Podcast 31 – Adam Gall with Timber To Table Guide Service

On today’s episode, I talk with Adam Gall of Timber To Table Guide Service where the main theme of our conversation is based around hunting sustainability and the work they are doing to promote hunting in an all-encompassing positive light. They are doing some very important work through partnerships with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Conservation Leaders For Tomorrow and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers where they host hunts and weekend workshops to introduce people to hunting. Adam’s goal is to develop conservation-minded hunters who are the future of wildlife management and the next generation of our sacred heritage.

In association with Timber To Table Guide Service, Adam also runs a hunting outfit based in Unit 61 and Unit 62 in Southwest Colorado, where he guides archery and rifle hunters for deer and elk. For more information on the educational work they are doing or to book a hunt for 2019, please visit: www.timbertotableguideservice.com

Topics Covered In This Episode Include:

• Late season elk hunts that Adam is currently hosting through a partnership with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
• Sharing wild-game meat and venison meals with non-hunters as a way to introduce people to hunting
• His background as a high school science teacher and how that has helped shape the educational portion of his guide service
• The antler craze of the past decade and how things have shifted more towards food and the entire outdoor experience
• A previous job as a firefighter forestry technician in Idaho as a young college student
• Losing interest in the fire world and landing a position as a wolf biologist, post re-introduction to many western states
• The wolf debate and why he thinks a wolf reintroduction to Colorado would be a mistake
• Partnering with Backcountry Hunters and Anglers to host a Hunting For Sustainability Course, which is a weekend long course geared towards college students who have never hunted before
• Conservation Leaders For Tomorrow, a non-profit organization that hosts people in a related field of wildlife management and introducing them to a hunting lifestyle
• The role of developing lifelong hunters and how it will impact future policy and legislation
• The North American Model Of Conservation and how it works
• Dark Timber Outfitters where he guides elk and deer hunters during archery, first rifle, second rifle, and third rifle
• How his 2018 season turned out for hunters and what he experienced with the dry conditions from the drought
• Dark Timber Lodge, which is an off the grid hunting lodge based in Unit 61