Mule Deer Foundation - Talking Mule Deer Podcast
87 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★ - 22 ratingsTalking Mule Deer is the official podcast of the Mule Deer Foundation and covers mule deer and black-tailed deer biology, hunting, and conservation issues. Hosted by Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler, both passionate conservationist who bring a wealth of knowledge, humor and intrigue to mule deer conservation and help listeners underdstand what MDF does and what you can do to help mule deer.
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S6 E1 - Welcome Back Mule Deer Fans
July 13, 2023 17:48 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBWelcome Back! MDF Talking Mule Deer is back on the airwaves in 2023. The last 15 months have been a crazy time at MDF and a lot has happened in our quest to conserve black-tailed and mule deer and it's time to bring you all up to speed. This episode's Guest is MDF's President & CEO, Joel Pedersen, who visits with Steve and Jodi about the exciting times at MDF including a record setting mule deer tag. We cover the latest with MDF's conservation program, which has expanded rapidly, and highlig...
S5 E3 - Skullbound Chronicles with Jana Waller
April 20, 2022 16:57 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBWe are excited to have host of Skullbound Chronicles on CarbonTV, after a long absence! Jana is a Life member of MDF, a MDF Ambassador, and a newly appointed Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Game Commissioner. Those that have attended the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo will also likely recognize her from her hosting duties in recent years, or her painted or beaded skulls, donated to raise funds for conservation efforts. We spend time catching up on Jana's move to CarbonTV, her dedi...
S5 E2 - WCHE Recap, and MDF Social media
March 23, 2022 21:00 - 50 minutes - 91.5 MBSpring has sprung, and Talking Mule Deer is back with President/CEO Joel Pedersen, who takes time to discuss his first Western Conservation and Hunting Expo as the leader of MDF, and talks in-depth about the first annual Mule Deer Summit that was held at the WHCE. Big dollars were raised at the show, and Joel talks about how MDF will be utilizing those funds to accomplish work on the ground across the mule deer habitat range. We also take a few minutes to talk to MDF Outreach Coordinator J...
S5 E1 - Western Hunting & Conservation Expo with Ray Crow and MDF CEO Joel Pedersen
January 19, 2022 17:47 - 49 minutes - 45 MBInto 2022 we are racing, headed full steam into the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo! We get WHCE Director Ray Crow and MDF President/CEO Joel Pedersen on the record, talking all things Hunt Expo. WHCE is a huge fundraiser for wildlife conservation across the West, and we've got some new events, changes, and a breakdown of how MDF utilizes funds raised towards work on the ground that directly affect mule deer habitat. As he approaches his first anniversary as the head of the organization,...
S4 E14 - Wyoming Habitat Partnership Coordinator Nicole Reed, and Wyoming Updates
December 22, 2021 21:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBJust in time for your holiday travels, for our final episode for 2021 we are spending time checking our lists, and reviewing the work being accomplished in Wyoming. We chat with one of the newest MDF Biologists, Habitat Partnership Coordinator Nicole Reed on her work in WY and CO, and WY Regional Director Shawn Blajszczak gives an update on how to get your hands on some special edition Wyoming Whiskey, and other initiatives in the state.
S4 E13 – Mapping the Herd with AZ Biologists Lucas Olson and Jackson Miller
December 17, 2021 20:02 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBAs the year draws to a close we are headed to Arizona, to get updates on how GPS collar data is being utilized to determine how the Mule Deer Foundation accomplishes its project work. Lucas Olson, MDF/Arizona Cooperative Wildlife Biologist is a GIS and mapping specialist, giving us a rundown on how GPS collars are driving the next level of research on mule deer migration and habitat use, while Jackson Miller MDF/Arizona Cooperative Mule Deer Biologist shares how the data being collected, tur...
S4 E12 – Nevada Department of Wildlife Director Tony Wasley and Game Division Chief Mike Scott
November 04, 2021 15:52 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBToday we are headed to Nevada to check in on the status of the mule deer herd with Nevada Department of Wildlife Director and President of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Tony Wasley and Game Division Chief Mike Scott. Tony and Mike spend time discussing project work occurring in Nevada, how these projects are financed through auction tags, MDF Chapter Rewards, and grant funds provided by partner agencies. Any conversation about habitat health in Nevada also has to include the ...
Montana Mule Deer with MT Game Division Chief Brian Wakeling, and MDF Regional Director Chris Fortune - Season 4 Episode 11
September 22, 2021 16:57 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBWith Montana archery seasons already in process, and the rifle season racing up, we are going in-depth with MT Game Management Bureau Chief Brian Wakeling, and MDF’s MT Regional Director Chris Fortune. Brian details how weather conditions across the state will affect hunting opportunities, particularly the drought conditions and wildfires this summer, and Chris gets granular about how MDF is working to ensure a healthy herd in MT.
S4 E11 - Montana Mule Deer with MT Game Division Chief Brian Wakeling, and MDF Regional Director Chris Fortune
September 22, 2021 16:57 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBWith Montana archery seasons already in process, and the rifle season racing up, we are going in-depth with MT Game Management Bureau Chief Brian Wakeling, and MDF’s MT Regional Director Chris Fortune. Brian details how weather conditions across the state will affect hunting opportunities, particularly the drought conditions and wildfires this summer, and Chris gets granular about how MDF is working to ensure a healthy herd in MT.
S4 E10 - 2021 Range-wide Status of Black-Tailed and Mule Deer with Jim Heffelfinger and Joel Pedersen
August 26, 2021 15:43 - 1 hour - 59 MB2021 Range-wide Status of Black-Tailed and Mule Deer with Jim Heffelfinger and Joel Pedersen - Season 4 Episode 10 We are excited to bring you the 75th episode of Talking Mule Deer, and we could not think of better guests than MDF President/CEO Joel Pedersen, and Arizona Game and Fish Department Wildlife Science Coordinator Jim Heffelfinger to talk about the 2021 Range-wide Status of Black-Tailed and Mule Deer produced by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Mule Deer W...
S4 E9 - Randy Morrison MDF Habitat Partnership Coordinator
July 30, 2021 15:22 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBRandy Morrison, MDF California Habitat Partnership Coordinator - Season 4 Episode 9 After a little break from episodes, Talking Mule Deer is back with Randy Morrison, MDF’s Habitat Partnership Coordinator in California. Randy discusses his transition into this new role after being Regional Director for the state. Randy starts off telling us about a current project in the Stanislaus National Forest and details how MDF treatment processes mimic natural disturbances, creating exceptional ha...
S4 E8 - John Nosler Talks Nosler Ammo and the State of the Industry
June 09, 2021 18:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBJohn Nosler – Season 4 Episode 8 – June 9 On this episode of Talking Mule Deer, we are joined by Nosler Inc. President and COO John R. Nosler. John starts off with an overview of the history of Nosler and how his grandfather, truckdriver John A. Nosler, turned the first Nosler bullet out of spare car parts in the late 1940s, launching a family-owned and operated bullet manufacturing dynasty. John details how Nosler has grown from the first Partition bullet to a full-service ammunition produ...
S4 E7 - BYU Wildlife Ecology Lab with Professor Brock McMillan, Professor Randy Larsen, and Tabitha Hughes
May 18, 2021 22:33 - 1 hour - 111 MBThis episode of Talking Mule Deer features Brigham Young University wildlife researchers telling us about their mule deer studies in Utah. Brock and Randy, both avid mule deer hunters, are professors in the BYU Wildlife Ecology Lab and landed at the university 13 years ago when they applied for the same job—and both got hired! Brock and Randy discuss one of their early projects evaluating fawn mortality in the Monroe permit area by collaring fawns shortly after birth. This project gave them ...
S4 E6 - Conservation Crossing with Sam Soholt and Marshall Johnson
April 28, 2021 19:21 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBThis episode of Talking Mule Deer features our conversation with the co-founder of Public Land Tees, Sam Soholt. Sam tells us about how he got his start in the outdoor industry as a photographer and videographer, and about his modified school bus that he used as his base to hunt and raise awareness about public lands with an active social media presence. His journey to learn about conservation issues led him to come up with the Conservation Crossing tee - buy the shirt and you also get an an...
S4 E5 - New MDF President/CEO Joel Pedersen
April 14, 2021 17:28 - 50 minutes - 93 MBNew MDF President/CEO Joel Pedersen – Season 4 Episode 5 – April 14 Today we have our first Talking Mule Deer conversation with the Mule Deer Foundation’s new President/CEO, Joel Pedersen. Joel tells us about how he grew up hunting and fishing with his family and how a chance encounter on a boy scout camping trip in New Mexico led him to become a wildlife biologist. He describes his educational path and his early years in the wildlife profession before heading to the National Wild Turkey...
S4 E4 - Jason Matzinger Talks Shed Hunting, Off-Season Prep, and Hunting with Your Kids
March 12, 2021 18:59 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBJason Matzinger Talks Shed Hunting, Off-Season Prep, and Hunting with Your Kids – Season 4 Episode 4 – March 12 On this episode, we are talking with Jason Matzinger, host of Into High Country and an ambassador for the Mule Deer Foundation. Spring brings the chance to get back into the field looking for shed antlers and Jason describes how he uses shed hunting as a way to scout and learn about behavior. But we also talk about how spending time out on winter range when the deer and elk are al...
S4 E3 - Idaho Conservation Efforts with MDF state habitat coordinator, Jessie Shallow
February 25, 2021 17:38 - 45 minutes - 42 MBIdaho Conservation Efforts with MDF state habitat coordinator, Jessie Shallow – Season 4 Episode 3 Today we are talking with one of the new conservation staff for MDF, Jessie Shallow, who works through MDF and Idaho Fish and Game to coordinate habitat restoration projects in mule deer migration corridors and winter ranges identified within the Idaho State Action Plan. Jessie contributed the “Conservation Continues” story in the January issue of MDF magazine, but our conversation allows us ...
S4 E1 - MDF Magazine Redesign with Chet Hervey of the Northwoods Collective, and MDF’s COO Brian Fienhold
February 09, 2021 20:59 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBMDF Magazine Redesign with Chet Hervey of the Northwoods Collective, and MDF’s COO Brian Fienhold On this episode of Talking Mule Deer, we are visiting with the folks behind the recent redesign of the MDF Magazine that hit mailboxes last month. Brian Fienhold, MDF’s Chief Operating Officer describes how the relationship with the Northwoods Collective began and we hear directly from Northwoods Collective managing partner Chet Hervey. Chet describes his company and the work that they have do...
S4 E2 - MDF Magazine Redesign with Chet Hervey of the Northwoods Collective, and MDF’s COO Brian Fienhold
February 09, 2021 20:59 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBMDF Magazine Redesign with Chet Hervey of the Northwoods Collective, and MDF’s COO Brian Fienhold On this episode of Talking Mule Deer, we are visiting with the folks behind the recent redesign of the MDF Magazine that hit mailboxes last month. Brian Fienhold, MDF’s Chief Operating Officer describes how the relationship with the Northwoods Collective began and we hear directly from Northwoods Collective managing partner Chet Hervey. Chet describes his company and the work that they have do...
S4 E1 - Looking Back and Looking Forward, with Miles Moretti
January 19, 2021 19:09 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBIt’s been awhile! Hunting season and conservation projects kept us away from recording a podcast at the end of last year, but we’re hitting 2021 running with our favorite repeat guest, Miles Moretti. Today’s Talking Mule Deer podcast takes a look back at some of MDF’s accomplishments for 2020, even with the many curveballs that were thrown our way. We hear about the conservation and stewardship projects that MDF was involved in that were still able to happen. We also go over some of the cong...
S3 E16 - 2020 Mule Deer and Black-tailed Deer Rangewide Status
August 17, 2020 22:09 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB2020 Rangewide Status of Black-tailed and Mule Deer– Season 3 Episode 16 – August 17 Steve and Jodi visit with Jim Heffelfinger from the Arizona Game and Fish Department and Miles Moretti, President/CEO of MDF, about the recently released 2020 Range-wide Status of Black-tailed and Mule Deer. This report produced by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ (WAFWA) Mule Deer Working Group provides an overview of the current black-tailed and mule deer population status and genera...
S3 E15 - Pre-season Prep with Amy Ray and Chris Belinda
August 03, 2020 20:56 - 50 minutes - 45.2 MBPre-Season Prep with Amy Ray and Chris Belinda – Season 3 Episode 15 – August 3 Hunting season is just around the corner with archery hunts starting in just a few weeks, so this episode of Talking Mule Deer focuses on how to get ready for your hunt – particularly through the eyes of two friends from the East who come West to hunt. Amy Ray is the owner of Sisterhood of the Outdoors, a business that offers women’s only hunts across the country including a number of mule deer, elk, and prongho...
S3 E14 - Passage of the Great American Outdoor Act Live Show Recording
July 23, 2020 21:29 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBRelive Talking Mule Deer's first “live” podcast from Wednesday, July 22 in coordination with the final vote on the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) by the U.S. House of Representative . Join Steve and Jodi while they visited with their guests - MDF President Miles Moretti, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation President Jeff Crane, and Wildlife Mississippi Executive Director and Chair of the Boone and Crockett Club’s policy committee James Cummins, as the vote happened and ultimately passed...
S3 E13 - 4th of July Leadoff with MDF Director of Field Operations, Mike Laughter
June 30, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutes - 38.2 MBFourth of July Kickoff with MDF Director of Field Operations, Mike Laughter – Season 3 Episode 13 – June 30 As we head into the July 4th holiday weekend, Jodi and Steve talk to MDF’s director of field operations, Mike Laughter, to get an update on our field events and fundraising opportunities. Mike fills us in on what regional directors are doing with their chapters under state public health orders, and how they are working back into events and field work as some states have loosened restr...
S3 E12 - The Boone & Crockett Club's CEO, Tony Schoonen
June 18, 2020 06:00 - 30 minutes - 29.9 MBThe Boone and Crockett Club’s CEO, Tony Schoonen – Season 3 Episode 12 – June 18 This week, we are pleased to welcome our partner in conservation, Tony Schoonen the Chief Executive Officer of the Boone and Crockett Club. Tony gives us a little bit of the Club’s history and how it was founded by Theodore Roosevelt in 1887. He explains how the Club was started by “people of influence” and the bylaws today continue to have just 100 regular members, along with a strong group of professional mem...
S3 E11 - Responsive Management with Mark Duda
June 04, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutes - 35.6 MB“Human Dimensions” with Mark Duda – Season 3 Episode 11 – June 4 Today Steve and Jodi are talking to Mark Duda, one of the leading researchers studying what is known as the “human dimensions” of wildlife management. Mark explains what human dimensions is and why understanding the people side of conservation needs to be done in the same scientific process that drives the actual management of species. Mark’s firm, Responsive Management, conducts public interviews to get a better understanding...
S3 E10 - Mule Deer Memorial Day Marathon
May 22, 2020 06:00 - 42 minutes - 40.1 MBMule Deer Memorial Day Marathon – Season 3 Episode 10 – May 21 This is our 59th episode of Talking Mule Deer and we are encouraging our listeners to get on a Mule Deer Memorial Day Marathon. This week, Jodi and Steve are reflecting back on the two years of the TMD podcast and hoping listeners go back and binge listen to some of our favorite episodes. We revisit those early days of putting together our first interview with Miles Moretti, and how the podcast has grown and developed over the l...
S3 E9 - Wyoming with Ike Eastman and Shawn Blajsczak
May 05, 2020 20:16 - 34 minutes - 36 MBWyoming with Ike Eastman and Shawn Blajszczak – Season 3 Episode 9 – May 5 This episode features Steve talking with Ike Eastman, president and CEO of Eastmans’ Hunting Journals, and Mule Deer Foundation Wyoming regional director, Shawn Blajszczak. Ike tells us a little bit of history about how his grandfather and his father spent the “heyday” of mule deer wandering around Wyoming filming deer and other big game. With this perspective of three generations, Ike talks about what they see as th...
S3 E8 - Idaho Mule Deer with Idaho Fish and Game
April 27, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutes - 33.1 MBIdaho Mule Deer with Idaho Fish and Game – Season 3 Episode 8 – April 27 On this episode of Talking Mule Deer, Steve is talking with Daryl Meints, Idaho Department Fish and Game’s (IDFG) deer and elk coordinator, and Matt Pieron, IDFG’s Mule Deer Initiative Coordinator. We hear about Idaho’s new Mule Deer Management Plan that was recently completed. Matt and Daryl tell us about how they developed the plan and some of the issues, like hunter congestion, that they are attempting to tackle. Th...
S3 E7 - State fo MDF with President/CEO Miles Moretti
April 17, 2020 06:00 - 51 minutes - 46.6 MBState of MDF with President/CEO Miles Moretti – Season 3 Episode 7 – April 16 Today Steve and Jodi are talking with Miles Moretti, President/CEO of the Mule Deer Foundation (from the safety of our homes in three states). While we always try and do a “State of the Organization” interview with Miles, this one is particularly important as MDF grapples along with the rest of the world with how to function in the “new normal” created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The stay-at-home orders around the c...
S3 E5 - Understnding the Economics of Hunting and Shooting with Rob Southwick and Jim Curcuruto
March 31, 2020 20:53 - 29 minutes - 30.6 MBUnderstanding the Economics of Hunting and Shooting with Rob Southwick and Jim Curcuruto – Season 3 Episode 6 – March 30 This episode of Talking Mule Deer is focused helping to understand the economic impact of the hunting and shooting have on conservation and why that’s so important. Rob Southwick, a natural resource economist who runs Southwick Associates, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation's Jim Curcuruto talk about what they are doing to take participation and spending data and...
S3 E6 - Understnding the Economics of Hunting and Shooting with Rob Southwick and Jim Curcuruto
March 31, 2020 20:53 - 29 minutes - 30.6 MBUnderstanding the Economics of Hunting and Shooting with Rob Southwick and Jim Curcuruto – Season 3 Episode 6 – March 30 This episode of Talking Mule Deer is focused helping to understand the economic impact of the hunting and shooting have on conservation and why that’s so important. Rob Southwick, a natural resource economist who runs Southwick Associates, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation's Jim Curcuruto talk about what they are doing to take participation and spending data and...
S3 E5 - Mexican Mule Deer Hunt with Kryptek Outdoors Co-Founder, Butch Whiting
March 16, 2020 20:00 - 29 minutes - 30.6 MBMexican Mule Deer Hunt with Kryptek Outdoors Co-Founder, Butch Whiting – Season 3 Episode 5 – March 16 Today on Talking Mule Deer, Steve Belinda and Arizona Game & Fish Department’s Dr. Jim Heffelfinger are talking with Kryptek Outdoors Co-founder, Butch Whiting, about his quest for a gigantic mule deer buck down in Mexico. Butch talks about how this journey included 30 days of field time over three years in search of a free-range Sonoran Desert mule deer. He tells us what it’s like to hunt...
S3 E4 - Secretary of the Interior - David Bernhardt
March 02, 2020 06:00 - 12 minutes - 14.1 MBSecretary of the Interior David Bernhardt – Season 3 Episode 4 – March 2 This week, Steve Belinda and Miles Moretti are sitting down with the 53rd Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt, along with Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife president Troy Justensen at the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo. It’s Bernhardt’s first trip to the Expo and he talks about how impressed he is with the event. They talk about all that has been going on in the two years since Bernhardt’s predecessor signed ...
S3 E3 - National Wild Turkey Federation President/CEO - Becky Humphreys
February 17, 2020 06:00 - 32 minutes - 31.6 MBNational Wild Turkey Federation President/CEO Becky Humphries – Season 3 Episode 3 – February 17 On this episode of Talking Mule Deer, Steve and Jodi talk with one of the leading ladies of the conservation community – Becky Humphries, President and CEO of the National Wild Turkey Federation. Becky tells us how she got her start as a wildlife biologist ultimately working her way to lead the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. After leaving the state she spent several years running the ...
S3 E2 - 2020 Western Hunting & Conservation Expo with Miles Moretti and Rob Keck
February 07, 2020 06:00 - 22 minutes - 23.5 MBWestern Hunting & Conservation Expo with Rob Keck and Miles Moretti – Season 3 Episode 2 – February 7 Today we’re previewing the 2020 Western Hunting & Conservation Expo with MDF President/CEO Miles Moretti and Hunt Expo Master of Ceremonies Rob Keck. Hear about what’s new for this year and why 2020 should be the year that you come to Salt Lake for this incredible event. We talk about the exhibit hall and 200 tag drawing, and Miles tells us about some construction that’s going on near the S...
