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Sports & Recreation Podcasts
A podcast about fishing and hunting, wildlife, nature and outdoor pursuits in magnificent British Columbia (BC) and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans and every week, I talk with people on a wide variety of topics and issues related to wild things. Some specific topics include fly-fishing, chironomids, hunting mule deer, bow hunting and learning all that's required to become good in the field with archery equipment. I have lived in Kamloops for nearly 30 years and have come to love all aspects of the outdoors in B.C., from our great stillwater fishing lakes to our wild mountains, prime fishing rivers, incredible rainbow trout and spectacular scenery. There is so much to talk about when it comes to the outdoors in British Columbia, and I hope to provide outdoors folk with a wide range of meaningful information about so many of the outdoors activities that have become my life's passion. Please subscribe, and let me know what you want to hear about by sending email to bchuntingandfishing@icloud.com.
Location:
Canada
Genres:
Sports & Recreation Podcasts
Description:
A podcast about fishing and hunting, wildlife, nature and outdoor pursuits in magnificent British Columbia (BC) and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans and every week, I talk with people on a wide variety of topics and issues related to wild things. Some specific topics include fly-fishing, chironomids, hunting mule deer, bow hunting and learning all that's required to become good in the field with archery equipment. I have lived in Kamloops for nearly 30 years and have come to love all aspects of the outdoors in B.C., from our great stillwater fishing lakes to our wild mountains, prime fishing rivers, incredible rainbow trout and spectacular scenery. There is so much to talk about when it comes to the outdoors in British Columbia, and I hope to provide outdoors folk with a wide range of meaningful information about so many of the outdoors activities that have become my life's passion. Please subscribe, and let me know what you want to hear about by sending email to bchuntingandfishing@icloud.com.
Language:
English
Episodes
Would you release a potential world-record salmon? A BC couple did, and C&R of big salmon is becoming more common
7/16/2022
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans. I’ve hunted and fished in BC for more than 30 years, and come to love everything about this province and all it has to offer.
This year, I’ve teamed up with Randy Nelson, a retired fisheries officer and a skilled hunter with a lot of wisdom and experience to share. We’re going to chat through the coming months about a wide range of topics...
Duration:01:30:23
Where does our hunting and fishing money go? Partly to conservation, thanks to the HCTF
7/2/2022
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans. I’ve hunted and fished in BC for more than 30 years, and come to love everything about this province and all it has to offer.
This year, I’ve teamed up with Randy Nelson, a retired fisheries officer and a skilled hunter with a lot of wisdom and experience to share. We’re going to chat through the coming months about a wide range of topics...
Duration:01:25:10
Hunting bears or fishing for trout: Making the 'terrible' choices of spring ...
6/12/2022
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans. I’ve hunted and fished in BC for more than 30 years, and come to love everything about this province and all it has to offer.
This year, I’ve teamed up with Randy Nelson, a retired fisheries officer and a skilled hunter with a lot of wisdom and experience to share. We’re going to chat through the coming months about a wide range of topics...
Duration:01:13:43
Part 2 — Want changes to hunting regs? Be prepared to speak up ...
5/29/2022
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans. I’ve hunted and fished in BC for more than 30 years, and come to love everything about this province and all it has to offer.
This year, I’ve teamed up with Randy Nelson, a retired fisheries officer and a skilled hunter with a lot of wisdom and experience to share. We’re going to chat through the coming months about a wide range of topics...
Duration:01:20:53
Want changes to hunting regulations in BC, such as Limited Entry Hunting? “Join a gang,” says BC Wildlife Federation
5/14/2022
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans. I’ve hunted and fished in BC for more than 30 years, and come to love everything about this province and all it has to offer.
This year, I’ve teamed up with Randy Nelson, a retired fisheries officer and a skilled hunter with a lot of wisdom and experience to share. We’re going to chat through the coming months about a wide range of topics...
Duration:01:17:06
Two years later: Are we still 100% committed to bow hunting?
4/30/2022
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans. I’ve hunted and fished in BC for more than 30 years, and come to love everything about this province and all it has to offer.
This year, I’ve teamed up with Randy Nelson, a retired fisheries officer and a skilled hunter with a lot of wisdom and experience to share. We’re going to chat through the coming months about a wide range of topics...
Duration:01:12:01
Host of Fishing the Wild West TV says there are no scripts on the water — “the fish will tell you what the show will be…”
4/16/2022
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans. I’ve hunted and fished in BC for more than 30 years, and come to love everything about this province and all it has to offer.
This year, I’ve teamed up with Randy Nelson, a retired fisheries officer and a skilled hunter with a lot of wisdom and experience to share. We’re going to chat through the coming months about a wide range of topics...
Duration:00:52:52
The Secrets to Good Taxidermy Start in the Field
3/19/2022
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans. I’ve hunted and fished in BC for more than 30 years, and come to love everything about this province and all it has to offer.
This year, I’ve teamed up with Randy Nelson, a retired fisheries officer and a skilled hunter with a lot of wisdom and experience to share. We’re going to chat through the coming months about a wide range of topics...
Duration:01:07:53
BC’s Wolf Cull — Why We Have To Kill Wolves to Save At-Risk Caribou
3/5/2022
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans. I’ve hunted and fished in BC for more than 30 years, and come to love everything about this province and all it has to offer.
This year, I’ve teamed up with Randy Nelson, a retired fisheries officer and a skilled hunter with a lot of wisdom and experience to share. We’re going to chat through the coming months about a wide range of topics...
Duration:01:22:25
A Freezer Is Like A Diary of a Hunting Season, Filled With Stories Disguised As Meat
2/19/2022
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans. I’ve hunted and fished in B.C. for more than 30 years, and come to love everything about this province and all it has to offer.
This will be the third year I’ve worked on this podcast, and I’ll admit it’s been hit and miss at times, with probably a lot more misses than hits along the way. It’s not an easy thing to do, but I’m giving it my...
Duration:00:49:39
Are You an Ice Fishing Criminal? I Was! And Spending Time Off-Season to Get Better During the On Season
2/5/2022
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans and today, Randy Nelson and I chat about an aspect of ice fishing that I don’t think many people know about, one that could — at least theoretically — get you into trouble with the law…
We also talk about spending time in the off-season building skills with a bow or a rife that will make a difference when hunting. We’ve all heard it —...
Duration:00:56:09
It’s That Ice-Fishing-for-Kokanee Time of Year in B.C.’s Interior!
1/22/2022
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans and on the podcast, I chat with people about the activities we love,,,.
It’s been a while since my last chat with someone, almost a year actually. I’ll blame a pandemic, a new job and lack of time as the reason. However, I’m back again in 2022 to continue on. Through this year, I’ll talk with a variety of outdoors folk but especially with...
Duration:00:57:41
Setting Up a Stillwater Fly-Fishing Boat, and What to Expect on Our Lakes This Spring
3/27/2021
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans and every once in a while, I chat with people about interesting aspects of our outdoor sports.
This time around, I talked to Kamloops flyfishing master Brian Chan about his prediction for this year’s upcoming fishing season — especially as COVID continues to dominate — and how he is setting up a new boat for stillwater fishing this...
Duration:00:36:49
Year of the Bow #11 — Killing Time in the Off-Season with BS About Bows, Arrows and Accuracy …
1/18/2021
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada. I’m Robert Koopmans and every once in a while, I chat with people about interesting aspects of our outdoor sports.
This time around, Jeremy Jensen, Kevin Wood and I met up at Jeremy’s archery warehouse in Kamloops to shoot some arrows and bullshit in rambling fashion about bow and arrow accuracy. I’m not sure how much fact we brought to the table, but it was fun...
Duration:00:56:21
Year of the Bow #10 — Another Season Ends, and Looking Ahead to the Next One
12/16/2020
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada.
I’m Robert Koopmans and this week Jeremy Jensen, Kevin Wood and I talked about the end of the hunting season, how it all turned out, and what role bowhunting will play for us in the future. We also answer some questions from a listener about things like cover scents, camo, how to carry binoculars, and making best use of the off-season to practice…
Lastly, my...
Duration:01:03:00
Year of the Bow #9 — Early Success for Deer with a Bow, Close Calls with Geese and Chasing a Goat-Killing Predator…
10/6/2020
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada.
I’m Robert Koopmans and this week I was back in the archery warehouse with Jeremy Jensen and Kevin Wood, talking about the past six weeks of hunting, including some great early season success for mule deer and blacktail deer, chasing Canada geese with arrows and our attempts to track down a goat-killer, a massive black bear we nicknamed Tank …
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Duration:01:04:19
The Terrible Choices of Fall, and a “Wild Moose Chase” in B.C.’s North Country …
9/12/2020
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada.
I’m Robert Koopmans and this week I talked to fly-fishing master Brian Chan about the terrible choice outdoors folk face every autumn — do we fish or hunt? It’s a dilemma Brian faces every year now that he has become enamoured by bowhunting for deer, as the fall also provides such excellent stillwater fly-fishing opportunities in B.C.’s lakes. Brian’s choice?...
Duration:01:12:39
Year of the Bow # 8 — Going Down the Bow Tuning Rabbit Hole, Chasing Real Rabbits and Making Sense of Trail Cams …
8/25/2020
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada.
I’m Robert Koopmans and this week I was back in the archery warehouse with Jeremy Jensen and Kevin Wood, talking about the frustrations of tuning a hunting bow, getting ‘bunny fever,’ and the troubles with trail cams…
We also talked about the upcoming deer season, which is only a week or so away, and how we feel about the prospects for our upcoming...
Duration:00:50:28
Changes to B.C.'s Hunting Regulations Mean Hunters Need to Pay Attention …
8/2/2020
Welcome to Hunting & Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada.
I’m Robert Koopmans and this week I talked to Randy Nelson, an avid hunter and retired fisheries enforcement officer about changes to B.C.’s hunting regulations, which were released July 1.
There have been several province-wide changes or additions to regulations, as well as many regional changes. We discussed these changes, possible reasons why some of them...
Duration:00:59:50
Year of the Bow #7 — Finding Spring Bears, Bucks, Bugs and Bunnies …
7/7/2020
Welcome to Hunting and Fishing BC, my podcast about fishing, hunting and other wild pursuits in British Columbia and western Canada.
I’m Robert Koopmans and along with Jeremy Jensen and Kevin Wood, we’re talking about first steps in bowhunting. All of us have decided that this year will be the “Year of the Bow.” We’ve made a commitment to hunt only with a bow and not firearms, and we have set out to gain the skills and knowledge required before this year’s deer hunting season.
This week,...
Duration:01:14:22