The Origins Foundation Podcast

Jack was not raised a hunter, but he knew he wanted to be one. After pestering his father until the age of 12, Navy Diver Jack Bottoms’s father bought him his first shotgun, a .410. From there, Jack embarked a solo journey, learning the ropes - and the lessons the outdoors has to offer - even picking up a few friends along the way. He discusses how hunters can begin to combat the anti-hunting vitriol of today with ethics and discipline.Podcast is brought to you by:Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.comPladra: www.pladra.comCivilware: www.civilware.comSee more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this social media age; where vegan, anti-hunting, non-hunting is on the rise, there is a very important question that hunters need to be able to answer. “Why do you hunt?” Pepe Madrazo of Salamanca, Spain is a lifelong hunter, and Pantheon, Conklin and OVIS Award winner, he has been hunting since he was a child. The nostalgia of his memories preparing to hunt with his father as a boy in Spain is palpable in this conversation with Blood Origins.Podcast is brought to you by:Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.comPladra: www.pladra.comCivilware: www.civilware.comSee more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Robbie and Prairie Rock Outfitters Co-Owner Jake Latendresse venture to where it all started for him on his hunting journey. This private property in Tennessee has been in Jake’s family for over 50 years. It’s where he cut his teeth - learning to hunt, fish and be a woodsman. Watch Jake Latendresse’s full Blood Origins episode: https://bloodorigins.org/portfolio-item/s3e3-values/Podcast is brought to you by:Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.comPladra: www.pladra.comCivilware: www.civilware.comSee more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie Hargreaves is an exceptional artist that typically focuses on wildlife as her subject of choice. She is a highly intelligent individual that has chosen to be Vegan. So it would surprise you that last December she went hunting for Chinese water deer, and she actually pulled the trigger herself. Why? Why did a Vegan decide she was okay taking the life of an animal? Isn't that totally contrary to what a Vegan believes? The answer is no in Katie's mind. Katie Hargreave Wildlife: https://www.katiehargreavesart.com/ Podcast is brought to you by:Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.comPladra: www.pladra.comCivilware: www.civilware.comSee more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gray Thornton is the CEO and President of the Wild Sheep Foundation, in which every year during their annual convention they raise millions of dollars for wildlife conservation. In the 2021 Virtual Sheep Show they raised over $8 million, with $4 million coming directly from the conservation permit tags. So where does that money really go? Isn't the North American Model supposed to be that wildlife is for all vs. the ultra-wealthy? Well, listen and find out ...More information about The Wild Sheep Foundation: https://www.wildsheepfoundation.org/Podcast is brought to you by:Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.comPladra: www.pladra.comCivilware: www.civilware.comSee more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russel De Le Harpe (or just Russ) is a young bow-hunter out of Zambia who has started an outfitting business called Back Country Africa that specializes in Spot and Stalk Bow-Hunting. Essentially the out-west experience of the US in Zambia and Zimbabwe. A truly exceptional experience that should be the pinnacle of all bow-hunters to do. So why have so many bow-hunters written off Africa? We are featuring Russ and getting to know him in our Outfitter Spotlight Series where we highlight outfitters around the world and really get to know them and their passion for hunting and taking care of wildlife. This is a conversation beyond what he hunts, but rather why he loves this thing called hunting so much.Podcast is brought to you by:Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.comPladra: www.pladra.comCivilware: www.civilware.comSee more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since the new administration’s State of the Union is due any day now, we decided to do a Blood Origins "State of the Union". 2020 was an incredible year, what does 2021 have in store?? A brand-new supporters program-support us with $3 / month and be eligible for all sorts of goodies, including AMAZING hunts all over the world! Join us. Support us. Help us convey the truth around hunting. Blood Origins Partner Program: https://bloodorigins.org/supporter-program/ Podcast is brought to you by:Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.comPladra: www.pladra.comCivilware: www.civilware.comSee more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a stigma associated with the duck hunting world. A stigma where women are nice to have around in the blind, not a need to have. A stigma where one could ask "do they really belong?", after all this is a man's world. Well, the stigma has never met Ashton. Ashton wasn't raised a hunter but she knew that there was something buried in her blood that was drawing her to the outdoors. Her calling was duck hunting and you will struggle to find a more passionate, die-hard duck hunter than Ashton, male or female alike. And oh yes, she can operate a duck call better than most men. Ashton’d Blood Origins Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1W0xkqDxkY Podcast is brought to you by:Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.comPladra: www.pladra.comCivilware: www.civilware.comSee more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan is an ex-combat marine that will tell you that its waterfowl above anything. He is chasing the elusive 41, and I have been engaging Ryan over the last several weeks about addressing some of the stupidity we are finding in hunting and specifically waterfowling i.e., the biting of the duck bill, the pushing the bill of the duck into the shotgun, etc. A thought provoking discussion.Podcast is brought to you by:Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.comPladra: www.pladra.comCivilware: www.civilware.comSee more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cole Kramer is very well known in the hunting industry circles for his passion for hunting in Alaska - chasing goats, grizzlies, you name it, he chases it. Podcast is brought to you by:Dog and Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.comPladra: www.pladra.comCivilware: www.civilware.comSee more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices