Alaska Wild Project

AWP Episode 269 "SERE Coach" w/ Rob Bowler (Rob Bowler Coaching)

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau invite special guest Rob Bowler in studio. Rob is an all around bad ass, back country rescue & survival specialist and coach mentor!   Villages of Prince William Sound, People of the Chugach, Alaska Air Transit, AV gas prices, clean your f’n car, Daniels Dock project, shout out to Shane, 4:20 @ The Treehouse, Kodiak Kush, farewell to Molly and and her run as executive director w/AK Wild Sheep Foundation, Rob the Bowler, EMS “Eastern Mountain Sports”, growing up and recreating in Adirondack Park, a run at Syracuse, paddling the Noatak River, guiding in the Brooks Range & Bettles Alaska, always carry a river shotgun, 25-year career as an EMT & Firefighter, transition and enlisting into the military SERE team, TRAP team, 212th, 211th & 210th rescue squadron, personal recovery, bro trip on Denali, working in Avalanche awareness and Alaska Avalanche School, Reverse Metro Music Promotions, top 8 on My Space, paradise in Seldovia, the Bradley damn, a passion for life coaching, ripping in a Cessna 170, Mike Green mentorship and Alaska Expansion Project, Trivia brought to you by Connoisseur Crude, SERE start up, Chilkat Indian Village,  history behind 4:20, Rapid Fire brought to you by Alaska Gun Company, Ernie Ball surveying the Brooks Range, Closing statements and where to find robbowler.com [http://robbowler.com]        Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com [http://www.alaskawildproject.com] Follow us on Instagram -  www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject [http://www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject] Subscribe on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject [http://www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject] $upport the show! - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject [http://www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject] Check Rob out! - www.robbowler.com [http://www.robbowler.com]

AWP Episode 268 "Spartan" w/Joel Tavera & Coke Wallace

Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield are on-site at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center for the second annual Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation Conservation Night. The guys are joined by local legend Alaskan Outfitter and Master Guide Coke Wallace and his client Joel Tavera to talk about the weekends events, annual AKWSF banquet and Joel’s very exciting up coming sheep hunt.   A night at Coke’s place, Joel’s a Tampa Bay Spartan, Hotdogology, Shout out to AK Wild sheep & Alaska Wild Project for the venue set-up, Fire wood palates, This day in Alaska History brought to you by Northern Waste, Joel’s History, Joel’s hunting career, Texas, Aoudad, Wyoming Elk, Northern Waterfowl, Moose, getting robbed in a Mexican hunting camp, what is the issue with horse back hunting access,      Visit our website - www.alaskawildproject.com [http://www.alaskawildproject.com] Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject [http://www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject] Watch on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject [http://www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject] $upport the podcast on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject [http://www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject]

AWP Episode 267 "Hunting Concierge" w/Nick Ploesser of AK Trophy Expediters

Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield welcome special guest Nick Ploesser of AK Trophy Expediters to share his unique story and business model performing expediter services, for hunters, outfitters and taxidermist alike.       Are 70 inch bull moose getting hard to find?, 76 inch monster in camp, Nick’s neck surgery and disc replacement, back blowouts, AK Wild Sheep Foundation Conservation night re-cap, Kuvhima Safaris in Africa, what’s the tip protocol?, levels to the hunt add-ons, BHA upcoming events ( Alaska Cooper Ammo challenge @ matsu outdoor show April 17th-19th & @ Fairbanks outdoor show at Carlson center April 24-26) ( kenai stewardship pint night @ kenai river brewing company Thursday May 14th 6-8pm) can find all the details on backcountryhunters.org [http://hunters.org], shout out to our boy Kevlar and congrats for winning the Can-am defender at the Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation 11th annual banquet event, taxidermy loyalty, logistics & options, to freeze or not freeze your meat,  Quick call to Coke Wallace in Bear camp, Monster Moose Outfitters in Holy Cross, the move to Alaska from Vermont, a career in the Alaskan oil filed, the expediter business model, a “Hunting Concierge” Nick’s Goat hunt story, expediting for Jerrod Niemann, Nick’s hunting experience with his boys, promoting hunting education course w/AK Department of Fish & Game, trivia brought to you by Connoisseur Crude    Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com [http://www.alaskawildproject.com] Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject.com [http://www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject.com] Watch on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject.com [http://www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject.com] $upport on PAtreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject [http://www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject] Check out AK Trophy Expediters website www.aktrophyexpediters.com [http://www.aktrophyexpediters.com]

AWP Episode 266 "Gnarly for Thermals" w/Jake Long and The Flying Pickles

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield and Jack Lau are joined in studio by special guest and paraglide fanatic Jake Long!   “Pickles” the Malinois in the studio, Easter weekend, fat tire biking can be fun, Jakes booty shorts, off road rollerblading, UAA Head Hockey Coach Matt Shasby steps down @ UAA, Max Swanson in the frozen 4, find Daniel a jerky hook-up, “On this day in Alaska History”,  “Nut Sack of of Iowa”, learning to weld, Reading “Into the Wild” headed north to AK to weld on the pipeline, emerging into the Alaska lifestyle, a love for jumping off mountains, finding paragliding, jumping 100-200 times a year, Daniel’s Parasailing nightmare, Speed gliding, FluidWing Paragliders, Weathering for thermals, USHPA United States Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association, Jakes first flight w/Pickles, transitioning into speed wing gliding, Jake’s wipeout & close call, Flying a Spicy Wing, Tandem flight game, “The Flow State”, Trivia brought to you by Connoisseur Crude, Rapid Fire brought to you by Alaska Gun Company, , closing statements and thanks!   Visit our Website -  www.alaskawildproject.com [http://www.alaskawildproject.com] Follow on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject [http://www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject] Watch On YouYube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject [http://www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject] Support the show monetarily on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject [http://www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject]

AWP Episode 265 "Voice of a Queen" w/Clara Baldwin (Fur Rondy Queen)

AWP Episode 265 ”The Voice of a Queen” w/Clara Baldwin Fur Rondy Queen & Alaska Deaf Council   Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield invite special guest Clara Baldwin ASD education director and recently crowned Queen of Fur Rondy in January 2026!   Finally Turing the corner on spring, 21st Century Education program, (Homer, Alaska - a “Staycation Destination”), 2026 Ash Cup Results, on this day in Alaska History brought to you by Northern Waste, On March 31, 1915, Alaska Governor John Strong signed a law establishing a bounty on wolves, marking the start of intensive, long-term predator control that led to the local extinction of the Kenai Peninsula wolf. This act significantly influenced Alaska’s wildlife management policies for decades, with various bounty or incentive programs continuing intermittently., Claras Alaska history, California to D.C., Gallaudet University, intern for the government bills, moving Milan Conference (Deaf Education), International Sign Language, sign language slang & accents, heart of hearing community, doing an ASL in the community, competing for the Fur Rondy Queen, Miss Alaska, Trapper Alan Dubis, Marten Queen Crown, House Bill 39 Alaska, ILP Expansion, Ready for a goat hunt, Hiking Grace Ridge, Alaska Deaf Council & Social Media following, King of the River Def Fishing Guide, Cochlear Implants, Trivia brought to you by Connoisseur Lounge,   Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com [http://www.alaskawildproject.com] Watch on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject [http://www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject] Follow on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject [http://www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject] Please consider supporting the show on Patreon, we have bills to pay! www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject [http://www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject]