Today’s question is whether an elephant is really worth an eye-watering $1.6 million of its lifetime, and Robbie is here to provide the context needed to understand this talking point in just 5 minutes. The original 2014 report by the David Schildrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya was picked up by numerous news outlets and went viral, but the intent of the report was to show the live value of an elephant when compared to a POACHING context, not a legal and regulated hunting context. Do you have a questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@bloodorigins.comSupport our Conservation Club Members!Silent Pursuits: https://www.silentpursuits.com/ Bar JP Safaris: https://www.barjpsafaris.com/ Bear Beans: https://bearbeans.com/ See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.ioPodcast is brought to you by:Bushnell: https://www.bushnell.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Returning guest (and Arizona Game and Fish Commissioner) James "Jim" Goughnour joins to discuss another controversial March decision by the AZGFC to reject all three remaining big game auction tags in Arizona (mule deer, elk and sheep) in favor of a more competitive, raffle-esque allocation system in order to give ‘Joe Six Pack’ - or the common man - a real shot at hunting desert sheep. You would have seen conversations about this, emails about this, and wondered if this is actually a good thing or a bad thing. Robbie and Jim get into the nitty grittty of the decision, whether there will be a "told-you so" moment in the future, and whether in this case, bold decisions yields great benefits for wildlife and hunters.Support our newest Conservation Club Members!Nexxus Bowhunting: https://nexxusbowhunting.com/ Josh Hall Surfboards: https://joshhallsurfboards.com/ Lathrop & Sons: https://lathropandsons.com/ See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.ioPodcast is brought to you by:Bushnell: https://www.bushnell.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Jones, Chief People Officer for Orvis, joins Robbie on Blood Origins to discuss her role and what it is to connect people - both internally and externally - with the Orvis brand. From how it is seen in and outside the walls of the office, Rebecca ‘Jonesy’ Jones is an Aussie living in the US and adult-onset hunter that lives and breathes the Orvis lifestyle. Recorded live on the Cobourg Peninsula of the Northern Territory of Australia.Support our newest Conservation Club Members!Nexxus Bowhunting: https://nexxusbowhunting.com/ Josh Hall Surfboards: https://joshhallsurfboards.com/ Lathrop & Sons: https://lathropandsons.com/ See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.ioPodcast is brought to you by:Bushnell: https://www.bushnell.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded on-location from Australia, Robbie is joined by David Luxford (the self-described ‘village idiot’ and arguably Australia’s most famous bowhunter), Nick Joyce (owner of The Last Frontier Safaris), and Rebecca Jones (Chief People officer of Orvis) from a beach in the Northern Territory of Australia. Surrounded by the soft crashing of waves in the background, the team talks through their Banteng adventure and talks about hunting culture in Australia and around the world. Its an extra-ordinary Round-Up podcast that will have you deeply desiring to go and explore places through hunting. Isn't that one of the coolest things about hunting?Support our newest Conservation Club Members!Nexxus Bowhunting: https://nexxusbowhunting.com/ Josh Hall Surfboards: https://joshhallsurfboards.com/ Lathrop & Sons: https://lathropandsons.com/ See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.ioPodcast is brought to you by:Bushnell: https://www.bushnell.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do sportsmen actually pay for conservation? This is a common question from the anti-hunting lobby. The short answer? Yes. In fact, NO other collective group of people in the United States contributes more than sportsmen. Where does this question come from, then? A “study” by the Mountain Lion Foundation claims that 94% of conservation funding is actually from the lay public. However, upon examination, the study is full of red flags and is not peer-reviewed. Listen in to get Robbie’s take as he breaks down what it means, and why sportsmen are the top funder for conservation. Support our newest Conservation Club Members!Living Fully Loaded: https://www.livingfullyloaded.com/ Red Kettle: https://www.redkettle.co/ Kayuga Broadheads: https://www.kayugabroadheads.com.au/ See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.ioPodcast is brought to you by:Bushnell: https://www.bushnell.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retired Veterinary biologist Larry Patterson joins the podcast to give an insight in the progression and growth of elephants in Botswana. Robbie's introduction to Larry was fortuitous in nature - while Robbie was in a gas station in the town of Maun, in Botswana he saw a book called "Aiming to Save" with a cross-hair on the front of it on an elephant. At first glance, he expected this book to be a book of anti-hunting sentiment to elephants and naturally purchased it. But upon reading it and closer inspection of the front cover - the cross-hair was on the rump of the elephant i.e., where a vet would shoot a dart to tranquilize the elephant. In our latest documentary on Botswana, Robbie picked up a biography of Larry’s life and the work he has done in Botswana for elephants. Larry is not a hunter but shares his views on wildlife management and elephant management issues specifically in Botswana. This is a fascinating insight into Botswana's elephant history and most importantly since Botswana has the largest elephant population in Africa today.Support our newest Conservation Club Members!Living Fully Loaded: https://www.livingfullyloaded.com/ Red Kettle: https://www.redkettle.co/ Kayuga Broadheads: https://www.kayugabroadheads.com.au/ See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.ioPodcast is brought to you by:Bushnell: https://www.bushnell.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robbie comes at you with this week’s roundup with part two recorded on location in Tanzania during a recent Blood Origins trip to see from a ground-level perspective the big tusker controversy between Tanzania and Kenya. Robbie and the Slots Media boys (plus Steff, aka Gerald!) are back to catch up after a grueling 12 days of filming to discuss whether anyone's mind has changed based on seeing and hearing what they have filmed. This podcast is probably a highlight in the elephant controversy as everyone has had an eye-level view of the situation, have heard from all sides, visited both Kenya and Tanzania, and really gotten as deep a perspective on the issue that anyone really has - so what did that do? Interestingly, specifically Steff who is a non-hunter in our crew, didn't really have an opinion last week on the podcast, this week has now formulated his opinion. Unfortunately - even though Robbie mentions that they filmed it (and they did!) Lewis deleted the video file - so no possibility of seeing Lewis covered in a traditional Masaai shuka!Support our newest Conservation Club Members!Living Fully Loaded: https://www.livingfullyloaded.com/ Red Kettle: https://www.redkettle.co/ Kayuga Broadheads: https://www.kayugabroadheads.com.au/ See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.ioPodcast is brought to you by:Bushnell: https://www.bushnell.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robbie is joined by outgoing Dallas Safari Club CEO Corey Mason and interim DSC CEO Brian Feinhold to dispel any and all rumors around the transition of Corey and the next steps for the Dallas Safari Club. Robbie wanted to have this conversation with Corey and Brian to give people a sense of what is coming next for DSC and the amazing conservation work they do, the road to Atlanta in 2025, and for everyone really to hear straight from the proverbial horses’ mouths about what happened and whats coming next.Support our newest Conservation Club Members!Hartland Hunting Outfitters: https://www.hartlandhunting.net/ The Engineering Co.: https://bloodorigins.org/conservation-club/Blood-Origins-Sponsor-the-engineering-co-founding-member/ Teton Leather Co.: https://www.tetonleather.com/#/ See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.ioPodcast is brought to you by:Bushnell: https://www.bushnell.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg McHale, a 27-year resident of Whitehorse in the Yukon Territories, joins Robbie to talk Whitehorse wildlife and life in his small city of 43,000 on the edge of the legendary Canadian wilderness. From predator-prey relationships to what he’s seeing on the ground, from bears and wolves to sheep and moose, and more. Greg and Robbie met at the beginning of the Blood Origins journey at the Wild Sheep Show back in 2018, where both Greg and Robbie were just beginning their respective journeys with the their projects. There is argubly no tougher individual from his adventure racing days to the kinds of hunts he endures in the Yukon - if you haven't checked out any of Greg's content you can find it by googling "Greg McHale's Yukon Adventures"Support our newest Conservation Club Members!Hartland Hunting Outfitters: https://www.hartlandhunting.net/ The Engineering Co.: https://bloodorigins.org/conservation-club/Blood-Origins-Sponsor-the-engineering-co-founding-member/ Teton Leather Co.: https://www.tetonleather.com/#/ See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.ioPodcast is brought to you by:Bushnell: https://www.bushnell.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robbie comes at you with this week’s roundup recorded on location in Tanzania during a recent Blood Origins trip to see from a ground level perspective the big tusker controversy between Tanzania and Kenya. Robbie and the Slots Media boys (plus Gerald!) are back in their ‘Audium’ medium to talk about Tanzania elephant hunting, research, and more. This is Part 1 of two round ups in which the crew is at the beginning of a 12 day filming journey and Robbie wanted to capture everyone's perspectives and sentiments about the controversy before talking to anyone around the subject. After the 12 days of filming the Part 2 of the Round Up will drop in which they reconvene to discuss whether anyone's minds have changed based on seeing and hearing what they have filmed.Support our newest Conservation Club Members!Hartland Hunting Outfitters: https://www.hartlandhunting.net/ The Engineering Co.: https://bloodorigins.org/conservation-club/Blood-Origins-Sponsor-the-engineering-co-founding-member/ Teton Leather Co.: https://www.tetonleather.com/#/ See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.ioPodcast is brought to you by:Bushnell: https://www.bushnell.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices