Host Keith Crowley talks with Randy Zarnke, President of the Alaska Trappers Association, about his project to record oral histories of the old-timers in the Alaska backwoods. Zarnke has spent the last 23 years tracking down these old hunters a

Episode 9 - Gordon MacQuarrie, New Books, Richard's Lakes and the ODHA with Dave Evenson

Jun 3rd, 2020 59m 34s

Host and MacQuarrie biographer Keith Crowley talks with Editor Dave Evenson about two new Gordon MacQuarrie compilations taken from his newspaper columns in the Milwaukee Journal between 1936 and MacQuarrie's premature death in 1956. In these n

Episode 8 - Letters from Art Hawkins with Ken Blomberg

May 27th, 2020 46m 45s

Host Keith Crowley talks with writer Ken Blomberg about the impact Art Hawkins had on wildlife science in the mid-20th Century. Hawkins was one of Aldo Leopold's students at the University of Wisconsin, and he went on to establish many modern m

Episode 7 - Lewis and Clark: The Greatest Hunting Trip Ever

May 18th, 2020 35m 58s

Show NotesHost Keith Crowley talks with author Roger Pinckney about "The Greatest Hunting Trip Ever"...The Lewis and Clark overland expedition to the Pacific Ocean in 1804-06.Roger explains why grizzlies were the Corps of Discoveries least favo

Episode 6 - Ding Darling, Duck Stamps and U.S. Presidents with Mark Madison

May 7th, 2020 50m 42s

Host Keith Crowley talks with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Historian Mark Madison about J.M. "Ding" Darling, the creator of the Duck Stamp and the Director of the Bureau of Biological Survey (predecessor to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.)

Episode 5 - Robert Ruark and Social Media with Mike Walker

Apr 30th, 2020 31m 17s

Show NotesHost Keith Crowley interviews the creator and administrator of Robert C. Ruark on Facebook. Mike Walker turned his passion for all things Ruark into a successful social media page. Walker explains where he gets his content and why Rua

Episode 4 - Buffalo Bill, Ashley Hlebinsky and the Cody Firearms Museum

Apr 23rd, 2020 50m 50s

Host Keith Crowley talks with Ashley Hlebinsky, Curator of the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. Subjects include:Buffalo or Bison?Which guns really "won the west."The history of big-bore buffalo rif

Episode 3 - The Genius of Gene Hill with Steve Smith

Apr 9th, 2020 55m 32s

Show notes:Legendary outdoor writer Gene Hill captivated readers with his wit and humor for decades. Host Keith Crowley interviews publisher, editor, and writer, Steve Smith, about his close friend Gene Hill and their adventures hunting - and w

Episode 2 - Aldo Leopold and Beyond with Curt Meine

Mar 28th, 2020 50m 11s

Host Keith Crowley interviews Aldo Leopold scholar and biographer, Dr. Curt Meine from the Aldo Leopold Foundation.We talk about the legendary conservationist's roots in hunting, Leopold's historic book, A Sand County Almanac, and how he change

Episode 1 - Why We're Here.

Mar 27th, 2020 12m 28s

Outdoor writer and historian Keith Crowley introduces you to this new type of hunting podcast. He explains the purpose behind History of the Hunt, who and what we will talk about, and what we definitely WON'T talk about.Theme Music: Grip of the

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