Food Afield Podcast with John Schneider

This year, a little confused about the need versus the want to bowhunt, John's season gets a very late start. This was partly by design though. It was fun to have a week of bowhunting to look forward to, and I suspect that it will be replicated in future seasons. This concentrated effort was slightly thwarted by some extreme weather that blew in for the last 4 days. This episode is also a bit of a breakthrough with recording in the field during a hunt. This is the first time I've recorded content while in the treestand or ground blind. The wind wreaked some havoc on the audio quality from time to time, but some new kit has been ordered from Germany that should take care of that issue moving forward. Thank you to the folks who've chosen to support the show through the subscription of Food Afield membership. You can achieve member benefits too by visiting www.foodafieldpodcast.com Your membership helps us grow the show and produce better content. It is greatly appreciated and we're committed to increasing member benefits over time to show our thanks.

A simple little episode that I recorded while preparing my mule deer buck for a so-called "euro mount". This is the second time I've performed this home taxidermy procedure. The first time was under the excellent tutelage of Kevin Kossowan while cleaning my big whitetail buck last year. That skull turned out amazing. Since recording this episode of the Food Afield Podcast, I've come across many knowledgeable folks who have different ways of cleaning the skulls, which I think is wonderful! I hope I never grow tired of learning new skills and different ways of accomplishing tasks. This episode should not be considered a how-to, but perhaps more of a "how-I". This week I will post some photos on the member's feed article so you can have a better idea of what I am trying to explain in the audio. At any rate, I hope you enjoy the show! Don't forget to sign up for the member's feed at foodafieldpodcast.com Members enjoy several benefits including ad-free and member-exclusive episodes along with blog articles and recipes. We're not finished with ideas to enhance the membership experience, so hang on for that! Join today for less than the cost of a latte per month.

The last day and night at the Grasslands Shack for Kevin and John. This episode focuses on Kevin's success with his antlerless draw tag. A very long stalk ends in a great way for us!This episode has a lot of chat about age-class choices regarding targeting animals for food outcomes. You also get to listen in on our typical morning routine when we're in the field, but this time, we're freezing cold!This will be the last episode of the grasslands series for 2022, so I hope you enjoyed hearing about our prairie adventures this past fall. Please check out the member's feed over at foodafieldpodcast.com There are some great benefits to being a member, not the least of which is that you will be helping the show to continue, and grow. This episode is brought to you by our friends over at Folding Mountain Brewery, Kitchen, and Taproom. Folding Mountain is located near the gates of the world-famous Jasper National Park in Alberta Canada. My favourite is their lager, which recently won a gold medal at the 2022 Alberta Beer Awards!

Part two of the Mule Deer expedition continues in this episode of the Food Afield Podcast. Kevin and John are in the grasslands and the blizzard hits hard! The temperatures plummet to minus 18 degrees Celsius, but that doesn't matter too much. There are two deer, including John's big buck, skinned and hanging in the shack, and the woodstove is working hard. This episode continues John's story on the first morning and picks up as the doe and the big buck are headed straight towards him. Kevin and John re-tell the story that evening while the blizzard howls and cocktails are poured. They also tell about Kevin's whitetail gift as they were loading up John's buck! The Food Afield Podcast now offers Membership benefits! For less than the cost of a latte per month, you can help the show to continue and grow. Members receive exclusive recipes, how-to articles, and behind-the-scenes stories that don't come across on the episodes themselves. These articles and stories are located on the blog. Additional benefits include downloadable Member's Episodes that are ad-free and otherwise unavailable on the regular listening platforms. This episode is brought to you by Folding Mountain Brewery. The brewery, taphouse, and kitchen are located near the gates of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. Visit the Food Afield Podcast website for great member-only benefits! We're also over at Instagram, Vero and Twitter! #foodafieldpodcast

This episode of the Food Afield Podcast finds John and Kevin in the newly established Grasslands Shack where they are looking for both antlered and antlerless mule deer.Kevin has spent a good deal of time and energy getting the shack set up on some property in the grasslands where his family has hunted since he was young. This was our second visit to the shack and we installed the chimney for the woodstove, just ahead of an incoming blizzard. This episode begins inside the shack, a wood fire crackling in the background, with the guys chatting about wild food and Folding Mountain Brewery beer. The conversation turns to mule deer hunting before too long though and suddenly we are in the field with John as he first encounters the big mule deer buck! This hunt will continue over a few episodes. It was a great trip and we are so glad to share it with you! This episode is sponsored by Folding Mountain Brewery. The award-winning beer they produce is served around Alberta. The taproom and kitchen are located at the gates of Jasper National Park. Their Lager recently won the gold medal at the Alberta Beer Awards and has been John's favourite beer for a couple of years now. If you are interested in sponsoring an episode of the Food Afield Podcast, please contact John directly at: john@foodafieldpodcast.comVisit the Food Afield Podcast website for great member-only benefits! We're also over at Instagram, Vero and Twitter! #foodafieldpodcast

The 50th episode of the Food Afield Podcast. Happy Halloween! This episode finds Kevin Kossowan and me in the familiar surroundings of the northern boreal forest. We've decided to multi-task with some wild food ingredient procurement this day. It is a long day, many hours, and many kilometers of hiking, but we accomplish a few things. The first task is for Kevin to set up his three trail cameras. This has become a fun pastime for us in recent years. We get to see some pictures of game that we wouldn't get the chance to do otherwise. Sometimes, there are some pretty interesting photos that come from these cameras. These photos, and the times that they are taken also help us to make some decisions once hunting season comes around. Should an area be hunted in the morning vs afternoon for instance? Mostly though, it is just for fun. The other reason for being in the boreal at this time of year is for the Ruffed Grouse hunting. Last year, the populations of grouse were through the roof! You get to hear us finally achieve some success on these birds. They are right up there for me as far as the quality of meat is concerned. Lastly, I fill up the bed of the pickup with dry tamarack firewood for the house. While I'm cutting wood, you can hear Kevin sighting in his antique 303 in the background. With this firewood, the strawbale house stays warm and comfortable all winter, and we get to cook with it also. This was a quality day spent in the woods. I invite you to come join us in the woods here on the Food Afield Podcast! Visit the Food Afield Podcast website for great member-only benefits! We're also over at Instagram, Vero and Twitter! #foodafieldpodcast

In this episode of the food afield podcast, Kevin and I wrap up our grasslands bird hunting expedition. We set up in a field for geese and continue our hunt for Sharptail Grouse as well. In the Grasslands Shack, we explore the tastes of Sandhill Crane and describe to you what flavours we discover with this amazing wild food ingredient. Wingshooting, and upland bird hunting on the Canadian prairies! Come join us in the field in wide stereo as we pursue wild game. The Food Afield Podcast is a Canadian hunting and fishing podcast that focuses on wild food ingredients and how to acquire them. Share the show with friends who enjoy wild food and hunting and fishing! Visit the Food Afield Podcast website for great member-only benefits! We're also over at Instagram, Vero and Twitter! #foodafieldpodcast

In this episode, Kevin Kossowan and I are in the grasslands of southern Alberta and we're after birds. Waterfowl and upland seasons are open and no time is wasted before our first success. Kevin's first Cranes ever! The season for Sandhill Cranes here in Alberta is only two years old. Wingshooting and stalking birds on the prairies is intensely challenging, and Kevin was perfect on his first opportunity of the trip. This episode was filled with firsts. Those are always the best episodes! It was the first time we stayed in the newly constructed Grasslands Shack. Kevin has worked tirelessly for months to get the old building moved and then renovated to the point where we can live comfortably in the wind and harsh environments of the Canadian prairies. It was also both of our first sharptails of the season. Part one of this expedition episode covers the first day of our trip. Next week you can join us again as we break down crane butchery and have our first taste ever of Sandhill Cranes. We'll also share our attempt at field decoying geese and another intercept tactic that worked to near perfection. Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Visit the Food Afield Podcast website for great member-only benefits! We're also over at Instagram, Vero and Twitter! #foodafieldpodcast

This is a new-old episode. Previously unheard footage of Kevin and I in the kitchen talking about whitetail venison while we cut up the front end of my whitetail buck. Then, a few weeks later, in early December, we're in the kitchen out at the farm putting together whitetail breakfast sausage. These are some good discussions about both dry aging, braising, and cutting up your whitetail venison as well as sausage ideas. Perhaps a few thoughts on these subjects that you hadn't considered...because we hadn't either! We get into the details about salt and fat ratios for the perfect sausage as well as flavours and storage ideas. I love this episode because Kevin and I are riffing off of one another while we are making sausage. There is some creative energy going on that I appreciate. I know that there are a few tidbits of information in here that you'll build from when prepping your own whitetail venison products this fall.  Let us know what you think! Kevin is over at IG @fromthewildca and www.fromthewild.caIntelligent Investing with Glenn LeestThis podcast covers all topics related to Investing with Glenn LeestListen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

November 24th, 2021 was a day that I'll remember for a very long time. I had hunted hard the entire fall. The goal was simple, harvest a deer with my antique recurve bow. I hadn't connected with a whitetail with my recurve for 12 years! Mostly because I hadn't really tried. For the previous two years, my focus and energy to be successful at traditional bowhunting had been re-ignited. In the fall of '20 I had missed a large buck...and then had another miss at a doe at close range. I was discouraged about that, but optimistic that I could get the job done in 2021. Sit after sit in treestands and ground blinds came and went. My spirits remained high, but time was running out. The season for whitetails ends on November 30. Finally, on a chilly winter afternoon, grey and bleak, it happened. Here was my chance at the whitetail buck of a lifetime! This episode happened at the beginning of my in-the-field-podcasting recording career. Unfortunately, inexperience shows through in places. I've learned a lot since last November. But still, you get to be in the woods with Kevin and me as we track and recover this beautiful whitetail buck. This episode was originally aired in January of 2022. However, very few people had a chance to listen to it with the limited audience I had at the time. I am also sort of surprised that people don't go back into past episodes more than they do. The re-releases seem to be popular, however, so I will continue with that now that we are doing better with our audiences here at buzzsprout. Intelligent Investing with Glenn LeestThis podcast covers all topics related to Investing with Glenn LeestListen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

I am re-releasing this episode without the ads. It is from earlier this Summer when my good friend, Tom, was back in town after moving to Ontario. We prioritized a fishing trip together and spent the day on familiar waters for both of us! There is some spectacular audio of the day on the trout stream, and a great story on the way home about Tom's recent trip fly fishing in Scotland. Tom is a competitive fly fisher and is a wealth of knowledge on fishing efficiently and productively...and we still get skunked! This episode is a perfect example of how a negative production outcome doesn't mean a negative experience. It was a completely memorable day, and I think you'll agree after listening to the episode. The Food Afield Podcast is an outdoor adventure podcast. Episodes are published weekly. Most episodes are recorded live in the field in ultra-wide stereo. You can get sneak peeks into the behind-the-scenes production of the show on both Instagram and Vero!Support the show

In this episode, Garreth and I head out into the Grouse Woods in search of Ruffed Grouse.This episode contains a few stories of upland bird hunting from my youth, especially when we travel back to Nana and Papa's farm to hunt. Being in that space always makes me nostalgic, and having Garreth around to ask me to share stories is a good excuse to talk about past times spent in the woods with a shotgun and dog. Plenty of tips in this episode on how to hunt upland birds too.  At the end of the trip, we did find a few birds, but a bit of a blunder occurs with the new shotgun. More accurately, with the owner of the new shotgun. The Food Afield Podcast is now on YouTube! There are already a few videos there. Over time, we'll put some behind-the-scenes content along with documentary and how-to videos. An important change to the podcast. Things are still new and evolving here with the Food Afield Podcast. We are enjoying the weekly schedule that we've set for ourselves. New episodes will continue to be released each Monday. Because we have committed to so much content moving forward, along with the difficulty in production because of our format, we will scale back the episodes to 30 minutes and make them more of a series. This way, you can follow along with our year and the outdoor wild food adventures that we go on. Hopefully that makes sense. As always, please get hold of us with any questions, comments or concerns!Support the show

Oliver joins the podcast again! This time we chat about upland bird hunting in the UK and my upcoming bird hunts here in Canada. Upland birds and how they are hunted in Great Britain have an intense history and are full of heritage and customs. Not so much here in Alberta, but the images of British bird hunting is definitely engrained in my brain. The foggy, grey days, tweed suits, the dogs and beaters working through thick cover. Classic European side-by-side twelve gauge shotguns. These images attracted me to the idea of upland hunting as a kid. They drove me to own and train both a pointer and labrador in years past. The idea of hunting and eating upland birds is re-ignited inside me. I knew I wanted to chat with Oly to get a taste of this style of hunting overseas as a starter to the upcoming expedition episodes over the coming weeks. I found it compelling to listen to Oliver describe a typical bird hunt near his home. The differences are startling. Not better than here, not worse...just different. This conversation has me fired up to get out into the forests and fields over the next month or so. I have a new over-under 20 gauge to try out and I am anxious to prepare some new Ruffed Grouse recipes inspired by Oliver's pheasant schnitzel! www.foodafieldpodcast.comSupport the show

If you are looking for a hunting and fishing podcast that celebrates wild food ingredients and how to acquire them, check out the Food Afield Podcast.We take you into the field with us while we adventure for food in the backcountry. The focus is on traditional bowhunting and fly fishing, but we explore all of the ways to fill your freezer. You can listen to the Food Afield Podcast on Spotify and Apple or wherever you find your podcasts.Support the show

Curtis Hall is a professional fly fishing guide on the world-famous Elk River near Fernie, British Columbia. In August I was able to spend two days fishing with him near his home. This episode, perhaps more than any others I've produced, is truly educational. Curtis and I really got into the technicalities of fly fishing for Westslope Cutthroat Trout. I was challenged constantly with Curtis' coaching and experience. It was fascinating for me to learn so much about the things I didn't know I didn't know. I did my best in this episode to take you with Curtis and me out onto the rivers that we explored on the trip. We talk about fly fishing strategies and techniques, and we catch a bunch of fish!  Thank you for listening. Also, please remember to leave a review wherever you listen to the Food Afield Podcast and share it with your friends and family. Cheers!The Food Afield website is home to additional photography and outdoor, wild food articles, and more! Check it out here while you listen to the show.You can listen to Curtis and Mark Hall on their own podcast, The Hunter Conservationist Podcast. 

The lost episode! This episode has been on the website all year. Originally, it was produced as a newsletter exclusive episode. But with so few people actually signing up for the newsletter, or viewing the website, it seemed a shame to keep it hidden. Sigh, the life of someone not lip-synching and dancing on tik tok. And so here it is. The story of my big whitetail buck and the hindquarters and loins that aged for 42 days. Kevin Kossowan joins me in the farmhouse kitchen for this one. It is shortly after Christmas, the tree is still up, and we're cutting and wrapping venison for the freezer. 

