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6 Ranch Podcast

James Nash

Stories from folks with calloused hands. Natural resources and their science, agriculture, blue collar, hunting, fishing, shooting and adventure.

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  • S7 · E337
    September 4 · 1 hr 11 min

    Seekins Precision

    Local rifle company Seekins Precision has established itself as a premium rifle company based on customer care. They got my attention after they honored their warranty by replacing a rifle that had burned up in a house fire. Recorded at their manufacturing facility in Lewiston, Idaho— this episode discusses military leadership, product innovation, long range shooting, high pressure shooting, and a major announcement from Seekins at the end of the episode. Enjoy!

  • S7 · E336
    August 27 · 1 hr 21 min

    Nourishment, with Fred Provenza

    How do animals know what to eat? This is the fundamental question that Fred Provenza studied for decades and wrote a book about that should be read by everyone who eats food. His work is simultaneously that of rigorous natural science, and of deep person introspection. The greater question is maybe this: do you naturally know what foods you need? And if not, why? And here’s the curve— you can do something about it.

  • S7 · E335
    August 20 · 1 hr 1 min

    Renegade broncs, lions and wolves with Greg Jones

    Fav favorite, Greg Jones is back to talk about horses that love to buck, lions that are impossible to catch, and the wolf that evaded him while continuing to kill livestock for years. Enjoy

  • S7 · E334
    August 13 · 1 hr 10 min

    Dr Ed Ashby

    This episode is a must listen for all bow hunters.

  • S7 · E332
    August 6 · 57 min

    Backcountry Bear Hunting

    If you didn’t know there was a July bear season in Idaho, that’s the first of many things you’ll learn in this episode. Ben Vidal from Mammoth Outfitters is a mountain man. He makes his living in the woods with his dogs hunting bears, cougars, bobcats and wolves. This isn’t the type of houndsman you might be imagining. Ben will take off on foot with his dogs and spend multiple days just getting to an area to hunt. Hunting with him feels like stepping back in history, and so does this conversation.

  • S7 · E331
    July 30 · 1 hr 33 min

    Generational Hunting

    Madi Woodward and her Dad Matt Andresen are a case study in epigenetics. Is high end shooting skill learned or is it in our genes? Matt is a law enforcement shooting instructor and Madi works in the bullet industry and has become one of the top female precision rifle shooters in the country. They’ve hunted together Madi’s whole life and this season they are preparing for what will be the hunt of her Dad’s life, a coveted bighorn sheep tag, drawn honestly in the lottery. We talk family, hunting, bullets, and how to prepare for a once in a lifetime hunt.

  • S7 · E330
    July 23 · 1 hr 24 min

    Lethal Projectiles with Leland Brown

    Shove the marketing aside. This is a discussion with Leland Brown, a scientist who has been conducting a study on which projectiles provide the quickest kills. The results changed my mind about which ammunition I select to hunt with.

  • S7 · E329
    July 16 · 1 hr 19 min

    Trail Cameras 401

    I flew to Montana to spend time with Gregg Farrell from Tactacam to talk about how professionals employ trail cameras, elite tactics for whitetail and elk hunting, and the ethics of trail camera technology. Hang in there for a deep discussion on the new Reveal 4.0 that is launching today.

  • S7 · E328
    July 10 · 29 min

    WWII Veteran Sergeant Robert Bennett.

    Bob Bennett just turned 103. He is one of the last living veterans of WWII. He’s still driving a pickup around the mountains of eastern Oregon. Here’s a bit of his story. Incredible guy.

  • S7 · E327
    July 2 · 1 hr 20 min

    Tribal Traditions and Natural Resource Management

    Austin Smith is a USMC veteran and is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. He is the natural and cultural resources manager of the 640,000 acre Warm Springs Indian Reservation. In this episode we talk about tribal warrior culture and history, the treaty hunting rights of tribal members, and the natural resources and wildlife management strategies and challenges on and off the reservation. I learned a lot during this fascinating conversation— you’ve never heard a podcast like this one before.

  • S7 · E326
    June 18 · 1 hr 3 min

    Cowboying Stories with Mark Lundy

    It’s 3:30 in the morning, you clamber out of your bedroll, pull on cold cowboy boots and amble over to the chuck wagon where whisps of steam curl off biscuits in a Dutch oven. You wash it down with a cup of coffee then saddle your horse and ride out with the rest of the cowboys in the dark— three or four hours later as the sun crests the ridge you find the cattle, gather them up, sort off the calves and start branding. But this isn’t the 1800’s, it’s right now. That’s the type of cowboying Mark Lundy has done all over the west. In this episode we talk about the history, present, and future of cowboying and range management. And, as per usual, I dedicated a bit of time to ridiculing the ongoing buckaroo fashion show and those who participate. Keep those flat brims, pastel wild rags, silver studded chaps and just-rope-it attitudes the hell out of the north, thanks.

  • S7 · E325
    June 11 · 53 min

    The River Pig Episode

    This episode is recorded with Ramzy Hattar, a first generation American who has become a successful entrepreneur across multiple industries, states and countries. His next venture is creating a spearfishing charter in Mexico, which is where I travelled to record this episode. Ramzy has lived 10 lifetimes already and his sense of adventure and determinism have become a great source of inspiration for me.

  • S7 · E324
    June 4 · 1 hr

    The Preference Point Debate

    The lottery systems that hunters have been forced into participating in are complex and difficult to understand. The question I ask is whether we should buy into the hype or not. Here to offer a different perspective is JR Dabey from HuntSource. Enjoy!

  • S7 · E323
    May 28 · 1 hr 15 min

    The Panama Adventure with Tony Dooley

    While sailing back to land at the end of a two week spearfishing expedition, Tony Dooley and I sat down to record this episode detailing the strange and wonderful experience we’d just had in this incredible country. Tony absolutely roasts me in this one too, so hang in there for that.

  • S7 · E322
    May 21 · 44 min

    Sailing and Spearfishing stories in Panama

    Juan grew up in Venezuela and after the political turmoil in his country where he was held at gunpoint multiple times he left and has since taken up work running an old steel sailboat for expeditions of many kinds around Central America. In this episode we discuss the science that’s being conducted on the reef through his boat, sailing stories, and what it means to live on the sea. Check out more of what he does by searching gents de mar.

  • S7 · E321
    May 14 · 1 hr 19 min

    How to plan a hunt with Rucklist, (full episode)

    This episode was previously uploaded in an incomplete format which is my fault and you have my apologies. It’s a good episode and worth the full listen if you are interested in the logistics and planning considerations of doing an out of state hunt. In particular we are talking about an Alaskan moose hunt but the lessons can be applied in many places.

  • S7 · E320
    May 7 · 1 hr 14 min

    Blueprint to Being an Alpha and Other Jokes with Nate Illingsworth

    Nate Illingsworth is a breath of fresh air. He seriously enjoys hunting but doesn’t take himself seriously. Thanks to a sedentary lifestyle and close proximity to a Buckeyes Nate found himself on the scary side of 300lbs. Now he runs marathons and is prepping for his first full Ironman. We talk about the reality of fitness for backcountry hunting and you don’t want to miss the story of his absolutely chaotic debacle of a failed elk hunt.

  • S7 · E319
    April 30 · 1 hr 4 min

    African vs North American Hunting with Cliff Gray

    The two most successful wildlife conservation models in the world are the North American and African models, both of which rely upon hunting. However, hunting North America is increasing in cost and is more and more reliant upon lottery systems with many hunts requiring decades of applications to get the state’s permission to hunt. Cliff Gray is a professional hunter and guide with a lifetime of hunting experience and recently returned from his first trip to Africa. This is the most honest and frank conversation you’ve ever heard about African hunting and we spend time discussing the differences between that and the western hunting experience.

  • S7 · E318
    April 23 · 1 hr 19 min

    How to Plan a Hunt, with Rucklist

    Planing an out of state hunt can be really intimidating. My buddy Brian Trainor from Rucklist is headed to Alaska this fall for a moose hunt and we talk about the planning process and all the logistics that go into a hunt like this. What happens when transportation breaks down? How do you get meat back from Alaska? What are some gear considerations? It’s also just a good conversation. Enjoy and get outside.

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