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Joe Meek: The Mountain Man

 He was the tall Virginian. A trapper, Indian fighter, pioneer, peace officer, frontier politician, and lover of practical jokes and Jacksonian democracy. 

 This friend and companion of Kit Carson and Jim Bridger was a true pioneer of Wyoming and Hot Springs County. 

 The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. 

Cowboys, Lawmen and Outlaws… to the businessmen and women who all helped shape Thermopolis and Hot Springs County, Wyoming. 

Here are their stories. 

Be sure to subscribe to “Pioneers of Outlaw Country” so you don’t miss a single episode of this historic series. The stories of our pioneers were brought to you by Hot Springs County Pioneer Association.  

This podcast was supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.

 This is a production of Legend Rock Media.

 Copyright 2023 Legend Rock Media 

 With a special thank you to Tony Messerly and the Many Strings Band. For more of their lively music, visit them at www.ManyStrings.net.

Big Horn River Pilot, Volume 02, Number 09, May 11, 1898
Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man, A Biography by Stanley Vestal

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In this episode, Stephen continues talking with Felicia Marie, founder of Women in the Wild.  Felicia talks about turkey hunting, her trip to South Africa, and some of her other animals she loves to hunt.

You can follow Felicia Marie at https://www.facebook.com/felicia.marie.wild.endeavors

You can follow Stephen on Facebook by searching for stephenrobbinshd or on Instagram at StephenHuntDay.

You can also email Stephen at stephen.huntingday@gmail.com or info.huntingday@gmail.com.

Join us next week as Stephen continues with more stories.

And until next time, keep hunting and doing what God calls you to do.

#023 – “A Yukon Game Warden’s Stories” by George Balmer

Retired Yukon Game Warden, George Balmer, humorously recounts more than 40 years of incredible outdoor adventures during his patrols to some of the territories most stunningly beautiful places. Reflecting upon his chance meetings with wonderfully unique people along the way and the occasional “day gone sideways” mishap, George’s newly published book,          A Yukon Game Warden’s Stories, is soon to be a Yukon “must read classic”.

As a consummate “bushman”, George has flown, skied, snowshoed, hiked, boated, cycled, quadded, and literally crawled his way through some of the most remote parts of the Yukon Territory while patrolling thousands of kilometers of land as a Yukon Game Warden. Realizing very early in his career that the stories being shared with him from the incredible Yukon people he met day to day were so unique, that George began taking pictures of both the people, and the places he was visiting. 

It was during the COVID 19 pandemic that George began chronicling his memoirs based on the slides and notes he had taken over his career.  Born of a world wide pandemic outbreak, "A Yukon Game Warden’s Stories" provides readers with a historical, humorous, and wonderfully reflective 228 page journey through the 1970’s  & 80’s halcyon days of the Faro, Ross River, Haines Junction, Dawson City, Teslin and Whitehorse area. The overwhelming theme of the book pays tribute to the people living traditional and non-traditional lives amongst the hustle and bustle of the Yukon’s second mining boom.    
 

To purchase your copy directly from George, you can email him at ayukongamewardensstories@gmail.com and he’ll send a copy your way.  You’ll also find a list of additional sources to purchase your copy at MyAmazingYukonLife.com
Episode 23 – A Yukon Game Warden’s Stories with George Balmer.

To listen to the full M.A.Y.L. podcast show series, please click on MyAmazingYukonLife.comwhere you’ll find each weekly podcast link along with show notes and pictures related to each of the episodes. You can also download each episode from Buzzsprout or wherever you get your podcasts from. While you’re there, hit the subscribe button and leave me a comment on what you’d like to hear next on the show.

I encourage you to become a member of the My Amazing Yukon Life Facebook Group where our stories can come together as we build upon the collective memories of one another, recording and preserving personal stories of the Yukon's rich history and colourful life adventures. 

I hope you enjoy this podcast and I thank you for joining me as a "M.A.Y.L. carrier”, as we proudly deliver our amazing Yukon life stories to the outside world.  

Cheers 

“Trapper Dan your Renaissance Man”

Daniel Halen

Hoje o Tô Na Pan falou com o trapper Muryllo que é irmão da Mc Mirella e que tem som sono com a irmã chegando por aí e Ju Nogueira veio falar da carreira e da Fazenda. 

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Python Cowboy AKA Trapper Mike winner of the 2020 Python Bowl Joins the Talk Golden to Me Podcast Show Hosted by Evan Golden to spread awareness how #invasivespecies are ruining the #ecosystem and the #Everglades 

The Pyhton Cowboy is accustomed to wading into the blackness of the Everglades at night searching for invasive Burmese pythons as a paid bounty hunter for the South Florida Water Management District.

Owner/Operator of Martin County Trapping & Wildlife Rescue in swampy South Florida, SFWMD Invasive Species Contractor, FWC Alligator and Nuisance Animal Trapper; also 1 of 25 state contracted Python Hunters in the Florida Everglades and surrounding areas. 

Python Cowboy specializes in large/dangerous nuisance animal removal and wildlife rescue. State contracted invasive wildlife agent. He takes pride in his work and his name.

The 2020 Python Bowl ended recently with 80 invasive Burmese pythons caught.

Taking the grand prize for most pythons captured from a professional was Mike Kimmel, a trapper with Martin County Trapping, Removals and Wildlife Rescue. He is well known as @pythoncowboy on Instagram and YouTube.
Kimmel caught eight pythons making up 10% of the total number of pythons caught during the bowl, it was his first Python Bowl. The longest and heaviest of these slithering beasts was 12 feet, 7 inches and 63 pounds. With more than 750 registered competitors from 20 states, Florida Python Challenge's 2020 Python Bowl came to a close during a ceremony Saturday at Bayfront Park in Miami, about a week after the hunting stopped on Jan. 19.

Burmese pythons are taking over the historic Everglades. Hunts are held regularly, but the number of snakes removed is not on pace with the rate at which the snakes are spreading. They compete with and prey on native species.

https://www.pythoncowboy.com/

Learn to "tan" deer hides and other animal hides the traditional way- no synthetic or hazardous chemicals.  Sometimes called "brain tanning," the process of making traditional buckskin only requires a few easily obtainable items and a little bit of sweat.  In the end, you'll have one of the highest quality garment-making materials known to man.  If you're a hunter, and you hate seeing all of your deer hides go to waste, this is the answer.  

This isn't everything that could go wrong with hats. Just what we could think of off the top of our heads.

Glance at the Past celebrates Women's History Month. Today, a focus on an early Grand Rapids fur trader.