This is the twelfth expedition episode of the year! Hard to believe where the time has gone. This episode finds me in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. I have wanted to fish the Elk River for almost as long as I can remember and I finally have my chance. Earlier in the season, on the interview episodes stream, I spoke with Curtis Hall who is a professional guide on the Elk. He is also the co-host of the Hunter Conservationist Podcast. I have appeared on their show a few times now. In the episode with Curtis, we talked about planning this trip and it has been on the forefront of my mind ever since. In late August, the plans were set and I made my way down to southern BC in the old Suzuki Vitara. I met up with Curtis and got to meet his partner, Paige. She fishes too and she is good at it. Through sheer determination, and a longtime desire to figure out fly fishing (along with expert advice from Curtis), Paige has become a fly caster who appears to be well ahead of the curve. We catch several fish on the Saturday of our trip, out of the drift boat, along with several walk and wade excursions when we came across good pools. This is the first of two episodes. In the second part, we will take you along with Curtis and me as we walk and wade the upper stretches of the Bull River searching for Cutthroat Trout that have been isolated since the time that Westslope Cutthroat first populated the area thousands of years ago. 

A couple of years ago I met Joel on a remote foothills stream. Then again this summer, I met him, on the same water. Neither of us visits this river often, so I took it as a sign that I needed to follow up with him to try to fish together. One afternoon, not long ago, I found myself driving into Joel's yard at the Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary near Cochrane, Alberta. The sanctuary, with the hard work of founder Georgina, and Joel, has become a thriving safe space for neglected and abused wolf cross dogs. It is a very popular tourist attraction that provides the money that is necessary to look after the dogs properly along with the huge tracts of land that allow them to live freely and safely. It is quickly obvious the amount of hard work and passion that goes into their sanctuary.When the tour is over and the chores are complete, Joel and I hop into the truck. In less than an hour, we are standing stream-side on Joel's favourite trout water and we start fishing.  It is well after dark, late into the evening by the time we are finished. A few Cuttbow Trout were brought to the net and we had a great time. It was really interesting to hear about Joel's struggles to teach himself to fly fish. I am sure that many of us can relate. But what was even more interesting was to learn about Joel's talent for making machines move fast on the race track. Joel is a former national champion rally driver and has been successful in racing snow machines and dirt bikes also. I had a great time fishing with Joel and getting to know him better. I suspect that you will feel the same after spending an hour with us on the stream. I hope you enjoy episode eleven of season four of the Food Afield Podcast! 

This is such a fun episode to listen to! As I edited this episode, I found myself laughing out loud and pretty much grinning the entire time. Lisa and Erin are newcomers to fly fishing, and the Food Afield Podcast, and they quickly made me hope that they will be back for future episodes. Listening to them discover fly fishing for the first time brought me back to my early days in the arctic, when I first learned to fly fish. We laughed, we explored and we caught fish! It was a wonderful day on the trout waters of western Alberta. It was the first Food Afield Fly Fishing 201 session of 2022. Fly fishing for Arctic Grayling and Athabasca Rainbow Trout in the early waters of the Athabasca River watershed in Alberta, Canada. 

Episode nine is the continuation of John's first trip moto-camping and fly fishing. Kevin Kossowan, Melissa Finn, and John are back at a favourite stream to catch a few fish for both the frying pan and the rock-cairn smoker. This is Mel's first foray into concentrated fly fishing and she excels! A big fish is caught by Mel and some fine meals were made. John makes it to this camp, barely, with a broken kick-starter on the vintage bike.  Miraculously, he arrives at the turn-off into camp at the exact same time as Kevin and Mel despite traveling completely different paths to get there!Camping, cooking, enjoying a few cocktails, and spending time with friends, stream-side, with fly rods. It is hard to imagine any trip that could be better. 

Wherever you are listening to this episode, please leave a review! Thank you.This episode of the Food Afield Podcast finds us hiking far into the Canadian Rockies. We are fly fishing Tombstone Lake for Cutthroat Trout. But first, we need to get there! The packs are heavy and the trail is long, but the joy and laughter that Kevin, Melissa, May and I share make the loads lighter. We finally reach the lakes high in the backcountry and find one of them stuffed full of hungry trout. It does take a little effort though to catch our supper, however. Four days and fifty-five kilometers later, we reach the trailhead and are back at our vehicles, but there's a problem, the Kickstarter on my vintage motorcycle is broken. The last segment of the episode finds us at camp on the second leg of our fly fishing journey. You find out how we get the bike started and we recap the hike and fill in a lot of the details from this grand adventure. With the hiking behind us, our spirits are high, our sense of accomplishment palpable. It is a fun discussion! 

It was delightful to sit down and chat with Oly in this episode! He is such a great guy and we had a good time talking about his involvement and motivations behind securing wild food for him and his family in England. I met Oliver on Instagram...his channel there is @ukwildfield2forkOliver is a passionate outdoorsman and especially concerns himself with big game venison in the Scottish highlands and fly fishing the streams and canals around the island and beyond. His other passion is wingshooting and working dogs, but we'll leave that for another time. This episode focuses on the fly fishing opportunities and how they differ from what we're used to in N. America. We also find out that we share similar opinions that revolve around the "value" of certain species of fish and game. It is a fun conversation and I hope you enjoy listening to this episode of the Food Afield Podcast! Make sure to visit the Food Afield Website. We have so much going on there now. Fly Fishing lessons and guiding along with articles on wild food ingredients and how we collect them. And do not forget to sign up for the newsletters which contain exclusive content and offers. These come out once per month at most, and you can always be the first one to unsubscribe.#flyfishing #wildfood #flyfishinguk 

Tom is back in town and we have one day to fish together. It is decided that we'll head back to the place where fly fishing started for both of us. The Forestry Trunk Road in northern Alberta. The fishing is tough with waters that are blown out with run-off and recent rains. However, we manage to put together a great episode, filled with fly fishing information and stream-side audio. Actually, much of the time I was recording from the middle of the stream! Some of the audio is really amazing in this episode of the Food Afield Podcast. Make sure you are wearing headphones or are listening from a nice stereo system. On the way home from a tough, but enjoyable, day of fishing Tom shares with us his adventure of fly fishing in Scotland. There is so much lore and history of fly fishing in this country. It was fun to hear Tom's stories of his expedition there. qIMD05fhp6WhRLk2bGeq--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

This is the continuation of the Vancouver Island hunt episode. Blayne, Garreth, and I spend some time talking about coastal wild water and arrow building materials. Once we are back home, Garreth and I visit one of my ground blinds from last fall's whitetail hunt where I have been saving a prime wild rose arrow shaft. We chat about how to fashion a wild arrow and hopefully get you thinking about your own primitive archery supplies!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

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It is early June and my Son, Garreth and I are on Vancouver Island with friends Chef Jade Berg and Blayne Prowse. We were camped on the edge of a beautiful lake in the high country on the interior of the island. The weather was spotty, and it was definitely a weird situation as far as bears were concerned. We were there to bowhunt bears, but the episode quickly evolves into a hunt for primitive bow and arrow-making supplies. This will be the first of two episodes in this Van Isle series. The second episode will focus exclusively on Blayne and me harvesting wood for bows and arrows. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

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Kevin Kossowan and I find ourselves back in the wall tent in the middle of Northern Alberta's boreal forest. In this episode, Kevin is looking to replenish his freezer and the hunt is on. There's one problem though, he is stuck using his vintage British 303. We also get stranded in a thunderstorm one evening, but make the most of it with some tremendous cocktails and wild food, and amazing audio of the storm! Lots of vintage-style hunting, food, and tent vibes in this premium episode of the Food Afield Podcast. Enjoy!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

On a recent trip to Vancouver Island, I made a point of sitting down with Courtney Ogilvie, the owner of Nile Creek Fly Shop in Bowser, BC. From the moment I sat down, it felt like chatting with an old friend. Courtney is funny, personable, and extremely knowledgeable about fly casting to anadromous salmonids from the beach. I had one goal in mind when I set the appointment at the shop. I wanted to find out how to catch trout and salmon from the beach with a fly rod. I feel like I accomplished that goal, but I also learned so much more about Courtney, his life, and his passion for fishing. There are many nuggets of fly fishing wisdom in this episode. He has led an interesting life and the episode could've gone on for hours as far as I was concerned. I very much enjoyed my time with Courtney in his wonderful store. The Nile Creek Fly shop is situated on the old Island Highway midway up the east coast of Vancouver Island. If you were strong enough, you could throw a stone and hit the water of the Nile Creek estuary as it enters the Pacific Ocean. Courtney bought the building and started the fly shop almost on a whim. Not quite though...he wanted a headquarters near his favourite waters. We recorded the show at the tying counter near the front door of the shop. As customers entered, Courtney would get antsy in his chair, wanting to help. I noticed immediately that Nile Creek Fly Shop is there to help fishers, this was obvious. Please enjoy the episode and if you get a chance, stop by the store and say hey to Courtney. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

This is a completely re-mastered episode. It is the story of my big bear from last spring with added recordings that were previously unavailable. The story is told much better now with the new audio. It was a special bear and a special hunt, so it deserves to be published again! Join us in the boreal forest of northern Alberta where we eat, laugh, and spot and stalk black bears with Kevin and Jeff.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

This is the second of the premium episodes for season four. It has, until now, only been available for sale on the website. “Twelve Years is the episode that takes us out into the whitetail woods with a traditional bow, my 64 year old Bear Recurve. This episode is recorded in the ag fields near Edmonton, and the kitchen in our farmhouse. Kevin and I make some venison sausage and then, of course, you get to hear the recovery of the huge whitetail buck that I shot on November 24th, 2021. We've decided to abandon the idea of trying to sell the podcast episodes individually. They are still available for download on the website, where you can choose to pay what you want (minimum amount is $0). Not going to lie that it would be nice to recoup some costs for producing the show, but I will leave that up to you. Happily! Both the premium and regular interview episodes will be released wherever you listen to podcasts, and the Food Afield Website www.foodafieldpodcast.com--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

An episode with a new friend, Eric Leslie. Eric lives in northern California and has launched his fly fishing supply business. But, Eric's true advantage is his videography background! You can find his amazing YouTube channel under his name. Driftone Fly Fishing can be found at www.driftstone.co--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Chef Jade Berg and I sit down and chat about the details of our upcoming Vancouver Island bear hunt. 2 years in planning, this hunt appears to be special for a number of reasons. Listen in on our plans! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

I sit and chat with Alex Nadeau. Alex is an accomplished sheep hunter and outdoorsman who lives in Whitehorse, Yukon. He also has a background in wildlife biology. The show was supposed to be about planning my spring Grayling fly fishing trip up there, but it was highjacked by Alex's great sheep hunting story! We eventually got around to planning the trip though. Audio quality isn't that great for some reason. It was my first attempt with squadcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Curtis Hall is the co-host of the Hunter Conservationist Podcast and a professional fly fishing guide. In this episode he helps me figure out some early season fish options and tells a tremendous guide story! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

A sit-down interview with Kevin Kossowan, where I get to ask him about things that I've always wanted to know about his show, “From the Wild”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Kevin and John spend November trying to connect on whitetails with their rifles. This is the Season 4 premiere episode! The hunts take place in both the agricultural fields surrounding Edmonton, and the familiar boreal forest ‘Bush Camp'. The wood stove crackling in the wall tent on chilly November evenings helped make this episode so memorable. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

A quick overnight fishing trip to a favourite stream. 4 species hook ups, and the best day of fly fishing I've ever experienced. I think we hit 41 fish landed between both of us. Interesting to note that on the second day, while euro nymphing, I managed to catch a couple more fish than Tom. His technique of nymphing was a definite game changer for me.qIMD05fhp6WhRLk2bGeq--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

An expedition style podcast that documents an extremely memorable spring bear spot and stalk hunt with Kevin Kossowan and Jeff Senger. Every spring we spend several days in Alberta's northern boreal forest looking for Black Bear. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/messageSupport the show

