Dr. Ellen Candler on Those 'Offal' Gut Piles

Dr. Ellen Candler's career track in predator biology is full of riveting stories -- from trapping a mountain lion under the famous 'Hollywood' sign outside LA, to working on cougar and wolf studies in Yellowstone. Candler has always been interested in how added resources influence the wildlife in their vicinity -- whether it's a hunter's bait pile for bears, or a leftover gut pile from someone's deer kill.
2:00 A how-to on freezing morels
5:00 First-time hunting emotions
6:00 Remembering wolf introductions as a child growing up in Idaho
7:00 Predator field work outside LA (like riiight under the famous 'Hollywood' sign)
10:00 Work as a cougar/wolf field tech
12:00 When you say "hey bear!" and a bear pops its head up #whoa
15:00 Becoming a mother... defending your PhD... #nbd
17:00 Does wolf behavior change when bear bait piles are available?
22:00 ...so, where DO you get wolf urine?
25:00 Diabetic bears 
30:00 The Offal Wildlife Watching Project ... which scavengers are the gut-eaters?
33:00 The longevity of gut piles as a food source varies depending on the season
37:00 Every time something dies, it's a resource pulse for the surrounding environment (hunters = gut piles)
43:00 Residual lead from ammunition + public education
48:00 "Hunters need to realize that what they're leaving on the landscape is eaten by other things"
Ellen is always happy to take more hunter volunteers for Offal Wildlife Watching. Current research is focused in Minnesota, but if you’re outside the state and are interested in participating, reach out to Ellen: [email protected]
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Dr. Ellen Candler's career track in predator biology is full of riveting stories -- from trapping a mountain lion under the famous 'Hollywood' sign outside LA, to working on cougar and wolf studies in Yellowstone. Candler has always been interested in how added resources influence the wildlife in their vicinity -- whether it's a hunter's bait pile for bears, or a leftover gut pile from someone's deer kill.

2:00 A how-to on freezing morels

5:00 First-time hunting emotions

6:00 Remembering wolf introductions as a child growing up in Idaho

7:00 Predator field work outside LA (like riiight under the famous 'Hollywood' sign)

10:00 Work as a cougar/wolf field tech

12:00 When you say "hey bear!" and a bear pops its head up #whoa

15:00 Becoming a mother... defending your PhD... #nbd

17:00 Does wolf behavior change when bear bait piles are available?

22:00 ...so, where DO you get wolf urine?

25:00 Diabetic bears 

30:00 The Offal Wildlife Watching Project ... which scavengers are the gut-eaters?

33:00 The longevity of gut piles as a food source varies depending on the season

37:00 Every time something dies, it's a resource pulse for the surrounding environment (hunters = gut piles)

43:00 Residual lead from ammunition + public education

48:00 "Hunters need to realize that what they're leaving on the landscape is eaten by other things"

Ellen is always happy to take more hunter volunteers for Offal Wildlife Watching. Current research is focused in Minnesota, but if you’re outside the state and are interested in participating, reach out to Ellen: [email protected]

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