Into The Wilderness with Byron Pace

First up you hear from us, talking on recent goings on, upcoming events and what we are up to and have been up to. Then we head over to the GWCT Game Fair for a case study discussion on community land use and access to resources such as hunting and fishing. A some what contentious issue with the current climate in Scotland, it is an informative debate, with podcast host Byron Pace on the panel adding his take.

Its wide ranging with high level experts from around the world. Something for everyone. We hear from WWF Director Marco Lambertini on climate change, poaching and the issues with growing human populations. Anders Dimiter, senior biologist for the EU commission gives us an outline for future policy. The great Shane Mahoney talks through the American model and its success with regard to migratory birds.

We are back for a panel debate recorded live at the Northern shooting show, but with a whole host of new topics and guests. We talk on an array of topics including our connection with food in the modern world, the affordability of hunting, collaborative working between organisations and how it can be better, why it’s important to join an organisation, hunting abroad and our responsibility, as well as why hunters should embrace initiatives which have no direct personal benefit from a hunting stand point.

Discussing the ethics of food production, we have Louise Gray on the podcast this week. Author of The Ethical Carnivore and a newspaper columnist, she embarked upon her own journey of discovery, delving into the source our meat consumption, vowing to only eat meat she had killed or sourced herself. It makes for interesting and thought provoking listening, and will make you question your own decisions when it comes to how you source food. This is certainly a show for everyone who consumes food…so everyone.

A full panel debate recorded live at the Northern shooting show, we talk on an array of topics including the use of thermal for hunting, the role of social media and how the hunting community utilises it, deer management, big bag shoot days along with many more for a jam packed podcast with no less tha five guests. The guests included Sarah Read, Alex Stoddart, Dom Holtam, Patrick Gilbraith and Rachel Carrie. 

We bring you this show from the hills and fields of the highlands, well almost, right on the highland fault anyway. Joined by Donald Barrie, manager of Glen Sauch research farm for the James Hutton Institute, we leave hunting behind a little to look at land management and agriculture. With a focus on how to efficiently we use our natural resources, we discuss sheep, deer, forestry, muirburn before going for a wonder around the farm see the effects of their management principles.

This week we have two guests from the last of our interviews in IWA Germany. We are joined by Davey Hughes, owner of Swazi clothing, and Marcus Bjarneroth from Garmin. We discuss hunting experiences, and dive into a number of product developments for both companies. From hunting bear in Kodiak, to moose in Sweden, to survival and the modern hunter, its a compact show stuffed with gems of wisdom.  

We are back in IWA, Germany first catching up with Pedro De Ampuero from Kuiu, talking on his adventures around the globe. Then we go on a wonder around the show, finding out about the latest developments from Bushnell, Aimpoint, Mauser, Blaser, Benchmade to name a few. Byron also had the chance to look at the new Rigby Highland Stalker, and asked managing director Marc Newton about the rifle and the rise of Rigby over the last few years

For this week’s show we are in Germany at the IWA Outdoor Classic. Amongst the many people we met, Phil Massaro joined us for an extended interview. Discussing his back ground as a prolific gun writer, we also fleshed out more information and thoughts on the sale of public land in the U.S. It’s an intriguing chat which includes debate on our dis-attachment to food, trophy hunting, as well as some of the latest releases from major manufacturers.

Ivan Carter is a previous guest on the show, and this time he is back to talk with us about specific conservation initiatives. We talk in depth about how important it is for hunters to support conservation out with the species we have the opportunity to hunt. Covering orphaned chimps, to the rhino and ivory trade, as well as the demise of giraffe across Africa. We look for solutions and to the future as well as make an appeal for support from all our listeners.

This guy is the real deal. A hunter to the soul, and yet a student of veterinary science at the same time. Taking life with one hand and giving it with another. We speak with Ulrik Oskov, recounting the moment he fended off a wounded boar with just his feet, as well as going deep into his last trip into the wilderness of New Zealand and Australia. We relive the raw emotions of the kill and what it means to him, and tackle the issue of 1080 poison in NZ.  

We are catching up with the last few months news today, covering topics from vegan-upsetting nursery rhymes to the serious topics of the Ivory trade and policy changes within the UK and South Africa. We also cover the Scottish governments wish to cover Scotland in trees as well as the conflict between the GWCT and the RSPB. Plastics in the ocean see discussion, and how much we digest in our own diet. Enjoy eating salmon? Well we talk about previously secret plans to open the largest salmon farm in the UK

On this weeks podcast we have Scott Rea on the show. Many of you may already know him from his Youtube Channel – The Scott Rea Project. Scott is a fully qualified butcher with a clear passion for cooking, and in particular, a fascination for game meat. We go through everything from how he grew his growing Youtube channel to the basics of preparing game. We cover the best knives to use, favourite dishes and of course we discuss the current lettuce shortage in the UK.

Joining us from the hills, recorded in an estate cottage with the fire burning and the dogs talking, we meet up with David Wright, the man behind the camera on Fieldsports Channel, as well as one of the stars of the show, Roy Lupton. We find out what the two of them did before Fieldsports Channel, and discuss a wondering array of topics form hunting and keeping birds of prey with Roy, to the challenges of filming while hunting.

It’s the first show for 2017, and we bring you the amusing and insightful Roger Lait, along with our new theme tune. Join us talking on how the HFT masters came about, the ins and outs or air rifle shooting, as well as learning where it all begun for Roger. We also talk about his role on Fieldsports Channel and find out why he didn’t press record in the latest episode. Chris Packham’s Lapwing blunder is also discussed, now known now as #Lapgate.