This is Raised in the Woods, the show about bringing everything from the great outdoors and planting it at your fingertips.
My name's Joel Clayfish alongside co-host Ellie Lawton, the chef, and of course Sarah Marinas, who is our homesteader, Megan Salazar, regular panelists on the show as well.
Brad Heidel, the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Executive Director is talking with us, but we are a first today.
We're outside of the hideaway recording live in a remote broadcast on beautiful Ocache Lake and Lake Country between Madison and Milwaukee.
Alexis Cron, one of the owners here at the hideaway.
Is this exciting for you?
Do you guys usually have radio shows going
on?
No, this is a first for us.
I'm so excited to be here.
Everyone's kind of like, what's going on out there?
It's very exciting.
Love the energy.
And it's a beautiful little night out here.
Thursday night.
Thursdays are big nights.
We've got bingo, 6.30.
We play
inside.
We do wing night, which is exactly what you guys are here as well.
And then we do $5 Tito's mix.
as well, so it's always a good time out
lot of people happy tonight.
We call it Thirsty Thursday.
We call it Tinos and Chicken Wings.
If you don't have something in there you like to get out for and it just makes me want to re...
tell everybody, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota are great places to get out and visit those local establishments.
That's where the best food is, that's where the best camaraderie is, and that is where you get a real feeling of the Midwest, and that's why we're here, and that brings us to our homesteaders section, Sarah Marinas, what have you got for us this week?
My sister-in-law texted me this week and said that her dad has bean plants from Hawaii.
I wanted to know if Ethan wanted some because he's our gardener in the family.
OK.
So when we left,
My mom, brother, sister-in-law, and three of the boys were in the garden, and they were pulling weeds.
And they are going to plant the beans from Hawaii with our cucumbers.
And those
Okay, so
Megan.
Make sure that that pot's boiling too.
Yes.
It's not just a pot of water.
Well, I mean, yes.
Just saying.
Thank you, Megan.
That's actually a really good thing to say.
Clarification.
So then,
What I like to do is I do a shredded either wild game or you can do beef and I do like a birria taco like filling, okay?
It kept looking at her.
There you have it.
Stick around.
back next week because we're gonna learn about pig face cooking from Chef Lawton and Megan Salazar and next week on the show I'm very excited to talk to Alexis Cron about supper clubs.
Bars and restaurants.
What are the most common things they serve?
What do they serve the most of?
What drinks do they serve the most of?
What's different in the summer and the winter?
That's going to be on next week.
That's a lot of pressure.
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My name is Joel Clayfish.
This show is about everything in the great outdoors of the great state of Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa.
have really jumped out of the box today and we are doing jumped out of the boat.
We jumped out of the boat right here in Ocache, Wisconsin.
If you haven't heard of Ocache, Wisconsin, it's in Lake country about halfway between Milwaukee and Madison and the hideaway bar in Grill, a famous little joint on Ocache.
There are stories that there are old slot machines buried in this lake, old bodies buried in this lake.
Supposedly the mafia
had its control of this lake back in the 20s and 30s.
And we, for the first time, have taken this show on the road into the field.
If you hear ambient noise, it's because it's a beautiful day in the Midwest.
And folks are out here enjoying themselves on the lake.
Chef Ellie Lawton, the co-host of this show.
Glad you could be here today.
What a bonus, getting a little sun out here while we record the show.
We've got a debut of the right wing sauce here tonight, which is a full disclosure.
I do own part of this company.
Also, full disclosure, I have never made a dime on the right wing sauce.
But it is absolutely delicious.
And they're debuting it.
Your partners are here.
My partners here, Mickey Fotis here, Dave is here.
We're having a great time out on the deck at Ocache.
Thanks very much.
of the folks who have come out and showed up with us today, I have to.
I would be remiss if I did not mention Gary Fluet, our number one fan who is here with us on the patio at the hideaway and we appreciate everybody showing up.
It's pretty great.
Brad, you brought your lovely wife along.
Well, I don't think we could have picked a better time to be here.
night bass tournament league and as we arrived and know of Morris here from Morris original he was setting up our showcase for our live broadcast here and the lake was covered in bass boats everybody's heading out we're gonna hope to catch some of those guys when they come back and throw them on the show which is
always a bonus.
But Brad, what have you got going on?
And what's cooking right now?
I mean, I know right now you're getting prepped for the Sand Hill Crane Hunt legislation that's coming up in the legislature this session.
You guys have just not stopped with the education, with the efforts to make sure that that's something that's going to happen.
And so next session, we are going to be ready.
So we're not taking our foot off the gas.
We've got help from you.
We've got help from our volunteers as well.
But what we want to do is we want to get out in front of people, and we do not want to lose the momentum we had to get this hunt done here in the state of Wisconsin.
It is, by all stretches, you know, compared to Ducks Unlimited and Delta Waterfowl, it's a smaller organization.
But really the reach and breadth of the things that WWA
does is incredible.
From introducing brand new hunters to habitat expansion, wetland preservation.
You know, Megan Salazar, who's here, who's our Somalia and contributor to the show, is a volunteer for the Waterfowl Association.
This is a group of people who really encompasses everything about the outdoors, helping people get into the outdoors who've never been in the outdoors, helping those who are experts at it get better at it, and encouraging those who are part of the outdoors to bring other people into the fold.
And that is so exciting.
And Megan, you put your heart and soul
into this too which is it's crazy and I can't believe the devotion from the people who do help out with the Wisconsin Waterfall Association is just heartfelt devotion because you guys are volunteers.
You know, most people right now, they're taking their foot off the gas because it's summertime.
But now is really the time to get prepared and get ready for waterfowl season and get ready for those learned hunts and the women's hunts and everything like that.
I know, Megan, you're crazy busy with that.
And you know what?
It's not just about waterfowl season from September until November, December.
It's all year long.
You're shooting during the year.
you're doing conservation and habitat restoration during the year.
There's so many things outside of the hunting season that we have to look at as well.
And I now I'm getting a little, I don't know if I should get nervous about this or excited, but James Cooper of Halligan Outdoors is just about becoming a frequent flyer to the show.
We're going to have to start calling him a contributor or a pro staff member, something he's used to.
He's pro staff for banded gear, which is partners with the follow life, which is our television show and James.
Oh, I'm wearing
Yeah, I do love that I do love that retro look and Actually, that stuff blends in really in the in camouflage better than most stuff and James
You are part of the banded staff which is tied into the the foul life Which has to do you know what we talk about here?
I get to host Midwest host of the foul life You seem to are you stalking us or you just like being around?
I don't know from the expo I work out the expo in the banded booth.
So that's where we met
And we did cooking segments in the outdoor main stage.
And it was packed for both days.
I expect the same will be this year.
We love teaching folks how to take game from the field
to the table, which is a phenomenal thing that we talk about on the show.
We'd love to see you at the Expo.
It was our first time outdoors.
They had the stages set outdoors, and we packed it both days.
Under a tent,
Yes.
who listen and make it very
We need a Sarah disclaimer.
Yeah, we should have a Sarah disclaimer.
I do not represent everybody's knowledge.
A disclaimer.
If you're listening to us for the first time, this is Raised in the Woods.
We're an outdoor radio show.
You can check us out what we look like.
Please go to our Facebook page, which is Raised in the Woods.
Follow us for the latest tips on how to take your field and forage to the table.
You're going to learn everything from frog gigging, to taxidermy, to waterfowl, to gathering.
things in the outdoors.
Every show has a cooking segment that we bring you.
Chef Lawton talks about cooking and how to make it simple so that you do not have to be afraid.
And this is our first remote show.
We're at the Hideaway Bar and Grill on Okachi Lake.
They're debuting a chicken wing night tonight and we're having a great time here.
Come on down and join us if you like at the Hideaway.
Chef.
Can we get a little hint as to what today's recipe is going to be?
We've got our Wilds of the Week coming up.
We're going to shuffle in some different guests as they come in and out of the place tonight.
But thanks to Noah Morris from Morris Original for getting us set up on the patio at the Hideaway on Okachi Lake, because it's pretty fantastic.
I'm going to start my Wild of the Week, which was not all that wild, to be perfectly honest with you.
I ended up with a procedure that I'm not allowed to lift more than five pounds.
And I have to tell you, I cannot stress to you how difficult that is to go through life without being able to lift five pounds.
I'm not even supposed to drink a cup of coffee.
with my right hand.
I think I may have overdone it a little bit.
Do you just
you
Everybody slow down for just a minute.
I had just mentioned Illinois and Iowa, speaking of which, my previous sentence had the word Illinois in it, and not only is Illinois home to Uncle Nick's, the greatest hero in the world,
Which, Megan, I do believe you are now part of the Uncle Nick's club.
I think you said that was one of the best euros you've ever had in your life.
You're welcome for the idea.
Megan had this great idea.
She texted me around lunchtime the other day, I don't know, a few days ago, and she goes, hey, I want euros.
And I'm like, hey, I always want euros.
So it started to rain, and we were texting.
We were like, oh, this weather is so depressing.
And I looked at the forecast in Illinois, though it was nice.
It was sunny.
So we somehow talked Joel into driving us.
Well,
I don't mind inviting myself along when there's going to be great food at the end of it.
But I want to talk for a minute about our friends in Illinois.
I don't think people
realize and Brad Heidel is here the executive director of the Wisconsin Waterfall Association James Cooper is here the guide of halogen outdoors which is the one and only frog gigging outfitter in the state of Wisconsin of Wisconsin but there is a great deal of
Unbelievable waterfowl hunting with our neighbors in the south.
Brad, do you work with the folks in Illinois when you guys are talking habitat and the folks in surrounding states?
Well, I am perfectly okay with us having first crack at them in the Mississippi Flyway here.
And I want to...
I would love to encourage neighboring states to take a look at the programs that Wisconsin has, particularly with the Wisconsin Waterfall Association, because it's really unbelievable what this organization accomplishes year after year.
And one of the things that we're really excited about is the little Yellow River project up near Nassita, Wisconsin.
Tell me a little bit about that because
We have, in Wisconsin, we've got one of the most healthy, unbelievable sandhill crane populations here.
Of course, we'd love to have a hunting season, but we have other species coming through the marsh and through weird developing lands near Nassita, Wisconsin that actually have whooping cranes.
So, right around Nassita, Wisconsin is the Nassita National Wildlife Refuge, and it is the number one breeding area for our...
experimental sandhill or whooping crane population here in the state.
Wow.
And so what we are doing as an organization is we are restoring significant amount of habitat in that
watershed.
So basically last year we did completed phase one of last year and we restored roughly 650 acres of wetlands in that area.
Wow, that's incredible.
We filled over six and a half miles of ditches to accomplish that.
Unbelievable.
This year we filled over nine
miles of ditches in that area and we restored over 2400 acres of wetlands in that area which
You know, we spend maybe, if we're lucky, 60 days out of the year hunting waterfall.
And the rest of the year, we're doing nothing but loving them and contributing to their habitat and trying to build more areas for them to
grow and thrive and it's just awesome what sportsmen do.
You look at the North American model, right?
We're the envy of all countries around the world on how sportsmen are taking care of our wildlife here in the United States.
While you're doing that, while we have our hunters out there doing that and these groups, they're not only improving for these animals and for healthy...
population so we can hunt, but for the folks that use the hiking paths and kayaking and fishing and the public, and the
There's no doubt about that.
And I think people absolutely underestimate the value and
At the end of the day, a lot of it also comes down to money.
And there's not a sportsman out there, a sportsman or a sportswoman who is not contributing to things like the Pittman Robertson Fund.
These things, you know, every bullet you buy, a portion of that money goes into preservation and conservation.
I promise, guys, we're going to get to our Wild of the Week coming up.
And we've got recipes and our homesteader tip of the week.
This is Raised in the Woods.
Raised in the woods gives you everything you need to get from the outdoors.
to your dinner table.
We're gonna get to that.
We've got our cooking segment, our homesteader segment.
We are experimenting live recording at the Hideaway on Ocache Lake in beautiful Lake Country, Wisconsin.
Southeast Wisconsin nestled right between Milwaukee and Madison on what is a glorious evening tonight.
We've got a rotating panel of experts, famous guests, and our top...
My name is Joel Clayfish.
I get to host this show alongside Ellie Lawton and Sarah Marinas.
It's
No.
Honestly.
I know, but my kids are going to have beautiful teeth.
You'll have to go back a few episodes.
So my second son, Peter, he participates in equine therapy.
And it's for people with special needs.
And today or this week we went as a family to support him.
So the first half when he's in doing actual therapy, we played outside and then we watch him in the arena.
So.
I'm getting ready to sit on a picnic table, and all of a sudden as I'm halfway down, I see what looks like a snake head.
I hate snakes.
I
It's your story, Sarah.
Megan, you're familiar with Megan Salazar, our sommelier pirate, and her lover, Dave, who joins us on the show.
Well, today, I am excited to say that Sarah Marinas' lover
Tyler is here, and we're welcoming him.
Sarah said, don't give him a microphone.
I don't know what that's about.
at 11 o'clock a.m.
on your Civic Media Station.
Gary Fluitt, you are here.
You've got an old school...
Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Expo t-shirt on from several years ago that the foul life made You got a triple J outfitters hat on I mean you really you really could teach some lessons to some folks about being fans of the show You are the number one fan of the show George Irmert.
I'm sorry Gary
I'm doing well.
First off, happy birthday, George.
Sorry to steal your spotlight.
These are a great bunch of folks, and I've learned a lot from them.
Being in the outdoors is life for me.
Hunting is life, gathering from the outdoors is life.
I've learned a lot from this show, and I actually do jot down the recipes.
Or cry.
It's going to be a little bit of a laugh, a little bit of a cry.
I haven't really rolled the eyes too
appreciate that.
I try to.
If I can be out there scouting, per se, because during the offseason, that's what you should be doing as an outdoorsman is scouting.
Never give up on your scouting.
If you're not working your regular job or training a dog like I have been, get out there and scout.
I think that's fantastic advice.
What does
we've got unbelievable public lands but in partnership with those public lands are all the private lands where the owners are kind enough literally blows my mind this happens to allow you to come on their property with firearms and hunt species throughout the state of wisconsin
from their private lands.
And those private and public partnerships and sharing really is the key to becoming a good hunter and being kind to other hunters who are getting into it or maybe don't know about it as much about it as you.
And I love the fact that our homesteader on the show is not really a seasoned hunter and is willing to get into hunting and learn more about it.
I
up, these are like your friends and
Even talking with other hunters, building a friendship with them and becoming a steward of the outdoors, helping younger generations get into the sport the right way, teaching the right practice because there are some people, unfortunately, that don't do exactly the right way.
But that's why people like us need to be out there corrected.
You know, I see.
so many people being critical of other hunters and the worst thing that people who are using the outdoors hunting or fishing or camping or hiking is being critical of the people who are doing it together.
We should all be working together.
We should have a common goal in mind and tearing people down whether it's through social media or through other means is not
helping to advance getting people more interested, and it's not giving a great, you know, it's giving ammunition to those who want to stop us from enjoying the rights that we have in this state.
I think that that's definitely something the Waterfell Association works on too, Brad.
You know, it's a year-round process, like you said.
It's building those relationships, but it's also enjoying your fellow hunter.
and watching what they do, you don't need to knock them, like you said.
Do it in private, it's your own home, don't do it publicly, but just...
Embrace what everybody is doing because they may not look what you're doing either.
You know what mom always say if you don't anything nice to say Don't say anything advice
We all have something to learn from each other You know Gary you said you you learn a lot from the show Well, we learn from you just coming out tonight and telling us your stories and how you feel about the outdoors And it's really what it's all about to be like-minded folks sitting down.
You know we
We have James Cooper here tonight.
We recently went gigging with him.
It developed a relationship with him.
Gary, you're wonderful.
Brad, I mean, all of us, we're all here because we have the same mission and it's really beautiful and that's honestly what life is about.
Well, I was enjoying one of our county parks.
I went for a really nice long hike, and I laughed.
I took a picture, actually.
We'll post it on Facebook.
The deer in these county parks, I am telling you, it's almost become like a petting zoo because I had a deer.
She came out onto the trail.
She looked at me.
She put her head down and kept eating, and I'm like, well, I'm just going to keep walking.
And I kept getting closer.
She kept getting closer to me, and I'm like, well, one of us has to go a direction.
She kept walking towards me.
And finally, about six feet away, she just casually veered off into the woods.
And I stopped and took a picture of her.
It was beautiful.
It was just wonderful.
And you know, Joel, you mentioned earlier, we're not just out there shooting animals.
and doing that kind of stuff.
But we are truly on the off seasons appreciating Mother Nature and appreciating the land and enjoying all the beautiful things that the Midwest has to offer.
And to get out there and go for a nice, you know, casual hike and see a beautiful deer, it was just great.
I do now.
Sarah, thank you very much.
Our homesteader, Sarah, she keeps us honest.
She asks us how we can stay out of jail and brings up those issues and the tough issues.
We're, I'm very excited because we've got our homesteader tip.
We're gonna say hello to the owners of the Hideaway Bar and Grill where we're recording live and we've got our recipe of the week on Raised in the Woods.
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We jumped out of the boat right here in Ocache, Wisconsin.
If you haven't heard of Ocache, Wisconsin, it's in Lake country about halfway between Milwaukee and Madison and the hideaway bar in Grill, a famous little joint on Ocache.
There are stories that there are old slot machines buried in this lake, old bodies buried in this lake.
Supposedly the mafia
had its control of this lake back in the 20s and 30s.
And we, for the first time, have taken this show on the road into the field.
If you hear ambient noise, it's because it's a beautiful day in the Midwest.
And folks are out here enjoying themselves on the lake.
Chef Ellie Lawton, the co-host of this show.
Glad you could be here today.
What a bonus, getting a little sun out here while we record the show.
Well, I don't think we could have picked a better time to be here.
It is the Tuesday.
night bass tournament league and as we arrived and know of Morris here from Morris original he was setting up our showcase for our live broadcast here and the lake was covered in bass boats everybody's heading out we're gonna hope to catch some of those guys when they come back and throw them on the show which is always a bonus but Brad what do you got going on and what's cooking right now I mean I know right now you're getting prepped
for the Sandhill Crane Hunt legislation that's coming up in the legislature this session.
You guys
We came so close this spring.
As you know, we were one vote away from this going to the governor's desk for a signature, one vote.
And so next session, we are going to be ready.
So we're not taking our foot off the gas.
We've got help from you.
We've got help from our volunteers as well.
But what we want to do is we want to get out in front of people and we do not want to lose the momentum we had to get this hunt done here in the state of Wisconsin.
It is by all stretches, you know, compared to Ducks Unlimited and Delta Waterfowl, it's a smaller organization.
But really the reach and breadth of the things that WWA
does is incredible.
From introducing brand new hunters to habitat expansion, wetland preservation.
you know, Megan Salazar, who's here, who's our Somalia and contributor to the show, is a volunteer for the Waterfowl Association.
This is a group of people who really encompasses everything about the outdoors, helping people get into the outdoors who've never been in the outdoors, helping those who are experts at it get better at it, and encouraging those who are part of the outdoors to bring other people into the fold.
And that is so exciting.
And Megan, you put your heart and soul
into this too which is it's crazy and I can't believe the devotion from the people who do help out with the Wisconsin Waterfall Association is just heartfelt devotion because you guys are volunteers.
You know, most people right now, they're taking their foot off the gas because it's summertime.
But now is really the time to get prepared and get ready for waterfowl season and get ready for those learned hunts and the women's hunts and everything like that.
I know, Megan, you're crazy busy with that.
Yeah, I do love that retro look and actually that stuff blends in really in camouflage better than most stuff.
And James,
You are part of the band and staff which is tied into the the foul life which has to do you know what we talk about here I get to host Midwest host of the foul life
You seem to, are you stalking us or are you just like being around?
I don't know.
From the expo, I work out the expo in the banded booth, so.
That's where we met.
That's
He brought up the expo and I just wanted to say let everybody know that the Wisconsin Waterfall Expo is August 21st and 22nd at the Oshkosh Sunnyview Expo Center.
So get your tickets for the banquet.
Make sure that you get your tickets for the expo.
Come out.
See all the vendors.
See all the activities.
Get involved.
Eat
wild goose tacos for over 200 people.
And we did cooking segments in the outdoor main stage.
And it was packed for both days.
I expect the same will be this year.
We love teaching folks how to take game from the field to the table, which is a phenomenal thing that we talk about on the show.
We'd love to see you at the expo.
It was our first time outdoors.
They had the stages set outdoors and we packed it both
Under
Yes.
do not represent everybody's knowledge.
A
If you're listening to us for the first time, this is Raised in the Woods.
We're an outdoor radio show.
You can check us out what we look like.
Please go to our Facebook page, which is Raised in the Woods.
Follow us for the latest tips on how to take your field and forage to the table.
You're going to learn everything from frog gigging, to taxidermy, to waterfowl, to gathering.
things in the outdoors.
Every show has a cooking segment that we bring you.
Chef Lawton talks about cooking and how to make it simple so that you do not have to be afraid.
And this is our first remote show.
We're at the Hideaway Bar and Grill on Okachi Lake.
They're debuting a chicken wing night tonight and we're having a great time here.
Come on down and join us if you like at the Hideaway.
Chef
Can
We're going to shuffle in some different guests as they come in and out of the place tonight.
But thanks to Noah Morris from Morris Original for getting us set up on the patio at the Hideaway on Okachi Lake, because it's pretty fantastic.
I'm going to start my Wild of the Week, which was not all that wild, to be perfectly honest with you.
I ended up with a procedure that I'm not allowed to lift more than five pounds.
And I have to tell you, I cannot stress to you how difficult that is to go through life without
being able to lift five pounds and not even supposed to drink a cup of coffee.
with my right hand.
I think I may have overdone it a little bit.
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I had just mentioned Illinois and Iowa, speaking of which, my previous sentence had the word Illinois in it, and not only is Illinois home to Uncle Nick's, the greatest hero in the world,
Which, Megan, I do believe you are now part of the Uncle Nick's club.
I think you said that was one of the best euros you've ever had in your life.
You're welcome for the idea.
Megan had this great idea.
She texted me around lunchtime the other day, I don't know, a few days ago.
And she goes, hey, I want euros.
And I'm like, hey, I always want euros.
So it started to rain.
And we were texting.
We were like, oh, this weather is so depressing.
And I looked at the forecast in Illinois.
So it was nice.
It was sunny.
So we somehow talked Joel into driving us.
Well, you know, listen,
But I want to talk for a minute about our
friends in Illinois.
I don't think people realize, and Brad Heidel is here, the executive director of the Wisconsin Waterfall Association.
James Cooper is here, the guide of Halogen Outdoors, which is the one and only frog gigging outfitter in the state of Wisconsin, of Wisconsin.
But there is a great deal of
Unbelievable waterfowl hunting with our neighbors in the south.
Brad, do you work with the folks in Illinois when you guys are talking habitat and the folks in surrounding states?
And I, I want it.
I would love to encourage neighboring states to take a look at the programs that Wisconsin has, particularly with the Wisconsin Waterfall Association, because it's really unbelievable what this organization accomplishes year after year.
And one of the things that we're really excited about is the little Yellow River project up near Nassita, Wisconsin.
Tell me a little bit about that because
We have, in Wisconsin, we've got one of the most healthy, unbelievable sandhill crane populations here.
Of course, we'd love to have a hunting season, but we have other species coming through the marsh and through weird developing lands near Nassita, Wisconsin that actually have whooping cranes.
So, right around Nassita, Wisconsin is the Nassita National Wildlife Refuge, and it is the number one breeding area for our
experimental sand hill or a sand hill or whooping crane population here in the state.
Wow.
And so what we are doing as an organization is we are restoring significant amount of habitat in that
watershed.
So basically last year we did completed phase one of last year and we restored roughly 650 acres of wetlands in that area.
Wow, that's incredible.
We
Unbelievable.
This year we filled over nine
miles of ditches in that area and we restored over 2400 acres of wetlands in that area which is going to be beautiful breeding ground for not only waterfowl but sand hill cranes, whooping cranes, everything.
It's going back to its original state what it once was before it was all ditched.
You know, we spend maybe, if we're lucky, 60 days out of the year hunting waterfall.
And the rest of the year, we're doing nothing but
loving them and contributing to their habitat and in trying to build more areas for them to grow and thrive and It just it's just awesome what sportsman's do sportsmen do you look at the North American model, right?
We're the envy of all countries around the world and how sportsmen are taking care of our wildlife here in the United States
While you're doing that, while we have our hunters out there doing that and these groups, they're not only improving for these animals and for healthy...
population so we can hunt, but for the folks that use the hiking paths and kayaking and fishing and the public, and the
campsites,
And I think people absolutely underestimate the value and
At the end of the day, a lot of it also comes down to money.
And there's not a sportsman out there, a sportsman or a sportswoman who is not contributing to things like the Pittman-Robertson Fund.
These things, you know, every bullet you buy, a portion of that money goes into preservation and conservation.
I promise, guys, we're going to get to our Wild of the Week coming up.
And we've got recipes and our homesteader tip of the week.
This is Raised in the Woods.
Raised in the woods gives you everything you need to get from the outdoors to your dinner table.
We're gonna get to that.
We've got our cooking segment, our homesteader segment.
We are experimenting live recording at the Hideaway Anokachi Lake in beautiful Lake Country, Wisconsin.
Southeast Wisconsin nestled right between Milwaukee and Madison on what is a glorious evening tonight.
We've got a rotating panel of experts, famous guests, and our top
My name is Joel Clayfish.
I get to host this show alongside Ellie Lawton
it.
Don't threaten me with a good time.
No
start
Because it's
for people with special needs.
So the first half when he's in doing actual therapy, we played outside and then we watch him in the arena.
So I'm getting ready to sit on a picnic table and all of a sudden as I'm halfway down, I see what looks like a snake head.
I hate snakes.
I don't know if Gary knows it, because Gary listens live.
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I'm doing well.
First off, happy birthday, George.
Sorry to steal your spotlight.
These are a great bunch of folks, and I've learned a lot from them.
Being in the outdoors is life for me.
Hunting is life, gathering from the outdoors is life.
I've learned a lot from this show, and I actually do jot down the recipes.
Or cry.
Or
It's going to be a little bit of a laugh, a little bit of a cry.
I haven't really rolled the eyes too
Yeah, I appreciate that.
I try to.
If I can be out there scouting, per se, because during the offseason, that's what you should be doing as an outdoorsman is scouting.
Never give up on your scouting.
If you're not working your regular job or training a dog like I have been, get out there and scout.
I think that's fantastic advice.
What does
We're gonna go talk to some
Yes,
We've got unbelievable public lands, but in partnership with those public lands are all the private lands where the owners are kind enough Literally blows my mind this happens to allow you to come on their property with firearms and hunt species throughout the state of Wisconsin
from their private lands.
And those private and public partnerships and sharing really is the key to becoming a good hunter and being kind to other hunters who are getting into it or maybe don't know about it as much about it as you.
And I love the fact that our homesteader on the show is not really a seasoned hunter and is willing to get into hunting
up, these are like your friends and
It's beautiful.
Even talking with other hunters, building a friendship with them and becoming a steward of the outdoors, helping younger generations get into the sport the right way, teaching the right practice because there are some people, unfortunately, that don't do exactly the right way, but that's why people like us need to be out there corrected.
You know, I see
so many people being critical of other hunters and the worst thing that people who are using the outdoors hunting or fishing or camping or hiking is being critical of the people who are doing it together.
We should all be working together.
We should have a common goal in mind and tearing people down whether it's through social media or through other means is not
helping to advance getting people more interested, and it's not giving a great, you know, it's giving ammunition to those who want to stop us from enjoying the rights that we have in this state.
I think that that's definitely something the Waterfell Association works on too, Brad.
You know, it's a year-round process, like you said.
It's building those relationships, but it's also enjoying your fellow hunter.
and watching what they do, you don't need to knock them, like you said.
Do it in private, it's your own home, don't do it publicly, but just...
Embrace what everybody is doing because they may not look what you're doing either You know what mom always say if you don't anything nice to say don't say anything advice
We all have something to learn from each other You know Gary you said you you learn a lot from the show Well, we learn from you just coming out tonight and telling us your stories and how you feel about the outdoors And it's really what it's all about to be like-minded folks sitting down, you know, we
We have James Cooper here tonight.
We recently went gigging with him.
It developed a relationship with him.
Gary, you're wonderful.
Brad, I mean, all of us, we're all here because we have the same mission and it's really beautiful and that's honestly what life is about.
Well, I was enjoying one of our county parks going.
I went for a really nice long hike and I laughed.
I took a picture actually.
We'll post it on Facebook.
The deer in these county parks, I am telling you, it's almost become like a petting zoo because I had a deer.
She came out onto the trail, she looked at me, she put her head down and kept eating, and I'm like, well, I'm just gonna keep walking.
And I kept getting closer, she kept getting closer to me, and I'm like, well, one of us has to go a direction.
She kept walking towards me.
And finally, about six feet away, she just casually veered off into the woods.
And I stopped and took a picture of her.
It was beautiful.
It was just wonderful.
And, you know, Joel, you mentioned earlier, we're not just out there shooting animals.
and doing that kind of stuff.
But we are truly on the off seasons appreciating Mother Nature and appreciating the land and enjoying all the beautiful things that the Midwest has to offer.
And to get out there and go for a nice, you know, casual hike and see a beautiful deer, it was just great.
I do now.
Sarah, thank you very much.
Our homesteader Sarah, she keeps us honest.
She asks us how we can stay out of jail and brings up those issues and the tough issues.
We're, I'm very excited because we've got our homesteader tip.
We're going to say hello to the owners of the hideaway bar and grill where we're recording live and we've got our recipe of the week on raised in the woods.
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My name is Joel Clayfish alongside co host Ellie Lawton, the chef and of course Sarah Marinas, who is our homesteader Megan Salazar, regular panelists on the show is with us as well.
And
Brad Heidel, the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Executive Director is talking with us, but we are a first today.
We're outside of the Hideaway recording live in
on?
No, this is a first for us.
I'm so excited to be here.
Everyone's kind of like, what's going on out there?
It's very exciting.
Love the energy.
And it's a beautiful little night out here.
Thursday night.
Thursdays are big nights.
We've got bingo, 6.30.
We play three rounds inside.
We do wing night, which is exactly what you guys are here as well.
And then we do $5 Tito's.
as well, so it's always a good time out here.
So a lot of people happy tonight.
Yes, everyone's itching for the weekend.
Bingo and Tinos.
Yes.
We
it Thirsty Thursday.
Bingo
and chicken wings.
If you don't
Tell everybody, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota are great places to get out and visit those local establishments.
That's where the best food is.
That's where the best camaraderie is.
And that is where you get a real feeling of the Midwest.
And that's why we're here.
And that brings us to our homesteaders section, Sarah Marinas.
What have you got for us this week?
Yeah, not a not a fancy husband wife date night So the most popular things made in the US in the summertime is hot dogs
Barbecue ribs and corn on the cob.
Okay, so corn on the cob is one of my favorites
and I love it grilled.
So I actually will blanch mine and then grill it.
Some people don't like to do that, but I do personally.
Megan.
Make sure that that pot's boiling too.
Yes.
It's not just a pot of water.
Well, I mean, yes.
Just saying.
Thank you, Megan.
That's actually a really good thing to say.
Clarification.
So then,
what I like to do is I do a shredded either wild game or you can do beef and I do like a birria taco like filling okay
so I'm gonna
have my grilled corn on the cob and I'm gonna put it on my plate and I'm gonna cover it with my birria taco meat so you can use goose you can use beef you can do chicken
And then you're gonna top it with all your favorites.
So I do pico, Cotilla cheese, fresh made salsa from the garden.
I might go over to Sarah and grab some.
Like Mexican street corn.
Yeah, but with birria meat on it.
Oh, that sounds amazing.
It's like a fully loaded Mexican street corn.
Because, you know, all the festivals have street corn now and I'm like, you know, that's great and all, but I want some protein to it.
So throw that meat on there.
It is so delicious, you guys, and so easy.
And if you don't mind being messy, go for it.
You can also cut the corn off the cob if you don't want to eat it like you're feral.
night we were
that?
There you have it.
Stick around.
back next week because we're gonna learn about pig face cooking from Chef Lawton and Megan Salazar and next week on the show I'm very excited to talk to Alexis Cron about supper clubs, bars and restaurants, what are the most?
common things they serve, what do they serve the most of?
What drinks do they serve the most of?
What's different in the summer and the winter?
That's gonna be on next
week.
That's a lot of pressure.
And of course, another homestead or tip of the week.
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