Ep. 79: Predator Pits, Riding Moose, and Fighting for the North American Model with Dr. Valerius Geist
The Hunting Collective
MeatEater
4.5 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2019
⏱️ 163 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s show we’re joined by Dr. Valerius Geist, by many estimations the most important conservationist in the last 50 years. Dr. Geist is the original author of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and a lifelong devotee to studying wildlife. He is a specialist in zoology, biology, and has studied elk, moose, bighorn sheep, and other wild ungulates intensely over the years. We covered predator pits, riding moose into battle, why wolves don’t eat us, and his upbringing. Enjoy.
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| 1:47.6 | One of my favorite episodes of all time is coming at you right now. We have Dr. Valyrius Geist. |
| 1:53.0 | I'm not really sure. Normally, I would describe who the person is, but I'm not really sure how to |
| 1:56.7 | describe Dr. Valyrius Geist other than he's an amazing man. He is the original author of the |
| 2:04.3 | North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. He is a zoolologist, a wildlife biologist, and he's |
| 2:09.6 | got more stories to tell than I could recount right now. So please stick around for that. We all |
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