Episodes
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Episode 387 - Fly-in mountain goat hunting
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Longtime friends Melissa Castle and Nani Weimer recap their fly-in (Melissa did the flying) mountain goat hunt last fall.
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Episode 386 - Beyond the Hunt audio
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
This episode is an audio version of Part I of my book Beyond the Hunt read by me because the cost of professional studios and readers is way too much for a small budget guy like me.
Part II (Mentors) and Part III (Life) are available for download at OnStepAlaska.com.
Part IV (Tags) and Part V (The Industry) will be available soon.
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Episode 385 - Biking the Iditarod Trail
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Jamie Hollingsworth is a faculty member at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and an avid cyclist. In 2023, he biked the Iditarod Trail (1000 miles) on a fat tire bike with a few others. In this episode we talk about cold weather biking, gear, logistics and details of the trip.
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Episode 384 - Ketchikan aviation and deer hunting
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Max Ludwigsen is a pilot in Ketchikan and graduate of Ketchikan High School. In this episode we talk about his aviation career path, his family's aviation history, Ketchikan history, hunting and the trusty 7-iron.
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Episode 383 - Gold Rush History
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Phil Wight is an assistant professor of history and northern students at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. In this episode we talk about the Gold Rush in the interior, origins of Fairbanks, con artists, the pipeline and Dalton Highway.
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Episode 382 - Cold, sheep and blowing up spots
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Harrison Gottschling and I talk about winter caribou hunts, dealing with the cold, sheep hunting and blowing up spots.
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Episode 381 - A lifetime of fish
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Rick Collins is a retired teacher, lifetime fisherman and owner of Explore Alaska Charters in Ketchikan. In this episode we talk about his commercial fishing days, getting started in the charter fishing industry, technology, boats and Humpy Stew.
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Episode 380 - The Land We Share
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Christine Cunningham and Steve Meyer are outdoor writers who have written for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska and other publications. In this episode we talk about hunting in Alaska, writing, compiling a book, hunting dogs and the future. Their book The Land We Share: A love affair told in hunting stories, was published last summer.