Sheep Fever
Episodes
EP90 500 Years of Beretta – Ricardo Olivieri
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Sheep Fever, Gray Thornton sits down with Ricardo Olivieri of Beretta to explore what it means to represent a brand with over 500 y...
EP89 Cornhusker Bighorns - Todd Nordeen
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bighorns in Nebraska? When one thinks of bighorns, you'd likely get a pass if you do not first point to green and yellow fields of corn as far as the ...
EP88 Mountain Athlete Nutrition with Kyle Kamp and Valley to Peak Nutrition
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether on a multi-day campaign or day hike hunt, if we're not fueling the machine properly, are we still hunting at a high level, or just out on the ...
EP87 Wolves, Grizzlies, and the ESA – Is there daylight at the end of the tunnel?
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More maulings, deaths, and livestock losses. More lawsuits, political posturing, and ballot initiatives. More misinformation and fundraising over what...
EP86 Kicked Out with Chelsea Lloyd
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Chelsea drew a coveted Alaska sheep tag, she knew it would require everything—physically, mentally, and emotionally. In this episode, she walks...
EP85 A Passion for Pushing the Envelope – Aaron Davidson with Gunwerks
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Sheep Fever, we sit down with Gunwerks founder Aaron Davidson—an innovator and engineer who's helped redefine precision shooting ...
EP84 Meet the 2026 WSF Board Candidates
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Sheep Fever, we sit down with the candidates for the 2026 Wild Sheep Foundation Board of Directors—four passionate indivi...
EP83 Kicked Out with John Hubbard
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Sheep Fever – Kicked Out episode, host Maddie Richards catches up with John Hubbard to hear the story of his recent sheep hunt in the Yukon....
EP82 Kicked Out with Mike Aiazzi
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Kicked Out stories, Maddie Richards sits down with Mike Aiazzi to talk about his journey to drawing a coveted sheep tag in Nevada. ...
EP81 Weatherby – Tomorrow's Rifles Today
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating its 80th year of manufacturing some of the finest, fastest, accurate, hardest-hitting, and most innovative firearms and rifle cartridges i...
EP80 Aoudad in Texas – A Trophy or Scourge?
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recent data from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) estimates that there are ~100,000 free-roaming aoudad west of the Pecos River. To put th...
EP79 Moving the Needle for Wild Sheep – Charlie Kelly & Kyle Stelter
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh on the heels of a record July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025 fiscal year for the Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF), record convention proceeds to WSF ($4+ ...
EP78 Quiet Excellence – Silencer Central's 20 Years of Saving Hearing, One Suppressor at a time
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating 20 years of suppressor/silencer sales and manufacturing, and most notably making the once onerous BATF application process simple, painles...
EP77 Save The Hunt – A conversation with Dan Gates of Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EP77 Save The Hunt – A conversation with Dan Gates of Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management Of the Rocky Mountain states, Colorado has...
EP76 North American Pronghorn Foundation
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Sheep Fever we visit with Eric Dippold, Secretary for the newly formed North American Pronghorn Foundation. A uniquely North American goa...
EP75 Arizona Rocky Mountain Bighorn Raffle Tag
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sheep Fever co-hosts Keith and Gray visit with WSF Chairman, Charlie Kelly (AZ) and COO Corey Mason (TX) about the Foundation's raffling of the 2025-2...
EP74 Wild Harvest Initiative with Shane Mahoney
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Launched in 2015 with financial support from WSF and others, the Wild Harvest Initiative sought to calculate, for the first time, the total amount in ...
EP73 A Conversation with Jason Matzinger – Part I
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artist, film producer, television host, outdoor communicator, ambassador, hunter, conservationist, father are just a few descriptives of Montana nativ...
EP72 Best of Sheep Fever 2024
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tough to choose, but here is a Best of Sheep Fever 2024 special episode. Actually, our listeners choose for us by most popular downloads. A lot of gro...
EP71 Whiskey and Wild Sheep – Rob Gerstner of Full Curl Brands
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Often consumed to celebrate victory, sometimes even survival, but just as often to mourn defeat, whiskey and wild sheep do go together. Such was the ...
EP70 Montana Knife Company– Josh Smith
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Admittedly, hunters are gear junkies. When it comes to our knives, as we learned from MKC founder and CEO Josh Smith, it runs deeper than that. Grandp...
EP69 TOUGH SHEEP Workout /w Mtn. Tough Fitness
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Post Sheep Show, Sheep Fever co-host Keith Balfourd and WSF's Director of Publications and Awards, Julie Tripp reconnect with Dustin Diefenderfer of M...
EP68 Spotlight on British Columbia – Part II
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Part II of our Spotlight on BC, Kyle, Scott, and Gray weigh into the status of wild sheep and wildlife in the province, and the status of wildlife...
EP67 Spotlight on British Columbia – Part I
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
British Columbia holds a special focus for the Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF), with three of North America's four wild sheep calling it home. During th...
EP66 The 2025 Sheep Show® with Field Ethos
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the Sheep Show just over the next ridge, Sheep Fever hosts Gray Thornton and Keith Balfourd sat down with Mike Schoby of Field Ethos to discuss w...
EP65 WSF Ambassadors Talk Sheep Show® 2025
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the 2025 Sheep Show just around the corner, Sheep Fever co-hosts Gray and Keith visit with newly welcomed WSF Ambassadors Jana Waller Bair and Ra...
EP64 Conservation's Future Part 2 with Shane Mahoney
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our previous episode, we discussed that conservation is at a crossroads. More people are turning to nature and the outdoors for health and fulfillm...
EP63 Conservation's Future; what's missing with Shane Mahoney
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is conservation at a crossroads? If challenges to wildlife and the environment are evolving and, in many cases, mounting. If we believe that conservat...
EP62 Dream Rams of the North – Bill Pastorek
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Pastorek, author of Dream Rams of British Columbia will soon release his recent and highly anticipate work, Dream Rams of the North. Bill caught ...
EP61 Guest Podcast by Spike Camp
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spike Camp is an online community of hunter conservationists. On Wednesday, September 16th Spike Camp founders Chuck and Blake Peeling conducted a li...
EP60 Win a Dall's sheep hunt from Mountain Tough & WSF
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Sheep Fever, co-host Keith Balfourd visits with Mountain Tough Fitness Lab founder Dustin Diefenderfer to learn more about their sp...
EP59 We Welcome Corey Mason to Team WSF
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New Chief Operating Officer and Executive VP of Conservation, Corey Mason joined the WSF Team in August, bringing decades of conservation and industry...
EP58 Special WSF Board of Directors Elections Edition of Sheep Fever
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wild sheep matter, and so does selecting the future leadership of the Wild Sheep Foundation in our upcoming fall 2024 WSF Board of Director elections....
EP57 Tracks on a Mountain - Jim Manley
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Acclaimed and award-winning journalist and author, hunter, and sheep hunter Craig Boddington had this to say about WSF Summit Life Member Jim Manley's...
EP56 Azyre Gear – An Inspired Brand
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Azyre Gear founder and accomplished sheep hunter Cari Goss' goal is to inspire and empower women to pursue their hunting and outdoors passions with co...
EP 55 Andy Moeckel – Flip Flop Guy & Best of the West
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Moeckel is well known in the hunting and conservation community as The Flip Flop Guy and his unique cooking style called the Flip Flop. He has tu...
EP 54 Growing Wild Sheep – Nursery & Source Herds
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sadly, wild sheep numbers are down in many of their ranges. For our thinhorns up North, environmental factors, some of which are beyond short-term hum...
EP 53 The Changing Face of Wildlife Management – Shane Mahoney & Andrew McKean
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is no question that forces are being placed on our systems, institutions, philosophies, and the science that manages wildlife. Situations and co...
EP 52 Southeast Chapter of WSF Launched!
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Wild Sheep Foundation is growing and is pleased to announce the formation and official charter of the Southeast Chapter of WSF! The mission of the...
EP 51 Back Where They Belong
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're going to Texas in this episode to talk about restoring desert bighorn sheep to a mountain range that hasn't seen sheep since the early 1900s. Sh...
EP 50 A Conversation with Jana Waller Bair
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jana Waller Bair is the Host and Executive Producer of Skull Bound TV and Skull Bound Chronicles, a hunting and conservation series on Carbon TV that ...
EP 49 Banning Mountain Lion Hunting in Colorado
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Sheep Fever, we visit with Mark Truax, President and CEO of Pac/West Strategies, to discuss the attempted ban on mountain lion, bob...
EP 48 What's next for wildlife conservation with Shane Mahoney
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Conservation has increasingly become a global topic and a global effort. In this episode, Sheep Fever co-host Keith Balford visits with Shane Mahoney,...
EP 47 Western Hunt Fest with Co-Founders Jeffrey DeVaul, Guy Duplantier, and Efren Gonzalez
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Preparation, readiness, and confidence are everything, especially on backcountry hunts. WSF recently became the title sponsor for the next three years...
EP 46 John Snow, Shooting Editor for Outdoor Life
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rifles, cartridges, loads, and bullets–the tools of trade for hunters, competition, and recreational shooters–have advanced rapidly in the past te...
EP45 WSF Youth Programs with Dr. Ryan Brock
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since the inaugural WSF Youth Wildlife Conservation Experience (YWCE) in 2012, and with the addition of the Shooting, Hunting & Ethics Education Progr...
EP44 Blood Origins with Robbie Kröger
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Unlike a traditional story where fathers, grandfathers, mothers, and grandmothers handed down generations of stories, hunting locations and secret spo...
EP43 The Last Keeper – Tom Opre
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Conflicts over land use, conservation vs. preservation, sustainable use vs. protectionism, rural vs. urban values and politics, historical vs. contemp...
EP42 Aoudad – Mountain Game or Invasive Species?
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sheep Fever co-host Gray Thornton joins WSF Director Emilio Rangel, founder and co-owner of Rancho La Palmosa in Coahuila, Mexico, Dr. Sam Cunningham...
EP41 To Lead or Not to Lead? That's the question
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The ban on the use of lead shot for hunting waterfowl was phased-in starting with the 1987-1988 hunting season. The ban became nationwide in 1991. Ove...
EP40 Wild Sheep & Predators
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Sheep Fever co-host Gray N. Thornton for a fascinating and educational conversation on wild sheep predation with four career wildlife biologists ...
EP39 Weatherby, Inc & In Pursuit – Adam Weatherby
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Founded by Roy Weatherby in 1945, to say the company that bears his name is an iconic brand in the firearms industry would be a gross understatement. ...
EP38 What's in Store for Sheep Show® 2024?
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Sheep Show® is without a doubt the Ferrari of mountain game hunting and conservation expos. Sheep Fever co-hosts Gray Thornton and Keith Balfo...
EP37 Call Me Hunter with Jim Shockey
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Within the hunter-conservationist and outdoor writing, film, and television communities, Jim Shockey needs no introduction. Now an internationally bes...
EP36 Television, Video, Films & Kill Shots
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There was a time when hunting was only found within a circle of those who participated in this traditional outdoor pastime and lifestyle. No longer. H...
BONUS WSF Fall Director Elections – Candidate Interviews
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Wild Sheep Foundation fall 2023 Director Elections begin October 15th and conclude December 15th. Per WSF Bylaws every WSF member in good standing...
EP35 Working Dogs for Conservation
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Man's (and woman's) best friend has been an important part of the human experience for ~40,000 years. Faithful companion, worker, beast of burden, hun...
EP34 Icon of Alaska – Dick Gunlogson with Larry McGovern
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alaskan Master Guide Dick Gunlogson is an icon of the north and our wild sheep family. WSF Director Larry McGovern has hunted with Dick numerous times...
EP33 Adventure Wild with Don and David Prince
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Adventure Wild is a collection of five rare hunting and fishing films produced over 40 years ago by FNAWS Charter Member Don Prince and his hunting an...
EP32 Western Big Game Hunting with Dan Adler of Diamond Outfitters
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gray and Keith sit down with a seasoned veteran in guiding and outfitting western big game hunts, and it wasn't what we expected. Dan...
EP31 Field Ethos with Mike Schoby
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Field Ethos was the brainchild of Donald Trump Jr. and Jason Vincent, a multi-media platform to tell the stories of time in the field, but with an una...
EP30 Education – WSF Youth Education Coordinator, Dr. Ryan Brock, & Sara Bridge, Executive Director, National Bighorn Sheep Center
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wild Sheep Foundation's Mission is "We enhance wild sheep populations, promote scientific wildlife management, and educate the public and youth on su...
EP29 Brandon Maddox – Silencer Central
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Suppressors (silencers) are legal to own in 42 US states and legal to hunt with in 41 of those. Brandon Maddox, CEO and owner of Silencer Central, is ...
EP28 WSF Vision for FY 2023-24 – Glen Landrus & Kyle Stelter
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
High School educator and past President of Washington WSF, Glen Landrus of Anatone, WA is serving his second term as Chair of the Board of Directors o...
EP27 Gastronomy Outdoors – Chef Josh Schwencke
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chef Josh Schwencke owns and operates Gastronomy Outdoors in south Texas, a company designed in the building and facilitating of culinary courses cent...
EP26 NWT Dall's Sheep and "Selective" – A New Film From Jason Matzinger
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, Keith and Gray are joined by Glenda Grout, owner of Canol Outfitters in the NWT, and filmmaker Jason Matzinger to talk all things NW...
EP25 Blayne St. James and St. James Sporting Properties
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blayne St. James owns and operates St. James Sporting Properties, a group of elite real estate professionals and outdoorsmen specializing in selling t...
EP24 Schnee's – Boots, Firearms, Gear, Sheep Hunting & our Outdoor Heritage
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Sheep Fever, co-host Gray Thornton visits with Schnee's president & owner, Jon Edwards, and Marketing Director, Matt Miller, to ta...
EP23 Feral Horse & Burros w/Tony Wasley, Charlie Booher & Kevin Hurley
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Congress passed the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses & Burros Act in 1971 when populations of these animals were declining. Back then, no one could have f...
EP22 Women Hunt®, Women Shaping Conservation, and Women In Hunting™
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For a variety of reasons women are one of the fasting growing segments of the hunting and shooting communities. WSF's Women Hunt® program was conceiv...
EP21 Hunting Icons of British Columbia - Ron Fleming and Darwin Cary
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most cherished aspects of any hunt is the stories shared around a campfire. Whether enjoying Stone's sheep ribs slow grilled on willow stic...
EP20 Conservation Permits with Andrew McKean
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Auction Tags, Governor's Tags, Minister's Permits – celebrated conservation funding, special privilege, love them or hate them, amazing record amoun...
EP19 One Health with Peri Wolff and Shane Mahoney
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One Health is not a new concept, but it has gained momentum with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and others following the COVID pandemic. One He...
EP18 La Palmosa – A Family Tradition and Vision for Wildlife
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 100,000 acre Rancho La Palmosa is the result of a vision to restore native wildlife to the Chihuahuan desert of northern Coahuila including desert...
EP17 Hard Truths About Conservation with Dan Cabela and Shane Mahoney
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Outdoor programming on television has come a long way since its inception, with more and more shows covering the conservation benefits of hunting and ...
EP16 SITKA Gear
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
SITKA Gear has led the technical hunting clothing community with their launch in 2005 with purposeful-designed apparel for the sheep and mountain gam...
EP15 Stone Glacier with Jeff Sposito
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stone Glacier is recognized as one of the fastest-growing, innovative, and edgy brands in the outdoor space. Gray sits down with SG President and CEO ...
EP14 Custom Rifles and a Raffle Tag Ram w/Paul Donaldson
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, Keith visits with Snowy Mountain Rifle of Montana president, Paul Donaldson to talk about custom rifle making and Paul's good fortun...
EP13 Conservation Legislation & Policy with Jeff Crane
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The business of conservation is complex, with many moving parts. In this episode, Keith visits with Congressional Sportsmen Foundation President Jeff ...
EP12 Boots & Sheep Hunting – Jim Winjum, Kenetrek
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With more than 35 years of experience, Jim Winjum is a leading authority on footwear design for mountain hunting. In 2005 Jim's passion for backcountr...
EP11 Science Doesn't Care What You Think - Steve Williams
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the seven principles of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is; wildlife is to be managed by the best science available, not opin...
EP10 Test & Remove
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One bright spot in keeping wild sheep on the Mountain is a new program called, Test & Remove. In this episode, Gray sits down with the leading experts...
EP9 Trophies & Trophy Hunting Part 2
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Like a tough piece of meat that gets bigger the more you chew it, there's more to this discussion on trophies and trophy hunting. Gray, Keith and Shan...
EP8 Trophies & Trophy Hunting Part 1
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If there's a hot topic aimed at the future of hunting today, it's trophy hunting. Gray and Keith sit down with our community's sage advisor, Shane Mah...
EP7 Asian Sheep Hunting – Robert Logan
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to Asian sheep hunting and especially hunting wild sheep in China, few have "been there – done that" than Albertan Robert Logan. Gray ...
EP6 A New Look at an Old Problem (Rocky Crate Chair)
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode of Sheep Fever, WSF President and CEO Gray Thornton and Vice President of Conservation Kevin Hurley visit with Kate Huyvaert DVM, the...
EP5 The Original Hunt Adviser - Jack Atcheson, Jr.
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So, you want to go sheep hunting? If there is one man who has seen it all in North America and internationally, its Jack Atcheson, Jr. Gray and Jack h...
EP4 Wild Sheep Conservation Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to know where you're going, check where you've been. In this episode of Sheep Fever, you'll hear from the past two Chairs of the Wild Shee...
EP3 Wild Harvest Initiative – Shane Mahoney
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How much wild game meat is humanely and ethically harvested by sportsmen and women in the US and Canada each year? How many meals does this represent,...
EP2 Great Rams – Bob Anderson – Part 2
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bob and Gray got on a roll and there was just too much good dialog to decide what to edit, so we split their conversation into two episodes. Like a li...
EP1 Great Rams – Bob Anderson – Part 1
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Like a living encyclopedia on big rams, sheep hunts, and sheep hunters, author of the Great Rams books I, II, III & IV, Bob Anderson forgets more in...
Welcome to Sheep Fever
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sheep Fever is the official podcast of the Wild Sheep Foundation, delivering a diversity of topics, talent, and insights from within the wild sheep h...