S3 E1 - National Conservation Policy Update with Miles Moretti and Jeff Crane
February 03, 2020 06:00 - 34 minutes - 37.2 MBCongressional Update with Jeff Crane and Miles Moretti – Season 3 Episode 1 – February 3 On our first episode of our third season, we’re talking with Jeff Crane and Miles Moretti to get an update on what happened in Congress and the Administration for sportsmen in 2019. We start by hearing about S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act – a compilation of many bills related to conservation and sportsmen’s priorities – that was enacted into law last year. A...
S2 E30 - Powderhook - Eric Dinger and Andrew McKean
November 25, 2019 14:00 - 33 minutes - 32.8 MBMDF Podcast - Talking Mule Deer with Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler S2 E30 - Eric Dinger with Powderhook and Outdoor Life Hunting Editor Andrew McKean This week on Talking Mule Deer, we are visiting with Eric Dinger and Andrew McKean about mentoring new hunters. We open by talking with Andrew about his journey as a conservation journalist – as well as his journey to live in “the middle of nowhere” in Glasgow, Montana. Then Eric tells us about Powderhook, the technology company he founded t...
S2 E29 - Ron & Betsy Spomer of Ron Spomer Outdoors
November 11, 2019 14:00 - 31 minutes - 31.3 MBMDF Podcast - Talking Mule Deer with Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler S2 E29 - Ron and Betsy Spomer of Ron Spomer Outdoors This week we are honored to have the incredible Ron Spomer and his wife Betsy talking mule deer with us. Ron has been a nationally known outdoor writer for decades and he tells us about how he got his start in the industry. We talk about the history of conservation and that we are now facing a lot of challenges in our efforts to protect the wildlife and outdoors that we ...
S2 E28 - Talking Arizona with Jim Heffelfinger and Jake Jaeger
October 28, 2019 14:00 - 25 minutes - 26.1 MBMDF Podcast - Talking Mule Deer with Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler S2 E28 -Talking Arizona with Jim Heffelfinger and Jake Jaeger This week we’re talking with Arizona Game & Fish Department’s Jim Heffelfinger and the MDF cooperative wildlife biologist, Jake Jaeger. First, we get an introduction to Jake who is working with Arizona Game & Fish helping with mule deer conservation through a partnership with the Mule Deer Foundation. Jake and Jim then talk about how Arizona is a different place...
S2 E27 - Outdoor Writer - Jim Zumbo
October 14, 2019 14:00 - 26 minutes - 23.5 MBMDF Podcast - Talking Mule Deer with Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler S2 E27 - Outdoor Writer -Jim Zumbo On this episode of Talking Mule Deer we are honored to talk to renowned outdoor writer, Jim Zumbo. Jim tells us about how he began his career working on forestry in Utah and as a forester/game warden at West Point, NY, before heading back to Utah as a wildlife biologist for the Bureau of Land Management. Jim wrote his first article for Outdoor Life in 1966 and he received an offer from th...
S2 E26 - Bureau of Land Management Wildlife Progarm Lead - Frank Quaman
September 30, 2019 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBMDF Podcast - Talking Mule Deer with Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler S2 E26 - Bureau of Land Management Wildlife Program Today Jodi, Steve and Miles Moretti talk with Frank Quammen, national wildlife program lead with the Bureau of Land Management. We learn a little bit about what the BLM is and what it’s overarching multiple-use and sustained yield management objective means. Frank also talks about how the wildlife program staff work to ensure that wildlife conservation considerations int...
S2 E25 North American Non-Lead Partnership
September 16, 2019 14:00 - 24 minutes - 24.3 MBMDF Podcast - Talking Mule Deer with Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler S2 E25 - North American Non-Lead Partnership Today’s episode of Talking Mule Deer features a conversation with the North American Non-Lead Partnership’s Leland Brown (Oregon Zoo) and Chris Parish (The Peregrine Fund). The partnership’s two main functions are to preserve our wildlife conservation and hunting heritage at the same time. They are helping to share information about non-lead alternatives in ammunition for hunte...
S2 E25 - North American Non-Lead Partnership
September 16, 2019 14:00 - 24 minutes - 24.3 MBMDF Podcast - Talking Mule Deer with Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler S2 E25 - North American Non-Lead Partnership Today’s episode of Talking Mule Deer features a conversation with the North American Non-Lead Partnership’s Leland Brown (Oregon Zoo) and Chris Parish (The Peregrine Fund). The partnership’s two main functions are to preserve our wildlife conservation and hunting heritage at the same time. They are helping to share information about non-lead alternatives in ammunition for hunte...
S2 E24 - MDF Women Board Members, Kirsti Pike and Kelli Poole
September 02, 2019 14:00 - 36 minutes - 34.5 MBMDF Podcast - Talking Mule Deer with Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler S2 E24 - MDF’s Women Board Members, Kirstie Pike and Kelli Poole This episode of Talking Mule Deer features two of MDF’s board members, and the two ladies of the board – Kirstie Pike, founder of Prois Hunting Apparel, and Kelli Poole. We learn a little bit about how Kirstie, a nurse by training, decided to launch one of the first performance hunting apparel companies designed for the female hunter. Kelli, a wildlife biolo...
S2 E23 - Utah Mule Deer Conservation
August 19, 2019 14:00 - 21 minutes - 20.7 MBMDF Podcast - Talking Mule Deer with Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler S2 E23 Utah Mule Deer Conservation with MDF Volunteer Darren West and Utah DWR’s Covy Jones We are talking this week to MDF’s volunteer habitat conservation coordinator in Utah Darren West, and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resource’s big game coordinator Covy Jones about the collaborative work to improve and increase mule deer habitat in the state of Utah. These partners are working to share MDF’s Chapter Rewards generat...
S2 E22 - Identical Draw Outdoors
August 05, 2019 14:00 - 18 minutes - 19.5 MBMDF Podcast - Talking Mule Deer with Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler S2 E22 - Identical Draw Today on Talking Mule Deer we visit with Thomas and Nathan Krick, identical twins from Lincoln, Nebraska who produce an online outdoor television program known as Identical Draw. Their first season was featured on Carbon TV and the second season is available on Bear Archery’s Youtube Channel. The brothers grew up hunting and learned film production through Heartland Bowhunter’s film school. As outd...
S2 E21 - Federal Premium Ammunition
July 22, 2019 14:00 - 25 minutes - 25.4 MBMDF Podcast - Talking Mule Deer with Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler S2 E21 - Ryan Bronson and Jon Zinnel, Federal Premium Ammunition On this episode of Talking Mule Deer, Steve and Jodi are talking with Federal Premium Ammunition’s Ryan Bronson and Jon Zinnel. Ryan has served for six years on the MDF Board of Directors and, prior to joining Federal, Jon was MDF’s director of youth programs and helped to launch our M.U.L.E.Y. program. Jon tells us about how Federal Premium is helping youth ...
S2 E20 - Dan Harrison - Celebrity Guide with Harrison's Hunting
July 08, 2019 14:00 - 26 minutes - 25.2 MBMDF Podcast - Talking Mule Deer with Steve Belinda and Jodi Stemler S2 E 20 - Celebrity Guide, Dan Harrison with Harrison’s Hunting This week we have our first co-host – MDF President/CEO Miles Moretti – and we’re talking with MDF board member and celebrity guide, Dan Harrison with Harrison’s Hunting. Dan talks about how he got started by doing private land timber management and habitat improvements which led to opportunities to guide hunters on these properties. He got his start on outdo...
S2 E19 - Kryptek Outdoors Founder - Butch Whiting
June 28, 2019 14:00 - 33 minutes - 27.5 MBS2 E19 - Butch Whiting, Kryptek Outdoors Today we are talking to Butch Whiting, co-founder of the hunting and tactical apparel manufacturer Kryptek. Butch served in Iraq and Afghanistan flying Army Attack helicopters and he and his junior officer Josh Cleghorn would spend down time dreaming about being back in the U.S. hunting. Their vision was to spiral the features and functions of special operations apparel into the civilian hunting world. He tells us how they put together their busines...