Hunt. Fish. Freedom. - Presented By The International Order of T Roosevelt

Episode 38 - Sheep Hunting Changed My Life: Discipline, Goals, and the Long Game

A lifetime hunter reveals how discipline and obsession built unforgettable big game experiences. From small-town Minnesota roots to chasing rams in the Alaska backcountry, John Coulter built a life around hunting, discipline, and long-term focus. What started with pheasants, ducks, and whitetails turned into a deep passion for big game hunting, including Dall sheep, antelope, mule deer, and African plains game. This conversation digs into what it really takes to pursue ambitious hunts in today’s world. John breaks down the realities of sheep hunting costs, why physical conditioning is non-negotiable, and how smart financial decisions can open doors to once-in-a-lifetime tags and guided hunts. There’s a strong emphasis on goal setting, time management, and surrounding yourself with serious hunters who push you forward. You’ll hear practical insights on building a hunting lifestyle over decades, from budgeting for western hunts to understanding why Africa hunting can be more accessible than many expect. The conversation also touches on mentorship, wildlife conservation, and the role hunters play in sustaining game populations through funding and stewardship. Whether your focus is elk hunting, whitetail strategy, or planning your first backcountry hunt, this is a grounded look at how consistent decisions shape a lifetime in the outdoors. Follow the show for more weekly hunting and fishing conversations. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app! Don’t forget to leave a 5 star review and SUBSCRIBE on Apple or Spotify Check out Fred’s work at Congressional Sportsmen Foundation:  Check out The Sportsmen’s Voice Podcast:  Check out the IOTR website: International Order of T. Roosevelt | Protect At-Risk Wildlife Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/19zGf29wGZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr Follow us on X: https://x.com/iotrofficial?s=21&t=SzcoQxiDPMWvFcFPurrzNw Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iotr_official?igsh=dXp5b284dXJpOXlq&utm_source=qr

Off The Trail Ep 4: The Truth Behind the Grip and Grin in Modern Hunting

What social media hides might be the most meaningful part of every hunt. Scroll through Instagram during deer season or after a successful western big game hunt and you’ll see a familiar pattern. Clean photos, big smiles, and perfectly framed grip-and-grin moments. What you don’t see is everything that makes those moments matter. This conversation digs into the reality behind hunting content and why social media often misses the mark. From freezing mornings in the deer stand to long, uncomfortable sits during turkey season, the experience of hunting is built on patience, failure, and persistence. Missed shots, shifting wind, and days without seeing game are just as much a part of the story as filling a tag. There’s also a deeper layer that rarely gets shared. Blood trailing an animal, tracking through tough terrain, and the physical work after the shot all shape a hunter’s respect for the process. These are the moments that build resilience and define ethical hunting, yet they’re often absent from the content people consume. For hunters and anglers, this is a call to show more of the full picture. Not just the highlight, but the effort, the setbacks, and the meaning behind the pursuit. Because the real story isn’t the photo. It’s everything before and after it. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app! Check out a photo from the hunt: https://www.instagram.com/p/DE2UXH3OGx5/?igsh=b3BiNTliczY1aGVv Don’t forget to leave a 5 star review and SUBSCRIBE on Apple or Spotify Check out the IOTR website: International Order of T. Roosevelt | Protect At-Risk Wildlife Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/19zGf29wGZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr Follow us on X: https://x.com/iotrofficial?s=21&t=SzcoQxiDPMWvFcFPurrzNw Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iotr_official?igsh=dXp5b284dXJpOXlq&utm_source=qr Follow Kenia on X: https://x.com/kenialink_?s=21&t=SzcoQxiDPMWvFcFPurrzNw Follow Kenia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kenialink_?igsh=MXBpa2xpYnp4ZHE2cw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Follow Kenia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1RbJCd3uxh/?mibextid=wwXIfr Follow Kenia on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kenialink_?_r=1&_t=ZT-92Kw0J0yATW

Episode 37 - Hunters, Farmers, and Conservation: Why Agriculture and Hunting Must Stand Together

Hunting, ranching, and farming share the same fight, and losing one could mean losing them all. Conservation in America doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It lives on working lands, cattle ranches, timber tracts, and family farms where wildlife and agriculture intersect every day. In this conversation, Kenia Link sits down with Travis Thompson to break down the deep connection between hunting, fishing, ranching, and farming and why protecting one often means protecting them all. From Osceola turkey hunting in Florida to Midwestern farmland whitetails, the discussion explores how working landscapes support thriving wildlife populations. Hunters often overlook the role ranchers and farmers play in maintaining habitat, while agricultural communities sometimes underestimate how much sportsmen contribute to wildlife management and rural economies. Travis explains how conservation easements, hunting leases, and wildlife corridors keep land productive while keeping it wild. The conversation also tackles predator management, crop damage from deer and hogs, and the economic incentives that make hunting access valuable for landowners. But the discussion goes deeper. Kenia and Travis unpack how animal rights activism increasingly targets both hunting and animal agriculture, from trapping and predator control to cattle ranching and fishing practices. They explain why hunters, anglers, and farmers must recognize the shared pressure coming from anti-hunting and anti-agriculture movements. This conversation is about more than policy or politics. It’s about understanding where food comes from, respecting wildlife, and protecting the land that makes hunting, fishing, and farming possible in the first place. Follow the show for more weekly hunting and fishing conversations. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app! Don’t forget to leave a 5 star review and SUBSCRIBE on Apple or Spotify Check out Fred’s work at Congressional Sportsmen Foundation:  Check out The Sportsmen’s Voice Podcast:  Check out the IOTR website: International Order of T. Roosevelt | Protect At-Risk Wildlife Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/19zGf29wGZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr Follow us on X: https://x.com/iotrofficial?s=21&t=SzcoQxiDPMWvFcFPurrzNw Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iotr_official?igsh=dXp5b284dXJpOXlq&utm_source=qr

Off The Trail Ep 3: Why Hunters Need to Care About Politics (even if they hate politics)

Hunting freedom isn’t guaranteed. Protecting seasons, access, and wildlife starts with political engagement. For many hunters and anglers, the outdoors is where we go to escape the noise of politics and the daily news cycle. But the reality is simple. Even if hunters step away from politics, politics will never step away from hunting. This conversation breaks down why policy decisions shape the future of hunting, fishing, and wildlife conservation across the United States. From state legislatures and ballot initiatives to wildlife regulations and public land policy, the rules that govern hunting seasons, weapon methods, and access are constantly being debated and rewritten. You will hear how the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation came to exist in the first place and why leaders like Theodore Roosevelt fought to establish a system that protects wildlife while supporting hunting traditions. The discussion also explores how modern anti hunting campaigns often operate through gradual regulatory pressure rather than sweeping bans. Shortened seasons, method restrictions, and species specific regulations can reshape the future of hunting one decision at a time. Hunters remain the backbone of conservation funding through license sales, excise taxes like Pittman Robertson, and volunteer habitat work. But funding alone is not enough. Staying informed, supporting hunting advocacy organizations, and defending the right to hunt and fish at the state level all play a role in ensuring these traditions continue. Hunting is more than recreation. It is food, conservation, heritage, and a connection to the land that depends on active participation. Follow the show for more weekly hunting and fishing conversations. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app! Check out a photo from the hunt: https://www.instagram.com/p/DE2UXH3OGx5/?igsh=b3BiNTliczY1aGVv Don’t forget to leave a 5 star review and SUBSCRIBE on Apple or Spotify Check out the IOTR website: International Order of T. Roosevelt | Protect At-Risk Wildlife Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/19zGf29wGZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr Follow us on X: https://x.com/iotrofficial?s=21&t=SzcoQxiDPMWvFcFPurrzNw Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iotr_official?igsh=dXp5b284dXJpOXlq&utm_source=qr Follow Kenia on X: https://x.com/kenialink_?s=21&t=SzcoQxiDPMWvFcFPurrzNw Follow Kenia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kenialink_?igsh=MXBpa2xpYnp4ZHE2cw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Follow Kenia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1RbJCd3uxh/?mibextid=wwXIfr Follow Kenia on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kenialink_?_r=1&_t=ZT-92Kw0J0yATW

Episode 36 - Right to Hunt and Fish: Statehouse Battles That Matter Most

When anti-hunting activists mobilize, will sportsmen show up to defend their ground? Fred Bird of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation joins Hunt Fish Freedom for a hard look at the policy fights shaping our outdoor future. As host of The Sportsmen’s Voice podcast and a longtime advocate in state legislatures across the East Coast, Fred brings boots-on-the-ground insight from inside committee rooms and caucus meetings where hunting and fishing rights are decided. From Right to Hunt and Fish constitutional amendments to Sunday hunting access and no net loss public land policies, this conversation breaks down how wildlife management, conservation funding, and sportsmen’s advocacy intersect at the state level. Fred explains why semi-automatic firearm restrictions, commission restructuring efforts, and anti-hunting ballot initiatives like those emerging in Oregon represent more than political noise. They directly impact waterfowl hunting, turkey hunting, deer seasons, trapping rights, and the North American model of wildlife conservation. Listeners will walk away understanding how license sales fund conservation, why showing up at state hearings matters, and how a handful of phone calls can sway a vote. This is an insider conversation about hunting advocacy, grassroots action, and protecting the outdoor heritage we pass to the next generation. Follow the show for more weekly hunting and fishing conversations. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app! Don’t forget to leave a 5 star review and SUBSCRIBE on Apple or Spotify Check out Fred’s work at Congressional Sportsmen Foundation:  Check out The Sportsmen’s Voice Podcast:  Check out the IOTR website: International Order of T. Roosevelt | Protect At-Risk Wildlife Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/19zGf29wGZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr Follow us on X: https://x.com/iotrofficial?s=21&t=SzcoQxiDPMWvFcFPurrzNw