Episodes
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A problem wildlife officer by day, Ben Brochu is a person who is passing his love for the outdoors onto his young children, it is obvious from the first 2 minutes of this conversation just how passionate he is about preserving our heritage and wildlife in perpetuity.
Spending 5 months with 6 people on a sailboat doesn't seem like it is for everyone, but listen to Ben tell how they made it work and how it furthered that desire to connect with the outdoors, and himself.
From how Hinterland Outdoors came to be, to where it is now- this is a fun conversation that gets back to basics on the 'why' we choose to immerse ourselves so deeply into the outdoors
Listen to how he talks about what promised to be a near-death situation when down to 3 matches in the dead of winter, this is a conversation that will have you hooked start to finish.
Find Hinterland Outdoors on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
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Les Stroud is someone that needs no introduction. Steve gets to sit down for an hour with the one and only Survivorman.
A survival expert, filmmaker and musician, Les spent a year in the Canadian wilderness in 1994. where he and his wife built and equipped a winter cabin using an axe, a modern bow, and a trapper's tin wood stove. They hunted and foraged off the landscape, and relied on moose and beaver meat as well as other wild edibles.
The conversation goes from Les' experience as a hunting guide, to his time before Survivorman, to how important it is to be mentally strong in the bush- this is a fun conversation behind the scenes.
Find us wherever you podcast!
Check out Les' Youtube Channel.
https://www.youtube.com/c/SurvivormanLesStroud
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Steve and Jann welcome Bri Van Scotter of Wilderness to Table to the show for Episode 18.
Bri created Wilderness to Table a few years ago while she was an Executive Chef, and quickly realized she wanted a connection to her food and to inspire people to eat better.
From her first encounter butchering her own food and the circle of life, to her furry sidekick, this conversation stays light, even when the subject can be a bit heavy. Her plans for this fall, to the new announcement of the Wilderness to Table and 1Campfire collaboration, you won't want to miss this chat.
Steve and Bri have a close friendship that will no doubt show in this fun episode, as they touch on exactly why Bri chose to get into hunting, and why she continues to be such a passionate believer in that connection.
Find Wilderness to Table on Carbon TV!
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Steve and JP have a great chat with John Legnard, Brewmaster for Blue Moon Beer.
John is a self-proclaimed sheep hunter, conservationist and raffle addict who calls Colorado home.
We delve into a ton of different conversations from how it worked to be an adult-onset hunter, to what it’s like to live at an altitude of almost 2 miles above sea-level. A memorable antelope hunt and a tire blow out, as well and his thoughts on wearing camouflage as much as possible add a ton to a great conversation we are sure you will love.
John’s perspective on why it’s important to give back to conservation the way he does, and why hunting is so important to him and the mentorship aspect that runs deep within makes an hour just fly by.
Find us wherever you podcast.
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Steve and JP get a chance to chat with the man who got JP into sheep hunting, Dr. Christian Schadendorf.
Christian is a recently retired forest economist and Registered Professional Forester, with decades of professional experience in B.C. and Germany.
He returned to Germany 10 years ago after living in BC for years, and has a deep knowledge of how wildlife is managed there and gives his thoughts on successes versus failures and how we need to move the dial to do better for all species here in British Columbia.
This conversation goes from personal stories to why it's important to put a value on wildlife to ensure it thrives in perpetuity.
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Steve and JP sit down with Madeline (Madie) Demaske and have an in-depth chat about her journey from childhood to where she is now at the age of 27.
If you listened to common place labels, Madie would be the last person you would think would be a hunter. However, she smashes those stereotypes. Articulate and well-spoken, she is an Attorney specializing in international conservation law.
You will learn what changed her life at the age of 12, to what a pinky promise means in their family to what she learned during COVID.
Listen for that long pause at the end where Madie must compile her thoughts. This is not an editing error, but one we intentionally left in to show the emotion and pause she must take before articulating her response.
This is a great episode that we are sure you will love, as you hear firsthand what that connection means to her on a spiritual, emotional, and physical level.
Find us wherever you podcast.
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Steve and JP sit down with Dr. Cori Lausen of the Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada.
Dr. Lausen is a bat research and conservation biologist whose program focuses largely on a science-based response to white-nose syndrome, a catastrophic disease impacting bats in North America, with 3 main tools: inventory and monitoring, disease prevention, and mitigation research.
We see the parallels in these furry mammals as we do in large game in North America. There are problems with inventory, disease and largely funding.
Did you know that bats can SEE, and some even see colour? There goes ‘blind as a bat’.
This is a fascinating listen that is not only educational, but fun.
