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“I want to go to the Boundary Waters with you,” Nicole (my girlfriend of 4 months) asked. It was the best thing she ever requested. Without batting an eye I spouted, “Of course I’ll take ya!” My mind wandered to lakes I’ve visited and ones I’d like to explore. Which would be ideal for a first timer? The trail of thought led me to my first time. It was a family trip with our neighbors. All of us were first timers except for our neighbor – who had been guiding up there since he was a kid.

In St. Paul, Minnesota, with bird dogs whining in the hall outside, Hal visits the headquarters of Pheasants Forever to interview a trifecta of America’s most committed and passionate upland bird hunters and habitat and public access advocates. At the end of the episode, hear the PF team talk about their experiences in the Boundary Waters and what hunters' role is in protecting habitat for the next generation.

Piragis and Hal meet in Ely to discuss all matters related to the Boundary Waters, including why anybody would want a Chilean company to build a vast copper-nickel mine on a river at the very edge of the most visited wilderness in the United States, one of the most economically and ecologically important areas on the planet.

Mark Kenyon, the founder of Wired To Hunt and host of the industry-leading Wired To Hunt Podcast sits down with Lukas Leaf, Matt Norton and Darrell Spencer to talk about Boundary Waters bucks and how to approach a BWCA whitetail hunt.