Food Afield Podcast with John Schneider: Recent Episodes

John Schneider

Wild food ingredients, and how we collect them in the Canadian wilderness! Expedition-style podcast episodes are recorded in the field in wide-stereo format. Headphones or a good stereo are recommended!

Alex Nadeau and I are in the tent alongside a creek in the Yukon high country. We tell the amazing story of our first-night connection with a huge bull Moose and then we get into a discussion on staying positive while in the field on long hunts. You can watch videos from this trip on our new YouTube channel, John Schneider's Wild Life.

Alex and I share some of the tips and tricks we've learned about staying comfortable while glassing and performing other sedentary activities when we're hunting. Cold and discomfort can affect your success in a huge way. More time spent on the mountainside glassing means more likelihood that you will spot the animal that you are after.

There is a definite skill involved with staying in a positive mindset in the wild. Loneliness, stiffness, and other discomforts will all present themselves as obstacles to success we're hunting...at some point along the way. Here are some ideas to help you spend more time in the field. Enjoying the adventure.

Something new! We've launched a YouTube channel... "John Schneider's Wild Life". Follow along as John transitions to living aboard a sailboat on the Pacific Coast, living a self-sustainable lifestyle of hunting, fishing, and foraging for wild food.

Please be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

Sitting in a tent alongside a small river in the Yukon Territories of northern Canada on a rainy afternoon, Alex tells us the story of his recent successful sheep hunt.

Maybe you will never get a chance to hunt thinhorn sheep in your life, but it is pretty cool to hear the story from someone who does just that on a regular basis. The Yukon is a special place.

Also in this episode is an update from me on the show rebrand and where we are headed on our journey of wild food exploration. I've purchased a boat, or I should say that we have purchased a boat. It is an emotional story that is best told by Sass herself. You can head over and subscribe to our YouTube channel "John Schneider's Wild Life" and catch up on the episodes there to hear the whole story.

Thanks for sticking with us on this re-brand break. We're back and we'll post new episodes on a slightly reduced schedule until I can afford to hire some content managers as part of the team. Cheers!

John

Something new! We've launched a YouTube channel... "John Schneider's Wild Life". Follow along as John transitions to living aboard a sailboat on the Pacific Coast, living a self-sustainable lifestyle of hunting, fishing, and foraging for wild food.

Please be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

This is a good episode! I recently had the chance to chat with Pope & Young Club's past President, Jim Willems. Jim is an outstanding traditional bowhunter whose passion for bowhunting takes him far and wide. He's taken numerous world-class animals with his recurve and speaks eloquently about taking back the word "trophy hunter". That discussion alone, and hearing his take on hunting big bucks and bulls, is enough to make this episode great, but then we get to talking about ways that folks can access hunting opportunities around them.

It is one thing to pick up a new bow and get geared up and proficient with arrow accuracy, and then it's a whole other thing to actually get out hunting. Hopefully, this episode helps you with that. Welcome to the Traditional Bowhunter's Journey...brought to you in cooperation with the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine.

This episode is also brought to you by the fine folks over at Novem Archery. I am shooting one of their finger tabs right now, and I like it a lot.

Something new! We've launched a new YouTube channel... "John Schneider's Wild Life". Follow along as John transitions to living aboard a sailboat on the Pacific Coast, living a self-sustainable lifestyle of hunting, fishing, and foraging for wild food. Main storyline episodes coming soon (end of September)!

Please be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them on the Food Afield Podcast. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

First off, May, Kevin, and I are at a favourite stream for a few days of fly fishing and wild food fun. The weather has been tumultuous, and the stream is running wildly and is the colour of skim chocolate milk! The fishing is challenging and even getting up and down the mountain river to the next hole is not without its hardships. The raging currents have changed the riverbed. The water is high on the banks, leaving sheer drop-offs along our path. It is a fun trip!

Fly fishing in tough conditions requires adaptive fishing strategies and perseverance. We talk about some of those strategies and get into a few fish. Enough for a wonderful fish-fry breakfast and some smoked Rocky Mountain Whitefish.

May is with us for the first leg of this fishing trip and caught a little bit of the fly fishing bug. A few days after we were home, I got a call from her that she wanted some assistance in choosing her first gear. So, we headed to Reid's Fly Shop, and the owner, Reid Otto helped her select a beautiful combo that she'll be able to pass down to next generations of fishers.

Enjoy!

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Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them on the Food Afield Podcast. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

Clay Newcomb was super helpful to me when I wanted to publish a story in Bear Hunter Magazine about my big bear in '21. At the time, he was the owner of the magazine and I didn't know it then, but he was mostly complete with his discussions with Steve Rinella and the Meat Eater company. It wouldn't be long after that that the magazine was sold, and he became a full-time content creator for Meat Eater and the Bear Grease Podcast

Clay took some time out of his day to join us on the Traditional Bowhunter's Journey podcast. I wasn't certain which series this interview belonged to. I know Clay from his youtube videos where he close-hunted black bears with his traditional archery gear. We did chat a bit about bows, but mainly I was interested in his take on hunting tools and the philosophy that we share when it comes to deciding on which equipment to take with us in the field.

I do hope you enjoy hearing some of the behind-the-scenes stories from Clay Newcomb on the path he took and how he became a part of the Meat Eater crew.

Support the showPlease be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them on the Food Afield Podcast. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

Here is a delightful episode from a day spent fishing in the East Kootenays of British Columbia with Paige Johnstone and Lisa Tink.

This starts as a lovely day on a small stream. It was so nice to be back in BC and spend time with friends. I had planned this episode immediately after I met Paige last summer while fishing with Curtis Hall. The little stream we fished is in Paige's backyard. She grew up here, long before she became a fly fisher.

Paige has been fishing for three years now. Her attraction to fly fishing though goes back to when she was a young girl fishing with her father and watching folks fly casting elsewhere. Then she met Curtis, a professional fly fishing guide, and the rest is history. She is now very accomplished for someone relatively new to the sport. She talks like a guide and acts like one too. I'm not surprised though. Paige reminds me of me...she wants to figure something out and then does it. Unlike me, however, she does things very well indeed!

As we fished up and down the shady little stream, she offered advice to Lisa and showed off a few of her special fishing spots. It was simply wonderful. Then the conversation turned towards some issues that she's faced in her fly fishing journey. As a teacher, she is good at verbalizing her thoughts, and it was really interesting to listen to her and Lisa chat about issues that newcomers to the lifestyle might face. I love this episode, and I hope you will too!

The 2023 People's Choice Podcast Awards are here again. From July 1 to the 31st you can enter your vote for the Food Afield Podcast in each of the categories, the Adam Curry People's Choice AND the Grammer Girl Education category.

Last year we were a top ten finalist in the education category and it would be great, with your support, to try to win this year. Thanks! VOTE HERE

Support the showPlease be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them on the Food Afield Podcast. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

This episode is a good one. Johnathan and his family have a wonderful story of how they have grown 3Rivers Archery into the company that it is today. We chat about that origin story and all of the ways that this family-owned business can help you get started with your own traditional archery journey. There are some incredibly innovative aspects of the 3Rivers Archery website that will help you make equipment decisions that are right for you.

We also spend a good amount of time hearing about Johnathan's best hunting memory...it is a unique one. Now I am stoked to give this hunt a try. If nothing else, just to be able to make Gator Nuggets!

The 2023 People's Choice Podcast Awards are here again. From July 1 to the 31st you can enter your vote for the Food Afield Podcast in each of the categories, the Adam Curry People's Choice AND the Grammer Girl Education category.

Last year we were a top ten finalist in the education category and it would be great, with your support, to try to win this year. Thanks! VOTE HERE

Support the showPlease be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them on the Food Afield Podcast. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

Humanity and its preoccupation with fear, carrying bear spray, and why we hunt big animals. A little bit of everything in this episode including exclusive information on some plans that Shawn James has for his show, My Self Reliance.

The 2023 People's Choice Podcast Awards are here again. From July 1 to the 31st you can enter your vote for the Food Afield Podcast in each of the categories, the Adam Curry People's Choice AND the Grammer Girl Education category.

Last year we were a top ten finalist in the education category and it would be great, with your support, to try to win this year. Thanks! VOTE HERE

Support the showPlease be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them on the Food Afield Podcast. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

Part one of my recent conversation with Shawn James. For those that don't know, Shawn is the creator of the My Self Reliance channel on YouTube. He has over two million followers, while our channel is pretty close to that...at almost 200.

In this episode, Shawn and I chat about the current state of hunting, and social media, and perhaps dish out a little controversy with our opinions on such things. It was supposed to be a discussion on his spring hunting success, but happily turned into something equally interesting and perhaps more insightful.

Of course, whenever Shawn is on the show I have to be a fanboy and ask for some details of what is happening behind the scenes with his YouTube channel. Shawn is always gracious in sharing what he is thinking as he produces his videos and what future plans he has for the project he is working on.

The 2023 People's Choice Podcast Awards are here again. From July 1 to the 31st you can enter your vote for the Food Afield Podcast in each of the categories, the Adam Curry People's Choice AND the Grammer Girl Education category.

Last year we were a top ten finalist in the education category and it would be great, with your support, to try to win this year. Thanks! VOTE HERE

Support the showPlease be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them on the Food Afield Podcast. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

Tim Lewis has written six books and published many articles, mostly to do with traditional bowhunting. This week on the Traditional Bowhunter's Journey Dr. Lewis joins us to discuss the topic of following up after the shot on big game. Getting to the point of getting a shot at a deer or other large animal is difficult. Now we have to do the right things in the correct order to be able to recover the animal for the freezer.

Following up on a recent article that he published in the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine "Bowhunting 101", Tim and John discuss blood trailing and a few other good habits you need to know after making the shot.

Sorry for some of the distortion when Tim speaks, it was not a great connection at times. But still, the quality of Tim's wisdom and the words he speaks makes it easy to pay no attention to the odd glitch in transmission. I did my best to clean it up in post-editing.

You can get Tim's books at 3Rivers Archery or by emailing him directly at timlewis@cfl.rr.com

The 2023 People's Choice Podcast Awards are here again. From July 1 to the 31st you can enter your vote for the Food Afield Podcast in each of the categories, the Adam Curry People's Choice AND the Grammer Girl Education category.

Last year we were a top ten finalist in the education category and it would be great, with your support, to try to win this year. Thanks! VOTE HERE

Support the showPlease be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them on the Food Afield Podcast. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

I wanted to hear the stories of Mark's successful turkey hunts after I left turkey camp this spring. But, the conversation started off with an essential discussion on some respective mental health challenges we've both recently faced. Not easy conversations to have, but they are terribly important to share. Just talking about these things can help. If nothing else, you will quickly realize that you are not alone when you feel down. Everyone faces these challenges from time to time. We thought it was an important conversation to share. The solution for both of us seemed intuitive as well...hopefully, this helps others find their own answers.

We also had a chance to get to those turkey stories! I had left turkey camp and Mark still had several weeks of the season left. He was able to be there when his Daughter connected on a Tom and then got one himself a week later. Hearing those stories of success got me anticipating next spring already! Turkey hunting is addictive.

Support the showPlease be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them on the Food Afield Podcast. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

My name is John Schneider and I am the creator of the Food Afield Podcast. Throughout my life, I have been a professional bowhunting and fly-fishing guide in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

More recently though, I am an outdoor writer, photographer, sustainable living practitioner, and podcast host. I also appear regularly on the award-winning web series From The Wild. For more than thirty years I have been hunting, fishing, and cooking wild food ingredients over open fires.

The Food Afield Podcast is a documentary-style, outdoor adventure show. Mostly, we record episodes in the field while we search for wild food ingredients on our various hunting and fishing expeditions across western Canada.

Each episode of the podcast is between thirty minutes and an hour. You can expect weekly episode releases every Wednesday.

And now we have a new series, The Traditional Bowhunter's Journey! These new podcast episodes are released every 2nd Sunday and feature the world's top traditional archery experts sharing their tips on how you can get started with recurve and longbow archery and bowhunting. The TBJ podcast episodes are brought to you in cooperation with Traditional Bowhunter Magazine.

You'll hear the Food Afield Podcast on your favourite podcast listening app, but you should especially check us out over at the website. There are tons of how-to articles and photographs to browse while you listen to the show.

Wild food ingredients and how to collect them, every week on the Food Afield Podcast.

Support the showPlease be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them on the Food Afield Podcast. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

This week has been a little weird. I've been recording a ton of Traditional Bowhunter's Journey episode content along with all of the other day-to-day tasks that I have. That, along with a mix-up for an outing to fly fish for Pike means that I had no Food Afield Podcast episode lined up for this week.

Yesterday I got out of the office and took the new mountain bike for a spin at Nana and Papa's farm. I rode the old gas lease road down to the slough. I needed a hazel branch for a new landing net project and it was a good day to multi-task and record some content for this week's show.

Here is an update of what I am working on, along with what is planned for the future. Now I am back to the editing suite to work on next week's episode which will be released while Lisa and I are fly fishing in southern BC and Alberta!

Please be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them on the Food Afield Podcast. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

David Tetzlaff is back on the show. David is the Co-editor of the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine. This makes him one of the key people in our lifestyle of traditional archery and bowhunting. He is in nearly constant communication with all of the expert authors and industry leaders involved in our passion for hunting with traditional and primitive archery gear. He is also the Past President of the Traditional Bowhunters of Florida and has been involved with hunter education as a way to give back to the traditional bowhunting community.

In this episode of the Traditional Bowhunter's Journey, we chat about hunter education and the important role it can play in making your hunting experience enjoyable, ethical, and safe.

Please be sure to check us out on Instagram. If we've earned it, give us a follow and share the account with your friends and family.
Another great way to access more of our content is at the website. There are some great how-to articles along with recipes and gear reviews revolving around traditional bowhunting, back-country camping, fly fishing, and other wild food adventures.
Wild food ingredients and how to collect them on the Food Afield Podcast. Thanks for all of your support!

Subscribe to the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and when you are at the checkout, place the code "foodafield" for a bonus edition of the magazine.

Josh Kirchner is passionate about bowhunting, especially backpack bowhunting. He has spent years devoted to learning and experiencing all that he can in this regard, and he has written a book called, "Becoming A Backpack Bowhunter".

Josh is highly respected for his expertise in the world of backcountry bowhunting. He has written many articles on the subject and his YouTube channel @DialedInHunter is filled with spectacular video productions from his adventures.

When it comes to learning exactly how to go about backpack bowhunting, you could do a lot worse than to follow Josh on his various platforms including Instagram @dialedinhunter and his website, www.dialedinhunter.com

Of course, you can also learn a great deal on the subject by listening to this podcast episode! Join us over at Instagram too and follow along with our wild food adventures.

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Folding Mountain Brewery, Kitchen and Taproom

The next time you visit the world-famous Jasper National Park, be sure to stop in at Folding Mountain for a meal and an award-winning brew. Folding Mountain is located near the gates of the park. Be sure to order my favourite, and the beer I exclusively buy, the Lager. This beer recently won a gold medal at the Alberta Beer Awards!

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Jeff and I go way back. We were in our 20's when we started hanging out, guiding, and outfitting big game hunts. Today, Jeff owns Primitive Outfitters and we are both considered "old-timers" in traditional bowhunting.

It was great to visit with Jeff, to reminisce about some of the good old days of our lives, to tell a few stories, and to discuss some things we'd have done differently when it comes to shooting tradbows in our youth.

I hope you'll enjoy this conversation between two old friends talking about traditional bowhunting and past hunts. Cheers!

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Traditional Bowhunter Magazine

Heritage. Lifestyle. Community. We at Traditional Bowhunter Magazine strive to provide the best traditional experience for you. Our goal is to encourage a welcoming community focused on a lifestyle that honors the heritage of the traditional bow.

In the bi-monthly magazine issues, you can read about hunts in faraway places and close to home, wild game cooking, How-to’s, technique advice, beginner-friendly articles, and wisdom from our beloved experts. You will also find businesses that have the tools you need to get out into the woods.

Want to start reading now? Download the app and enjoy the digital magazine for $10 per year. Just search Traditional Bowhunter Magazine in your favorite app store. Want a print subscription? Subscribe online at Tradbow.com and don’t forget to place the code “foodafield” at the checkout.

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Fly Fishing for Arctic Grayling in the Yukon!Welcome to the Food Afield Podcast, and the conclusion of our fishing expedition north of the 60th parallel with Alex Nadeau and Erin Flaherty.

Anticipation filled the air as we bumped down the dusty two-track road, leading us closer to the valley's heart. With the river's water levels just right, Alex, armed with his experience as a wildlife biologist, anticipated that the Grayling would be there. And indeed, they were—in great numbers. A small bridge spanned the tiny river and once we were above the water, we could see the Grayling, by the dozens, maneuvering in the currents.

After several days of immersing ourselves in the grand northern landscape, the absence of fish tested our patience. But, our perseverance was about to be rewarded. Adventure with us into the Yukon, sit by the campfire, and wade the cold northern waters as we land trophy Arctic Grayling and enjoy backcountry camping.

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We'll take a break between the Yukon Grayling episodes this week. I've been trying to get James Alofs on the show for over a year. We've been friends for several years and chat on a regular basis. He is hilarious and we always get each other going when we speak.

This episode is a fairly radical departure from the serious tone that I usually follow, which is weird because I've always loved making folks laugh and was continually in trouble in school for trying to be the class clown. Here is a raunchy, raw, and colourful conversation with James. Just two guys, full of crap, having fun chatting about wild food and outdoor wild food endeavours.

This episode has some language, so not one for the car with the kids.

James and I chat about his youtube channel, the cabin he is building along with his random Chinese life, and being the host for the Backstreet Boys Reunion live stream that had tens of millions of viewers! James is an interesting guy, to say the least.

This isn't a new direction for the show. It's just a fun episode with a friend that made me laugh out loud. I hope it makes you laugh too. Cheers!

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Beka Garris is a busy person. Her two young children, outdoor activities, and writing career mean her time is precious. I was grateful then that she set aside a little of her time to chat with us about her tradbow journey here on the podcast.

Beka faces a lot of barriers when it comes to being out in the woods with her bow. However, she was determined to keep that part of her life intact and to share it with her kids. Relocating the family, not having access to private land, and naysayers trying to knock her down, it didn't matter to Beka. She is just out doing her thing with a traditional bow in one hand and her daughters in the other.

The entire focus of traditional bowhunting for Beka is food, but perhaps even more important, at least right now, is showing her two daughters this sustainable lifestyle. Having young children is not forever, one day she will have all of the time in the world to be out hunting on her own. Right now, that is not the case. The decision is simple, take the kids hunting, or don't go hunting.

I admire her focus and determination in this regard. Most of us don't have these limitations. As she says, "If I can do this, so can anyone."

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Traditional Bowhunter Magazine

Heritage. Lifestyle. Community. We at Traditional Bowhunter Magazine strive to provide the best traditional experience for you. Our goal is to encourage a welcoming community focused on a lifestyle that honors the heritage of the traditional bow.In the bi-monthly magazine issues, you can read about hunts in faraway places and close to home, wild game cooking, How-to’s, technique advice, beginner-friendly articles, and wisdom from our beloved experts. You will also find businesses that have the tools you need to get out into the woods.Want to start reading now? Download the app and enjoy the digital magazine for $10 per year. Just search Traditional Bowhunter Magazine in your favorite app store. Want a print subscription? Subscribe online at Tradbow.com and don’t forget to place the code “foodafield” at the checkout.

Come and listen to the Food Afield Podcast episode about fly fishing the wonderful Arctic Grayling in Canada's far north with Alex and Erin.

The days were already getting noticeably longer that far north, but it still took us a few days to find spring, let alone the fish. Here is the first part of our trip, an introduction to the Yukon and some of the beautiful scenes that we experienced on our journey.

We started off in great anticipation of big Grayling jumping from crystal clear waters. Those visions were quickly dashed as our boat confronted a mass of ice, still frozen across the lake. Intrepidly, we carried on. We fished hard. We had a blast.

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Membership dollars are the only source of income for us. Your membership helps keep the show going and be a part of the improvements you hear! Dollars are reinvested into audio gear and various internet-related hosting fees.

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Thank you to our listeners, especially. We love to see that the Food Afield Podcast is resonating with folks who wish us success and want to contribute to our growth. Sharing the show by word-of-mouth and leaving reviews are crucial to the show's sustainability. Thanks again!

Monty Browning is an author and traditional bowhunting legend. He is one of the old guard within our traditional bowhunting heritage. His inexhaustible ability to tell fascinating hunting stories is just plain fun. This conversation could've gone on for hours. If you're lucky enough to have met Monty in person, you know exactly what I'm talking about here.

Monty's longevity in bowhunting is a definite theme in his life. At 73 years old, he is still climbing one hundred-foot trees with a chainsaw for his arborist business.

He is also still chasing big game with his recurve bow in faraway places, something that he has done almost his entire life. He holds, or has held multiple world records for Cape Buffalo, Water Buffalo, and Alaskan Brown Bear despite the fact that "he has never packed a duffle bag with the idea of killing a world record animal".

You can purchase Monty's first book, "Bowhunting: A Passion For Life" right here.

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Heritage. Lifestyle. Community. We at Traditional Bowhunter Magazine strive to provide the best traditional experience for you. Our goal is to encourage a welcoming community focused on a lifestyle that honors the heritage of the traditional bow.In the bi-monthly magazine issues, you can read about hunts in faraway places and close to home, wild game cooking, How-to’s, technique advice, beginner-friendly articles, and wisdom from our beloved experts. You will also find businesses that have the tools you need to get out into the woods.Want to start reading now? Download the app and enjoy the digital magazine for $10 per year. Just search Traditional Bowhunter Magazine in your favorite app store. Want a print subscription? Subscribe online at Tradbow.com and don’t forget to place the code “foodafield” at the checkout.

Around the 14-minute mark of this recording, an exciting moment occurred. Initially, this was just a segment from one of the turkey hunting episodes, recorded during an evening with Mark Hall in the wall tent. If you're ever unsure how to explain your passion for hunting to those who don't understand it, this could be the ideal resource for you.

This was the second night of my recent turkey hunt, and the conversation that took place was too special to be overlooked. We continued a discussion from earlier that day, and it quickly became apparent that this conversation deserved to be its own episode.

Catching the perfect moment on tape is always thrilling, and in this case, we were able to capture it with an H4N Pro recorder and some stereo microphones.

The darkness outside was filled with the calls of geese and loons from the nearby lake, and the wood stove crackled in the background as we sipped whiskey. Whenever I find myself in these types of situations, it always leads to engaging conversations.

As we release this regular episode on Wednesday, John and Erin are busy packing their bags for their upcoming trip to the Yukon. They'll be fly fishing for huge Arctic Grayling above the 60th parallel, and we can't wait to share their experience with you. We hope you find this recording helpful and entertaining enough to share!

Part two of our great Merriam's Turkey hunt in the East Kootenays of British Columbia with Mark Hall.We could see them in the darkness in their roost trees on multiple days...but could we get close enough to get set up for a shot? Is there a proper way to hunt these birds? We chat about some hunting ethics when it comes to turkey hunting and we also arrive at some realizations about the timing of this particular hunt.

We had a long power outage here at the farm today which delayed the release of this episode. Here is the episode on a Wednesday...late, but Wednesday nonetheless.

I hope you'll join Mark and me in the wall tent at 4 am and follow us up onto the fir and pine ridges of the Rocky Mountains as we get set up to call. We're hunting mountain turkeys!

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How To Be A Better BowhunterEthan Rodrique is part of the Stickboys Podcast crew and was kind enough to join us on the latest episode of the Traditional Bowhunter's Journey, brought to you by the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine.

Ethan is all about the trad bow and bowhunting. He is extremely knowledgeable about the issues surrounding the current state of hunting and the "industry". He is also very much involved in the PBS and we chatted about that great organization and how they are helping folks get involved in the traditional bowhunting lifestyle.

The Traditional Bowhunting LifestyleIn this episode, Ethan made several points that surprised me with their clarity. His insights made me rethink my approach to hunting and have definitely inspired me to try to become a "better bowhunter".

What I appreciated most about Ethan's message was his focus on the basics. In today's age of social media and instant gratification, it's easy to get lost in the noise and forget the fundamentals. But as Ethan pointed out, the pioneers of traditional bowhunting did important work in the 40s, 50s, and 60s to make this sport what it is today. We owe it to them to keep their woodsmanship, devotion, and ethics alive in order to honor their legacy.

So what does it mean to be a better bowhunter? According to Ethan, it's about having respect for the animal and the laws, being observant, and being willing to spend a lifetime of learning from the natural world around you. It's about taking responsibility for your actions and understanding that hunting is not just about the kill, but about the experience as a whole.

I found Ethan's message to be a refreshing change from the sensationalism and bravado that sometimes dominates hunting culture. He reminded me that at its core, hunting is a pursuit that requires discipline, humility, and a deep connection to nature. I hope that more hunters will embrace this approach and carry on the traditions of our forefathers.

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The first Food Afield Podcast expedition episode of '23! I've just gotten back from a week of turkey hunting with Mark Hall. Mark is the creator of the Hunter Conservationist Podcast and has been hunting the birds around his home for 20 years or more.

I had never been hunting turkeys before so this was a learning experience to be sure. The country that these birds inhabit is so beautiful, and breathtaking, especially for these flatlander lungs.

We interacted with birds every single day of the hunt. I tried my best to capture the audio of the hunt, the birds, the camp, and the wildlife that surrounded us constantly. I had an amazing time in these mountains, hunting these mountain birds and I simply cannot wait for next year already.

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Inspired by an Instagram message from Jillian, I got on the phone with Kevin and we recorded some thoughts on our decade-long tradition of spotting and stalking bears.

We go over the how-to's and when-to's of bear hunting as we have grown to know them over the years. What to look for as far as sign and feed are concerned. This will cover bear hunting in the northern boreal forests and similar areas.

There is a lot of information here. I hope that we've given folks a few things to ponder if they're interested in bears and bear hunting. We also go over a few ideas on bear meat as a wild food ingredient. Bear meat is definitely a favourite in our kitchens!

For those of you who aren't familiar with Kevin Kossowan, he is the creator of the award-winning wild food web series, From The Wild. Episodes are available for purchase on his website for $3.35 each CAD! You can also purchase the entire season(s), there are nine of them.

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We are on a roll as far as episodes go with this new traditional bowhunting series. This is a tremendous learning opportunity, and an entertaining conversation with Cody Greenwood. Cody's profession is investigative analytics and he loves applying his science to help people find their way in selecting the proper traditional archery gear for them. You will find so many useful tips in the discussion with Cody. He is an absolute wealth of knowledge. You can find him on Instagram at @thetradlab

We all have our opinions on things that we're passionate about...this episode may challenge some of those viewpoints. But it's all good...we're all about the science and the data here with this second episode in the new series with the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine

Welcome to the Traditional Bowhunter's Journey!

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Heritage. Lifestyle. Community. We at Traditional Bowhunter Magazine strive to provide the best traditional experience for you. Our goal is to encourage a welcoming community focused on a lifestyle that honors the heritage of the traditional bow.In the bi-monthly magazine issues, you can read about hunts in faraway places and close to home, wild game cooking, How-to’s, technique advice, beginner-friendly articles, and wisdom from our beloved experts. You will also find businesses that have the tools you need to get out into the woods.Want to start reading now? Download the app and enjoy the digital magazine for $10 per year. Just search Traditional Bowhunter Magazine in your favorite app store. Want a print subscription? Subscribe online at Tradbow.com and don’t forget to place the code “foodafield” at the checkout.

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Getting to know Shawn James, the quiet man behind the hit YouTube series, My Self Reliance. We chat about hunting, fishing, and some of the environmental changes we've witnessed in our lifetime that we find interesting. Shawn is an accomplished traditional bowhunter who has a passion for getting as close as he can to the animals...including touching them!

Welcome to part two of the story of Shawn James on the Food Afield Podcast.

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Shawn James and I have recently connected on Instagram and I messaged him about being on the show. I'm honoured that he agreed to join us here on the Food Afield Podcast!

A special episode, actually two episodes, as we sit and talk about Shawn's hit YouTube channel, My Self Reliance. For the most part throughout the conversation, we chat about the things that we both love doing in the outdoors, but a big part of Shawn's life is that channel so it enters the conversation often.

Shawn's love and devotion to his family and the outdoors became very clear the longer we spoke. The stories he has from decades of intense wilderness experiences are phenomenal and it was fun to hear of his hunting, fishing, and wild food beginnings as well as how the YouTube channel got its start.

Please go ahead and share this episode with friends and family who know Shawn's channel, or anyone who loves the world of wild food ingredients, and how to collect them.

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For those who don't know, Randy Cooling is a hyper-accomplished bowhunter who has traveled the world with his traditional bow in hand. It is difficult to imagine someone who is more dedicated to barebow shooting techniques.

This episode is full of tips and tricks to break down your archery form and function. From there, with some advice from Randy, I suspect that anyone could improve their accuracy with the recurve or longbow.

Randy is careful to communicate that there are many ways to accomplish a high level of competency with traditional archery gear and never comes close to saying that his way is the best way. But, I can admit that I will be approaching my practice sessions with a lot more diligence and care from now on with his advice.

That is the beauty of this pastime. After all of the decades that I've carried a bow, I can easily learn new ways that add to the challenge and enjoyment of archery.

Welcome to the first episode of the Traditional Bowhunter's Journey. Brought to you by The Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and Food Afield Podcast. The world of traditional and primitive archery and bowhunting. How to get started. How to get better. A series filled with the tips, techniques, and strategies from long-established traditional bowhunting experts.

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Heritage. Lifestyle. Community. We at Traditional Bowhunter Magazine strive to provide the best traditional experience for you. Our goal is to encourage a welcoming community focused on a lifestyle that honors the heritage of the traditional bow.In the bi-monthly magazine issues, you can read about hunts in faraway places and close to home, wild game cooking, How-to’s, technique advice, beginner-friendly articles, and wisdom from our beloved experts. You will also find businesses that have the tools you need to get out into the woods.Want to start reading now? Download the app and enjoy the digital magazine for $10 per year. Just search Traditional Bowhunter Magazine in your favorite app store. Want a print subscription? Subscribe online at Tradbow.com and don’t forget to place the code “foodafield” at the checkout.

Wade Out There Fly FishingIn this episode, we get to meet Jason Shemchuk who is an interesting guy. Jason is a watercolour artist, fly fisher, and former military pilot. He is also a great guy to get to know and I am so happy I reached out to him.

Wade Out There is the place to go to see his artwork and read his beautiful stories about time spent in the riffles of western mountain streams.

Aside from being entertained on his website, you can also visit the Wade Out There podcast. That show is available in the usual places and is a terrific source of fly fishing knowledge. Jason has guests on his show with some serious intel on fly fishing in various situations.

I hope you enjoy this episode. We are getting so close to being back into the wilderness with our adventure-style shows. April 15th is coming fast and I'll be on a ridge top somewhere in BC looking for turkeys with Mark Hall. You be along for that journey with us!

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Don Thomas is a legend in the outdoor hunting and fishing community. He is widely considered to be amongst the best outdoor authors in the world and his traditional bowhunting, fly fishing, and wingshooting adventures span the globe. Don has written more than 20 best-selling books and countless articles; and, he always tells a great story.

This episode is one of the "lost episodes" of my show. It was recorded when I was on another hosting platform and contained those watermarks. Because of that, when I switched to Captivate, it was not circulated properly. I've re-edited this version today and am re-releasing it!

I finally get a chance to catch up with Don after a long spell of losing touch. We chat about cooking wild game, and old times, dogs and cats; and, then the stories really get rolling about bow-hunting bears, including several intense encounters Don has had over the years (yes, the Russian Brown Bear story is in here).

We have plans to have Don back on the show sometime soon and I'm trying to talk Lori into joining us too. Enjoy!

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Kevin and I are having fun watching the old From The Wild shows and recording our reactions to watching ourselves almost 10 years ago!

This is our Pike ice fishing adventure from season 2 of Kevin's show. Mostly a bunch of lessons on what not to do when ice fishing for Pike, but you get to learn from our early mistakes. The episode ends in spectacular fashion in Blair's restaurant Rge Rd. Have fun!

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Folding Mountain Brewery, Kitchen and Taproom

The next time you visit the world-famous Jasper National Park, be sure to stop in at Folding Mountain for a meal and an award-winning brew. Folding Mountain is located near the gates of the park. Be sure to order my favourite, and the beer I exclusively buy, the Lager. This beer recently won a gold medal at the Alberta Beer Awards!

This episode is an exploration of some of the barriers to entry for new fly fishers today. I speak with a friend, Eric Leslie, who owns Driftstone Fly Fishing and runs his YouTube channel @EricLeslie.

We get a little salty with the haters and point out that obvious barrier, along with some of the things that ordinary beginner fly fishers go through, including ourselves. Everything from gear to fish handling in this episode. Join us as we share some of the struggles, past and present, that we face when doing our thing on the trout streams.

This is a candid conversation meant to reduce some of the anxiety that might go along with your beginnings in the Fly Fishing Lifestyle.

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David Tetzlaff is my guest on this episode of the Food Afield Podcast. David is the co-editor of Traditional Bowhunting Magazine and a heck of a nice guy! His work background and adult-onset hunting career are fascinating. We have a great conversation about getting started with the trad-life and the magazine.

You know it's going to be a good episode when Beka Garris, Ted Nugent, TJ Conrads, E. Donnall Thomas, and Tarzan's stunt double all come up in casual conversation! How to get started in traditional bowhunting and so much more on this episode.

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This week I am playing a little catch-up with all of you wonderful listeners. Just letting you know what we are up to with the show, where I feel like we're falling down, and the plan to not do that anymore.

There are projects around the farm here right now that need attending in preparation for the upcoming "podcast recording season"! Here, I let you in on some of the plans we have, and invite you to share your input on where you want the show to go!

Have a great week everyone.

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It is always a good day when I get to visit with Blayne Prowse. Blayne has become a good friend and we have plans to spend some time together this year at his home on the island of Haida Gwaii off of the BC coast. We'll be fly fishing for Coho Salmon and sea-run cutthroat, and I heard him mention deep-sea fishing for Tuna. I sure hope that can happen. I've never caught Tuna before.

In the first eight minutes of the episode I get to indulge my fascination with riding on ferries and listeners will get re-acquainted with Blayne and what he is all about over at Stumpstalker Archery. Then we get into the plans for my visit in September. The last half of the show is focused on getting started in primitive archery and sharpening broadheads for bowhunting success.

There is quite a bit of information in this episode if you've ever been curious about how to get started with primitive archery and bowhunting. Blayne is a treasure trove of information on bowhunting with selfbows and wood arrows!

A fun episode of fly fishing, archery, and getting your broadheads hunting sharp. Give Blayne a shout for your arrow and broadhead needs. His website is stumpstalker.ca

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The second half of the turkey hunt primer with Mark Hall. Mark is the creator of the Hunter Conservationist Podcast and a few others. Please be sure to check out his shows on the Hunter Conservationist website.

Mark has been hunting wild turkeys near his home in southern BC for the past twenty years and loves to share his knowledge. He also offers a Turkey Hunting masterclass that is comprehensive enough to get you started chasing these magnificent birds. That class is available here.

In this episode, Mark discusses some of the hunting tools we can use and how to set them up. Patterning shotguns is something that should be done more often than it is by most of us. What are the appropriate turkey loads for the different shotguns?

We also chat about some of the hunting situations and setups that Mark and Curtis have employed over the years and how we might set up in an attempt to record the audio for the actual hunt episode in April. There are a couple of fun hunting stories in this episode.

Finally, we chat about some of the ways to enjoy eating wild turkey...and the dangerous companions we might encounter during the hunt. Welcome to the Food Afield Podcast, a hunting and fishing wild food journey!

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Remember the episode of Schitt's Creek where they take David turkey hunting? I think I'm more prepared than he was, but perhaps not.

This episode is about me getting ready to hunt wild turkey for the first time in my life. I have next to no idea what calls I need or how to use them, and that's just the bare minimum of what I need to know.

It's about time I had Mark Hall on my show, and the timing is perfect as I begin to get ready for April 15, the opening day of the Merriam's Turkey season in BC. Mark is the host of the Hunter Conservationist Podcast and has been pursuing these birds in the hills around his home for more than two decades. He also offers a masterclass on hunting turkeys in the ponderosa pine ridges of southern BC. That course is available here. Mark's knowledge of turkey biology and behaviour, and how to put them on his table, is matched only by his enthusiasm.

The two of us will be hiking a pre-dawn rocky mountain ridge on opening day, shock-calling for roosted turkeys, and I simply cannot wait. There is much to prepare and this episode goes a long way to help with that task.

Part two of this episode will come out on Monday, Feb 13, 2023. Big announcement coming up shortly on a new way to reward subscribers with free Food Afield gear! Support the Food Afield Podcast, become a member subscriber today!

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A few of the best bits from the hunting episodes of season four.

We start off with a father/son grouse hunting trip into both the boreal forest and familiar farmland around our home. The hunting was tough, but whenever that occurs, it presents an opportunity for some good hunting stories by Dad. Stories of good dogs and near-miss hunting accidents.

From the grouse brush, we head down into the grasslands of the Canadian prairies. We're still focused on birds, but this time you get to listen in as Kevin successfully stalks a flock of Sandhill Cranes in a field! Spot and stalk crane on the menu as a unique wild food ingredient!

After the bird hunting is over, Kevin and I find ourselves back in the wolf-willows and scrub brush of that same prairie landscape. We are after mule deer now. Join me and my pounding heart as the biggest muley buck of my life makes a critical mistake on morning one of our hunt, and then Kevin connects with his target animal, a doe.

Wild food ingredients and how to acquire them!

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I thought I could fit the rest of season four highlights into this second episode, but as I listened to last year's fly fishing content, I realized it would be an episode of its own.

We'll need a third "best of" episode at some point in the future. For now, I trust that you will enjoy this one.

We start off at a favourite stream with Kevin and Mel. Mel catches her biggest fish ever, and it is a beautiful Cutthroat! From there we hang out with Erin and Lisa for their first time fly fishing on a trout stream. There was a lot of laughing in that particular episode. After that, it is Joel and I fishing his home stream and then we end up with Curtis and Paige fishing the famous Elk and Bull Rivers in BC for big Cutthroat Trout.

All the best fly fishing scenes from Season Four of the Food Afield Podcast!

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This is the first year that I've attempted to deliver an episode once per week. It is a little tricky for me to come up with interesting expedition episodes at this time of year. Ice fishing and small game hunting are available of course. Usually, though, we don't do a lot of ice fishing, and when we do, it is in March. This previous week I had ambitions to get out and do some hare hunting. But life got in the way and firewood collection became the priority.

In the interest of keeping my word on the publication of weekly podcast episodes, I came up with the idea of putting together some highlights of episodes from season four.

I am always surprised, looking at the podcast stats, that so few people go back and listen to the old episodes when they first find the show. I am hopeful that this is a good way to introduce some memories and a little context to new listeners, as well as keep you regular listeners entertained!

This first highlight episode takes us from Kevin and I whitetail hunting in the wall tent, right up until the Tombstone Lake episode. I hope you enjoy some fond memories from season four. Thanks for your support!

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Welcome back to the Food Afield Podcast, this will be the final director's commentary episode for a while. I've enjoyed a three-week winter holiday and am anxious to get back to recording in the field!

Kevin and I had a few laughs with this episode, S2E2 "Two Miles". It was nearly a disaster in more than one way! Before the gale blew in, taking Jeff and his jacket with it, we managed to catch some amazing perch and walleye on Lesser Slave Lake in Alberta.

This was season two of the From The Wild series, Kevin is noticing some drastic changes in the way he is filming and editing by this stage. That is also interesting, to hear Kevin commenting behind the scenes about his popular show. I do hope you enjoy this one.

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The second From The Wild episode that I appeared in. Way back in 2015. "Smith Dorrien" was an episode where Kevin, Jeff, and myself ventured out onto the groaning, crackling ice of Spray Lakes in search of Lake Trout.

Kevin and I have so much fun sitting and re-watching these old episodes. I hope you enjoy listening to all the behind-the-scenes stories that happen on-location while filming From The Wild. You can access this award-winning web series at fromthewild.ca and then listen to the director's commentary episodes in simulcast!

These director's commentary episodes are great for filling in the podcast release weeks when I haven't been out on any expeditions. We'll run several of these in a row until the next wild food adventure of ice fishing later this month.

Have a wonderful 2023!

Hello, My name is John Schneider and I am the creator of the Food Afield Podcast.

Throughout my life, I have been a professional bowhunting and fly-fishing guide in Alberta and the Northwest Territories. More recently, I am an outdoor writer, photographer, and podcast host. I also appear regularly on the award-winning web series From The Wild. For more than thirty years I have been hunting and fishing and cooking wild food ingredients over open fires.

The Food Afield Podcast is a documentary-style, outdoor adventure show. Mostly, we record episodes in the field while we search for wild food ingredients on our various hunting and fishing expeditions across western Canada.

Each episode of the podcast is between thirty minutes and an hour, however, we try to stay around the half-hour mark. You can generally expect episodes to be released on a weekly basis, every Monday morning.

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Merry Christmas 2022! The Christmas Day episode has become a tradition and launches season five of the Food Afield Podcast. This one is pretty special, I loved recording and editing it for you.

With me this week, in the living room of the strawbale farmhouse, is Kevin Kossowan, the creator of the award-winning web series, From the Wild. We thought it would be fun to go back in time and re-watch some of the old FTW episodes together and record our comments.

Kevin is almost at the one-hundred-episode mark of his show, so we knew it was time to reminisce and record some commentaries on the From The Wild episodes that I've been a part of over the past 10 years. To do this, we go back all the way to episode eleven of season one, "Tin Foil and Matches".

The beginning of the episode is a little rough, as I get an insane scratching in my throat and Kevin schools me on not being able to pause these particular episodes. Pure retro Bob and Doug McKenzie. It's all there, with the curses bleeped. So, have a laugh at my expense. Happy New Year!

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It is early December, one week after the big game season has closed locally. It is a perfect time to hang out with friend Lisa and do some small game hunting at Nana and Papa's old farmstead.

Lisa is an adult-onset hunter who has never hunted before! She is excited to be learning new ways to be able to connect with her surroundings and explore wild food ingredients. We do a little shooting with the .22 and she fires a shotgun for the first time also!

It is so rewarding to be able to hang out with Lisa, and new hunters in general. The exuberance and excitement wear off on me and take me back to a time when I struggled to figure out how to make wild food happen. This episode is full of questions and chats about being new to hunting, topics I take for granted nowadays. It was so much fun to record and edit and hopefully, this helps new hunters get started. I am also hopeful that this episode should be a guide for us old-timers to be able to mentor folks more effectively.

This episode takes you out into the bush with us as we search for hares and grouse. As darkness falls, we find ourselves embraced by towering spruce trees and the brightness and warmth of a campfire. Donairs and a nice wine are on the menu too!

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This year, a little confused about the need versus the want to bowhunt, John's season gets a very late start. This was partly by design though. It was fun to have a week of bowhunting to look forward to, and I suspect that it will be replicated in future seasons. This concentrated effort was slightly thwarted by some extreme weather that blew in for the last 4 days.

This episode is also a bit of a breakthrough with recording in the field during a hunt. This is the first time I've recorded content while in the treestand or ground blind. The wind wreaked some havoc on the audio quality from time to time, but some new kit has been ordered from Germany that should take care of that issue moving forward.

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A simple little episode that I recorded while preparing my mule deer buck for a so-called "euro mount". This is the second time I've performed this home taxidermy procedure. The first time was under the excellent tutelage of Kevin Kossowan while cleaning my big whitetail buck last year. That skull turned out amazing.

Since recording this episode of the Food Afield Podcast, I've come across many knowledgeable folks who have different ways of cleaning the skulls, which I think is wonderful! I hope I never grow tired of learning new skills and different ways of accomplishing tasks. This episode should not be considered a how-to, but perhaps more of a "how-I".

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The last day and night at the Grasslands Shack for Kevin and John. This episode focuses on Kevin's success with his antlerless draw tag. A very long stalk ends in a great way for us!

This episode has a lot of chat about age-class choices regarding targeting animals for food outcomes. You also get to listen in on our typical morning routine when we're in the field, but this time, we're freezing cold!

This will be the last episode of the grasslands series for 2022, so I hope you enjoyed hearing about our prairie adventures this past fall.

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This episode is brought to you by our friends over at Folding Mountain Brewery, Kitchen, and Taproom. Folding Mountain is located near the gates of the world-famous Jasper National Park in Alberta Canada. My favourite is their lager, which recently won a gold medal at the 2022 Alberta Beer Awards!

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The last day and night at Grasslands Shack for Kevin and John. This episode focuses on Kevin's success with his antlerless draw tag. A very long stalk ends in a great way for us!

A lot of chat about age-class choices as far as targeting animals for food outcomes in this episode. We also have you hang out with us for our typical morning routine when we're in the field, but this time, we are freezing cold!

This will be the last episode of the grasslands series for 2022 so I hope you enjoy it! Make sure to check out the member's feed over at www.foodafieldpodcast.com There are some tremendous benefits to being a member, not the least of which is that you will be helping the show to continue, and grow!

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Part two of the Mule Deer expedition continues in this episode of the Food Afield Podcast. Kevin and John are in the grasslands and the blizzard hits hard! The temperatures plummet to minus 18 degrees Celsius, but that doesn't matter too much. There are two deer, including John's big buck, skinned and hanging in the shack, and the woodstove is working hard.

This episode continues John's story on the first morning and picks up as the doe and the big buck are headed straight towards him. Kevin and John re-tell the story that evening while the blizzard howls and cocktails are poured. They also tell about Kevin's whitetail gift as they were loading up John's buck!

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This episode of the Food Afield Podcast finds John and Kevin in the newly established Grasslands Shack where they are looking for both antlered and antlerless mule deer.

Kevin has spent a good deal of time and energy getting the shack set up on some property in the grasslands where his family has hunted since he was young. This was our second visit to the shack and we installed the chimney for the woodstove, just ahead of an incoming blizzard.

This episode begins inside the shack, a wood fire crackling in the background, with the guys chatting about wild food and Folding Mountain Brewery beer. The conversation turns to mule deer hunting before too long though and suddenly we are in the field with John as he first encounters the big mule deer buck!

This hunt will continue over a few episodes. It was a great trip and we are so glad to share it with you!

This episode is sponsored by Folding Mountain Brewery. The award-winning beer they produce is served around Alberta. The taproom and kitchen are located at the gates of Jasper National Park. Their Lager recently won the gold medal at the Alberta Beer Awards and has been John's favourite beer for a couple of years now.

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The 50th episode of the Food Afield Podcast. Happy Halloween!

This episode finds Kevin Kossowan and me in the familiar surroundings of the northern boreal forest. We've decided to multi-task with some wild food ingredient procurement this day. It is a long day, many hours, and many kilometers of hiking, but we accomplish a few things.

The first task is for Kevin to set up his three trail cameras. This has become a fun pastime for us in recent years. We get to see some pictures of game that we wouldn't get the chance to do otherwise. Sometimes, there are some pretty interesting photos that come from these cameras. These photos, and the times that they are taken also help us to make some decisions once hunting season comes around. Should an area be hunted in the morning vs afternoon for instance? Mostly though, it is just for fun.

The other reason for being in the boreal at this time of year is for the Ruffed Grouse hunting. Last year, the populations of grouse were through the roof! You get to hear us finally achieve some success on these birds. They are right up there for me as far as the quality of meat is concerned.

Lastly, I fill up the bed of the pickup with dry tamarack firewood for the house. While I'm cutting wood, you can hear Kevin sighting in his antique 303 in the background. With this firewood, the strawbale house stays warm and comfortable all winter, and we get to cook with it also.

This was a quality day spent in the woods. I invite you to come join us in the woods here on the Food Afield Podcast!

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In this episode of the food afield podcast, Kevin and I wrap up our grasslands bird hunting expedition. We set up in a field for geese and continue our hunt for Sharptail Grouse as well.

In the Grasslands Shack, we explore the tastes of Sandhill Crane and describe to you what flavours we discover with this amazing wild food ingredient.

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In this episode, Kevin Kossowan and I are in the grasslands of southern Alberta and we're after birds. Waterfowl and upland seasons are open and no time is wasted before our first success. Kevin's first Cranes ever! The season for Sandhill Cranes here in Alberta is only two years old.

Wingshooting and stalking birds on the prairies is intensely challenging, and Kevin was perfect on his first opportunity of the trip.

This episode was filled with firsts. Those are always the best episodes! It was the first time we stayed in the newly constructed Grasslands Shack. Kevin has worked tirelessly for months to get the old building moved and then renovated to the point where we can live comfortably in the wind and harsh environments of the Canadian prairies. It was also both of our first sharptails of the season.

Part one of this expedition episode covers the first day of our trip. Next week you can join us again as we break down crane butchery and have our first taste ever of Sandhill Cranes. We'll also share our attempt at field decoying geese and another intercept tactic that worked to near perfection.

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This is a new-old episode. Previously unheard footage of Kevin and I in the kitchen talking about whitetail venison while we cut up the front end of my whitetail buck. Then, a few weeks later, in early December, we're in the kitchen out at the farm putting together whitetail breakfast sausage.

These are some good discussions about both dry aging, braising, and cutting up your whitetail venison as well as sausage ideas. Perhaps a few thoughts on these subjects that you hadn't considered...because we hadn't either! We get into the details about salt and fat ratios for the perfect sausage as well as flavours and storage ideas.

I love this episode because Kevin and I are riffing off of one another while we are making sausage. There is some creative energy going on that I appreciate. I know that there are a few tidbits of information in here that you'll build from when prepping your own whitetail venison products this fall. Let us know what you think! Kevin is over at IG @fromthewildca and www.fromthewild.ca

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November 24th, 2021 was a day that I'll remember for a very long time. I had hunted hard the entire fall. The goal was simple, harvest a deer with my antique recurve bow. I hadn't connected with a whitetail with my recurve for 12 years! Mostly because I hadn't really tried.

For the previous two years, my focus and energy to be successful at traditional bowhunting had been re-ignited. In the fall of '20 I had missed a large buck...and then had another miss at a doe at close range. I was discouraged about that, but optimistic that I could get the job done in 2021.

Sit after sit in treestands and ground blinds came and went. My spirits remained high, but time was running out. The season for whitetails ends on November 30. Finally, on a chilly winter afternoon, grey and bleak, it happened. Here was my chance at the whitetail buck of a lifetime!

This episode happened at the beginning of my in-the-field-podcasting recording career. Unfortunately, inexperience shows through in places. I've learned a lot since last November. But still, you get to be in the woods with Kevin and me as we track and recover this beautiful whitetail buck.

This episode was originally aired in January of 2022. However, very few people had a chance to listen to it with the limited audience I had at the time. I am also sort of surprised that people don't go back into past episodes more than they do. The re-releases seem to be popular, however, so I will continue with that now that we are doing better with our audiences here at buzzsprout.

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November 24th, 2021 was a day that I'll remember for a very long time. I had hunted hard the entire fall. The goal was simple, harvest a deer with my antique recurve bow. I hadn't connected with a whitetail with my recurve for 12 years! Mostly because I hadn't really tried.

For the previous two years, my focus and energy to be successful at traditional bowhunting had been re-ignited. In the fall of '20 I had missed a large buck...and then had another miss at a doe at close range. I was discouraged about that, but optimistic that I could get the job done in 2021.

Sit after sit in treestands and ground blinds came and went. My spirits remained high, but time was running out. The season for whitetails ends on November 30. Finally, on a chilly winter afternoon, grey and bleak, it happened. Here was my chance at the whitetail buck of a lifetime!

This episode happened at the beginning of my in-the-field-podcasting recording career. Unfortunately, inexperience shows through in places. I've learned a lot since last November. But still, you get to be in the woods with Kevin and me as we track and recover this beautiful whitetail buck.

This episode was originally aired in January of 2022. However, very few people had a chance to listen to it with the limited audience I had at the time. I am also sort of surprised that people don't go back into past episodes more than they do. The re-releases seem to be popular, however, so I will continue with that now that we are doing better with our audiences here at buzzsprout.

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I am re-releasing this episode without the ads. It is from earlier this Summer when my good friend, Tom, was back in town after moving to Ontario. We prioritized a fishing trip together and spent the day on familiar waters for both of us!

There is some spectacular audio of the day on the trout stream, and a great story on the way home about Tom's recent trip fly fishing in Scotland. Tom is a competitive fly fisher and is a wealth of knowledge on fishing efficiently and productively...and we still get skunked! This episode is a perfect example of how a negative production outcome doesn't mean a negative experience. It was a completely memorable day, and I think you'll agree after listening to the episode.

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In this episode, Garreth and I head out into the Grouse Woods in search of Ruffed Grouse.

This episode contains a few stories of upland bird hunting from my youth, especially when we travel back to Nana and Papa's farm to hunt. Being in that space always makes me nostalgic, and having Garreth around to ask me to share stories is a good excuse to talk about past times spent in the woods with a shotgun and dog. Plenty of tips in this episode on how to hunt upland birds too.

At the end of the trip, we did find a few birds, but a bit of a blunder occurs with the new shotgun. More accurately, with the owner of the new shotgun.

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An important change to the podcast. Things are still new and evolving here with the Food Afield Podcast. We are enjoying the weekly schedule that we've set for ourselves. New episodes will continue to be released each Monday. Because we have committed to so much content moving forward, along with the difficulty in production because of our format, we will scale back the episodes to 30 minutes and make them more of a series. This way, you can follow along with our year and the outdoor wild food adventures that we go on. Hopefully that makes sense. As always, please get hold of us with any questions, comments or concerns!

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In this episode, Garreth and I head out into the Grouse Woods in search of Ruffed Grouse.

This episode contains a few stories of upland bird hunting from my youth, especially when we travel back to Nana and Papa's farm to hunt. Being in that space always makes me nostalgic, and having Garreth around to ask me to share stories is a good excuse to talk about past times spent in the woods with a shotgun and dog. Plenty of tips in this episode on how to hunt upland birds too.

At the end of the trip, we did find a few birds, but a bit of a blunder occurs with the new shotgun. More accurately, with the owner of the new shotgun.

The Food Afield Podcast is now on YouTube! There are already a few videos there. Over time, we'll put some behind-the-scenes content along with documentary and how-to videos.

An important change to the podcast. Things are still new and evolving here with the Food Afield Podcast. We are enjoying the weekly schedule that we've set for ourselves. New episodes will continue to be released each Monday. Because we have committed to so much content moving forward, along with the difficulty in production because of our format, we will scale back the episodes to 30 minutes and make them more of a series. This way, you can follow along with our year and the outdoor wild food adventures that we go on. Hopefully that makes sense. As always, please get hold of us with any questions, comments or concerns!

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Oliver joins the podcast again! This time we chat about upland bird hunting in the UK and my upcoming bird hunts here in Canada.

Upland birds and how they are hunted in Great Britain have an intense history and are full of heritage and customs. Not so much here in Alberta, but the images of British bird hunting is definitely engrained in my brain. The foggy, grey days, tweed suits, the dogs and beaters working through thick cover. Classic European side-by-side twelve gauge shotguns. These images attracted me to the idea of upland hunting as a kid. They drove me to own and train both a pointer and labrador in years past. The idea of hunting and eating upland birds is re-ignited inside me. I knew I wanted to chat with Oly to get a taste of this style of hunting overseas as a starter to the upcoming expedition episodes over the coming weeks.

I found it compelling to listen to Oliver describe a typical bird hunt near his home. The differences are startling. Not better than here, not worse...just different. This conversation has me fired up to get out into the forests and fields over the next month or so. I have a new over-under 20 gauge to try out and I am anxious to prepare some new Ruffed Grouse recipes inspired by Oliver's pheasant schnitzel!
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We take you into the field with us while we adventure for food in the backcountry. The focus is on traditional bowhunting and fly fishing, but we explore all of the ways to fill your freezer.

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Curtis Hall is a professional fly fishing guide on the world-famous Elk River near Fernie, British Columbia. In August I was able to spend two days fishing with him near his home. This episode, perhaps more than any others I've produced, is truly educational. Curtis and I really got into the technicalities of fly fishing for Westslope Cutthroat Trout. I was challenged constantly with Curtis' coaching and experience. It was fascinating for me to learn so much about the things I didn't know I didn't know.

I did my best in this episode to take you with Curtis and me out onto the rivers. We talk about fly fishing and catch a bunch of fish, so I hope you enjoy this one. As I edited it, I was thinking about how this may be my best episode to date. Let's see what you think.

In any case, please enjoy the show. I thank you for listening. Also, please remember to leave a review wherever you listen to the Food Afield Podcast and share it with your friends and family. Cheers!

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The lost episode! This episode has been on the website all year. Originally, it was produced as a newsletter exclusive episode. But with so few people actually signing up for the newsletter, or viewing the website, it seemed a shame to keep it hidden. Sigh, the life of someone not lip-synching and dancing on tik tok.

And so here it is. The story of my big whitetail buck and the hindquarters and loins that aged for 42 days. Kevin Kossowan joins me in the farmhouse kitchen for this one. It is shortly after Christmas, the tree is still up, and we're cutting and wrapping venison for the freezer.

This is the twelfth expedition episode of the year! Hard to believe where the time has gone.

This episode finds me in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. I have wanted to fish the Elk River for almost as long as I can remember and I finally have my chance. Earlier in the season, on the interview episodes stream, I spoke with Curtis Hall who is a professional guide on the Elk. He is also the co-host of the Hunter Conservationist Podcast. I have appeared on their show a few times now.

In the episode with Curtis, we talked about planning this trip and it has been on the forefront of my mind ever since. In late August, the plans were set and I made my way down to southern BC in the old Suzuki Vitara. I met up with Curtis and got to meet his partner, Paige. She fishes too and she is good at it. Through sheer determination, and a longtime desire to figure out fly fishing (along with expert advice from Curtis), Paige has become a fly caster who appears to be well ahead of the curve.

We catch several fish on the Saturday of our trip, out of the drift boat, along with several walk and wade excursions when we came across good pools.

This is the first of two episodes. In the second part, we will take you along with Curtis and me as we walk and wade the upper stretches of the Bull River searching for Cutthroat Trout that have been isolated since the time that Westslope Cutthroat first populated the area thousands of years ago.

A couple of years ago I met Joel on a remote foothills stream. Then again this summer, I met him, on the same water. Neither of us visits this river often, so I took it as a sign that I needed to follow up with him to try to fish together.

One afternoon, not long ago, I found myself driving into Joel's yard at the Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary near Cochrane, Alberta. The sanctuary, with the hard work of founder Georgina, and Joel, has become a thriving safe space for neglected and abused wolf cross dogs. It is a very popular tourist attraction that provides the money that is necessary to look after the dogs properly along with the huge tracts of land that allow them to live freely and safely. It is quickly obvious the amount of hard work and passion that goes into their sanctuary.

When the tour is over and the chores are complete, Joel and I hop into the truck. In less than an hour, we are standing stream-side on Joel's favourite trout water and we start fishing. It is well after dark, late into the evening by the time we are finished.

A few Cuttbow Trout were brought to the net and we had a great time. It was really interesting to hear about Joel's struggles to teach himself to fly fish. I am sure that many of us can relate. But what was even more interesting was to learn about Joel's talent for making machines move fast on the race track. Joel is a former national champion rally driver and has been successful in racing snow machines and dirt bikes also.

I had a great time fishing with Joel and getting to know him better. I suspect that you will feel the same after spending an hour with us on the stream. I hope you enjoy episode eleven of season four of the Food Afield Podcast!

This is such a fun episode to listen to! As I edited this episode, I found myself laughing out loud and pretty much grinning the entire time.

Lisa and Erin are newcomers to fly fishing, and the Food Afield Podcast, and they quickly made me hope that they will be back for future episodes. Listening to them discover fly fishing for the first time brought me back to my early days in the arctic, when I first learned to fly fish. We laughed, we explored and we caught fish! It was a wonderful day on the trout waters of western Alberta. It was the first Food Afield Fly Fishing 201 session of 2022.

Fly fishing for Arctic Grayling and Athabasca Rainbow Trout in the early waters of the Athabasca River watershed in Alberta, Canada.

Episode nine is the continuation of John's first trip moto-camping and fly fishing. Kevin Kossowan, Melissa Finn, and John are back at a favourite stream to catch a few fish for both the frying pan and the rock-cairn smoker. This is Mel's first foray into concentrated fly fishing and she excels! A big fish is caught by Mel and some fine meals were made.

John makes it to this camp, barely, with a broken kick-starter on the vintage bike. Miraculously, he arrives at the turn-off into camp at the exact same time as Kevin and Mel despite traveling completely different paths to get there!

Camping, cooking, enjoying a few cocktails, and spending time with friends, stream-side, with fly rods. It is hard to imagine any trip that could be better.

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This episode of the Food Afield Podcast finds us hiking far into the Canadian Rockies. We are fly fishing Tombstone Lake for Cutthroat Trout. But first, we need to get there!

The packs are heavy and the trail is long, but the joy and laughter that Kevin, Melissa, May and I share make the loads lighter. We finally reach the lakes high in the backcountry and find one of them stuffed full of hungry trout. It does take a little effort though to catch our supper, however.

Four days and fifty-five kilometers later, we reach the trailhead and are back at our vehicles, but there's a problem, the Kickstarter on my vintage motorcycle is broken.

The last segment of the episode finds us at camp on the second leg of our fly fishing journey. You find out how we get the bike started and we recap the hike and fill in a lot of the details from this grand adventure. With the hiking behind us, our spirits are high, our sense of accomplishment palpable. It is a fun discussion!

It was delightful to sit down and chat with Oly in this episode! He is such a great guy and we had a good time talking about his involvement and motivations behind securing wild food for him and his family in England. I met Oliver on Instagram...his channel there is @ukwildfield2fork

Oliver is a passionate outdoorsman and especially concerns himself with big game venison in the Scottish highlands and fly fishing the streams and canals around the island and beyond. His other passion is wingshooting and working dogs, but we'll leave that for another time. This episode focuses on the fly fishing opportunities and how they differ from what we're used to in N. America. We also find out that we share similar opinions that revolve around the "value" of certain species of fish and game.

It is a fun conversation and I hope you enjoy listening to this episode of the Food Afield Podcast!

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Tom is back in town and we have one day to fish together. It is decided that we'll head back to the place where fly fishing started for both of us. The Forestry Trunk Road in northern Alberta.

The fishing is tough with waters that are blown out with run-off and recent rains. However, we manage to put together a great episode, filled with fly fishing information and stream-side audio. Actually, much of the time I was recording from the middle of the stream! Some of the audio is really amazing in this episode of the Food Afield Podcast. Make sure you are wearing headphones or are listening from a nice stereo system.

On the way home from a tough, but enjoyable, day of fishing Tom shares with us his adventure of fly fishing in Scotland. There is so much lore and history of fly fishing in this country. It was fun to hear Tom's stories of his expedition there.

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This is the continuation of the Vancouver Island hunt episode. Blayne, Garreth, and I spend some time talking about coastal wild water and arrow building materials. Once we are back home, Garreth and I visit one of my ground blinds from last fall's whitetail hunt where I have been saving a prime wild rose arrow shaft. We chat about how to fashion a wild arrow and hopefully get you thinking about your own primitive archery supplies!

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It is a little bit of a hassle, and you need to sign up on a website. I get it. But we'd love it if you'd help support hunting and fishing podcasts by taking the time to cast a vote for the Food Afield Podcast on the People's Choice Podcast Awards and this is our first-ever nomination in any sort of awards program.

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It is early June and my Son, Garreth and I are on Vancouver Island with friends Chef Jade Berg and Blayne Prowse. We were camped on the edge of a beautiful lake in the high country on the interior of the island. The weather was spotty, and it was definitely a weird situation as far as bears were concerned. We were there to bowhunt bears, but the episode quickly evolves into a hunt for primitive bow and arrow-making supplies. This will be the first of two episodes in this Van Isle series. The second episode will focus exclusively on Blayne and me harvesting wood for bows and arrows.

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Kevin Kossowan and I find ourselves back in the wall tent in the middle of Northern Alberta's boreal forest. In this episode, Kevin is looking to replenish his freezer and the hunt is on. There's one problem though, he is stuck using his vintage British 303. We also get stranded in a thunderstorm one evening, but make the most of it with some tremendous cocktails and wild food, and amazing audio of the storm! Lots of vintage-style hunting, food, and tent vibes in this premium episode of the Food Afield Podcast. Enjoy!

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On a recent trip to Vancouver Island, I made a point of sitting down with Courtney Ogilvie, the owner of Nile Creek Fly Shop in Bowser, BC. From the moment I sat down, it felt like chatting with an old friend. Courtney is funny, personable, and extremely knowledgeable about fly casting to anadromous salmonids from the beach.

I had one goal in mind when I set the appointment at the shop. I wanted to find out how to catch trout and salmon from the beach with a fly rod. I feel like I accomplished that goal, but I also learned so much more about Courtney, his life, and his passion for fishing. There are many nuggets of fly fishing wisdom in this episode. He has led an interesting life and the episode could've gone on for hours as far as I was concerned. I very much enjoyed my time with Courtney in his wonderful store.

The Nile Creek Fly shop is situated on the old Island Highway midway up the east coast of Vancouver Island. If you were strong enough, you could throw a stone and hit the water of the Nile Creek estuary as it enters the Pacific Ocean. Courtney bought the building and started the fly shop almost on a whim. Not quite though...he wanted a headquarters near his favourite waters. We recorded the show at the tying counter near the front door of the shop. As customers entered, Courtney would get antsy in his chair, wanting to help. I noticed immediately that Nile Creek Fly Shop is there to help fishers, this was obvious.

Please enjoy the episode and if you get a chance, stop by the store and say hey to Courtney.