Find us wherever you podcast, and check out her work at http://batsrus.ca/
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Steve and JP welcome Joe and Kristen Eppele to this episode.
Joe and Kristen have been supporters of 1Campfire since day 1, and we finally got a chance to sit down with them to talk about why.
The conversation goes from both of their beginnings and how they got into hunting to the inevitable questions of why they hunt and why they don’t shy away from the controversy that comes along with it.
We chat about their new ‘hunting partner’ with their 6 month old son and why they feel it’s important to bring him up in the outdoors and around hunting, what it’s like to have a 6’8 300 pound pack mule, to Joes dress and shoe size.
This is a fun episode we are sure you will love.
Check out Joe on his show The Edge, and find Kristen on Instagram at Hunting Holistic Co.
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A vegetarian and a hunter. On the surface, you may think that there would be no more contrasting sets of values.
What if they got married?
Steve and JP sit down for a discussion with Steph Nikas about how that dynamic looks in their household. Steph, a long-time vegetarian going back to high school, married a hunter.
How would they get along? How would they raise a child? And how remarkably similar are hunters and vegetarians?
This episode covers a lot of ground in an hour, and hopefully will shed some light on how hunters and vegetarians value-systems are not so different.
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Find us on social media at 1Campfire, and wherever you podcast!
www.1campfire.com
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Could you live for 365 days only on things you have caught, grown, or raised?
Chris and Stef did exactly that and have continued to do so on their property on Pender Island, off the coast of Vancouver Island.
Steve and JP get a chance to talk to them about the journey they are on, how it came to be, why they continue to do it and what it’s like to live in a small town with a ton of eyes on you to make sure you are not cheating on your commitment!
This is a fun episode that we are sure you will enjoy.
Find us wherever you podcast and find Lovin’ off the Land on social media!
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/lovinofftheland
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Lovinofftheland
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Have you ever wanted to learn to forage for mushrooms?
Give this episode a listen as Steve and JP sit down with Tyson Ehlers, RPBio and fungi expert- or is it ‘fun guy’, or ‘fun- gee’? Tyson goes over this and so much more in this fun episode.
They discuss Tysons background and how he turned it from foraging as a kid into a life-long addiction.
This conversation flies by and will leave you with a ton of knowledge about what makes our forests tick. (Sorry Taina)
Tyson is a forest ecologist and professional biologist from the Slocan Valley. He has been fascinated by fungi for most of his life, from his childhood foraging for shaggy manes with his mother to a university student’s natural curiosity in psychedelic mushrooms that grew around Vancouver, to commercial picking wild edible mushrooms such as chanterelles, pines, and morels. He has dabbled in home cultivation of various species and is an avid forager, collecting mushrooms for the table.
Tyson teaches wild mushroom identification and guides wild mushroom forays. His professional interests are now mostly focused on studying the diversity and ecology of fungi in BC and he has conducted numerous mycological inventory and research projects for over 20 years. His work has contributed to protecting wild mushroom habitat and bringing recognition to mushrooms as an important non-timber resource in forest resource management planning.
He has authored several mycological publications and co-authored a local guidebook, Mushrooms to Look for in the Kootenays. He has an extensive fungal herbarium and library of fungi photos that have been featured in various publications.
Tyson is an adventurer and used to spend his time flying hang gliders and white-water kayaking but these days he gets his thrills in finding a new mushroom or slime mould species for the area. He is most happy when he is crawling around the forest sopping wet with his canine companions, filling baskets with all sorts of mushrooms, photographing and documenting the biodiversity of British Columbia.
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‘I saw the barrel pointed at me, and then heard a bang… my body goes numb, ringing in my ears, completely motionless as my dad runs over and picks me up and carries me out of the woods..”
Josh Carney has faced adversity since being shot and paralyzed during a tragic hunting accident at the age of 13 by his father, but he has not let that stop him from pursuing his dreams.
Steve and JP get a chance to catch up with the ‘Son of the South’ to hear his journey from his accident, to present day. From catfish noodling to bucket list hunts, to how to make $30,000 a month as an influencer, we dive into it!
Josh is also known as the “The Original Natural Caller”- in this episode, you will hear why!
This episode is full of laughs and shows the diversity and camaraderie us as hunters share around the world as we connect through stories, conversation and commonalities.
Find us on social media at 1Campfire, and check Josh out at Son of the South on Instagram and Facebook.
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Hunting as a management tool.
That phrase alone is enough to invoke controversy, however when you apply the scientific lens to it, it is a phrase that is proven true time and time again around the world.
Bear Trust International is an organization that advocates for the sound wildlife management of all species, with a particular focus on bears.
British Columbia alone has an estimated population of 160,000 black bears, making it the highest concentration in North America. B.C has a regulated hunting season, where licenses are required, and bag limits are enforced. There is a mandatory meat removal, and bears are sought after for food, and contrary to some messaging- are delicious and fill a lot of freezers.
Steve and JP have a conversation with Logan Young, Executive Director of Bear Trust International and dispel some myths and hopefully will enlighten just what hunting means to them.
Please listen with an open mind and join the conversation around our Campfire.
Check them out at
https://www.beartrust.org/
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When we say ‘Vegan Eggs’, is there such a thing ?
Carla Brauer is not just a former vegan, but a former vegan activist.
Steve and JP sit down with her to hear the fascinating story of her journey and how ‘vegan eggs’ changed her outlook on hunting.
Carla calls Oregon home, and has done a 180 degree turn from her previous way of life, and is now not only a hunter- but also a taxidermist who feels closer than ever to wildlife and the outdoors.
This is an incredible listen that will open your eyes to how similar hunters, and non-hunters truly are.
Check out her taxidermy work here.
https://dermestidarium.com/
And her TED talk here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_U0Wpx9hmI
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Being born and raised in India, moving to Vancouver at the age of 15 and now 20 years later a Senior Financial Analyst for a multi-billion dollar corporation, Deep Sidhu is not what a large number would classify as fitting into the hunting stereotype.
Steve and JP sit down with him for an hour around our virtual campfire to discuss his journey from childhood that brought him into the hunting world.
This is a great episode with a lot of laughs and some great stories we are sure you will love.
Make sure to hit that subscribe button wherever you podcast, and thanks for tuning in to the Campfire Conversations!
www.1campfire.com
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What could a person that attempted Mount Everest and made it to 26,000 feet before being forced down, an ultralight backpacker that is working their way through the Continental Divide Trail, an Optometrist and a Hunter have in common?
You may be surprised that they are the same person
For years, there has been a stereotype around hunting, and hunters. We go beyond face value. We are not as different as you may think
1Campfire is about sustainability, connection, and tradition
We are about breaking molds, smashing stereotypes and inclusivity
We strive to bring commonalities between hunters and non-hunters to the forefront, and to bridge the gap that for too long has divided us
Please feel free to pull up a seat at our Campfire, and to bring your questions forward
We would love to have you join us
Welcome to our Campfire -
When you think of a hunter..
Does Taina fit the mold?
For years, there has been a stigma that surrounds those that choose to harvest their own protein, for those that choose to live off the land in a way that is completely sustainable, renewable and has minimal impact.
In times like COVID, we are incredibly lucky to be able to rely on Mother Nature’s bounty.
Respect, reverence, tradition.
When someone asks “Why”, take the opportunity to engage and enlighten.
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This episode is taken from our Talk is Sheep series. This was such a great interview, we felt that it would be prudent to repurpose it to our 1Campfire audience.
This is a fascinating listen, as they dive deep into her story. We are sure it will grab you too.
Tidwell, a non-hunter deeply troubled by the concept of hunting some of Africa’s most exotic wildlife, finds herself a reluctant sidekick on an epic 21-day hunting safari. Largely through a close friendship developed during the course of the safari with a young female game scout named Lilian, her eyes were opened to the complex and multi-faced issues of African wildlife conservation and the rural people of Africa.
An adventure. An awakening. A journey to understanding African wildlife conservation.
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Steve and JP welcome Hunter Lampreau to the show. Hunter currently works as the Wildlife Strategic Coordinator for Qwelminte Secwepemc. Alongside this, he has been participating in the Together for Wildlife Forum since its initiation as a co-chair. Connecting to the landscape as an avid hunter, fisher, forager, and geology nerd has nurtured Hunter’s passion to conserve either untouched, or heavily impacted ancestral lands and their inhabitants and has led him to an interest in environmental policy. Hunter is also featured in an upcoming “I Hunt” video for 1Campfire. This is a great episode that we are sure you will enjoy, and take away some new appreciation for what Together for Wildlife is.
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That evening at 9:50 pm Louis L’amour had me enthralled in a tale so I kept reading, about 30 minutes later I heard something.
The beat of heavy footprints.
Thu..Thump, Thu…thump, Thu… Thump, Thu.. Thump
And the Sound of huffing
Hufffff Huf, Huffff Huf, Hufff Huf, Huffff Huf as the footsteps fell
The nightmare was just beginning- and he was awake.
Ken Scown recounts his story of being attacked by a grizzly bear in his tent in 2009.
What a way to bring the first episode of Campfire Conversations to life!
