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The Western Huntsman Podcast

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The voice of advocacy and entertainment for the American outdoorsman!

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Jim Huntsman

Mar 24, 2020

We've all thought about what would happen were we to get lost or injured in the backcountry. Do we have the skills and knowledge necessary to survive for several days? 

Meet Nate Summers; survivalist, author, teacher, and lifelong student of the philosophy of the human condition and how it relates to our primal...


Mar 20, 2020

How many times have you dreamed of landing a monster bass??

This crazy fun episode involves Jess Pottenger and Antony Mello, two young men that are serious slayers of bass. We discuss locating bass, choosing lures/baits, seasonal fishing tactics, bass tournaments, gear, and lots more!! 

Sponsors include:

Strike King...


Mar 18, 2020

EP13 opens with a quick Coronavirus intro and then I'm joined by Rusty Kramer, President of the Idaho Trappers Association.

We talk about his upbringing, trapping with his Dad. We discuss different animals he's trapped and talk about the Idaho Trappers Association in detail. Rusty also breaks down the process...


Mar 10, 2020

Chris Roe of Roe Hunting Resources joins me in episode 12. The idea was to spend an hour or two talking western turkey hunting. Well, we immediately got off track and have a great discussion about hunting elk, living in the backcountry in Colorado, and different elk hunting resources people should look into to...


Mar 4, 2020

Part 2 of my interview with the Director of Idaho Fish and Game, Ed Schriever. 

This episode gets into the meat of wildlife management. We discuss the impacts of wolves, elk depredation hunts, new access to timber lands, whitetail, and much more. 

Hunting the west is managed by state agencies that have extremely...