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On this episode Kevin welcomes Ralph Christensen.
Ralph worked as a animal damage control hunter in Arizona for about 5 years. Ralph tells us all about how he got into it, details of the job and some of the pluses and minuses of the job.
He covers training, tactics and equipment used, we talk about traps, hunting, and other early methods and the pluses and minuses of each.
Ralph also gets into some detail about the specifics in terms of the hunting side of it, which was most commonly used, including equipment, camouflage, set ups and more.
We talk a bit about aerial hunting, caliber and ammunition choices, different species they targeted, why they targeted them, hand calls used vs ecalls, patterning coyotes, coyotes vs cats, hunting solo vs with others, hunting out west vs here in MI, seasonal demand for his services, and his thoughts on them closing our season here in MI, deer management hunting and more.

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This week, Josh and Kevin have our own "fireside chat"
We talk a bit about grilling, cooking wild game, including how do you like your venison cooked? medium, med rare, or fresh off the carcass, and the potential dangers of eating some game meats.
We then move on to discussing, again, the new Michigan coyote hunting season and the regs associated with damage control and how its written.
We then move on to talking about some recent hunts, including Josh taking out a recent guest from the podcast and how that hunt went.
Kevin asks Josh about his observations so far on his new optics from Predator Thermal Optics, discussing the features of both the scanner and scope and Josh's thoughts on them. Then we talk about our thoughts on different optics thermal sensors and our thoughts on each one from 160 to 640 and 1280 in regards to what is practical vs what is affordable, and how base magnification makes a difference on effective use depending on the end users anticipated usage.
Josh then asks Kevin about strategies for once our season starts back up in July, and we talk about what we expect to see in terms of sounds and what kind of reactions we expect with them having a 3 month or so "quiet time"
We discuss using certain sounds, and our experiences with them and times we've heard the coyotes coming to the call, meaning having them so close you can hear them running or walking into the call.
We discuss various tactics for hunting summer time in regards to terrain, and the challenges and advantages of crop fields.
Then we switch gears and talk about fishing plans for this summer, then go back into talking about cooking...fish, using an air fryer vs a regular deep fryer for various foods.
And lastly we finish up by talking about fishing at night, and getting back into trail riding with the kids on bikes.
Little bit of everything this week

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This week we have a fireside chat with Josh, Kevin, Joe Davis and Matt Raysin of Generations to Hunt podcast.
We talk about a little bit of everything, starting with talking about a new rifle that Kevin won this year from Rock River Arms, and what to NOT do with a new rifle.
Then we move on to some deer hunting, discussing traditional bows, and other bow hunting info like saddles and stands that the guys have used.
We hear Matts background in the outdoors, we talk hunting dogs for rabbits and rabbit hunting, then get into some turkey hunting talk.
We discuss the news about the wolf shot here in lower MI recently.
And lastly we talk about the recent change in coyote hunting here in MI and everyone's thoughts on it.
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On this episode Kevin is joined by Buck Wells and Mark Kayser.
Mark, in his own words, is ".. just an “average Joe” blessed with an exciting career", who has done everything from writing and photography to promotions and then into marketing and TV shows, all about hunting and the outdoors.
Mark was born is South Dakota, and now resides in Wyoming where he hunts and continues his work, with a lot of Big game, bird hunting and predator hunting. He tells us about his dog that joins him for shed hunting and predator hunting.
Mark runs down how he started and his path to where he is now, Mark writes for such publications as Grand View Outdoors, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, American Hunter, Outdoor Life, BowHunter, North American Whitetail, National Wild Turkey Federation.
He tells us about how article ideas are created, working with editors and digital vs print writing as well as some of the challenges involved in the process.
He tells us about working with video production including working with deer and deer hunting TV, and a series of youtube programs.
Mark tells us about self filming vs having a camera man in the field with him and the challenges and experiences of each. He also talks about hunting set ups while making good video especially with a bow.
Buck and Mark and I also discuss eating wild game, what we like and some tips on preparation.
We also briefly discuss Mark and Bucks thoughts on coyote hunting, including their thoughts on the new limited season here in MI, how predator hunting is more of a management tool anymore vs the money making endeavor it used to be.
We then talk with Mark about his experiences predator hunting, the gear he uses, tactics and thoughts on using decoys.

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This week on the Overdrive outdoors podcast, Josh and Kevin are joined by Tony Tebbe and Josh Smith.
Josh had responded to a post we made on Michigan Coyote hunting outdoors facebook group to have the opportunity to speak directly with Tony, Josh and Kevin to ask questions to try to up his chances in the field.
We start by talking about the past weekends hunt with Josh Mapes, Kevin and Dave from Razor Broadheads.
The we get right into it by hearing Josh's current state of hunting, the struggles he has had, help and experiences he has had with other hunters in his area.
We talk about the excitement factor of predator hunting and Tony tells us how he decided to get into guiding.
We discuss WHY we enjoy predator hunting, thought processes behind coyote hunting, "don't think like a person, think like a coyote", geographical differences based on terrain, and how to play various ground.
Using decoys, both motion and "coyote" styles, coyote senses, sight, hearing, smell, vocalizations and what some of them mean and sound like, call placement, hand calls vs ecalls, different methods of getting some of the harder to get ones, times of year with the most activity, and times we don't want to get out there as much, amount of time on set, sound volume, using the terrain for your set up and more.

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This week we bring you an important episode in regards to the hunting and fishing future here in Michigan, but this isn't just a Michigan battle, this trend is spreading across the country.
Merle Jones, from the MTPCA, joins us again as we talk about what happened at last week's NRC meeting.
The DNRC voted to put a season back on coyotes after we've had a year round season since 2016.
That is a poor choice for managing these predators in Michigan, but bigger than that is WHY they made that decision. It was not based on science as proposal G requires, but was based on "Social science" better known as "feelings and emotions".
We talk about the specifics of what happened at the meeting, and what can be done to ensure that, in the future, decisions on how our wildlife resources are managed are based on facts and science.
This is very important information and a battle we need to win, not just in Michigan but everywhere across the country.

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