Backcountry Dreaming Podcast

To those that think it’s impossible to ramp up the intensity without ever lifting a weight or turning on the elliptical machine, think again. Joe and Brian meet up with Land Tawney at quite a telling location to discuss the sweat equity they put into their passions. It’s time to turn up the heat!

Topics discussed:

- The most visited and successful wilderness in America

- It’s our job to use our voice

- The “Oh my god!” moment

- Losing a father at a young age

- The Land Legacy Effect: Teller Wildlife Refuge

- Raiding Retirement Homes

- A quick way to raise $60k and lose 20lbs

- Hiking in moon boots and platform shoes

- Hunting benefits and drawbacks after a scorched earth

- The ridiculousness of coming home to mow the lawn

- Solace of the wild

- When to embrace the grit and when to throw in the towel 

- Long distance equestrian riders

- Sometimes it’s learning the story of being a Public Land Owner

- Democracy is driven by those that show up 

- 5 ways to turn up the heat as a Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA) member

Mr. Western DIY, Ross Niebur, returns to the show with a Governor’s Tag story to tell. To all that may think it’s impossible, this one's for you. To all that want it to be their possible, grab a notepad and pen, this one is for the record books.

- The importance of marrying a woman that understands your passion

- A Governor’s tag’s blessing: open to all units

- A Governor’s tag’s curse: narrowing down the units, then the mountain

- Graduate Level Logistics

- Going about a DIY Governor’s Tag: 20 day scout, broken up in 3 trips

— Trip 1: (June) Feel out a mountain range - getting goat shape - climbing into the clouds

— Trip 2: (July) Participated in the Rocky Mountain Goat Alliance survey

— Trip 3: (August) +30 mile solo through hike

- Growth an inch a week

- Watching goats pee

- Hockey puck sized glands

- Amidst a 6k foot ceiling in 9-10k country

- The product of having a Plan B

- Bombing avalanche shoots in crampons

- Shooting a 2x2 alpine opening

- Connecting 3 months of glass to the real thing

Joe and Chad sit at the MN BHA table with their Chairman, Aaron Hebeisen (pronounced “hey-bison”). Despite the Minnesota focus, one can still glean insight to understanding how much their corresponding state chapters are bringing to the table.

- 6 pack and refreshing for an hour and a half

- Warning: Don’t ever buy duck decoys

- BHA’s 2020 Focus: Engaging and empower Current Membership

- Your Voice is more important than your money and time (but we appreciate them all!)

- Public Grouse Film Tour

- Pheasant Fest

- The BHA Angle on angling

- Pint Night 2-4-1s: Beer and activity in one event

Grab your coffee and join Jeff, Joe and groggy Chad as they sit down over morning brew reminiscing of this past waterfowl season’s successes, learning moments, and head scratchers. Topics discussed:

- Uncovering shipwrecks

- Recruitment going full swing

- Do geese jump ahead of the field spread?

- The 3 generation hunt

- Folly of guided hunts

- Jacked up by a trailer jack

- Sea duck hunting in the land-locked Midwest

- Learning curve hunting out of a layout boat

- An 8 month old pup in the field

- Blaze orange in the duck blind??

- A 12 Month hunting dog vs a 2 month hunting dog

- The idiotic epiphany with a duck dog in their prime

- Reactivation after 15 years

- The power of giving back to the disabled

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