The Origins Foundation Podcast

Artist and wildlife biology degree holder Alexandra Nicole was a non-hunter two months ago - no longer. She sits down with Robbie and shares her experience harvesting her first turkey and her transformation from non hunter to hunter in this short Blood Origins episode.See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cody and Alaska are BACK for the last ‘When The Cat’s Away...’ Installment of our Roundup. After an inauspicious start to recording, the boys talk about some recent text messages, a 130+ year old conspiracy, some really ballsy poachers in Florida, PA’s Sunday hunting, crow hunting, and more!3 men arrested for illegally hunting deer out of season on private property: https://www.winknews.com/2022/07/15/3-men-arrested-for-illegally-hunting-dear-out-of-season-on-private-property/ Pa. Game Commission announces 2022 Sunday hunting dates: https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pennsylvania-game-commission-sunday-hunting-2022/ Counting crows: https://www.hutchnews.com/story/news/2018/01/02/counting-crows-aronsohn-has-been-chasing-birds-for-decades/16698117007/ See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Best known for his frequent guest appearances on the hit Netflix hunting show Meateater, Doug Duren joins the Blood Origins podcast to discuss two important subjects. The first, Chronic Wasting Disease (or CWD), and its effects on his county in Wisconsin. The second, his efforts to launch ‘Sharing The Land’, which is a bold proposal to exchange labor projects for hunting access in an ‘old school cooperative’ kind of way.See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robbie catches up with Bryan and Hannah, the cofounders of ‘Sporting Lead Free’, an organization dedicated to promoting the voluntary use of non-lead tackle and ammunition for hunting and fishing. The pair talk about about the VOLUNTARY nature of their educational efforts - something they see as integral to their stance. They talk about the science, the past and future of lead and alternative shot, barriers of entry into hunting, and make their case for sporting lead free.See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cody and ‘Alaska’ Cody are back at it on this week’s roundup. The boys discuss Alaska’s pet peacock Waylon, the recent attempts to repeal the Pittman-Robertson Act, an op-ed by a hunter in Colorado, clear media bias by The Guardian (again), and more!See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lydia and Jimmie, co-founder of the group ‘Hunters of Color’, join Robbie to talk about who they are, their history and what Hunters of Color is all about. From their heritage in hunting to why an organization like this is so important to this sporting lifestyle we all love.See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Croston, founder of the ‘Hunt and Release’ method - think ‘CnR’ for hunters - about what it is and where he got this idea, which may seem strange to our fellow traditional hunters. Robbie questions Mike on this definition of hunting, and wants to hear from the audience of your thoughts on this subject. DM us, email us at info@bloodorigins.com or text us at 620-860-4804.See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robbie is still off for the week, but Cody and returning guest and Blood Origins team member Erin have you covered with the weekly roundup. Cody and Erin catch up about Cody’s ongoing war with a resident squirrel over his lettuce garden, your weekly Peach Street update, conservation funding, Pittman-Robertson vs the Second Amendment, a Montana elk controversy, Washington state’s troubled wolf pack, Erin rabble rouses about the Maine Sunday hunting controversy, and more!See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robbie catches up with Luke Hilgemann, President and CEO of Hunter Nation, sits down with Robbie for a wide ranging discussion on the mandate of Hunter Nation and his work to increase and solidify the voting bloc that is ‘hunters’. Take this rare chance to know Luke better.See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Land Tawney, Executive Director of the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, catches up with Robbie and Cody on the history and purpose of the organization, his life as a back country hunter and angler, and what his background means for his organization and his goals for conservation.See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_SubscribeMusic: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices