Jack Brackin, director and editor of The Captain's Log tv show on Waypoint is doing some incredible things right now. This past summer I got to witness firsthand the vision Jack has when filming on location and seeing how he puts a story together for the show. It was a pretty cool thing to see and a lot of it comes from his passion for fishing his whole life. Listen in as we discuss how he got started in the outdoor industry at such a young age, some of the cool things he's doing with skull taxidermy work now and all of the crazy adventures they are having looking for Megalodon! If you have any questions, comments or guest suggestions for the show feel free to email me at: derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Check out our website and book a fishing trip with me here on the Texas coast: www.spotstalkerguideservice.com Music provided by Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/FGFm86uWvQ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7A04FVedU1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With deer seasons winding down across the country, the majority of hunters can't help but think about the fast-approaching turkey season. By far my favorite time of the year to be in the woods, the wild turkey provides a great way to get outdoors and actually interact with the animal you are chasing. Aaron Warbritton of The Hunting Public is one of the best in the sport at being able to coax these birds into his spread and what better way to kick off 2023 than with some great tips and tactics on hunting early in the season and some critical habitat improvements you can do on your own land to help improve nesting sites and make areas that these turkeys want to be in. Thanks to Aaron for coming on the show again and sharing some insight into what they are doing during the spring turkey season across the country. To help support The Hunting Public, head to their website and check out their merchandise and sign up for the THP Deer School: The Hunting Public – The Woodsguys Inc. YouTube Channel: The Hunting Public - YouTube And check out their new calls from Woodhaven: The Hunting Public 3 Pack - Woodhaven Custom Calls The Hunting Public Crystal by WoodHaven (woodhavencustomcalls.com) For questions, comments and guest suggestions email me at Derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music provided by Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/VF9koDcKqQ/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Masters grew up in Texas loving the outdoors creating a passion for telling stories through his filmmaking and conservation work. His latest film, "Deep in the Heart" is one of the most exciting wildlife documentaries to come out recently and has really shined a light on the wide variety of species that call Texas home. The success of the film has blown away all expectations and having the likes of Matthew McConaughey narrate your film doesn't hurt either. With some of the first footage ever captured of Ocelots in Texas to Mountain Lions traversing the vast landscapes of the state, this film really does a great job of engaging the audience through its storytelling. Ben's love for the state and its wildlife really shows and he continues to create groundbreaking film from not only Texas but across the country. Make sure you check out "Deep in the Heart" and follow Ben on his social media to stay up to date on what he's got going on. Ben Masters (@bencmasters) • Instagram photos and videos Ben Masters | Facebook Home | Fin & Fur Films (finandfurfilms.com) https://youtu.be/GNZ71xjAE0U If you have a question or comment or guest suggestion, please email me at Derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music provided by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/vOWgi7FbrL/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edwin Evers is best known for being one of the best bass fishermen in the world and rightly so after winning two world championships in the sport along with countless tournament wins in both the BASS and MLF tournament series. He is also a very successful pecan farmer in Oklahoma and is now diving in headfirst into the high school bass fishing scene. With all of this going on Edwin still finds time to continue helping others learn to get better at the sport of bass fishing through his YouTube channel. We discuss all of this and more on this week's episode and cannot wait for you to hear his story. Be sure to follow Edwin on his social media channels below: HOME | E2 Fishing (edwinevers.com) Edwin Evers Fishing - YouTube Edwin Evers Fishing (@edwinevers2) • Instagram photos and videos Edwin Evers | Talala OK | Facebook Edwin Evers Pecans | Oologah OK | Facebook Oologah-Talala Mustang Fishing Team | Facebook Impact Outdoors Podcast is proud to be part of the Waypoint Podcast Network If you have questions, comments or guest suggestions, please email me at Derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music provided by Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/VF9koDcKqQ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/vOWgi7FbrL/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texan to the core, Grahame Jones grew up loving the outdoors and figured out how to turn his passion into his profession. Grahame recently retired as director of the Texas Game Wardens and now serves as the Texas state chair for Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. He is also a fulltime guide in and around the Austin area fishing the numerous lakes and rivers in the Texas Hill Country. This was a great episode with plenty of stories to go around from Grahame's childhood trips down hunting in Mexico to chasing poachers in East Texas as a Game Warden to helping protect our public lands and waters in Texas and across the country with the help of volunteers through BHA. The Texas chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is the voice of sportsmen & recreationists in Texas who value wild land and water that support healthy wildlife populations and their habitat, public access and opportunity to that land and water, and the concept of fair chase.   ~Texas BHA Find out how you can get involved with BHA: Texas BHA - Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Voice your opinion on major conservation issues facing the states here: Take Action - Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Book a fishing trip with Grahame: Grahame Jones — All Water Guides See what BHA is about here: Backcountry Hunters & Anglers - YouTube Please help the podcast out by subscribing and leaving a rating and review! This greatly helps the show get found by new listeners. If you have questions or any guest suggestions, email me at Derek@impactoutdoorpodcast.com Music provided by Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/VF9koDcKqQ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/5A7gnNYE53/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's show features David Moss, Fisheries Project Manager for The Nature Conservancy in Florida. Listen in as we discuss some of the issues facing snapper and grouper species when fishing offshore and ways that you can help ensure a successful release of the fish that you return to the water. The Nature Conservancy's "Deck to Depth" Program is leading the way in educating anglers about the beneficial use of descending devices and the success rate of using these devices to safely return fish that are suffering from barotrauma back to the depths from which they were caught. Be sure to check out the link below to learn more about David's work: www.nature.org/floridafisheries https://youtu.be/G-9yqFsBA7Q If you have questions, comments or guest suggestions please email me at Derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music provided by Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/5A7gnNYE53/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7CuugqCVvk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us on this week's episode as I sit down with the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation's Chris Geib, Chief Development Officer, over at ICAST and we catch up on all the great things going on over at NPCF with their Fishing Funds the Cure fundraisers along with all the other ways you can get involved to help fund the research that will end childhood cancer. To find out more about NPCF and their mission, you can go to: Home - National Pediatric Cancer Foundation (nationalpcf.org) https://youtu.be/hDcMVv0RpGM If you have questions, comments or guest suggestions, please email me at Derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music provided by: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7CuugqCVvk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I recently sat down with Krissy Wejebe, daughter of the Spanish Fly tv host Jose Wejebe, at ICAST. And on this episode, we talked about what it was like growing up in Florida with a dad that was a fishing guide/tv host and a mother who was a dolphin trainer. Jose meant a lot to so many people and when he passed away, it left a lot of people asking what they could do to help. Soon after, Krissy started up the Jose Wejebe Spanish Fly Memorial Foundation to continue her father's legacy through conservation work, education and providing fishing opportunities to those in need. Since 2012, the foundation has worked on countless projects and provided amazing fishing trips for those battling illness bringing hope and "normalcy" to their lives. Go and visit their website to see how you can get involved today. Jose Wejebe Memorial Foundation (josewejebefoundation.org) Jose Wejebe Memorial Foundation | Facebook JoseWejebeMemorialFoundation (@josewejebefound) • Instagram photos and videos And be sure to check out all the episodes from Spanish Fly on Waypoint tv: Watch Spanish Fly | WAYPOINT TV Please email me with questions, comments or guest suggestions to: Derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music Provided by: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/K6iou1u8LT/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/aeuUzx85QI/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Excited to have Jonathan Newar and Attison Barnes from Captain Experiences back on the show for a little update of what they have been doing the past year and talk about how fast they are growing as a business and how they are being so successful in pairing up anglers with great fishing guides across the world! Plus, a little insight into their destination trip over to Africa in Tanzania fishing with one of their guides overseas. Be sure to look them up the next time you are searching for a fishing trip, especially if visiting somewhere for the first time. They do a great job vetting these guides helping to ensure a great time is had. www.captainexperiences.com Check out their channel on YouTube and click here to catch episodes from their trip to Africa: https://youtu.be/ZhrImyuuFvw https://youtu.be/apYYjDb54hA https://youtu.be/otF_9jHsE5U https://youtu.be/0-lRevJY6uw https://youtu.be/sEgzDafBTZU Email me at derek@impactoutdoorspodcast with guest suggestions and comments and be sure to like and subscribe to the show. We are now part of the Waypoint Podcast Network, Impact Outdoors | WAYPOINT TV Music provided by: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/IArd2yLLv6/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turner Rowland joins us on this episode as we discuss the Waypoint platform and all of the great things that they are doing on the outdoors streaming platform. We also get an update on life in Bozeman and Turner's hunting season this past year and a goal that he accomplished while elk hunting with his dad. It's always great to have Turner around and a huge thanks to him and the rest of the team over at Waypoint for sponsoring this year's Hunt Fish Podcast Summit. www.waypointtv.com Waypoint TV - YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Falconry was something I had only heard of but never really looked into as far as a way of hunting game. Until meeting Britt Perry, I really didn't know it was a legit and very proficient way of hunting game. Britt's introduction into the sport is probably not what one would expect, but through seeing a post from a friend of a friend of a friend on social one day, she got interested in it and started looking into what it would take to get started. And that was all it took! 5 years later, she is a dedicated falconer and successfully capturing birds in the wild and guiding/training them to associate her with food rewards and in turn doing what all raptors do best. HUNT! This was a really fun episode to record, and I learned a lot about this side of the hunting world. So be sure to listen in as we discuss all things falconry from getting started to where she is today, and all the great conservation work Britt is currently doing as a biologist for the National Wild Turkey Federation over in Louisiana. You can follow her on her social media at Britt (@winged_hunt) • Instagram photos and videos If you have comments or guest suggestions, please email them to me at derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music provided by: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/VF9koDcKqQ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7CuugqCVvk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The outdoors is a place of healing to so many and Heroes on the Water was founded to help bring the outdoors to our military veterans, first responders and more. For those dealing with PTSD and other traumatic events they have dealt with in the line of duty, a day on the water in a kayak with a fishing pole and some new friends has proven to be a success for Heroes on the Water. This non-profit group has chapters all across the country and has been getting our heroes out on the water since 2007 when founder Jim Dolan started up the group. Laura Lindsey and Camille Null join us on this episode at the Hunt Fish Podcast Summit to discuss HOW and the history and successes of this great program. Make sure and follow them on social media and find out how you can help support them below: Heroes on the Water | Home Heroes On The Water (@heroesonthewater) • Instagram photos and videos Heroes on the Water | Facebook Thanks for listening to this week's show. If you have guest suggestions or comments on the podcast, please email me at Derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music provided by Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/l015lkLpOT/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7CuugqCVvk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gray Thornton is a man dedicated to conserving wildlife and the sport of hunting. Through his amazing work over his career in the outdoor conservation world with SCI, Dallas Safari Club and now as the President and CEO of the Wild Sheep Foundation, Gray is helping to put wild sheep back on the mountain. The wild sheep across North America, once in large numbers, were decimated by domestic sheep introduction through the spread of disease. Facing such a tremendous decline and numerous other issues, the Wild Sheep Foundation has stepped up to the plate through the support of hunters, researchers and numerous state agencies to help put these majestic animals back where they belong. Please join us as Gray and I go through the history of the wild sheep and we learn about the research and reintroduction of these animals back into their native ranges. Make sure to like and follow The Wild Sheep Foundation at: Wild Sheep Foundation Wild Sheep Foundation (@wildsheepfoundation) • Instagram photos and videos Wild Sheep Foundation | Facebook Wild Sheep Foundation: Less Than One Club | Facebook Thanks for listening and make sure if you haven't to hit the subscribe button and leave us a rating and a review. And if you'd like to leave a guest suggestion or have other comments about the show, feel free to email at: derek@impactoudoorspodcast.com Music provided by: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/5A7gnNYE53/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/aeuUzx85QI/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At this year's podcast summit, we had some great podcasters join us including today's guest, Johnathan McCormick from out in Utah. Johnathan "Redbeard" has an incredible passion for his family, his faith, his fitness and the sport of bow hunting. Join us on this episode as we hear what his hunting journey has been like and how his strong work ethic has made him so successful and given him the ability to help so many people through his different platforms. Be sure to follow him at Redbeard Outdoors and catch his podcast: RedBeard Outdoors - Johnathan (@red.beard.outdoors) • Instagram photos and videos red.beard.outdoors | Facebook RedBeard's Fit Crew | Facebook Thank you for listening to this week's episode. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and we would really appreciate you leaving a rating (5 star) and a review on iTunes or Spotify to help us grow this podcast and be able to reach more people. If you have guest suggestions or comments, please email them to me at: derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music provided by: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7CuugqCVvk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 50 had to be someone truly special and really represent the reason behind doing this podcast. Riverhorse Nakadate is just that. Writer, poet, filmmaker, fly fisherman, musician, conservationist and all-around protector of Mother Earth. Riverhorse spends most of his time on the road, fishing the back lakes and rivers across North America chasing that elusive big bass. He also is always working on a project aimed at making a difference in our world, whether working on a story for Patagonia or writing for The Flyfish Journal. Riverhorse's travels have taken him across the globe and he has the most amazing stories to share about his course in life. So sit back and enjoy this episode that I am so excited to bring to you and thank you for listening. I cannot wait to see where the next 50 episodes takes us. You can follow Riverhorse's work by checking out his articles and some of his videos linked below: Patagonia's "It's All Home Water- A Northern Light" https://youtu.be/ZR_69AnAg1Y Here's Riverhorse's article on the illegal fishing taking place in the Rio Grande valley in south Texas waters: The Darkest Web - Patagonia The Flyfish Journal's "Love & Water: Riding Shotgun with Riverhorse Nakadate" https://youtu.be/vbvGMO0_Iew If you have a comment or guest suggestion, please email me at: derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music provided by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/aeuUzx85QI/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7CuugqCVvk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Capt. Eric Trout is shaking things up down in Galveston, Texas by opening up the island's first fly fishing shop, Galveston Fishing Company, and poling clients around the flats and marsh of Galveston Bay chasing everything from reds and trout to sheepshead. With a background in all types of charter fishing and having lived and worked all over the place, Eric has a huge passion for fishing and teaching others about the sport. We are glad to have Eric on the show and for him to have joined us at this year's Hunt Fish Podcast Summit. Make sure to follow him on social and reach out to book a trip with him. @galvestonflyfishing • Instagram photos and videos Galveston Fly Fishing Adventures | Facebook Galveston Fishing Company | Facebook If you have guest suggestions or comments, please email us at derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music for this episode provided by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/yHQuVKdhkS/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/vUk6czYHac/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anyone who has paid any attention to the fishing world on social media the past several years, has seen an explosion of content being put out by numerous content creators. Most of this is just content to catch your attention with a fun video or something to laugh at, but Emily and Amanda Gale seen the need for something more. And thanks to COVID and the ability to reach so many more people than just a few on a charter trip, their YouTube channel @GaleForceTwins was created. These two have a great story of how they fell in love with the sport of fishing at a young age and decided to take a chance and see what the world of the fishing industry had to offer for them. Fast forward to 2022, and these two are everywhere in the industry, making more than a few waves with their educational and family-friendly videos, merchandise and fishing rod collection to being the on-site hosts of The Sport Fishing Championship on CBS Sports. So glad they were able to come to Texas and join us at the Hunt Fish Podcast Summit, so sit back and get ready for the Gale Force Twins! Gale Force Twins (@galeforcetwins) • Instagram photos and videos Gale Force Twins | Facebook Gale Force Twins - YouTube https://youtu.be/m52Kl1KHOKc Gale Force Twins (galeforcefishing.com) If you'd like to leave a comment or guest suggestion, feel free to email us at derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music provided by Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/VF9koDcKqQ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/5A7gnNYE53/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Growing up as a kid in Oklahoma, I never really thought about going overseas to a foreign country or really even traveling out of Oklahoma for that matter. Not until having Julian Hibbard as my Geography teacher in 7th grade, where she asked me to come and take her German class the following year. Frau, as we called her, is recently retired from a 30 plus year career in teaching and I recently got back in touch with her after almost 24 years. During our 8th grade German class, she asked a few students if they would be willing to travel to Germany for a couple of weeks for a tour of the country. The decision to go on this trip has totally changed my life for the better and has opened up so many doors and opportunities for me that I could not even begin to list them all here. Join us for this great conversation about chances you take in life, a look back at her career and the challenges facing teachers in today's environment. Most of all, thanks to all the teachers out there going above and beyond daily for our youth to educate and inspire them to take those chances in life! If you have guest suggestions or comments about the podcast, feel free to send them to me at: derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Music provided by Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7CuugqCVvk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Growing up in Hollis, Oklahoma, Dale Rollins was just a normal kid living in small town Oklahoma who loved spending time outdoors with his bb gun. Little did he know that the quail he heard growing up would be the gateway to a storied career in outdoor conservation and education of both youth and adults. As the founder of the Texas Brigades program, which is currently celebrating 30 years of success, Dr. Rollins has made a huge impact on countless lives through not only the Brigades program, but his career at Texas AgriLife Extension and with the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch. Sit back and listen to this episode as we discuss all the things affecting quail today and how creating new conservation ambassadors within our youth can help us turn things around and make an impact on this world. www.texasbrigades.org www.quailresearch.org Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch | Facebook Texas Brigades | Facebook Watch YETI's Stories from the Wild: Canary of the Prairie on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/Sh8Gqte_t5U Music provided by Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7A04FVedU1/ Email guest suggestions or comments about the show to Derek@impactoutdoorspodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Renee Thornton is leading the charge with the Women Hunt program, part of the Wild Sheep Foundation. With women being the fastest growing part of the hunting industry, the need for something to help open the doorway for women across North America and provide opportunities to involve new hunters to learn from experts and give them the knowledge and tools to go back into their communities and share with others was a huge reason for the start of this program. Renee's personal experiences getting into hunting later in life and knowing she needed a good mentor to be a successful and ethical hunter, has led her down a path to be able to share what she has learned. This was such a great conversation about a lot of different topics within the sport of hunting. Be sure and follow the Women Hunt program and stay up to date with all the great work at The Wild Sheep Foundation. Wild Sheep Foundation - Women Hunt Program Wild Sheep Foundation Thanks to our great sponsors for the Hunt Fish Podcast Summit: WAYPOINT TV: The destination for outdoor entertainment. Fishing Charters & Deep Sea Fishing Near Me: Captain Experiences Boat Dealer Galveston, TX | New and Used Boats | Ron Hoover Marine (ronhooverboats.com) Vanessa House Beer Co Metro Emergency Upfitters (meuokc.com) Spot Stalker Guide Service Warren Ranch - Home HOME – T&T OUTFITTERS (tt-outfitters.com) Music provided by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/vUk6czYHac/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7CuugqCVvk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices