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Mega charismatic fauna create a deep seated emotional response as it pertains their management - ie wolves, bears, and in Africa, elephants. Elephants are one of Africa’s most debated conservation challenges, Robbie sits down with Dr. Sam Ferreira, large mammal ecologist for South African National Parks, unpacking the complex reality of elephant management in Kruger National Park. Drawing on decades of research, field experience, and real-time data, Ferreira challenges the common assumption that more elephants automatically mean more ecological damage, instead revealing how elephant behavior, resource distribution, and “ice cream aisle” habitat preferences drive localized impact. From historical human influence and shifting landscapes of fear to modern conservation constraints and adaptive management strategies, this conversation explores why managing elephants isn’t about hitting a magic number but understanding the dynamic systems they shape. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Braeside Safaris: https://braesidesafaris.co.za/  Stone Road Media: https://www.stoneroadmedia.com/  Anti-Poaching Aid Program: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/anti-poaching-aid-program/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you are into conservation in this world you are thinking about how wildlife conservation is funded today and how it will be funded in the future. The two new kids on the block are Carbon or Biodiversity credit systems. Eleanor Harris, an academic with the Biodiversity Credit Initiative, talks with Robbie about this strategy to value wildlife conservation around the world. They discuss how the biodiversity credits work, how they affect real habitat, and the realities of the credit system and the scheme itself. Learn more about the newest sector and policy initiative around the globe.  Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Braeside Safaris: https://braesidesafaris.co.za/  Stone Road Media: https://www.stoneroadmedia.com/  Anti-Poaching Aid Program: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/anti-poaching-aid-program/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oscar Goodman, founder of wild vision technologies, a new AI-driven platform to help hunters identify where animals actually already and proprietary technology that proves the changes in attitude. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Garry Kelly Safaris: https://garrykellysafaris.com/  Land Limited: https://www.land.limited/   Alberta Pronghorn Connectivity Project: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/alberta-pronghorn-connectivity-project/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is belief in the hunting industry space that we do not have a cogent argument to defend the "ethical killing" of animals. How can we defend that killing animals is ok? Well there is one guy who has taken it upon himself as a mission to figure that out. Robbie is joined by Dr. Ben Allen, a conservation scientist in Australia working in wildlife management and living the dream - going camping, fishing, hunting and predator controlling for a day job. He is also the lead author in a number of articles tied to ethical arguments around intentional animal killing. The papers that he has written will make your head spin,  Listen in and understand Ben’s rationale around the ethical killing of animals.  Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Garry Kelly Safaris: https://garrykellysafaris.com/  Land Limited: https://www.land.limited/   Alberta Pronghorn Connectivity Project: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/alberta-pronghorn-connectivity-project/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick O’Reilly, a social scientist hired by the British Association of Shooting and Conservation was hired 2 years ago to connect about social license and the sociology that “allows” people to hunt chock full of information between an irishman talking to a South African about social license and how it extrapolates onto the narrative around hunting not just in Europe or far flung places but right here at home and all around the world. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Zambeze Delta Safaris: https://www.zambezedeltasafaris.com/  Dillingham Insurance: https://www.dillinghaminsurance.com/  Kamukeze Clinic Construction: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/kamukeze-clinic-accomodation-construction/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robbie and Ashlee are back after both respectively traveling the last couple of weeks, with updates on new legislation passed by Congress to ensure lead ammunition and fishing tackle is not banned without scientific justification called the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act, the 9th Circuit's ruling that a California law banning firearms marketing in a manner attractive to minors is unconstitutional, updates from state legislative sessions winding down, proposed CWD changes in Louisiana, and federal funding issues causing havoc for state wildlife agencies because the federal agencies are not releasing appropriated funds.  Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Zambeze Delta Safaris: https://www.zambezedeltasafaris.com/  Dillingham Insurance: https://www.dillinghaminsurance.com/  Kamukeze Clinic Construction: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/kamukeze-clinic-accomodation-construction/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lucy Biggers, a climate activist turned realist and in so doing is an example we want to show people of someone deeply committed to her beliefs and the psychology of how she changed her mind and became a “realist” on climate. Get to know the guest: https://discoveredfoods.com/  Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Zambeze Delta Safaris: https://www.zambezedeltasafaris.com/  Dillingham Insurance: https://www.dillinghaminsurance.com/  Kamukeze Clinic Construction: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/kamukeze-clinic-accomodation-construction/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a scheduling mishap, Robbie is joined by Gordon Putteril, an Elephant guide from Zimbabwe that’s been around since the mid-70’s. From his time as a part of the amazing Zim parks board and beyond, Robbie picks his brain on old school elephants and what it looked like back in the day. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Hwange Safari Company: https://www.hwangesafarilodge.com/  Old Wolf Taxidermy Cleaning & Repair: https://www.oldwolftaxidermycleaning.com/  Botswana Teacher Incentives: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/botswana-teacher-incentive-program/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Anderson, owner-operator of El Dorado Outfitters, joins Robbie for the first of a series of podcasts tied to our operators and outfitters in the Helix program. Join Robbie as he explores the true impact of these outfitting businesses on the landscape and the resources they pursue. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Hwange Safari Company: https://www.hwangesafarilodge.com/  Old Wolf Taxidermy Cleaning & Repair: https://www.oldwolftaxidermycleaning.com/  Botswana Teacher Incentives: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/botswana-teacher-incentive-program/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most of everyone has heard of Theodore Roosevelt, some of you may have heard of Frederick Courtney Selous. But did you know that they were really good friends? Did you know how they became friends? Do you know how they both shaped conservation? In this second of a two part podcast Paul Hubbard, our favorite historian and archaeologist and “doer of great things”, rejoins Robbie to continue talking about the famous hunter Frederick Courtney Selous. Be sure to go listen to part 1 from earlier this week! Get to know the guest: https://discoveredfoods.com/  Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Chapungu-Kambaku Safaris: https://chapungu-kambako.com/  Oklahoma Wildlife Solutions: https://www.oklahomawildlifesolutions.com/  Sepago Village Water Distribution: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/sepago-village-water-distribution/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most of everyone has heard of Theodore Roosevelt, some of you may have heard of Frederick Courtney Selous. But did you know that they were really good friends? Did you know how they became friends? Do you know how they both shaped conservation? In this first of a two part podcast, returning guest Paul Hubbard, our favorite historian and archaeologist and “doer of great things”, talks about the famous hunter Frederick Courtney Selous. This is a MUST listen to podcast, as is Part II. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Chapungu-Kambaku Safaris: https://chapungu-kambako.com/  Oklahoma Wildlife Solutions: https://www.oklahomawildlifesolutions.com/  Sepago Village Water Distribution: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/sepago-village-water-distribution/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  This podcast is brought to you by Safari Specialty Importers. Why do serious hunters use Safari Specialty Importers? Because getting your trophies home to you is all they do. Find our more at: https://safarispecialtyimporters.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robbie fights through “the crud” (we promise, that’s the scientific term for it) to bring you this important interview with David Reid-Daly. Originally an inbound DM to our instagram account that started out pretty hard AGAINST hunting, we learn about David, his life (his father was the original commander of the Selous scouts) to his thoughts on hunting and his realization that an open dialogue breeds real engagement with the non hunting audience. If you are interested in understanding how to have conversations with folks about hunting this is a podcast to listen to. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Inkulu Adventures: https://inkuluadventures.com/  Barclay Damon: https://www.barclaydamon.com/  New Zealand Venison Food Distribution Program: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/new-zealand-venison-food-distribution-program/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  This podcast is brought to you by Safari Specialty Importers. Why do serious hunters use Safari Specialty Importers? Because getting your trophies home to you is all they do. Find our more at: https://safarispecialtyimporters.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robbie and Ashlee jump into this week’s Roundup with a fast and furious run through the news around the country, including New Hampshire’s Right to Hunt and Fish epic crash after a disinformation campaign by anti-hunters derailed it, the failure of BOTH the bear harvest bill and the deer harvest reporting bill in MS, passage of the Hunter Education in schools bill in TN, a predator bill in AZ plus an amazing new wildlife commissioner, LA recreational alligator season advancing, and more! Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Inkulu Adventures: https://inkuluadventures.com/  Barclay Damon: https://www.barclaydamon.com/  New Zealand Venison Food Distribution Program: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/new-zealand-venison-food-distribution-program/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  This podcast is brought to you by Safari Specialty Importers. Why do serious hunters use Safari Specialty Importers? Because getting your trophies home to you is all they do. Find our more at: https://safarispecialtyimporters.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hannah Mabbott, hunt operations manager for Hunt Oregon, joins Robbie to discuss her experiences as a six foot two volleyball player in the hunting world. She describes the stigma she faces around her hunting prowess and lifestyle, guiding 90% men on their hunts, along with the predator prey dynamics of mule deer, wolves and beyond. A fascinating podcast into the hunting world in Oregon. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Inkulu Adventures: https://inkuluadventures.com/  Barclay Damon: https://www.barclaydamon.com/  New Zealand Venison Food Distribution Program: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/new-zealand-venison-food-distribution-program/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  This podcast is brought to you by Safari Specialty Importers. Why do serious hunters use Safari Specialty Importers? Because getting your trophies home to you is all they do. Find our more at: https://safarispecialtyimporters.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wild Horses across the range in the West are likely the most significant wildlife issue facing wildlife and habitat across the western range. Art Lawson, Director of Shoshone and Arapaho Fish and Game in Wyoming shares the amazing efforts they’ve put in removing feral horses in the Wind River Valley. The council, the community and the team, facing a lack of funding, rounded up almost 7,800 horses and restored acres of habitat in the process, showing what happens when you manage problem species accordingly. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at [email protected]  Support our Conservation Club Members! Tlou Safaris: https://www.tlousafari.co.bw/  Safari Specialty Importers: https://safarispecialtyimporters.com/  Engushay Primary School Construction: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/engushay-primary-school-construction/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  This podcast is brought to you by Safari Specialty Importers. Why do serious hunters use Safari Specialty Importers? Because getting your trophies home to you is all they do. Find our more at: https://safarispecialtyimporters.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices