A Montana man has been charged with trafficking and conspiracy under federal law for cloning a Marco Polo sheep as well as breeding and selling its offspring and DNA across several states.

Marco Polo sheep inhabit Central Asia's Pamir Mountains in nations such as Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan and can only be imported as trophies with strict permitting.

Here the interesting facts of this case that could have far-reaching impacts on wildlife law.

Is poisoning feral hogs the only way to control them? We talk with an expert on the issue from Texas Agrilife and ask the tough questions.

Join Chester Moore as he takes a deep-dive into the speckled trout fishery along the Gulf Coast. Learn about the current regulation changes and hear the research conducted to show how trophy fish have declined in most areas. Get a deeper look at the trout fishery here.

Hear the amazing story of a black bear that was photographed near Bay City, TX which is hundreds of miles from their known modern range.

Where did this bear come from? Listen as Chester details its potential epic journeys.

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Join host Chester Moore as he talks with longtime friend and rock and roll hunting legend Ted Nugent about the legacy of "Fred Bear" the song and the man behind it.

Learn how this archery trailblazer inspired Nugent and legions of other hunters and how the song that celebrates him resonates in a powerful way 35 years later.

Also learn about the release of the special 12-inch hunter orange vinyl of "Fred Bear" complete with original version, acoustic rendition and other bonus tracks.

Texas has a native elk population in the Trans Pecos region and most people are not aware of it. There are also however two other small pockets of elk in the state.

Wildlife habitat from sea flats to alpine tundra is being decimated at an alarming rate. Listen to a thought-provoking roudtablle discussion from the Hunt-Fish Podcast Summit talking about key points on wildlife habitat loss and how to get involved with saving it.

Special guests include Andrew Austin, Turner Rowland, Jake Hill, Joe Richardson and Kanyan Klein.

Ever heard of a 94 pound redfish? How about one that is older than the United States retirement age?

Check out this edition of the award-winning program and also learn about a forgotten stocking of black/red drum hybrids in Texas.

Higher Calling Wildlife is sponsored by Texas Fish & Game.

Did you know there was a 20 plus pound speckled trout hybrid caught in Texas?

That's four pounds bigger than the Texas state record speck and three pounds larger than the world record.

In this intriguing program, host Chester Moore reveals the details behind this catch and a long-forgotten speckled trout hybrid stocking program in his home state of Texas.

Higher Calling Wildlife is sponsored by Texas Fish & Game.

Join host Chester Moore as he talks with Matt Mancino and Stacy PIerce about TRWD Flyfest, a huge, fun, family event taking place Sat. March 11 in Fort Worth, TX.

Listen to the show for all the details and learn more at www.trwdflyfest.com

Higher Calling Wildlife is sponsored by Texas Fish & Game.

In this wild episode, host Chester Moore interviews Ben Novak of Revive & Restore about wildlife cloning, cloning for conservation and bringing back the thylacine.

It's a can't miss episode if you want to know what's really going on at the highest levels of wildlife research.

Host Chester Moore interviews Dr. Bret Collier, Professor of Ecology at Louisiana State University. They discuss a program of LSU, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the U.S. Forest Service that tracks Eastern wild turkey movements and examines a very unique situation related to Hurricane Laura damage in the Kisatchie National Forest.

Join host Chester Moore as he interviews Plush vocalist The Voice contestant Moriah Formica as she talks about her passionate love of fishing. Fresh off of a mega tour with Trans-Siberian Orchestra she talks about how fishing for her is a path to peace.

People are reporting seeing wild-looking cats throughout America that don't match with native wildlife. Chester Moore shows that many of these are what can be considered exotic or "designer" cats.

Recording live from the floor of the Wild Sheep Foundation's "Sheep Show", host Chester Moore interviews Froylan Hernandez, Desert Bighorn Program Leader for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.

Here the latest on desert bighorns in Texas, plus a little on the aoudad issue.

The aoudad is a native of northern Africa that is quite literally taking over areas of the Southwest. With an estimated United States populations of 75,000, the aoudad is a sought after sporting animal and also a concern for native wildlife conservationists.

In this program hear amazing stories of aoudad's survival instincts and even about an aoudad killing a Texas man.

Will we ever see another state or world record southern flounder?

Join flounder fishing expert and author of Flounder Fever Chester Moore on an interesting look at the upper end of flounder populations.

If you fish on the Gulf or southern Atlantic coasts, this is a can't miss episode.

Host Chester Moore interviews Gray Thornton, President & CEO of The Wild Sheep Foundation.

In this program learn about the group's mission to put and keep wild sheep on the mountain. Hear about their funding initiatives for research projects across North America and learn how contending with disease is still a major priority for sheep management.

Higher Calling Wildlife® provides a public service announcement for Newstalk AM 560 KLVI on the awareness of great white sharks in the Gulf of Mexico.

Anglers travel the globe fishing for bonefish but did you know some of the biggest bonefish can be caught right outside of Miami, Fl.

Join Higher Calling Gulf Coast host Chester Moore as he talks with Capt. Mo Estevez about the amazing bonefish action in the Miami area’s Biscayne Bay.

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In this episode learn the following:

*Biscayne Bay’s unique ecosystem

*Catching bonefish on spinning gear

*Catching bonefish on the fly

*The story of a 14-pound bonefish & more!

Host Chester Moore interviews Dr. Aaron Adams, Conservation & Science Director for the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust on the misunderstood and mysterious permit. These flats fish thrill (and frustrate) anglers throughout Florida and the Caribbean and are facing a number of conservation challenges. Want to learn more about permit? This is the show for you.

In the beginning episode of Higher Calling Gulf Coast's Flat's Slam Series, host Chester Moore interviews South Padre Island guide Capt. Brian Barrera and they discuss how and where to catch tarpon on the South Texas coast.

Host Chester Moore digs into some little known scientific studies that unlock the mysteries of big speckled trout. Did you know a leading university says the BIGGEST trout live in the Gulf? Find out what time of year they specifically note. Also, learn the importance of salinity to big trout, what type of bottom a major university says they prefer and much, much more in this final installment of our Speckled Trout Saga series.

Higher Calling Gulf Coast is sponsored by Texas Fish & Game.

Join host Chester Moore as he talks with Capt. Bruce Shuler, one of the top guides and lodge owners ever on the Texas Coast. Learn some high-level, in-depth tactics for catching trophy trout from a lifetime of the fishing Lower Laguna Madre. Higher Calling Gulf Coast is sponsored by Texas Fish & Game.

Join host Chester Moore as he talks speckled trout tactics with DOA Lures founder Mark Nichols.

Join host Chester Moore has he talks the many fishing options at South Padre Island with guides Capt. Brian Barrera and Capt. Luis Flandes. Learn about the areas top-end speckled trout and redfish action as well as it's more exotic options such as tarpon and snook.

Have you ever dreamed of catching one of the super-sized speckled trout of the Lower Laguna Madre at South Padre Island?

Listen to part 3 of the Speckled Trout Saga series from Higher Calling Gulf Coast and listen to an in-depth interview with Capt. Brian Barrera and Capt. Luis Flandes III as they talk about how to catch the biggest trout of your life out of the South Padre region of the Lower Laguna Madre.

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Capt. Luis Flandes III @Capt-Luis Flandes III on Facebook and @Captain_Flandes On Instagram. (www.onthedriftfishing.com)

Capt. Brian Barrera @Brian Barrera on Facebook and @Capt_brianbarrera on Instagram (www.inshorefishingsouthpadre.com)

Join host Chester Moore and Dr. David Mckee as they talk about the legendary Laguna Madre. Learn about this mysterious ecosystem and why it produces monster trout. What food factor makes trout on average bigger than the Upper Texas Coast? Find out in this informative show. Also learn about the differences between Upper and Lower Laguna Madre and the biggest threats to this fragile ecosystem. This is part 2 of our 10 part series Speckled Trout Saga.

in part two of our discussion with Working Dogs For Conservation, we talk about how canines can be used even to sniff out non-indigenous trout underwater in streams.

In an engaging, in-depth interview with top-selling fishing book author and CCA President Pat Murray, Chester Moore digs deep into the secrets of surf fishing for speckled trout. 

In an interview for the Higher Calling Wildlife podcast, Chester Moore discussed the recent cloning of a black-footed ferret with Ben Novak of Revive & Restore.

