The Venatic Podcast
Join your host, Ryan Wilby, each week as he summarizes all of the news and views from the outdoor world as featured in the twice-weekly outdoors newsletter known as The Venatic. Just as the name suggests, the show is "fond of or living by hunting", and is a new extension of the famous newsletter that has been delivering outdoor content to subscribers since 2017.In addition to Wib’s Weekly Roundup episodes, the podcast also features deep-dives into curious Stories From The Field, highlighting fascinating outdoor-oriented characters both past and present. Using biographies and other books recounting these phenomenal tales from th...
Episodes
Week in Review - August 15, 2025
Well, we kicked off this week with a lawsuit coming out of the state of Minnesota. As part of some monkey business regarding unauthorized elk permits, the state’s DNR has hurled a lawsuit at the Kittson County Sheriff’s Office. We’ve also g…
Week in Review - August 8, 2025
Well, we kicked off this week with the tragic but legal passing of Blondie the lion, along with the associated social media backlash. We got into the case involving a pair of Florida brothers and the 20-or-so deer they illegally annihilated…
Week in Review - August 1, 2025
We kicked off this week with story of some cross-border poaching that took place in both Montana and Washington state, we covered the newly-introduced “Don’t Feed the Bears Act of 2025”, we’ve also got a couple of stories involving Canadian…
Week in Review - July 25, 2025
We kicked off this week with the unfortunate true story of the North Dakota sage grouse and how it has been officially declared as extirpated in the state. We follow that up with the story of the Idaho man who blatantly killed and wasted a …
Week in Review - July 18, 2025
Well, we kicked off this week with the harrowing tale of a 69-year-old Wisconsin woman who is now thankfully in stable condition after suffering severe injuries in a bear attack. We followed that up with the details surrounding Utah’s new l…
Week in Review - July 11, 2025
This week we got into the details surrounding two Ontario men who were implicated in an illegal deer hunting scheme in the western region of the province. We covered Wyoming’s sudden change of heart regarding some pending changes to their l…
Week in Review - June 27, 2025
This week we’re covering Tennessee’s sudden reversal of their proposed hunting and fishing license fee increases, we’ve got the story of the infamous Karl Studer’s day in court and sentencing, the Illinois Hunting Club whose doors have been…
Week in Review - June 20, 2025
This week we’re covering the crazy story of a serial poacher that dodged jail time for his wildlife crimes but ended up behind bars for driving to his sentencing with a suspended license. We’re also covering the story surrounding the crooke…
Week in Review - June 13, 2025
This week we’re covering the Pennsylvania poaching bust that resulted in $35,000 worth of fines, how one group of anti-hunters is planning to disrupt the upcoming Florida bear hunt, we’ve also got some confirmed photographic evidence of som…
Week in Review - June 6, 2025
This week we’re covering the unprecedented euthanization of a famed and recently released and relocated Colorado wolf, the story of a Virginia duck hunter who illegally poisoned and killed over 20 bald eagles and hawks and pretty much got o…
Week in Review - May 30, 2025
This week we’re covering the frightening tale of a pair of mushroom hunters that were forced to lethally defend themselves from a charging grizzly, we’re talking about Tennessee’s new pay-to-play baiting regulations, the story of a pair of …
Week in Review - May 16, 2025
This week we’re covering the story of a pair of boisterous climate activists that went ahead and stuck their foot in their mouth regarding the tradition of polar bear hunting in the Canadian North. We also covered a new study that experime…
Week in Review - May 9, 2025
This week we’re covering the story of yet another social media influencer who was busted in a massive residency scandal up in the Yukon, we’ve the details about the first fatal black bear attack in the history of the great state of Florida…
Week in Review - May 2, 2025
This week we’re covering the slap on the wrist that was offered to one Minnesota serial poacher, who quite honestly deserved a lot more considering his crimes. We went wolf crazy covering one study out of California illustrating that the st…
Week in Review - April 25, 2025
This week we’re covering the defeated Colorado ballot measure that attempted to repeal the state’s wolf reintroduction efforts, how a father-son duo has been implicated in a massive illegal poaching investigation in Idaho, the conviction of…
Week in Review - April 18, 2025
This week we’re covering how Atlantic salmon are getting jacked up on pharmaceutical drugs and what it means for their spawning rituals. We’ve also got the story surrounding a pair of Mississippi men who have been handed some big fines and …
Week in Review - April 11, 2025
This week we covered the story of the Florida fishing guide who absolutely lost his damn mind…and his business and reputation in the process, the 80-year-old turkey hunter who accidentally shot another hunter in the back of the head in Cali…
Week in Review - April 4, 2025
Well, it’s a funny time of year in the outdoor world and despite turkey season taking up pretty much everyone’s attention, we’ve had to dig a bit deeper to keep the stories coming. And not one to shy away from a challenge, we still managed …
Week in Review - March 28, 2025
Well, we kicked the week off with the news of a pair of Utah residents who have since been nailed for residency fraud for the illegal killing of a beauty mule deer in Nevada, we then covered the story of Alaska’s fight that would allow the…
Week in Review - March 21, 2025
Well, we kicked the week off with the news of a crazy finding way up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula involving some awfully cute future killers, went down to Texas and learned about the state representative and deer breeder that is introducin…
Week in Review - March 14, 2025
We kicked things off this week in Colorado as ranchers have begun to be rewarded funding for wold predation claims, we chat about Utah's bill aiming to ensure that all wildlife board members hold and maintain a hunting license, two stories …
Week in Review - March 7, 2025
We kicked things off this week with the story of how a big old deer smuggling bust in Texas turned into a whole lot more than wardens expected, an Oregon man who was handed his third lifetime hunting ban in 10 years, the story of a Washingt…
Week in Review - February 21, 2025
We kicked things off this week with the story of how the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is stepping up in the case of a pair of illegal elk killings along the Nevada-Utah border, on Tuesday we covered Montana’s new proposal that would see th…
Week in Review - February 14, 2025
We kicked off the week this week covering a multi-year Montana poaching investigation that resulted in guilty pleas for the poaching of three bull elk, a black bear and a whole lot of trout. We’ll also cover off the failure of a new Wyoming…
Week in Review - February 7, 2025
We started this week with the tragic profile of 7 long-time hunting buddies who were returning from a hunting trip in Kansas on American Airlines Flight 5342 before it collided with a Black Hawk helicopter last week in DC. We’ve also got th…
Week in Review - January 31, 2025
This week's episode included the story of four complete douchebags and their attempt to use stolen valor to get free hunting and fishing licenses, Wyoming’s Clean Kill bill and how it just kind of sort of missing the mark, along with a new …
Week in Review - January 24, 2025
For our main stories this week, we dissected the not-so-surprising reasons that Banff’s elk are in decline, Colorado’s hush-hush approach to ushering in a whole new batch of wolves, Florida’s possible forthcoming bear hunt and the miraculou…
Week in Review - January 17, 2025
Our main stories this week included the brutal story surrounding 14 Arizona poachers that were finally indicted, Colorado’s steamrolling approach to importing more wolves, a pair of out of state poachers caught on Ring Camera and highlighti…
Week in Review - January 10, 2025
Well, things are starting to kick up again in the news world and this week brought us a lot of stories from the great outdoors. From poachers getting handed fines to politically-motivated moves from an outgoing administration, there was ple…
Week in Review - January 3, 2025
This week we’ve got a bit of everything including the sad news of an unfortunate hunting accident that resulted in the death of a Special Forces soldier, the story of a Louisiana veteran that downed a massive 700-lb bear in the state’s firs…
Week in Review - December 20, 2024
This week we’ve got a bit of variety for you. While the newswire has been slowing down ever so slightly as we approach the Christmas holiday, we were able to dig up a couple of doosie’s to help get you through the week. In this episode, we …
Week in Review - December 13, 2024
This week we’ve got a couple of juicy poaching stories including CJ Alexander’s sentencing on Wednesday and the illegal killing of New York’s famous King Louie buck.We're also covering:Virginia hunter injured by falling bear after shooting …
Week in Review - December 6, 2024
This week we’ve got a couple of bangers for you including the story of how one former school supervisor in Oregon was fired and fined for blasting a deer on company time to “blow off some steam” - we’ve also got the 36-year-old woman who or…
Week in Review - November 29, 2024
This week we’re covering the story of a Michigan serial poacher who has, once again, been taken to task, this time, for killing a 9-point buck. We’ll also be covering California’s banging year - at least when it comes to wolves and the US F…
Week in Review - November 22, 2024
This week we’re covering the bizarre and honestly, quite funny story of “Operation Bear Thief" that resulted in the arrest of four people for impersonating a bear for insurance fraud. We’ll also cover the story of Two Virginia residents who…
Week in Review - November 15, 2024
We’ve got a lot going on this week and I guess, given the time of year that’s kind of expected. The unfortunate reality is that a lot of the headlines this week involve poaching cases - many of which are quite egregious in nature. The good …
Week in Review - November 8, 2024
This week we’re covering the story of a Washington man who has been absolutely lambasted with YUGE fines and prison time for his involvement in a number of illegal eagle killing sprees that took place for well over a decade.We’re also cover…
Week in Review - November 1, 2024
This week we’re covering a controversial study, which shouldn’t really be all that controversial, that unequivocally shows the benefits that culling wolves can have on struggling caribou populations and why so many people are pissed about i…
Week in Review - October 25, 2024
This week started off a little slow, but thankfully the news cycle started to hit its stride yesterday and we did manage to find a few things to chat about this week.For starters, our friends over at the Sportsmen’s Alliance released a rath…
Week in Review - October 18, 2024
This week we’re covering the story of a woman and her three juvenile accomplices that went on an absolute tear over the course of a couple of years, illegally killing upwards of 100 deer.We’re also following the infamous story of the Alexan…