I get to sit and talk with Blayne about his fletching business, Stumpstalker Archery. We chat about his arrows, which are a little different. We also talk about traditional bowhunting Columbia Blacktail on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

I get to sit and talk with new friend and wild food chef, Rikki Folger. Rikki tells her story of progressing from a Michelin 3 star restaurant in California to her first wild harvest as a hunter! Rikki has had a completely self-determined journey in cooking wild food and she has just been successful in harvesting a wild turkey. A great story of a first harvest! @wild_and_foraged_--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Tori is a hero of mine. I was very glad to be able to sit and talk with her about her hunting and cooking journey so far. She's had an interesting life and she shares interesting experiences in this interview. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Jennifer and Keith from Ramshackle Homestead join us on the podcast this week. We talk about homesteading challenges and successes as well as some hunting and food ideas as well. Oh ya, and Jen got shot once. So there's that too. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Wild game cook extraordinaire, Jeff Benda joins me in conversation on the Food Afield podcast. In this episode, Jeff helps inspire me with his methodology in adapting recipes to spotlight wild protein ingredients. Follow Jeff on Instagram at @wildgameandfish for great posts on the wild game food he prepares, and the hunting expeditions he enjoys!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Kevin Kossowan and I head out to the Rocky Mountains in mid March to backpack, camp and ice fish for the elusive Lake Trout of Spray Lakes. Kevin filmed episode 1 of season 8 of his award winning series, From The Wild; and, then we recorded enough material for a decent little Food Afield podcast episode! Fishing for Lake Trout, and especially ice fishing for them is a difficult process at Spray Lakes. Actually, the process itself isn't what is hard, being successful at harvesting any fish in this lake is the real problem. But, we seemed to figure it out near the end of the trip, in true fashion for most of our outings. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Don Thomas is a legend in the outdoor hunting and fishing community. He is widely considered to be amongst the best outdoor authors in the world and his traditional bowhunting, fly fishing and wingshooting adventures span the globe. Don has written more than 20 best selling books and countless articles; and, he always tells a great story. It is my honour to present to you my friend, Don Thomas, on the Food Afield Podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Continuing our discussion on cooking with fire and the fuel we use...wood! Executive Chef John Horne joins me on this episode to share his thoughts on cooking with wood and wild food. John is absolutely one of Canada's top chefs. This is a very rare opportunity. Hope you enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

A very important part of wild food and outdoor cooking is the heat source. However, cooking with wood is so much more than heat. There are so many different ways to use wood to impart flavour profiles in your wild harvested dishes. In this episode we chat with filmmaker Kevin Kossowan about his "Wood Library" and some of the ways that he uses wood in the wild. Part 2 of this episode, which will air separately, features Chef John Horne. John is one of Canada's top chefs and his restaurant Canoe is the quintessential taste of Canada. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

Jeff Lander of Primitive Outfitting provides the highlight of this episode with his story of the mauling that one of his friends received at the hands of a black bear. The story is a complete lesson on camp cleanliness and bear risk management. We also have a great little visit from Timothy Fowler, columnist with Bear Hunting Magazine and chef. Tim is gracious enough to share his technique on making the classic peasant dish, Osso Buco made with cross-cut bear shanks. Please check out and subscribe to the new Food Afield Magazine!B944j9bzsTm0KxDSNwQt--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

A wonderful conversation with bartender and foodie, Melissa Fin, about all things wild cocktail. Mel and I chat about the how-to's of foraging ingredients for tinctures and syrups. Then we get into wild created gins and how to create wild cocktails for home and camp! A stellar episode.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message

An episode dedicated to a successful boreal forest grouse hunt. I manage to knock down a couple Ruffed Grouse and Spruce Grouse on a solo hunt. Then I head into my echo chamber of a kitchen to fry up some fast food from slow food ingredients. It was such a great meal. Enjoy the show! Check out the new Food Afield Magazine!foodafieldmagazine.com--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foodafield/message