Welcome to the Huntback Country Podcast, presented by ExoMontGear.

In this episode, episode 82, we speak with Craig White from Idaho's Fish and Game Department.

Craig is the program coordinator for deer and elk programs, so he has a very unique

and helpful perspective to offer us on a wide variety of topics, including answering

many questions that came from you when we reached out to listeners on social media and asked

what you would want to know from someone like Craig.

We talk a bit about how to get started in a wildlife career, such as one with the fishing

game department.

We talk about how hunters can best use fishing game department resources, including biologists

and program coordinators, such as Craig to get helpful information for their hunts.

We talk about specific advice for non-resident hunters.

We get into the overall outlook on deer and elk for Idaho, thoughts on regulating shed

hunting seasons to manage pressure on wintering animals, a breakdown of kind of the thoughts

and philosophies of a point system versus a lottery system for tag acquisition, and so

much more.

You guys are sure to enjoy this episode.

I will say we had some quality issues with the audio at certain times, but hang in there,

and thanks for sticking with us through that.

It's just one of the issues we have to deal with sometimes, recording these podcasts remotely,

especially with guys who are out in the field.

Before we get into it, a couple things.

Number one, Travis Courtney.

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