Swamp Creek Legends

In this episode of Swamp Creek Legends, we move away from the conservation episodes and go straight into a story from the backwoods. Join Zach as we interview Dustin Horton, an EMT, hunter and host of Redline Outdoors about one of the worst days of his life -- the day he fell 25 feet to the ground from his tree stand, crawled 2 miles to his truck and then waited for hours for his buddy to find him. 

In this episode, we wrap up our 3-part series about wolves in Idaho. We chat with Carter Niemeyer, a biologist in Idaho, about his experiences with wolves and his opinion about the new law passed in Idaho that may reduce the wolf population by 90% in that state. 

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In this, the second episode in our Wolves in Idaho series, we interview Ned Burns, the mayor of Bellevue, Idaho. As a lifelong hunter, but pro-wolf politician, Ned brings an interesting perspective to the conversation, straight from floor of the state legislature. Ned was substituting for his colleague in the legislature when the bill was passed. Join us for an interesting conversation about wolves, politics and much more. 

In the second episode of Swamp Creek Legends, we jump straight from a survival situation in episode one into a hairy political mess, the Wisconsin wolf debate. Join Zach as we interview Nate Kluge, a conservationist hunter who has worked on various different wildlife projects throughout the United States as well as served as the Wisconsin state-wide wolf biologist for a year and a half. 

In this episode, we interview Robert Blevins, an outdoor enthusiast, publisher and owner of Adventure Books of Seattle. We ask him about some tricky situations that he has been in while on some of his many excursions into the backwoods. First, we ask him about a situation in which he was stranded out in the Cascade Wilderness for over three weeks. We ask him about the overall situation, how he survived and what kind of advice he has for adventures. Then, after the break, we ask him about his adventures to Ozette island. In one of his many journeys to the island, he was swept out to sea and plunged into the ocean. Join us as we dive into this interesting survival story and learn from Robert. 

Hey folks, welcome to the trailer of Swamp Creek Legends. Unlike a lot of other podcasts where they give you a bunch of snippets of different episodes that are coming up, I'm not going to do that. I'm just to have a  conversation with you. I'm going to tell you a little bit about the podcast and how I really see it moving forward. So let's start with my name is Zach. I'm an avid Hunter and outdoorsman, but this podcast is not about hunting, so if that turns you off, keep listening. But to me the best times of hunting came after the guns had been put away, the fire is cranked up and all the distractions have been cast aside. We just sat around the fire and talked, and we learned a lot from these conversations. You hear everything. You hear stories of blood curling screams in the woods. You hear people arguing about the efficacy of returning Wolves to their home ranges. You talk about the best place to fish, hike and a lot more. You know, my brother, he comes up in a lot of these conversations, but he came up to camp every single year. He barely hunts, but still comes up to the cabin because he loves these conversation so much. He calls it just having camp time with the guys. So our goal is to bring these conversations to you, but I want to make them even better. I want to cover these same conversations, but bring in experts and learn from them. Maybe even have a little debate. So, that is part of my motivation in starting this podcast. In my regular 9-5, I work human resources. I love learning about people and their stories. I've also have a couple stories of my own. I've heard mysterious human like babbling in the woods. I've heard screams at night. I've had felt the darkness press on my shoulder. I've had a lot of weird things happen to me. I really want to hear people's stories, and I'm also really interested by outdoor debate an experiences. So I'm really just curious of what's out there. I'm curious of what the outdoors is all about, so. I'd love for you to take this journey with me. We are going to  start publishing once per month. It's going to be a little bit quicker at first as we figure this thing out and get a couple of episodes out there, but I wanted to do at least one per month. If you have anything you'd like to say about the show, or you have any stories that you would like to cover, send me an email at  swampcreeklegends@gmail.com or fill out a contact form on our website, swampcreeklegends.com. Also, just quick reminder that all of our content doesn't make it on the show. Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Twitter and subscribe to get updates on the website, or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Lastly, the more we put into short and more will get out of the show, so please reach out to me, give me recommendations and let's keep getting this better together. Thank you and I hope you guys enjoy the content.