Join your host, Fred Bird, as he takes you on a journey to the great outdoors. Whether it's public land access, fish and wildlife management, second amendment rights, and other conservation topics, Fred brings the stories that fuel our passion for the great outdoors to life.
From the Beltway to issues happening your way, this is the Sportsmen’s Voice podcast.
Fred is joined by CSF Director, Federal Relations Taylor Schmitz as the pair catches up with the Co-Chair of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman to discuss the America's Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act, which recently passed the House Natural...
TSV host Fred Bird is joined by Dan Gates of Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management to talk about the ongoing ballot initiative fight in Colorado that aims to ban trophy hunting of mountain lions and bobcats. He emphasizes the importance of educating the general...
TSV host Fred Bird is joined during the kickoff of the turkey hunting season by Doug Little and Jerry McCutchen of the National Wild Turkey Federation, along with NWTF CEO Jason Burckhalter. After winding down their 50th anniversary year, the boys talk through 50...
TSV host Fred Bird is joined by John Daniel, President of the National Trappers Association, and Jason Wisniewski, President of Fur Takers of America, to talk about the history and necessity of fur trapping as a predator and furbearer control mechanism. From pheasants, turkeys...
TSV host Fred Bird is joined again by CSF’s Northwestern States Senior Coordinator Marie Neumiller to discuss the issue of non-hunters, and even anti-hunters seeking seats on Fish and Game Boards and Commissions. Together, they highlight the impact of these appointments on wildlife management,...
TSV host Fred Bird is joined by Isabella Mucci of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s Collegiate Sportsmen & Women’s Coalition, along with students Jake Tipton of Ole Miss and Helen Bailey of Clemson University. The conversation discusses the process of starting a student organization focused...
TSV host Fred Bird is joined live from the recent National Assembly of Sportsmens Caucuses summit by Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s Senior Director of Fishery Policy Chris Horton and Vice President of Government Affairs Mike Leonard of the American Sportfishing Association. The group dives into...
TSV host Fred Bird is joined live from the recent National Assembly of Sportsmens Caucuses summit by Keely Hopkins, Bill Gaines, and (new to the show!) National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) Government Affairs Director Jake McGuigan to dive into a preview of the firearm...
TSV host Fred Bird is joined live from the recent National Assembly of Sportsmens Caucuses summit by current NASC Executive Council President (and New Hampshire House of Representatives member) Jeff Goley and former Executive Council Presidents Brian White of South Carolina and Senator Robin...
Chef Josh Schwencke - the famed Texas-based wild game chef, culinary writer for Wild Sheep Foundation’s Magazine, and owner of the Gastronomy Company - joins his friend and TSV host Fred Bird from the recent NASC summit to catch up about honoring our harvest...
Ronni ‘Cuz’ Strickland - EVP and Brand Ambassador of Mossy Oak and host of the Fist Full of Dirt podcast for Mossy Oak Properties - joins his friend and TSV host Fred Bird to from the floor of the recent NASC summit to catch...
Durrell Smith, the President of the Minority Outdoor Alliance, joins his friend (and TSV host!) Fred Bird to talk about not our many differences, but how those differences are set aside when afield with friends. The two dive deep into their own differences -...
CSF Great Lakes States senior coordinator Bob Matthews and Northwestern states senior coordinator Marie Neumiller join Fred to talk about an emerging threat to state- and science-based wildlife management in the ‘personhood’ proposals that were defeated in Ohio and are currently being debated in...
CSF Director of Federal Relations Taylor Schmitz joins Fred to talk about his role as the ‘federal affairs guru’, his role as liaison to the Congressional caucus and how CSF impacts policy at the Federal level as one of the largest bipartisan, bicameral caucuses...
NASCAR legend, owner of Richard Childress racing - and Chairman of the Board here at the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation - Richard Childress sits down with TSV host Fred Bird to talk about his lifelong mission of leaving the Great Outdoors better than he found...
TSV Host Fred Bird is joined by Keely Hopkins, CSF Manager of the Northwestern states, and Bill Gaines. The crew dive into California’s AB 28 Firearms and Ammunition: Excise Tax, and AB 2571 Firearms: advertising to minors. Discussed in this episode: how laws like...
TSV Host Fred Bird comes to you from the floor of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation banquet and talks with guests ranging from Fox News’ Katie Pavlich to famed rabbit hunter Charles Rodney, Co-CEO of the National Wild Turkey Federation Kurt Dyroff, Nathan Robinson of...
TSV Host Fred Bird is joined by Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation President and CEO Jeff Crane, and the two dive deep into the history of the CSF, the journey of the organization from simple caucus to your inside connection to outdoor legislation, the importance of...
Thanks for tuning into the ‘Sportsmen’s Voice’ podcast, your inside connection to outdoor legislation brought to you by the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation! Hosted by Fred Bird, this show will take you through all the important stories and legislation that shape the state of our...