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This is a completely re-mastered episode. It is the story of my big bear from last spring with added recordings that were previously unavailable. The story is told much better now with the new audio. It was a special bear and a special hunt, so it deserves to be published again! Join us in the boreal forest of northern Alberta where we eat, laugh, and spot and stalk black bears with Kevin and Jeff. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

This is the second of the premium episodes for season four. It has, until now, only been available for sale on the website. “Twelve Years is the episode that takes us out into the whitetail woods with a traditional bow, my 64 year old Bear Recurve. This episode is recorded in the ag fields near Edmonton, and the kitchen in our farmhouse. Kevin and I make some venison sausage and then, of course, you get to hear the recovery of the huge whitetail buck that I shot on November 24th, 2021. We've decided to abandon the idea of trying to sell the podcast episodes individually. They are still available for download on the website, where you can choose to pay what you want (minimum amount is $0). Not going to lie that it would be nice to recoup some costs for producing the show, but I will leave that up to you. Happily! Both the premium and regular interview episodes will be released wherever you listen to podcasts, and the Food Afield Website www.foodafieldpodcast.com--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

An episode with a new friend, Eric Leslie. Eric lives in northern California and has launched his fly fishing supply business. But, Eric's true advantage is his videography background! You can find his amazing YouTube channel under his name. Driftone Fly Fishing can be found at www.driftstone.co

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Chef Jade Berg and I sit down and chat about the details of our upcoming Vancouver Island bear hunt. 2 years in planning, this hunt appears to be special for a number of reasons. Listen in on our plans! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

I sit and chat with Alex Nadeau. Alex is an accomplished sheep hunter and outdoorsman who lives in Whitehorse, Yukon. He also has a background in wildlife biology. The show was supposed to be about planning my spring Grayling fly fishing trip up there, but it was highjacked by Alex’s great sheep hunting story! We eventually got around to planning the trip though. Audio quality isn’t that great for some reason. It was my first attempt with squadcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Curtis Hall is the co-host of the Hunter Conservationist Podcast and a professional fly fishing guide. In this episode he helps me figure out some early season fish options and tells a tremendous guide story! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

A sit-down interview with Kevin Kossowan, where I get to ask him about things that I’ve always wanted to know about his show, “From the Wild”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Kevin and John spend November trying to connect on whitetails with their rifles. This is the Season 4 premiere episode! The hunts take place in both the agricultural fields surrounding Edmonton, and the familiar boreal forest ‘Bush Camp’. The wood stove crackling in the wall tent on chilly November evenings helped make this episode so memorable. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

A quick overnight fishing trip to a favourite stream. 4 species hook ups, and the best day of fly fishing I’ve ever experienced. I think we hit 41 fish landed between both of us. Interesting to note that on the second day, while euro nymphing, I managed to catch a couple more fish than Tom. His technique of nymphing was a definite game changer for me.

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An expedition style podcast that documents an extremely memorable spring bear spot and stalk hunt with Kevin Kossowan and Jeff Senger. Every spring we spend several days in Alberta’s northern boreal forest looking for Black Bear. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

I get to sit and talk with Blayne about his fletching business, Stumpstalker Archery. We chat about his arrows, which are a little different. We also talk about traditional bowhunting Columbia Blacktail on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

I get to sit and talk with new friend and wild food chef, Rikki Folger. Rikki tells her story of progressing from a Michelin 3 star restaurant in California to her first wild harvest as a hunter! Rikki has had a completely self-determined journey in cooking wild food and she has just been successful in harvesting a wild turkey. A great story of a first harvest! @wild_and_foraged_--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Tori is a hero of mine. I was very glad to be able to sit and talk with her about her hunting and cooking journey so far. She’s had an interesting life and she shares interesting experiences in this interview. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Jennifer and Keith from Ramshackle Homestead join us on the podcast this week. We talk about homesteading challenges and successes as well as some hunting and food ideas as well. Oh ya, and Jen got shot once. So there’s that too. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Wild game cook extraordinaire, Jeff Benda joins me in conversation on the Food Afield podcast. In this episode, Jeff helps inspire me with his methodology in adapting recipes to spotlight wild protein ingredients. Follow Jeff on Instagram at @wildgameandfish for great posts on the wild game food he prepares, and the hunting expeditions he enjoys!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Kevin Kossowan and I head out to the Rocky Mountains in mid March to backpack, camp and ice fish for the elusive Lake Trout of Spray Lakes. Kevin filmed episode 1 of season 8 of his award winning series, From The Wild; and, then we recorded enough material for a decent little Food Afield podcast episode! Fishing for Lake Trout, and especially ice fishing for them is a difficult process at Spray Lakes. Actually, the process itself isn’t what is hard, being successful at harvesting any fish in this lake is the real problem. But, we seemed to figure it out near the end of the trip, in true fashion for most of our outings. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Don Thomas is a legend in the outdoor hunting and fishing community. He is widely considered to be amongst the best outdoor authors in the world and his traditional bowhunting, fly fishing and wingshooting adventures span the globe. Don has written more than 20 best selling books and countless articles; and, he always tells a great story. It is my honour to present to you my friend, Don Thomas, on the Food Afield Podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Continuing our discussion on cooking with fire and the fuel we use...wood! Executive Chef John Horne joins me on this episode to share his thoughts on cooking with wood and wild food. John is absolutely one of Canada’s top chefs. This is a very rare opportunity. Hope you enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

A very important part of wild food and outdoor cooking is the heat source. However, cooking with wood is so much more than heat. There are so many different ways to use wood to impart flavour profiles in your wild harvested dishes. In this episode we chat with filmmaker Kevin Kossowan about his "Wood Library" and some of the ways that he uses wood in the wild. Part 2 of this episode, which will air separately, features Chef John Horne. John is one of Canada's top chefs and his restaurant Canoe is the quintessential taste of Canada. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Jeff Lander of Primitive Outfitting provides the highlight of this episode with his story of the mauling that one of his friends received at the hands of a black bear. The story is a complete lesson on camp cleanliness and bear risk management. We also have a great little visit from Timothy Fowler, columnist with Bear Hunting Magazine and chef. Tim is gracious enough to share his technique on making the classic peasant dish, Osso Buco made with cross-cut bear shanks. Please check out and subscribe to the new Food Afield Magazine!

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A wonderful conversation with bartender and foodie, Melissa Fin, about all things wild cocktail. Mel and I chat about the how-to's of foraging ingredients for tinctures and syrups. Then we get into wild created gins and how to create wild cocktails for home and camp! A stellar episode.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

An episode dedicated to a successful boreal forest grouse hunt. I manage to knock down a couple Ruffed Grouse and Spruce Grouse on a solo hunt. Then I head into my echo chamber of a kitchen to fry up some fast food from slow food ingredients. It was such a great meal. Enjoy the show! Check out the new Food Afield Magazine!foodafieldmagazine.com--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

I have spent 9 out of the past 21 days fly fishing trout on different streams and rivers in the Alberta backcountry. This episode covers the From The Wild episode that Kevin Kossowan, Jeff Senger and I filmed. Then I come back to the same area on a solo trip a week later and am eventually joined by Jeff and his two daughters, Paige and Ainsley. We go over some fly fishing basics and enjoy a little in-camp smoked whitefish. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

A great discussion with Chef Jade Berg! We talk about his evolution into hunting and a little about his cooking career. Then he tells us a great story about his last Blacktail hunt, which was successful; and, walks us through how to make Blacktail Burritos. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

I get a chance to have a bit of a bumpy chat with Tyler Wilkins at North Mountain Knives. The connection was delayed in places, a little awkward with some delays, but Tyler is a great guest and gave me a lot of good info on his knives. I also publish a conversation that Kevin Kossowan and I had one afternoon in Bear Camp. We talk about some upcoming trips that will require some ultra-light gear. Then we morph into a totally inspirational conversation on food options that do not include freeze dried stuff. Enjoy!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

How to up your game with dry-ageing wild meat. This episode I get to meet Matthew Ochoa (@rockyred86 on Instagram). Matthew is a dry-age meat magician and we talk about some preliminary ideas on how and why to dry age your own wild game at home...or not. At the end of the show I introduce a new segment called “Guide Tales” and share perhaps my most memorable story from days spent professionally guiding on Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Another few days of Spring spent in Bear Camp and filming another episode of "From The Wild" with Jeff Senger and Kevin Kossowan. There is a pretty strong vegetarian vibe this episode as we explore Fiddleheads and Marsh Marigold and Fireweed and other edible plants from the northern Boreal forest. From salads and broths to braise liquids and cocktail ingredients, there is so much to learn about the herbs and plants that add variety to our wild diet. Excited to have you along again on my wild Food Afield journey! Jeff gets a little colourful with his language describing things, but that is what we love about him! When Jeff gets rolling, just hit record and stay out of the way. lol--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

In this episode I am back on the set of the award nominated series “From The Wild” with Kevin Kossowan and Jeff Senger. We are camped in the boreal forest of northern Alberta hunting Black Bear. One night, after getting back from a successful hunt, we were enjoying some drinks in the wall tent around the wood stove and we got to talking about taboo meats and some other meat related topics. In the back audio you can hear the fire crackling in the wood stove. In camp the next day, Kevin goes through the process of preparing a beautiful dish, Braised Rabbit in Garlic Cream! The From the Wild video series can be found at www.fromthewild.ca--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

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I get the chance to sit in Blair's restaurant RGE RD in Edmonton. RGE RD is one of Canada's top restaurants and Blair has a special focus on "untamed cuisine". We have a couple laughs reliving last November's memorable Whitetail hunt on our farm, where he knocked over his first big game animal. Listen all the way to the end to catch Blair's invaluable advice on properly preparing venison and what to drink with it!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

The premier episode of Food Afield with John Schneider. Guest Kevin Kossowan talks about his hit vimeo series From the Wild and we talk about our recent fly fishing trip and the ethics of catch and release.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message