The definitive podcast about what it was like to grow up Generation X. We're getting older, and we just don't care. But we're leaving a mark.
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The Wildtalk Podcast is a production of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division. On the Wildtalk Podcast, representatives of the Wildlife Division chew the fat and shoot the scat about all things habitat, feathers, and fur. With insights, interviews, and listener questions answered on the air, you'll come away with a better picture of what's happening in the world of Michigan's wildlife. Thank you for listening.Email questions to: dnr-wildlife@michigan.govor call 517-2 ...
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Welcome to the On the Wing Podcast with Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever. On the Wing is your destination for conversations about upland bird hunting, wildlife habitat, public lands, bird dogs, wild game cooking and epic adventures in search of pheasants, quail and grouse. These are the stories of Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever’s 145,000 members, volunteers, team of professional wildlife biologists and experts in the field. Our shows are recorded in person and often on the road from the ...
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EP. 282: Previewing the Grouse & Woodcock Hunting Season with Ruffed Grouse Society
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Jon Steigerwaldt, the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society’s forest conservation director for the upper Midwest, to preview the 2024 ruffed grouse hunting season. Jon describes the ideal habitat for ruffed grouse and woodcock, and offers plenty of tips to find more birds this season. The guys also discus…
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We talk about when we never dealt with politics before Labor Day!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 281: The Prairie Grouse Forecast, Hunting Tips, and a Game of Battleship
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Pheasants Forever Editor Tom Carpenter and Quail Forever Editor Ryan Sparks for a conversation with professional dog trainer Clyde Vetter, who also happens to be husband to PF & QF President and Chief Executive Officer Marilyn Vetter. Each member of this conversation also considers themselves prairie grouse hunting j…
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In this episode of the award-winning Wildtalk Podcast, we talk with Ashley Cole-Wick from Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI) about the work they do for Michigan's rare species. Then, we fly away with a discussion about the trumpeter swan, and wrap up the episode with a chat about the northern long-eared bat. Pete Kailing also stops in to ta…
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We engage in this debate, as old as the medium itself!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 280: New PF & QF Board Chair and Vice Chair talk Pheasants, Quail, and Alligators
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s newly elected national board chair Jerrod Burke and vice chair Dan Forster. Burke hails from southwest Nebraska where he farms, works on habitat, and bird hunts. Forster is a biologist from Georgia where he chases bobwhite quail, ducks, and alligators.Episode Highlights:• Burke a…
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As fall terms start around the world, we reminisce about that important first day!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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Host Bob St.Pierre visits with Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever National Board member Thomas Harris about quail, bird dogs, wildlife art, and his commitment to volunteering. A passionate Alabamian, Harris talks about a very personal connection to his quail hunting property, and how his conservation ethic resulted in being named the Alabama Conse…
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The fun and horror of back to school shopping!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 278: Joining Forces with The Flush and Birdshot podcasts to talk Ruffed Grouse
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We’ve assembled a special upland bird hunter’s super show episode with Travis Frank of The Flush and Nick Larson of Birdshot Podcast for a conversation focused on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ new Bird Hunter Diary app and ruffed grouse drumming counts. Joining the conversation from the Minnesota DNR are Assistant Area Wildlife Man…
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A look at the noted passings of 2024 (so far)Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever Vice President of Government Affairs Ariel Wiegard for a conversation in Washington, D.C. with U.S. Senate Agriculture Chair Debbie Stabenow focused on farm bill legislation. A democrat from Michigan, Chairwoman Stabenow talks about the bi-partisan nature of the farm bill’s conserv…
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever Vice President of Government Affairs Ariel Wiegard for a conversation in Washington, D.C. with U.S. House Agriculture Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson focused on farm bill legislation. A republican from rural Pennsylvania, Chairman Thompson talks about the bi-partisan nature of the farm b…
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The games we played as wee GenXers. In Part 2, the home video games, notably, the great Atari Video Computer System!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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In this episode of the award-winning Wildtalk Podcast, we talk to Heather Shaw and Tom Seablom about habitat work on GEMS in the Upper Peninsula, fly away with a discussion about the ruffed grouse, and we wrap up the episode with a chat about the eastern and least chipmunk. Pete Kailing also stops in to talk about hunting and trapping opportunities…
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EP. 275: Marilyn Vetter Recaps First Year as President & CEO and Unveils New Strategic Plan
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever President & Chief Executive Officer Marilyn Vetter for a conversation in which she reflects on her first year in the organization’s top leadership role. The pair also detail the vision, mission, values, and four strategic priorities comprising the organization’s new strategic plan …
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The games we played as wee GenXers. In Part 1, board games and handheld electronic games!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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What it was like to spend summers unsupervised in the 70s and 80s!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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PODCAST EP. 273: Books Every Upland Bird Hunter Should Read
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Pheasants Forever Journal Editor Tom Carpenter and Quail Forever Journal Editor Ryan Sparks for the first-ever meeting of the Upland Bird Hunters’ Book Club. The conversation starts with a discussion about Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It and how that book, and subsequent movie, changed the general public’s p…
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EP. 274: Chef Yia Vang on Wild Game Cooking and Outdoor Channel’s “Feral”
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Yia Vang, a Hmong American chef, restaurant owner, and host of Outdoor Channel’s television show “Feral.” Vang talks about growing up as a small game hunter, going on his first pheasant hunt in Wisconsin, and his perspective on the Hmong “balanced” approach to food. Episode Highlights:• Vang talks about his journey f…
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All about the desserts of summer-- be prepared to have your mouth water!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 272: Bird Dog Training and Falling in Love with Susanna & Ronnie Smith
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by the husband-and-wife dog training duo Susanna and Ronnie Smith. Ronnie comes from a long line of famous bird dog trainers that includes his father, Ronnie Sr., his uncle Delmar, and his cousin Rick. The couple talk about falling in love when Susanna brought her young German shorthaired pointer pup to Ronnie for train…
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We share our fondest and goofiest memories of US Independence Days of years gone by.Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 271: A Boy’s First Pheasant and Previewing the 2024 Season of The Flush
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Travis Frank, host of The Flush, to preview the television show’s new 2024 season on Outdoor Channel. The guys kick off the conversation with a fun debate about which characters they most resemble from 1990’s sitcoms, then talk about their philosophical differences in approaching podcast preparations. The highlight o…
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In this episode of the award-winning Wildtalk Podcast, we talk to Greg Hochstetler about turtle conservation work, fly away with a discussion about the ring-billed gull, and we wrap up the episode with a chat about the Virginia opossum. Pete Kailing also stops in to talk about hunting and trapping opportunities and more that are available in the mo…
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Along with guest Cynthia Steel, we talk about hooking up words, phrases, and clauses; mean old number nine; what it's like to be just a bill; and much more!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Quail Forever’s Dr. Jessica McGuire, University of Georgia’s Dr. James Martin, and Quail Forever Journal Editor Ryan Sparks for a conversation about the new “Bobscapes” mobile app. The group chats about citizen science, artificial intelligence, and using Bobscapes data to better understand bobwhite quail populations.…
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We talk about Star Wars' impact on GenXΑπό τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 269: PF & QF Biologists Select Their Top 10 Wildflowers During Pollinator Week
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever biologists Ciera Garner and Heather Francis to talk about the intersection between pollinator habitat for pollinating insects and brood habitat for upland birds. Garner is the organization’s pollinator coordinator in Tennessee and Francis is a farm bill biologist III and on-boardin…
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The things we were told that just weren't true, part 2Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 268: Quail, From Field to Fork with Chef Jesse Griffiths
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Quail Forever Journal Editor Ryan Sparks for a conversation with Jesse Griffiths, a restauranteur, chef, cooking instructor, MeatEater contributor, and James Beard award-winning food writer. Griffiths wrote an article in the new summer edition of the Quail Forever Journal titled, “The Three Quail I’ve Known,” about w…
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The things we were told that just weren't true! Part 1 of 2Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 267: Sharp-tailed Grouse in Wisconsin’s Brush and Barrens Habitat
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Mike Amman and Ashly Steinke, both volunteers with the Wisconsin Sharp-tailed Grouse Society, for a conversation about prairie grouse, barrens habitat, and dog training. When most folks think about sharp-tailed grouse and greater prairie chickens, they automatically think about the large expanses of prairie grassland…
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In this episode of the award-winning Wildtalk Podcast, we talk to Brian Mastenbrook about all things habitat in the Northern Lower Peninsula region of the state, fly away with a discussion about the common loon, and we wrap up the episode with a chat about the American beaver. Pete Kailing also stops in to talk about hunting and trapping opportunit…
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A discussion of one of the most notorious celebrities of our time.Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 266: Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Making the Map for Grasslands
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Irene Liu, Wenfei Tong, and Tom Swartwout, along with web developer and software engineer Ben Cooley for a “behind the scenes” conversation about the creation of the Map for Grasslands. The map is the output of a partnership spanning two years between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology an…
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TV in the era of rabbit ears and fine tuning!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 265: Women on the Wing Series Part 4: Conservation and Habitat Restoration in Quail Country
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Continuing Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s special Women on the Wing podcast series, host Ashley Chance is joined by co-host Britta Petersen for a conversation with Dr. Jess McGuire who is the Senior Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) Bobwhite Program Manager. Jess shares stories about working on a variety of research projects, the ups and dow…
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How we got to be liked, before we could hit like!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 264: Nick Hoffman on Pet Pigs, Touring with Kenny Chesney, and Being a Hunting Mentor
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Nick Hoffman, a singer-songwriter, fiddle player, and host of “Nick’s Wild Ride” on Outdoor Channel and Bally’s Sports. At the age of 17, Hoffman ran away from his Minnesota home to chase musical dreams in Branson, Missouri, and then later to Nashville where he landed as the fiddle player in Kenny Chesney’s band. Fro…
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Bill and Steve talk about the planet's favorite cartoon coyote!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 263: Volunteers Get Dirty Improving Public Lands Habitat
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever Senior Regional Representative Will Clayton for a conversation with chapter volunteers Nina Hoekstra and Dave Scherf. All four participants in this episode recently contributed to projects as part of PF & QF’s Hands-On Habitat effort to improve upland acres across the country. Epis…
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Bill and Steve talk about the glorious vending machines of their youth and the treasures they held!Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s Conservation Leadership Program Manager Levi Day for a discussion about the organization’s effort to foster more interest in conservation careers, ranging from biologists to marketing professionals and accountants to educators. Episode Highlights:• Day recounts becoming a hunter,…
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In this episode of the award-winning Wildtalk Podcast, we talk to Bill Scullon about all things habitat in the Upper Peninsula region of the state, fly away with a discussion about the indigo bunting, and we wrap up the episode with a chat about the red fox. Pete Kailing also stops in to talk about hunting and trapping opportunities and more that a…
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Bill and Steve wonder why so many of the commercials they remember from childhood are for alcohol?Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 261: Women on the Wing Series Part 3: Working with Chapters to Accomplish Mission Delivery
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Continuing Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s special Women on the Wing podcast series, host Ashley Chance is joined by co-host Britta Petersen for a conversation with North Dakota Senior Field Representative Renee Tomala. Renee talks to us about growing up in the outdoors, DIY dog training and how she works with Pheasants Forever Chapters to ca…
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Bill and Steve talk about the start of baseball seasonΑπό τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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EP. 260: Reverend Hunter Tony Jones on Hunting, Dogs, and God
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Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Tony Jones, an adult-onset hunter, theologian, author, professor, podcaster, and former pastor. Jones has just released a new book, The God of Wild Places with the subtitle “Rediscovering the Divine in the Untamed Outdoors.” In the book, Jones writes about the role pheasant hunting, bird dogs, and wild meat have play…
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Bill and Steve talk about the taboo TV of the 70s and 80s, and why don't we see it today?Από τον Bill Woodcock and Steve Hunt
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