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Alaska Wild Project
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Alaska based podcast shining a light on the Alaska outdoor lifestyle, culture, people, and activities around our great state.
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AWP Episode 252 "A War of Attrition" W/John Sturgeon (SCI Alaska)
Jan 502:32:05Tap to summarizeDaniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield and Chad Aurentz are excited to bring back local conservation legend and ultimate steward of the Alaskan outdoor community, John Sturgeon back in studio to update us on the Alaska Chapter SCI conservation efforts, latest news and see what John’s been update too! Daniel hangs his first moose at the cabin, Skull Hooker XL not needed, wind storms & trash, Daniels a rookie on that ol’ Sno-Go, meteor showers seen in the AK, Warriors on Safari Deer Hunts on Afognak Island brought to you by SCI in conjunction with Ouzinkie Native Corporation, Fort Greely Moose Hunt, Kodiak Bear Hunt, Hovercraft “9-0” and a moose, logging issues for 2025 bands & tariffs, “Jones Act”, Sitka Spruce & Instruments, aging hunting populations, Kyle Trip is the new president of the SCI Alaska Chapter, Attorney Madeline Demaske, bad ass sheep killer, Will Kholer screwed over the Federal Parks Service in his hunting concession, Feds forgetting the rules of ANILCA, John was Dunleavy’s campaign chair for Alaska, get women & kids out hunting an growing the message, Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject
Transcribe →AWP Episode 251 "Sheep Hunting for Caribou" w/ Kyle & Kaitlin McCanless
Dec 2903:22:19Tap to summarizeDaniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield are stoked to invite Kaitlin & “Hubby” McCanless in studio to share their unforgettable story re-caping their 2025 Kenai Mountains Caribou Hunt often described as “Sheep hunting for caribou!” Folded Wing Kennels, Drahyhaar “Vega”, Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation 3rd Annual December Dalls Banquet, Alaska Professional Hunters Association Banquet w/Coke Wallace, Rabbit hunting w/Eden, On this day in Alaska History brought to you by Northern Waste, Vitus Bering dies in 1741 on Bearing Island, 2022 Mega Snow Accumulation, Kyle’s history and back story, best game meat choices, draw day, strategy for hunting the Kenai Mountain Range, dealing with hunting pressure, day-2 chase & stalk, caribou disappearing acts, highs & lows, 77 yard kill shot, 5 mile hike out w/100 lbs Pack out, hit those j’s & celebrate, sharing a special moment and wild animal harvest with your spouse, chatting with your competitors after a kill, seeing the good, bad & ugly with other hunters, AWP Trivia challenge brought to you by Connoisseur Crude, Rapid Fire brought to by Alaska Gun Company, favorite Christmas Movie “Friday After Next” 😂, most painful tattoo ever Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alakawildproject
Transcribe →AWP Episode 213 "Traps Don't Discriminate" w/Bret Bohn of BBB Alaska
Mar 31, 202503:05:22Tap to summarizeDaniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau are joined by special guest Bret Bohn of BBB Alaska - Bret is one of Alaska’s most revered outdoorsman, adventure enthusiast & hunting/fishing guides in the industry today! Karlo’s avlanche recovery, message to the riders, get trained!, the ski train party, the Kamikaze Kona 760lbs Blue Marlin, southeast glacier bears, color phase “Cinnamon” black bear, Mountain Men Alaska, trapping strategy, trap tor sign, rough year for Alaska game animals, would you DIY or be guided on a governors tag? Mountain Lion hunting w/dogs, the art of Martin trapping, selling furs, North American Fur Auction, fur prices in history, traps don’t discriminate, technology & hunting, trapline necessities, living the rural lifestyle, technology and solar energy, the heritage of BBB, a passion for guiding & guide use areas, putting miles on the sleds, W.A.T.R (Women’s Alaska Trappers Retreat, Iv’s Mink Coat, Bret’s bear story, Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject
Transcribe →AWP Episode 212 "Long Live the T-Bar!" w/John Robinson-Wilson & Todd Rich of Arctic Valley Ski Area
Mar 24, 202502:04:25Tap to summarizeDaniel Buitrago & Jack Lau are in studio with Anchorage Ski Club president Rich Todd & General manager John Robinson-Wilson of Arctic Valley Ski Area Can you ski on volcano ash?, what did we do when in the 92 Mount Spur volcano eruption, Hiking Mount St. Helens 15 years after the 1980 eruption, Daniel’s spring break trip to AZ with the family, Emily’s family heirloom footage of Arctic Valley, the Thompson lift , the OG Ski Lodge on the military site, Anchorage Ski Club founded in 1937, building the arctic valley ski care in World War II, the first ever chair lift in Cordova, challenges of maintaining and upgrading old school ski lift equipment, summer events & weddings, Thompson Truck, last minute spring ski ticket, a tough winter and not much snow in the Anchorage bowl, the beer & wine license & the game changer for the community, life music on the weekends, learn to ski program, starting a junior ski patrol at Arctic Valley, The ski train w/the Double Shovel crew, Merry Marmot Festival - April 12, 2025, fat tire bike race & dummy race, new cabin constructed for rental opportunities at Arctic Valley, become a life time ski member, the STAR up in Arctic Valley, ski patrol coverage and keeping the area safe, future improvements to the ski area, fundraising efforts, the old NIKE site & radar site at Arctic Valley, support Anchorage Ski Club Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch us on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport the show on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject
Transcribe →AWP Episode 211 "Lucky Wishbone" w/ Ira Edwards
Mar 17, 202502:54:57Tap to summarizeDaniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau bring back in studio, The Chives The Most Interesting Man in the World, Ira Edwards! Boneyard Alaska, the Delta Bison pro tips, bison cuisine, dat pho, Iras future land plans, berry’s, rhubarb & apple trees, Iras fermented pepper hot sauce, ski for kids, Made in Alaska permit, moose calling techniques, early spring bear sightings, international packrat film festival May 4th , AK Wild Sheep Foundation Annual Banquet SOLD OUT, conservation night Friday April 11th, Princess Rapids on the Kenai, Freezer tips, wizb-ang chicken plucker, raising Canes chicken James Beard Award to “Lucky Wishbone”, back country magazine, matchstick fundraiser, Talkeetna Bachelor Auction, The Oosik Classic in Talkeetna, Toko Ski Wax, Kincad moose stomping, Ira’s Kincad moose hunt proposition, the state is ready but what about the muni, lets go park director, Iras 2025 hunting plans, Ira’s Sheep Tag, upcoming Africa Trip, Oxtoberfest, Muskox Farm, shoutout to Total Truck & AK Overlander, Montage grille cheese sandwiches, the real deadliest catch wildest Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch us on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject
Transcribe →AWP Episode 210 "NOT MY LAND"
Mar 10, 202502:26:56Tap to summarizeDaniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield, Jack Lau & Chad Aurentz are back in studio to talk shit, crack some caribou calls and review the latest AK Department of fish and game draw permit results Otter or the 206? Beer on a float hunt, lack of barriers, Iditarod Start from Fairbanks, 2025 Fur Rondy events, Outhouse Races, running of the reindeer, dog sled mobile, the Iron Dog results, Rinah’s Bison draw, Delta Bison Hunting Window, the silencer/suppressor game, bison meat quality, wiggy’s sleeping bags, taking in the scene and the river pace, the SB105 debate, Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch us on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport the show on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject
Transcribe →AWP Episode 209 "A Wet Re-Entry" w/Jule Harle of Alaska Packraft School
Mar 3, 202502:34:10Tap to summarizeDaniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau are joined by special guest Jule Harle Owner & Executive Director of Alaska Packraft School The Savage River to Sanctuary River Denali float, 2025 AWP Draw Result Party @ Double Shovel, shout out to “The Mayor”, draw result party trivia, dudes night @ the Cabin, congrats to the permit draw winners, the love of a float hunt, the Zin Master, an addiction to nicotine, Jule’s intro to Kayaking & a love for water, Alpaca Rafts, the birth of pack rafting, raft technology, Alaska Kayak Academy, Alaska Pack Raft School, ACA American Canoe Association, New Zealand is After Alaska & Hawaii had a baby, practice on flat water, situational awareness, catch an eddy, white water essentials, not thriving but surviving, Jules close calls, the “Alpaca Mage”, writing the book, “The “Alaska Packraft Guide Book”, America Pack Raft Association, the ol’Air Horn trick, critters on the river, the film selection process, May 8th, IPFF International Packraft Film Fest @ Williwaw, Snow Kayaking, Packrafting Prince William Sound, bottom ice/office, play boating Visit our website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch us on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport the show on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject
Transcribe →AWP Episode 208 "Credit to Kyle" w/ NIck Boris
Feb 24, 202503:05:23Tap to summarizeDaniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau are back in studio with special guest Nick Boris - Wildlife photographer and videographer @nickborisphitography Conservation Night for the AK WSF Friday April 11th, American Primeval, 2025 Fur Rondy, Iditarod, Iron Dog, Miners & Trappers Ball, Frozen Ground, Movie franchises runs, Portage lake caving incident, Curfboard, Homer King Fishing, Spirit Bear, Could you shoot an Albino Moose?, Kyle the Admiral Senior, Kylee the rapper, sand steak night, Yolle story after the break, Nick brought some prints, the spirit owl, finding a love for photography, Kyle shows Nick the way, a career in mass communications, DIVIDS, Norfuck, 6-years in the Navy, All Hands Magazine, The Northwest Passage, tell the navy’s truth, The SERE project, The HELO experience, Mike The Mercedes Mentor, the Alaska transition, Mystique of Alaska, A career in wildlife conservation, telling the Alaskan Last Frontier Story, Road Hunting for Wild Life, the cross fox, the owl & the cannon, Canon EOS R1 & the ROS R3, if you want to feel like a man shoot with a Cannon, Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch us on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport the show on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject
Transcribe →AWP Episode 207 "In Spear -It" w/ Danny Rinella
Feb 17, 202502:47:54Tap to summarizeDaniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz are joined in studio by a true Alaskan and steward of wildlife and fish conservation, Danny Rinella. Daniels former rap career, the future of the local music scene, the road to Hanna, the fear of letting of letting go, Ahtna and the Copper River Bison hunt, floating in the ice, Danny’s son and his first buck, 5 years in the making of the youth sheep hunt, moving the line, Phil Velayo shooting course June 6th to June 8th Kenai, AK, Skate for real & Drop your Heels, Is there good Bar-B-cue in AK?, Chad’s Trim Camp, Danny’s Marlin by spear, Spear ice fishing, The Hunt’n Dog Podcast, Danny’s AK Story & history, Chad’s Trophy Chinook, Trading a trophy king for a rifle, Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Subscribe on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject
Transcribe →AWP Episode 206 "If the grass is long, cut it!" w/Coke Wallace
Feb 10, 202503:01:51Tap to summarizeAWP Episode 206 “If the grass is long, cut it!” Coke Wallace of Midnight Sun Safari’s, Alaska’s foremost horseback guide outfitters! Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz invite the man, the myth & the legend Coke Wallace in studio all the way from Healy AK to share his compelling story and history guiding horseback in the mighty Alaska Range. Cokes first wolf @ 8, the big move to AK, the shower house 26 pack in the Brooks Range, Israel Payton 84 inch bull, the archery bull that got away, put a trillion toward conservation, Primary cause of predatory Dall sheep mortality, Joe Juan & the 40’s, Wilson the Ranch Dog, Coke’s 30 years @ Sheep Show, Bob Degrosy from Idaho, The Frank Galato award, towards to tunnels foundation, 1.3 million to the cause, a love for the danish, river crossing in crocs, “real men don’t shake it, they ring it” the wolverine suite, Eastern Sportsman Show, How’d he get the name Coke?, Daniels horse, Rudy from Alberta, getting split in half, struggles of raising horses in AK, Jim McCan, Same Day Don, Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Subscribe on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport the show on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject
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