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Ep. 714: Enrolling At Backwoods Uni. with Lake Pickle and 'Old Trapper' Kate

Published: 2025-06-09 09:00:00
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Steven Rinella talks with Lake Pickle, Kate Lospinoso, Maggie HudlowPhil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics Discussed: "Old" young trapper Kate; Lake Pickle’s new podcast, "Backwood's University," is out now on our network; Maggie's article on Why You Should Consider a Mutt as Your Next Hunting Dog; poaching turkey in a cemetery; buying someone else’s taxidermy; the origin of Lake’s name and fishing deer season; hunting the way God made you; looking at bobwhite quail habitat; the wonders of the flying squirrel; how it's rare to be a young, first generation trapper; Old Trapper Kate's Little Shop of Furs; beaver blankets and muskrat bomber jackets; conservation coverage on themeateater.com; and more. 

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Referenced Books

A Sand County Almanac
by Aldo Leopold
Steve Rinella mentions reading 'San County Almanac' (A Sand County Almanac) as part of his journey in his twenties when he started putting together his understanding of conservation. He discusses how he and others weren't exposed to conservation concepts as kids, but later through reading this book and meeting people, he developed a conservation ethic.
Referenced at 00:23:03
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by Ted Franklin
Lake Pickle mentions that while working on a podcast episode about bison in the Eastern United States, they 'referenced his book a lot' when discussing Ted Franklin's work. Steve asks if Lake talked to Ted Franklin directly, and Lake confirms they referenced his book extensively for the bison episode.
Referenced at 00:53:43