meat Shortage.

Episode 107: Debunking Wild Food Myths with The Sporting Chef Scott Leysath

Hope everyone is safe and healthy! We're talking whitetail habitat management on this episode with Jon Teater, owner of Whitetail Landscapes in central New York. Jon walks us through the fundamentals of how bedding cover, habitat structure, food and connectivity all work together to drive daytime whitetail movement. if you're a landowner, you don't need a huge property to improve your hunting. If you don't own hunting land, you'll still benefit from this conversation - learning some new terminology, connecting the dots, reading landscapes and more. Thanks for listening!

Episode 106: Making the Most of Your Deer Hunting Property with Jon Teater

The East to West Hunting Podcast with Todd Waldron is a community of hunter-angler conservationists focusing on mentorship and conservation awareness. Our aim to help get you started and keep you going with your outdoor pursuits. We are a voice for average DIY hunters and anglers, the North American Conservation Model and for wildlife & future generations that can’t speak for themselves.

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