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Short Truths 22 - How Are Mountain Lions ACTUALLY Doing In Colorado? Oct 17, 2024

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Robbie dives into a question about the truth of how Mountain Lions are ACTUALLY doing in Colorado. As a question from a non-hunter, quasi-anti-hunter, meant to convince that hunting is affecting mountain lion populations in a negative way. Robbie dives into the intersection of mountain lions and their range, which butts up to the edge of highly populated (and increasingly-more-populated) regions of Colorado, and asks the tough questions about mountain lions that you need to hear.

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509 - Steve West || 23 Years And Counting Oct 15, 2024

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Steve West, a 20-year veteran of the Sportsman Channel and Steve West Adventures, joins Robbie on the Blood Origins podcast to talk about his 23-year career in the outdoor space, what it’s like to be an influencer in our space, what the future of communication around hunting looks like, all while hunting elk near Steve’s home in Oregon. Robbie was first introduced to Steve when he reached out almost 5 years ago and wanted to give Robbie encouragement around what he was doing with Blood Origins. Fast forward to today, Robbie got to spend a week with Steve hunting, and really getting to know him.

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Short Truths 21 - Are Elephants Endangered? Oct 10, 2024

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Robbie dives into a question that comes to us a lot, which is ‘Are African elephants endangered?’ for this Short Truths episode. The answer is both “yes” and “no”. According to CITES, elephants are indeed an Appendix 1 species, as well as being listed on the IUCN Red List and enjoying ESA protections domestically in the States. The important distinction to make, though, is that those protections refer to the species as a whole, not smaller sub-populations across the African continent, where some populations are sustainable, growing, and even large enough to cause conflict with humans and the elephants’ own environments.

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Roundup 135 || Celebrating The Tremendous Success Of Lion Heart Oct 09, 2024

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Robbie is joined by Matt Land and Jacob Lishen, the co-founders of Land Limited, a cinematography production company out of North Carolina. Robbie and the Land Limited boys were in South Carolina filming an embedded Blood Origins episode, and decided to lay down a podcast to talk about the filming and success of Lionheart. They reminisce about the grueling film schedule, injuries on set, and more. If you haven't watched Lionheart go find it on Youtube or on Facebook or just google Lionheart Blood Origins film and you will find it.

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Episode 508 - Clark McGhie || Some Love Him, Some Hate Him Oct 08, 2024

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Self described Red Deer lover and hunter, Clark McGhie of Australia joins Robbie on the podcast this week - after we’ve been trying to get him on the show for at least two full years, we have finally caught up with him and his nomadic wasy. This conversation, if you know anything about Clark, is centered around his controversial stances on deer hunting in Australia and the delicate situation that is deer “hunting” in Queensland, since it is technically illegal in the state of Queensland, it is all technically “pest control”. Robbie and Clark talk about opportunities for hunting in Queensland, what the future holds for hunting in Queensland. Most importantly this is an eye-opening conversation about how do we look to the horizon in Queensland to ensure 1) "hunting" stays around, and 2) more importantly that there is an opportunity to expand opportunities around it.

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Our Voice Ep. 1 - Bilal Mustafa of Pakistan Oct 03, 2024

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We are launching a BRAND NEW podcast - CIC X BO Our Voice. The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) and Blood Origins have teamed up to bring you a series of "Voicess" from around the world which seeks to explore the native voices of indigenous peoples and how they are affected by issues around wildlife. In this inaugural episode, Robbie is joined by cohost, Bupe Banda, and the pair interviews Bilal Mustafa. Bilal just finished a post-graduate degree in International Wildlife Conservation at Oxford, and who is set to undertake a doctor in philosophy around the intricacies of trophy hunting in Pakistan, his home country. If you have any questions please feel free to email us at info@bloodorigins.com or DM us through our social media platforms.

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Episode 507 - John Radzwilla || The Redneck GQ Oct 01, 2024

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John Radzwilla, CEO of Hook and Barrel Magazine, joins Robbie to talk about hunting, how it fits into his magazine, his life as an adult-onset hunter, his outdoor growth, and where he sees the print genre going. Hook and Barrel, while having a premium subscription model, is actually given away for FREE at several large outdoor retailers.

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Episode 506 - Dr. Samuel Shephard || Does Killing Makes You A Better Conservationist? Sep 26, 2024

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Dr. Samuel Shephard, a professor of environmental sciences at Ava Maria University in Florida joins Robbie to discuss a paper he wrote in Nature Sustainability, one of the top publications in the science space, titled “Recreational Killing Of Wild Animals Can Foster Environmental Stewardship”. Sounds absolutely crazy that by hunting, killing, and being a part of nature you are possibly a better environmental steward - something that we have been preaching for quite some time. Dr. Shephard goes into the ‘why’ behind his paper, and how he and his co-authors came to the conclusions they did.

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Roundup 134 || 11 year old’s hunting big horns, Manitoba hunting allocations and more! Sep 25, 2024

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Robbie and Ashlee are joined by Mark Hall, the Director of Blood Origins Canada, for this week’s roundup. After discussing this week’s recent controversy in Manitoba around hunting tag allocations, the crew breaks down the goings on around the country for conservation including a draught out west, an 11 year old’s big horn sheep hunt and what it means to draw a once-in-a-lifetime hunt that young, a deceptive opinion piece against Florida’s Yes On 2 campaign, and much more!

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Episode 505 - Secretary Madison Sheahan || Louisiana Black Bear: Endangered to Huntable Pt. 3 Sep 24, 2024

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Secretary Madison Sheahan is the youngest director of any game and fish agency in the United States, and joins Robbie to talk about her state of Louisiana’s incredible black bear success story - from nearly endangered to a huntable surplus population, there’s a lot of success to brag about here. Robbie brings this to you recorded on location from the Secretary’s office in the Bayou State and is an incredible capstone to last week’s Louisiana black bear podcasts. If you are a Louisianan resident you need to apply for the Black Bear Lottery, which closes September 25th, 2024!

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