Sheep Fever

Sheep Fever is the official podcast of the Wild Sheep Foundation, delivering a diversity of topics, talent, and insights from within the wild sheep hunting and conservation community, as well as broader issues of importance to the outdoor lifestyles and hunting heritage cherished by millions of sportsmen and women around the globe.

Sheep Fever is a sports podcast hosted by The Wild Sheep Foundation, with 104 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

The Wild Sheep Foundation hosts Sheep Fever, a sports show with 104 episodes published.

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  EP103 - Special Edition of Sheep Fever. Board Candidates for Fall 2026 Elections

  Sep 30, 20261h 29m

  In this episode of Sheep Fever, WSF President & CEO and Sheep Fever co-host Gray Thornton interviews the seven candidates running in the Wild Sheep Foundation's fall 2026 Board of Directors Elections . The intent is to help our membership better know each candidate so they can make an informed vote. The candidates are presented in the podcast in alpha order by last name. They are: Jacobo Artee (Sonora, MX) 01:42 Clint Bentley (NV) 20:45 Sam Cunningham (TX) 27:25 Emilio Espino (Nuevo Leon, MX) 39:47 Travis Jenson (UT) 53:43 Charlie Kelly (AZ) 1:03:56 Kevin Martin (OR) 1:14:00 There are four open directors seats in this election cycle. Two incumbent directors are running as are five new candidates. Each candidate was asked the same six questions that each had an opportunity to review and prepare their response. WSF very much appreciates each member's participation in the election process. This is your foundation , please exercise your right vote. For candidate bios please go the elections section on our website: wildsheepfoundation.org/About- WSF/Board-of-Director- Elections

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  EP101 Kyle Stelter – One Family. One Mission. The Future of Wild Sheep

  Sep 2, 20261h 20m

  WSF Chairman Kyle Stelter joins Sheep Fever co-host Keith Balfourd to share his vision for the Wild Sheep Foundation as it approaches a defining milestone—its 50th anniversary in 2027. Stelter outlines ten priorities for his two-year term, building on a decade of remarkable momentum while keeping the focus firmly on what comes next. For Stelter, understanding how far wild sheep conservation has come matters most when it helps chart the path forward. Can we put more wild sheep on more landscapes? The answer is yes. But getting there will require a clear plan, strong partnerships, and an unwavering dedication to purpose. It's a conversation about momentum, opportunity, and ensuring WSF's next 50 years are even more consequential than its first.

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  EP100 FACE – David Scallan & Kurt Alt

  Aug 21, 20261h 13m

  Established in 1977, and celebrating, like WSF, it's 50th anniversary next year, FACE represents the interests of Europe's 7 million hunters as an international non-profit-making non-governmental organization (INGO). This makes FACE the largest democratically representative body for hunters in the world and probably one of the largest European civil society organizations. As The Voice of European Hunters FACE is made up of its members which include national hunters' associations from 37 European countries including the EU-27. FACE also has 6 Associate Members and has its Secretariat in Brussels. FACE upholds the principle of sustainable use and has been a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) since 1987. FACE works with its partners on a range of hunting-related matters, from international conservation agreements to local implementation issues with the aim of sustaining hunting across Europe. WSF is an Associate member of FACE, a financial supporter of its outreach programs, and FACE is an affiliate of WSF. In this episode Sheep Fever co-host Gray Thornton visits with FACE Secretary General David Scallan as well as WSF International Conservation Director to introduce FACE to the WSF membership and discuss the importance and impact of our cooperative work in Europe and North America.

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  EP99 Oregon IP28

  Aug 5, 202652 min

  Sold to unsuspecting voters as an animal-cruelty initiative, this measure garnered enough signatures to make it onto the November ballot in Oregon but failed in the signature validation process. Regardless, this attempt will not be the last in Oregon or other states. What Oregonians would have actually been voting on is to eliminate the state's food production - ranching, farming, and animal husbandry- while also making hunting, fishing, wildlife conservation, and pest control illegal. In this episode of Sheep Fever, we sit down with Amy Patrick, a policy and legislative lobbyist who has spent the past five years on the frontlines of this latest attempt to rewrite how animals and wildlife are valued and utilized by people. There is a lot to unpack: how an initiative like this could get this far, what's the endgame, why Oregon has become a testing ground for such radical ideas, and what it could mean, if passed, for sportsmen, ranchers, conservationists, and rural communities, not to mention food at the grocery store, and mice in your house. Even if you do not live in Oregon, pay attention—your state could be next.

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  EP98 North American Hunting Culture – is it Lost? Matt Besko Part II

  Jul 22, 20261h 13m

  Matt Besko is the Executive Director of the Hunting and Fishing Branch within the Lands Operations Division in Alberta Forestry and Parks. He is tasked with the management, regulations, and policies affecting Hunting and Fishing allocation and use, trapping, managing carnivores and human-wildlife co-existence. In Part II of Sheep Fever's conversation with Matt, he and co-host Gray Thornton discuss the hunting cultures of Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America with a deep dive into Europe & North America. While Europe's hunting culture and traditions remain at the forefront of their hunting experience, North American traditions, while still robust in the First Nation/Tribal community, appear less prominent. Is this a problem? Does it contribute to a lack of understanding of hunting and hunters by the non-hunting majority? Has North American hunting culture and traditions been replaced by technology? By something else? Is hunting culture and art relevant? Besko is uniquely qualified to answer these questions and more.

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