Campfire Conversations 62: Hunting, Fishing, Fitness, Family and Faith With Everyone’s Favorite Florida Redneck

Gone are the days of pickup trucks, dog boxes and upland enthusiasts piling into small rural towns each fall. Quite simply, quail numbers aren't what they once were and leases with huntable populations are extremely expensive. However, there is still a little slice of paradise for the upland enthusiast in Northern Mexico. My longtime friend [...]

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has a bright future in the Republican Party. In this episode we discuss many issues currently facing America. Focal Points Include: social media censorship why this upcoming election is so important for the future of America Vote4America Kamala's plan to violate the Constitution when it comes to gun control Cable's [...]

Few things are steeped in as much pageantry and tradition as a proper English fox hunt. However, England banned fox hunting with hounds in the early 2000s. Further infringement on hunting rights in the U.K. followed suit. Finally, English sportsmen and houndsmen have formed a united front to try and take back their way of [...]

We talked about it countless times, but the severity of Colorado's hunting ban vote can't be overstated. It will affect all of us if Colorado votes to ban sustainable use hunting. Yes, mountain lions and bobcats are on the activist menu this go round, but it won't stop there in Colorado and a victory assures [...]

Dove season is finally here! For my family that means the start of the best time of year. My old friend Hunter Colbert of Kent Cartridge joins the show this week to talk doves, ducks, geese, cranes and more. I've shot Kent Cartridge shot shells for two decades now and they continue to push the [...]

Laura Longnecker joins us for a great conversation on this episode. The self described "Florida Redneck" somehow finds a way to manage her full time career as an arborist, her passion for fitness (which requires getting up at 4am to work out) and family (wife and mother of 2 young boys) while still making time [...]

Legend has it that John Nosler had to shoot the moose 6 times. All of them well placed shots with his 300 H&H, yet the moose wouldn't go down. Upon returning home to Oregon from that 1946 British Columbia moose hunt, he knew he had to come up with something to more effectively put down [...]

Randall Cole serves as the Regional Vice President of Ducks Unlimited for Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. The lifelong Oklahoma native was also part of the 15 member coalition responsible for making sure the recent price increases to non resident hunters for the 2024-2025 was passed. We heard from Oklahoma Department of Conservation's Micah Hughes [...]

If you haven't heard by now, The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation has raised the rent on non-resident hunters, and the rent went up substantially. A deer tag for archery only was $300 last year. That same experience in 2024 will now cost non residents over $700! And if you want to hunt rifle or [...]

Matt Kenney joins the conversation on this episode. He's a third generation Arizonan and veteran. Matt attended Arizona State University where he obtained his bachelor of arts degree and served in the ASU Sun Devil ROTC Battalion. He was commissioned into the Army in 2007 as an active-duty infantry officer. He served in Iraq and [...]