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My name is Clay Newcomb and I'm the host of the Bear Honey magazine podcast.

I'll also be your host into the world of hunting the icon of North American wilderness.

The bear.

We'll talk about tactics, gear, conservation, but we'll also bring you into some of the wildest

country on the planet chasing bear.

On this episode, we're in Cody Wyoming at the office of Joe Condellus, the founder of the Western Bear Foundation.

We have an intriguing conversation about why bears are amazing critters, the history of bears in the West.

Also, we talk a lot about grizzly bear conflict and mitigation that's going on right now in the very complex issues of the grizzly bear world in the West.

And hey, check out the Western Bear Foundation. These guys are doing a lot out

west. And hey, if somebody doesn't stand up and say that as big predator managers and hunters

and people that utilize the wildlife-related commodities of big predators, if somebody doesn't speak up

for us, then nobody's going to. And the anti-hunting community

is going to have the first rights to the narrative of big game hunting and specifically large

predator hunting. People like Joe Condeltz and the Western Bear Foundation are putting action into our narrative

of why we're the good guys, why we care about wildlife, and why that we want to continue on

with the ancient and honorable tradition of hunting large predators and managing the landscape for the betterment of all wildlife,

all at the same time of us enjoying hunting and loving the challenge of it and taking some

satisfaction in getting to hunt big predators. You're going to enjoy this podcast.

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