Pro Wolf, Pro Wolf Mangement...Both?

ElkShape

Dan Staton

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re sitting down for an honest conversation about wolf management with Justin Webb, Director of the Foundation for Wildlife Management — a nonprofit that is both pro wolf and pro wolf management. This topic can get emotional and polarizing fast… but we believe it deserves a calm, fact-based discussion. Wolves are here to stay on the landscape.The real question is: how do we manage them responsibly? We dig into how science-based management helps reduce conflict with ranchers, protects elk and deer herds, respects carrying capacity, and balances wildlife with increasing human and urban development. Because ignoring the issue isn’t a plan — stewardship is. This is a complex situation with real consequences, and we break down the approach many sportsmen believe is the most practical, ethical, and sustainable path forward. https://f4wm.org/ https://360sportsman.org/home?am_id=f4wm 💢 Discount Codes 💢 BORN PRIMITIVE OUTDOOR - 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://glnk.io/p9vpq/21rPEAX EQUIP - 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://www.peaxequipment.com/CANVAS CUTTER - 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://bit.ly/MobileElkHuntingVORTEX WEAR | 20% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - http://bit.ly/40pIF6RSHEEPFEET | 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://bit.ly/SheepFeetonXhunt ELITE Membership | 20% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://bit.ly/ONXHUNTBasekamp Quarter Pad | 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE https://bit.ly/42Xa5mBCrossOver Symmetry | 20% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - http://bit.ly/3LMnVBAStealth Cam | 20% Off Code (non-cellular): ELKSHAPE20 10% Off Code (cellular) ELKSHAPE 10 - https://bit.ly/3LFRULvMAGVIEW | 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - http://bit.ly/3nhGmUoMY MEDIC | 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://bit.ly/3nhRJvVDARK ENERGY | 10% Off CODE: ELKSHAPE - https://bit.ly/3P5x3BYGORUCK | 10% OFF CODE: ELKHUNT - https://glnk.io/ko1wr/statonBLACK RIFLE COFFEE | 20% OFF CODE: ELKSHAPE20 - https://blackriflecoffeecompany.pxf.io/9LnW0EINITIAL ASCENT | 5% OFF CODE: ELKSHAPE - https://initialascent.com/WILDERNESS ATHLETE | 20% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=pl&ti=14093&pw=265865&mi=30849&pt=3&pri=26FOUNDATION OUTDOORS | 20% OFF CODE: ELKSHPAE - https://www.foundation-outdoors.com/?sca_ref=10392320.yNY8hl6qQLCpq 🚨Video Production🚨A CAM - SONY A1 BODY - https://amzn.to/3wLZLBWB CAM - SONY A7 IV W/KIT LENS - https://amzn.to/3InUGSTSONY LONG LENS 70-200MM - https://amzn.to/433SXLWWIRELESS DJI MIC 2 - https://amzn.to/3uYPku5STUDIO LENS 24-70MM - https://amzn.to/3PbhZD8DJI DRONE - https://amzn.to/3TqrAZoDJI ACTION 4 - https://amzn.to/49FDPXA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast today. I have a special guest in town. Justin Webb. You are doing the Lord's
0:06.4	work. I'm excited to have you here. I have an agenda. I am going to raise awareness and I want to
0:14.0	convert people to be members of your foundation today. I have an agenda and I'm going to just put it out
0:19.4	there. I want to double your membership. I want to triple it and I'm going to just put it out there. I want to double your membership.
0:21.3	I want to triple it and I'm going to do everything in my power to do that today. We'll get to that.
0:25.8	But welcome. You're a long time Idaho outdoorsman, sportsman, elk hunter, trapper, guide,
0:34.6	but we can talk about all that in a second. Family man? Yes, sir. Tell me about that.
0:40.5	Family man, you know, it's, um, I had people tell me that when your kids leave home,
0:47.5	that there's this thing called emptiness syndrome. I had no idea that was a reality until it
0:52.2	actually happened. So all my kids are actually grown.
0:55.3	Extremely blessed.
0:56.3	I've got a daughter who is a nurse at St. Alfonso's Hospital down in Boise.
1:01.0	I've got a daughter who is married to a gentleman who's in the Air Force based in Aviano, Italy right now.
1:07.6	And then my son is back home in Sandpoint and all of them doing very well.
1:15.0	I've got an amazing wife who's been following me all around the country the last, I don't
1:19.8	know, five to ten years pursuing my passions for leaving things better than we found it.
1:26.5	The foundation for wildlife management is a huge piece of my life,
1:29.3	and I spend a whole lot more time focused on that these days than what I do,
1:33.3	actually being out in the field aside from wolf trapping.
1:37.3	But yeah, I grew up off the grid.
1:39.3	I've lived in the mountains the majority of my life.
1:42.3	I've always been a passionate backcountry hunter, specifically, you know, I've gone through different phases of my life where, you know,
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