Hosts Connor Jay Liess (Public Information Specialist) and Ben Bieri (Digital Content Specialist) visit Lewiston during the November Commission meeting and talk with Jen Bruns (Regional Communications Manager), Tara Ball (Regional Wildlife Biologist), and Deborah Monzingo (Regional Wildlife Habitat Biologist).

Hosts Connor Jay Liess (Public Information Specialist) and Ben Bieri (Digital Content Specialist) head to Coeur d’Alene to chat with T.J. Ross (Regional Communications Manager), and Kris Bragg and Jacob Berl (Conservation Officers).

Hosts Connor Jay Liess (Public Information Specialist) and Tom Talley (Staff Engineer) head up to Mackay to talk with Christian Brown (Mackay Fish Hatchery Manager) and Steve Roberts (Conservation Officer in the Mackay Valley).

Host Connor Jay Liess (Public Information Specialist) sits down with Ben Bieri (Digital Content Specialist), Kolby White (Conservation Officer - Southeast Region), and his right-hand man, Bear — an energetic black Lab and certified K9 Officer with Idaho Fish and Game. Bear and Kolby have been working together, wearing the Fish and Game badge, for just over a year.

Hosts Connor Jay Liess (Public Information Specialist) and Ben Bieri (Digital Content Specialist) sit down with Roger Phillips (Public Information Supervisor), Tara Reichert (License Operations Manager), and Alex Erickson (Customer and Vendor Relations Manager) to discuss why Idaho is moving to a draw system for nonresident deer and elk tags and what sportsmen and sportswomen can expect when December rolls around.

Host Connor Jay Liess (Public Information Specialist) sits down with Ben Bieri (Digital Content Specialist) and Matt O’Connell (Regional Conservation Officer, now retired) and discuss how one Wisconsite wound up enforcing wildlife crime in Idaho for close to 31 years.

Host Connor Jay Liess (Public Information Specialist) heads to Mackay with Tom Talley (Staff Engineer) to chat with the current and former Mackay Fish Hatchery crew — Christian Brown (Mackay Fish Hatchery Manager), Kelsey Lear (Mackay Fish Hatchery Assistant Manager), and Mick Hoover (Former Assistant Mackay Hatchery Manager).

Host Connor Jay Liess (Public Information Specialist) sits down with Ben Bieri (Digital Content Specialist), TJ Ross (Regional Communications Manager), Mike Thomas (Regional Fisheries Biologist), and Rob Ryan (Regional Fisheries Manager) up in the Panhandle Region.

Host Connor Jay Liess (Public Information Specialist) sits down with Ben Bieri (Digital Content Specialist) and long-time conservation officer Brian Marek, who recounts some of his most memorable moments patrolling the Treasure Valley and beyond for 26 years.

Host Jen Bruns (Clearwater Regional Communications Manager) shoots the bull with Robert Hand (Regional Fisheries Biologist) and Brian Knoth (Regional Fisheries Biologist in Lewiston, Idaho. Robert and Brian talk about the work they do with habitat restoration and monitoring projects on the Potlatch River in North Central Idaho.

Host Connor Jay Liess (Public Information Specialist) sits down with Tom Talley (Staff Engineer) and David Bernasconi (Regional Wildlife Biologist – Southwest Region) to learn about patterns and behaviors of big game animals and how to hunt them from the perspective of someone who studies them for a living.

Hosts Connor Jay Liess (Public Information Specialist) and Ben Bieri (Digital Content Specialist) sit down with two Idaho Fish and Game Commissioners, Ron Davies (Salmon Region) and Don Ebert (Clearwater Region).

You’re listening to Shootin’ the Bull — a podcast by Idaho Fish and Game. From fish squeezers, deer muggers, and everyone in between, these are the conversations with the men and women of Idaho Fish and Game. Have a question or topic suggestion? Drop us line at podcast@idfg.idaho.gov. Follow Idaho Department of Fish and Game on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.