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Host Chester Moore discusses the hidden history of great white sharks in the Gulf of Mexico and their emerging population from Florida to Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take a deep look at sight-casting to redfish and speckled trout in the Lower Laguna Madre out of South Padre Island with Capt. Luis. Flandes. We also get some tarpon tips with South Padre guide Capt. Brian Barrera. Higher Calling Wildlife is sponsored by Texas Fish & Game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Chester Moore interviews the Wild Sheep Foundation's Women Hunt Chair Renee Thornton. They talk about that program that began last year and is already having a major impact on the hunting and conservation world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore as he has a fascinating, in-depth discussion on all things wild sheep with Gray Thornton, President of The Wild Sheep Foundation. Learn the history of wild sheep restoration, the latest in conservation challenges and how hunter-conservationists can make a difference. #wildsheepfoundation www.wildsheepfoundation.org https://www.facebook.com/WildSheepFoundation https://www.instagram.com/wildsheepfoundation/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode host Chester Moore interviews Emily and Amanda Gale (The Gale Force Twins) at the Hunt-Fish Podcast Summit. Learn about the social media sensations and how these two worked extremely hard to be a force to reckon with in the outdoors media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to the latest episode of Higher Calling Wildlife and learn all about elk restoration in the eastern United States.as host Chester Moore interviews the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's Conservation Program Manager for the Eastern United States (Steven Dobey).  In this program they discuss the following: *Elk history in the eastern United States *Elk translocation and restoration efforts *Population estimates in Kentucky and hunting opportunities. *Travel and migration issues *Opportunities for future elk restoration *Plus, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greetings from the Higher Calling Wildlife® headquarters! This week we have lots to discuss from around the world beginning with a series of moose attacks. My “The Great American Wildlife Conflict” article was published in the Houston Safari Club Foundation’s convention journal that was handed out to all guests at their 2022 convention. In the … Continue reading Wildlife Wednesday: Moose Attacks, Black Coyotes & Conserving Africa’s Wildlife → The post Wildlife Wednesday: Moose Attacks, Black Coyotes & Conserving Africa’s Wildlife appeared first on Higher Calling .

Chester Moore interviews Adrian Donian of Buffalo Kloof Conservancy in South Africa and Stephen F. Austin University student Jake Hill who got to intern there summer 2021. They converse about the preserve's heart for true hunting and conservation. In this episode we discuss the following: *Buffalo Kloof's Wildlife Management Program *Jake Hill's awesome intern experience *Rhino Conservation *Cheetah Restoration *Hunting opportunities and much more You can learn more about Buffalo Kloof by clicking here. Higher Calling Wildlife® is brought to you by Texas Fish & Game magazine. You can follow online on Facebook at Higher Calling Wildlife and Instagram @thechestermoore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greetings subscribers! This will be a new format we use from here on out with multiple wildlife news and feature updates on Wednesdays including our Higher Calling Wildlife® podcast. We will continue to have various special reports at different times throughout the week but on Wednesdays we get you up to speed on many things … Continue reading Wildlife Wednesday: Teen Poaching Crisis, COVID from Deer To Humans? & More → The post Wildlife Wednesday: Teen Poaching Crisis, COVID from Deer To Humans? & More appeared first on Higher Calling .

Join host Chester Moore and his guest author, television personality and hunting expert Jeff Stewart as they talk about a shocking trend of teenage poaching that involves the shooting of endangered species, wildlife smuggling, mule deer massacres and more. What's going on out there? Chester and Jeff probe this issue and talk about some positive ways to contend with the seemingly growing problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Higher Calling Wildlife LSU Professor Dr. Bret Collier joins host Chester Moore for a fascinating program on wild turkey research. In this show learn the following: *The technology to track turkeys *How the collars can track hens with poults in their feeding zones down to a 30 square foot area. *Roosting habits of turkeys. *An examination of turkey breeding dates. *Predation on turkeys-(key predators) *The controversy of hog predation on turkeys. Are hogs really a direct nest threat? *Reasons for decline of Eastern turkeys in many Staes & much more. Don't forget to check out Chester Moore's blog at www.highercalling.net and follow him on @thechestermoore on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

COVID-19 has been found in whitetail deer in Texas and numerous Midwestern states. And contrary to social media chatter, it’s not the coronavirus common to certain animals. It’s the same COVID-19 impacting people around the world. In this special edition of Higher Calling Wildlife, host Chester Moore interviews veteran wildlife biologist Macey Ledbetter of Spring … Continue reading COVID-19 In Whitetail Deer: Top Biologist Gives Latest Info, Plus A Deep Dive On CWD → The post COVID-19 In Whitetail Deer: Top Biologist Gives Latest Info, Plus A Deep Dive On CWD appeared first on Higher Calling .

Host Chester Moore interviews private biologist Macey Ledbetter who gives the latest information on COVID-19 found in whitetails in Texas and the Midwest. They also take a super deep look at Chronic Wasting Disease in whitetails, elk and mule deer. if you have any interest in this topic, this is the show for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should we poison feral hogs? For the last five years, various plans to poison feral hogs has been on tap for Texas but various challenges have changed the original plans.In the final installment on our series on hogs, Higher Calling Wildlife discusses the following: *Latest update on plans to poison hogs on a mass scale in Texas *Results of USDA Studies on impact on non-target animals *The CONTRACEPTIVE that was introduced into the wild to fight hogs in 2021. *'An exclusive interview excerpt with a geneticist about technology to GENE EDIT sows. *How hog poisoning could help finish of Texas' javelina population. Follow Chester Moore on the following social media platforms @thechestermoore on Instagram Higher Calling Wildlife on Facebook Higher Calling Blog at www.highercalling.net Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Higher Calling Wildlife on the Waypoint Podcast Network, host Chester Moore and hog expert Jeff Stewart analyze a 2021 hog attack after Chester interviews the survivor who tells a terrifying story of his near-death encounter. Click image below to listen Chester and Jeff answer the following questions: What triggered the attack? … Continue reading Analysis Of A Hog Attack → The post Analysis Of A Hog Attack appeared first on Higher Calling .

In part 2 of our series on hogs, host Chester Moore interviews "The Hogfather" Frank Moore and they discuss giant hogs, how to meticulously hunt and kill them and discuss why hog populations are booming and hogs seem to be getting larger. In this episode we answer the following questions: *What is the cap on hog size in the wild? *How can hunters specifically target giant boars? *Which is more dangerous-giant boars or sows? *Are hogs growing at a faster rate than ever? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part 1 of three-part series on hog dangers, host Chester Moore interviews the survivor of a brutal hog attack. Then he and hog hunter extraordinaire Jeff Stewart analyze the attack for clues that could save lives and that points to what will likely be the catalyst for more hog attacks. Are we about to face an era of many hog attacks? Listen to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Chester Moore has created and narrated a public service announcement raising awareness to major disease issues facing wild sheep in North America. Written, narrated and edited by Chester Moore. This will air on Newstalk AM 560 KLVI, Higher Calling Wildlife podcast and be available for any program that wants to use it. E-mail chester@chestermoore.com for more info and to get download link. Music attribution as follows: Grateful by Scandinavianz & Aylex | https://soundcloud.com/scandinavianz https://soundcloud.com/alexproductionsmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anglers travel the globe fishing for bonefish but did you know some of the biggest bonefish can be caught right outside of Miami, Fl. Join Higher Calling Gulf Coast host Chester Moore as he talks with Capt. Mo Estevez about the amazing bonefish action in the Miami area's Biscayne Bay. Click here to listen.   In this episode learn the following: *Biscayne Bay's unique ecosystem *Catching bonefish on spinning gear *Catching bonefish on the fly *The story of a 14-pound bonefish & more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Chester Moore interviews Dr. Aaron Adams, Conservation & Science Director for the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust on the misunderstood and mysterious permit. These flats fish thrill (and frustrate) anglers throughout Florida and the Caribbean and are facing a number of conservation challenges. Want to learn more about permit? This is the show for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the beginning episode of Higher Calling Gulf Coast's Flat's Slam Series, host Chester Moore interviews South Padre Island guide Capt. Brian Barrera and they discuss how and where to catch tarpon on the South Texas coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Chester Moore digs into some little known scientific studies that unlock the mysteries of big speckled trout. Did you know a leading university says the BIGGEST trout live in the Gulf? Find out what time of year they specifically note. Also, learn the importance of salinity to big trout, what type of bottom a major university says they prefer and much, much more in this final installment of our Speckled Trout Saga series. Higher Calling Gulf Coast is sponsored by Texas Fish & Game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore as he talks with Capt. Bruce Shuler, one of the top guides and lodge owners ever on the Texas Coast. Learn some high-level, in-depth tactics for catching trophy trout from a lifetime of the fishing Lower Laguna Madre. Higher Calling Gulf Coast is sponsored by Texas Fish & Game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore as he talks speckled trout tactics with DOA Lures founder Mark Nichols. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore has he talks the many fishing options at South Padre Island with guides Capt. Brian Barrera and Capt. Luis Flandes. Learn about the areas top-end speckled trout and redfish action as well as it's more exotic options such as tarpon and snook.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore as he gives strategies and locations for catching the Sabine area's big speckled trout from the Neches River to the short rigs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever dreamed of catching one of the super-sized speckled trout of the Lower Laguna Madre at South Padre Island? Listen to part 3 of the Speckled Trout Saga series from Higher Calling Gulf Coast and listen to an in-depth interview with Capt. Brian Barrera and Capt. Luis Flandes III as they talk about how to catch the biggest trout of your life out of the South Padre region of the Lower Laguna Madre. For more information on fishing at South Padre Island visit the South Padre Island Convention & Visitor's Bureau (www.sopadre.com) Guide Contact Info Capt. Luis Flandes III @Capt-Luis Flandes III on Facebook and @Captain_Flandes On Instagram. (www.onthedriftfishing.com) Capt. Brian Barrera @Brian Barrera on Facebook and @Capt_brianbarrera on Instagram (www.inshorefishingsouthpadre.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore and Dr. David Mckee as they talk about the legendary Laguna Madre. Learn about this mysterious ecosystem and why it produces monster trout. What food factor makes trout on average bigger than the Upper Texas Coast? Find out in this informative show. Also learn about the differences between Upper and Lower Laguna Madre and the biggest threats to this fragile ecosystem. This is part 2 of our 10 part series Speckled Trout Saga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an engaging, in-depth interview with top-selling fishing book author and CCA President Pat Murray, Chester Moore digs deep into the secrets of surf fishing for speckled trout.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an interview for the Higher Calling Wildlife podcast, Chester Moore discussed the recent cloning of a black-footed ferret with Ben Novak of Revive & Restore. In the conversation about the use of cloning technology to aid the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's ferret program, Moore asked about the potential of using genetic technology to control feral hogs. The discussion was a fascinating one and brings to mind many questions of the potential to fix a major wildlife problem but also raises questions of ethics and negative impacts of the technology. Enjoy this conversation with Novak, a very bright scientist who has recently made history with the black-footed ferret program.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Chester Moore as he talk with a man who has a harrowing tale of being attacked by a wild boar in the woods of East Texas March 13, 2021. Learn about the intense attack, how his dog saved his life and how you can avoid an attack. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore as he discusses the confirmed great white shark off the Texas Coast, expanding great white numbers in Texas waters and the "x-factor" thats making it possible. Also, learn how the "Jaws Effect" has inspired interest in great whites and other sharks. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore as he interviews wildlife biologist Macey Ledbetter of Spring Creek Outdoors (www.springcreekoutdoors.com) who was fresh off a freeze kill survey of a South Texas ranch. Learn how the nilgai population was impacted, the real story behind the social media photos of truck beds full of dead exotics and how native wildlife faired. Did the freeze impact feral hogs? Will there be a predator boom this year? Learn in this intriguing interview. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In response to the massive freeze-related fish kill on the Gulf Coast, officials with the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) have made sweeping changes to its annual summer-long S.T.A.R. tournament. Host Chester Moore interviews Shane Bonnot, Coastal Advocacy Director of CCA about the changes, where this format is headed and also tackles the importance of trout stocking in response to the freeze and damage to habitat. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore as he discusses the groundbreaking cloning of "Elizabeth Ann", a black-footed ferret with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Coordinator Pete Grober. Learn how she was cloned from a ferret that died in 1988 and what this could mean for ferret recovery moving forward. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore as he engages in a revealing conversation with Aaron Adams, Director of Science & Conservation with the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust. Learn how this freeze could impact tarpon and snook in Texas and how freezes like this one can damage habitat that benefits everything from tarpon to speckled trout. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Chester Moore as he discusses the current freeze-related kill of speckled trout and other fish along the Texas Gulf Coast with Dr. David McKee, professor of biology and mariculture and author of Fishes of the Texas Laguna Madre. Learn about the similarities between this freeze event and other major freezes, a story of three 15-pound trout caught in a past survey and why we should not assume the worst of this freeze has shown up in the bays just yet. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part two of our Jaguar Revival series, Chester Moore talks with Dr. Rodrigo A. Medellín, Instituto de Ecologia, UNAM about the latest in jaguar research. Learn about the incredible range of the species, how poaching is having an impact and a new project that could allow for "Jaguar Safe" beef. And you thought "Dolphin Safe" tuna was cool! Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chester Moore talks about early reports of trout, snook and tarpon kills along the Gulf Coast as well as fishing closures related to the historic freeze event. Will there be a massive kill? We don't know yet but things are starting to look that way. Thanks to Capt. Dean Thomas for the accompanying photo and reports from the Port Aransas area. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part 1 of our Jaguar Revival series, Chester interviews his friend Dr. Natalie Schmitt, a genetic conservationist who has helped created a technology that can be crucial for saving jaguars and aiding researchers in pursuit of the most elusive and mysterious cat of the Americas. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore as he interviews kayak tournament angler Joseph Sanderson about kayak bass fishing, new rods from St. Croix and the love of angling from rivers and streams to reservoirs. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pete Muller of the National Wild Turkey Federation joins the program and discusses the group's forthcoming virtual convention and how NWTF is making a huge difference in wildlife conservation throughout America by restoring turkeys into areas like East Texas and conserving hundreds of thousands of acres of habitat. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore as he talks conservation of California and Rocky Mountain bighorns in Oregon with Oregon Foundation for North American Wild Sheep President Kevin Martin. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Chester Moore discusses the ultimate in the quest to catch trophy trout-catching record fish from state records to the world record. Hear little known info from each state along the Gulf Coast. Is there a pattern in trophy trout production? Which area could likely produce a record fish? Oh, and what about that 11-pound sand trout? Yep, for real. You don't want to miss this conclusion of our three-part series. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore in the second in a three-part series on trophy speckled trout. In this episode learn about the life cycle of trout, growth rates, migrational studies and strange harbingers of the presence of trophy trout in an area with guest Shane Bonnot. Shane is the Coastal Advocacy Director for the Coastal Conservation Association and work for years with speckled trout in the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department's premier hatchery Sea Center Texas in Lake Jackson. You don't want to miss this unique view into the life of trout. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the maiden voyage of Higher Calling Gulf Coast, host Chester Moore interviews CCA President, fishing book author and former guide Pat Murray about the hidden secrets of catching truly big speckled trout. Higher Calling Gulf Coast will focus on series on in-depth topics of fishing and conservation along the Gulf Coast from flounder in the bays to bonefish on the flats, tarpon in the surf and billfish in the blue water. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there forgotten evidence of an 11 foot 4-inch rattlesnake out there? Chester Moore uncovers a lost gem and digs into another giant rattlesnake story that is far more real than the "fake news" photos circulating on social media in 2020. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The massacre of three fishermen on a remote road in Florida shocked the nation. Polk County, Fla. Sheriff Grady Judd talks about cracking the case and the necessity of self defense for outdoors lovers. Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Chester Moore and guest Jeff Stewart as they discuss the mysterious horse killings in Texas. Is there a "bush meat" trade involving horse meat developing in the US? Are other horse killings related to terrorizing the owners? Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Horses are being stabbed, shot and meat harvested mysteriously in Texas, Florida and Louisiana? What is going on and is there a pattern to what's happening in these three states? Subscribe to this podcast for regular updates. Subscribe to the Higher Calling blog at www.highercalling.net by entering your email address at the subscribe prompt at the top right of the page. You can contact Chester Moore by emailing chester@chestermoore.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices