Beaver State Podcast
The Beaver State Podcast is a product of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife that takes a look at hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing in Oregon through conversations with Oregonians, ODFW staff and luminaries throughout the conservation world.
Each 30-45 minute podcast will explore complex fish and wildlife topics broadly and in detail, and future episodes will feature weekly information from the Recreation Report.
Recent Episodes
Episode 110
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66
minChronic Wasting Disease with Dr. Colin Gillin
CWD has now been detected in Idaho near the Oregon border, and that's a game changer.
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Episode 106
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61
minFinding your voice as a hunter with Amy Patrick
We look at the various groups that give hunters a voice and a vehicle in the policymaking space and discuss just how important it is to join your voice with others at commission meetings or in front of the Oregon Legislature
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Episode 105
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48
minRocky Mountain G.O.A.Ts
ODFW's ungulate species coordinator Don Whittaker fills us in on these spectacular, high country dwellers
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Episode 102
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61
minWhere the pronghorn antelope play
We talk all things pronghorn with ODFW's ungulate species coordinator Don Whittaker in this episode
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Episode 101
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42
minStudying cougars in the central coast range
Today's episode feature's district wildlife biologist Jason Kirchner talking about how his own perception of cougars changed during this study
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Episode 100
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35
minThe ban on hunting cougars and bears with hounds
ODFW cannot re-instate hound hunting for cougars and bears, it would take another ballot measure voted on by the citizens of Oregon to change the current law
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Episode 99
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Why does the controlled hunt draw take so long?
ODFW's Angela Ward walks us through the process in this week's Beaver State Podcast
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Episode 89
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Repairing culverts to give fish access to more habitat
We talk to ODOT's Fish Passage Coordinator Allen Gillette and ODFW's Fish Passage Liaison Pete Baki about the project in this week's podcast.
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Episode 88
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A debunking of some of the top misnomers and myths
It’s April Fools! The perfect time to debunk some of the misnomers and myths around fish and wildlife management.
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Episode 87
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From shotgun skills clinic to competitive trap shooting with Roscoe and Kenji Chang
Roscoe Chang's approach to parenting kids in the outdoors is to make it as fun as possible.
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Episode 76A
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Cascade Elk
ODFW's Big Game Manger Brian Wolfer talks about the biology, life history strategy and thoughts around hunting these Roosevelt elk in the Cascade Mountains
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Episode 76B
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Coastal Elk
ODFW's North Coast District Wildlife Biologist Paul Atwood covers the basics of Oregon's coastal Roosevelt elk
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Episode 75
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Rocky Mountain Elk
Part two of our three-part series on Oregon's elk focuses on hunting Rocky Mountain elk on the east side of the state from sage brush steppe to the alpine regions and everything in between.
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Episode 74
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The science of elk
Elk might be the most charismatic megafauna in the state
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Episode 68
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Hunting black-tailed deer in Oregon
Black-tailed deer are called Pacific ghosts for a reason
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Episode 46
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XX Min
minCoastal Elk with Premium Hunt Winner Amanda Hubler
We walk through Amanda's hunt experience to learn more about hunting with a Premium Hunt tag
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Episode 38
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Myth-Busting Hunt Reporting
There seems to be a lot of confusion about why people have to report their hunt regardless of whether they were successful or not or even if they hunted in the first place
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Episode 17
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Scott Haugen
Scott took a few minutes to talk to us about how the industry has changed and what he tells folks who ask him how they can become an outdoor writer
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Episode 11
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How the controlled hunt draw works
It's among the most complex systems anywhere, and we break it down with Linda Lytle, ODFW's license services manager
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