{"podcast":{"title":"Hunt West Podcast","slug":"hunt-west-podcast-7078834","podcast_index_feed_id":7078834,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/553162/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/huntwest","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/2/4/e/024e6bba670f23c327a2322813b393ee/HW_Pod_Cover_Art_White.png","author":"Jaden Bales","episode_count":110,"summary":"The Hunt West Podcast is for hunters who'd rather wear out a pair of boots than a YouTube playlist. Most hunting podcasts give you campfire stories, gear hype, or endless tag talk. Hunt West is different. This is applied hunting wisdom — the stuff that actually helps you find critters and fill tags in the wild country west of the 100th meridian. Hosted by Jaden Bales — hunt consultant, mule deer junkie, and professional tag nerd — the show mixes solo riffs, guest conversations, and hard-earned lessons from real hunts. You'll get strategies for e-scouting, application hacks, mindset shifts, and the kind of woodsmanship that still matters when the Wi-Fi goes dark. If you're the kind of hunter who loves general seasons, sharp steel, glassing knobs, and planning three tags ahead — welcome home.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T20:22:24.062654+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hunt-west-podcast-7078834"},"episode":{"title":"Inside the Life of a Wyoming Game Warden with Scott Werbelow","slug":"inside-the-life-of-a-wyoming-game-warden-with-scott-werbelow","published_at":"2026-06-20T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hunt-west-podcast-7078834/inside-the-life-of-a-wyoming-game-warden-with-scott-werbelow","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hunt-west-podcast-7078834","url":"https://huntwest.net/inside-the-life-of-a-wyoming-game-warden-with-scott-werbelow","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/ac1d913b-8d7b-4b44-b5f3-6dbc4520f94e/Scott_Werbelow_Podcast.mp3?dest-id=4776387","summary":"Few people have spent more time around hunters, wildlife, and the wild places of Wyoming than retired game warden Scott Werbelow. Scott spent 33 years with the Wyoming Game & Fish Department, working everywhere from elk feedgrounds in the Pinedale country to supervising game wardens across northwest Wyoming. Along the way, he investigated poaching cases, responded to grizzly bear conflicts, checked hunters from sheep country to sagebrush flats, and accumulated enough stories to fill five books. In this conversation, Scott shares how growing up on a sheep ranch, trapping as a kid, and spending time around both ethical hunters and poachers shaped his path into wildlife law enforcement. We dive into the changes he's witnessed in hunting culture, the role of ethics in modern hunting, lessons learned from decades of interacting with sportsmen, and what today's hunters can learn from the old-school generation. Whether you're interested in hunting, conservation, wildlife law enforcement, or just good stories from the mountains, this episode is packed with hard-earned wisdom and good stories from someone who's led an awesome life outdoors. We hope you enjoy it! Check out Scott's \"Son of a Poacher\" series at Scottwerbelow.com LINKS: Argali Trekking Poles & More >> Lee Hemp's Magic Pain Relief Cream >> Support the Wyoming Wild Sheep Foundation Raffles >> Hunt West Digest Sunday Email >> Hunt West Planning Services >> Thanks to Bo DePena, a musician, friend, and avid hunter in Colorado, for the intro and outro for the show.","meta_description":"Few people have spent more time around hunters, wildlife, and the wild places of Wyoming than retired game warden Scott Werbelow. Scott spent 33 years wit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3954,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hunt-west-podcast-7078834/episodes/inside-the-life-of-a-wyoming-game-warden-with-scott-werbelow/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hunt-west-podcast-7078834/inside-the-life-of-a-wyoming-game-warden-with-scott-werbelow.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}