In the conversation about the use of cloning technology to aid the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's ferret program, Moore asked about the potential of using genetic technology to control feral hogs. The discussion was a fascinating one and brings to mind many questions of the potential to fix a major wildlife problem but also raises questions of ethics and negative impacts of the technology.

Enjoy this conversation with Novak, a very bright scientist who has recently made history with the black-footed ferret program.

Join Chester Moore as he talk with a man who has a harrowing tale of being attacked by a wild boar in the woods of East Texas March 13, 2021. Learn about the intense attack, how his dog saved his life and how you can avoid an attack.

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Join host Chester Moore as he discusses the confirmed great white shark off the Texas Coast, expanding great white numbers in Texas waters and the "x-factor" thats making it possible. Also, learn how the "Jaws Effect" has inspired interest in great whites and other sharks.

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Join host Chester Moore as he interviews wildlife biologist Macey Ledbetter of Spring Creek Outdoors (www.springcreekoutdoors.com) who was fresh off a freeze kill survey of a South Texas ranch. Learn how the nilgai population was impacted, the real story behind the social media photos of truck beds full of dead exotics and how native wildlife faired. Did the freeze impact feral hogs? Will there be a predator boom this year? Learn in this intriguing interview.

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In response to the massive freeze-related fish kill on the Gulf Coast, officials with the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) have made sweeping changes to its annual summer-long S.T.A.R. tournament. Host Chester Moore interviews Shane Bonnot, Coastal Advocacy Director of CCA about the changes, where this format is headed and also tackles the importance of trout stocking in response to the freeze and damage to habitat.

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Join host Chester Moore as he discusses the groundbreaking cloning of "Elizabeth Ann", a black-footed ferret with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Coordinator Pete Grober. Learn how she was cloned from a ferret that died in 1988 and what this could mean for ferret recovery moving forward.

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Join host Chester Moore as he engages in a revealing conversation with Aaron Adams, Director of Science & Conservation with the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust. Learn how this freeze could impact tarpon and snook in Texas and how freezes like this one can damage habitat that benefits everything from tarpon to speckled trout.

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Join Chester Moore as he discusses the current freeze-related kill of speckled trout and other fish along the Texas Gulf Coast with Dr. David McKee, professor of biology and mariculture and author of Fishes of the Texas Laguna Madre. Learn about the similarities between this freeze event and other major freezes, a story of three 15-pound trout caught in a past survey and why we should not assume the worst of this freeze has shown up in the bays just yet.

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Chester Moore interviews Pete Coppolillo from Working Dogs For Conservation about the group's amazing work using dogs for wildlife conservation efforts.

In part two of our Jaguar Revival series, Chester Moore talks with Dr. Rodrigo A. Medellín, Instituto de Ecologia, UNAM about the latest in jaguar research. Learn about the incredible range of the species, how poaching is having an impact and a new project that could allow for "Jaguar Safe" beef. And you thought "Dolphin Safe" tuna was cool!

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Chester Moore talks about early reports of trout, snook and tarpon kills along the Gulf Coast as well as fishing closures related to the historic freeze event. Will there be a massive kill? We don't know yet but things are starting to look that way. Thanks to Capt. Dean Thomas for the accompanying photo and reports from the Port Aransas area.

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In part 1 of our Jaguar Revival series, Chester interviews his friend Dr. Natalie Schmitt, a genetic conservationist who has helped created a technology that can be crucial for saving jaguars and aiding researchers in pursuit of the most elusive and mysterious cat of the Americas.

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Join host Chester Moore as he talks conservation of California and Rocky Mountain bighorns in Oregon with Oregon Foundation for North American Wild Sheep President Kevin Martin.

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Host Chester Moore discusses the ultimate in the quest to catch trophy trout-catching record fish from state records to the world record. Hear little known info from each state along the Gulf Coast. Is there a pattern in trophy trout production? Which area could likely produce a record fish? Oh, and what about that 11-pound sand trout? Yep, for real. You don't want to miss this conclusion of our three-part series.

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Join host Chester Moore in the second in a three-part series on trophy speckled trout. In this episode learn about the life cycle of trout, growth rates, migrational studies and strange harbingers of the presence of trophy trout in an area with guest Shane Bonnot. Shane is the Coastal Advocacy Director for the Coastal Conservation Association and work for years with speckled trout in the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department's premier hatchery Sea Center Texas in Lake Jackson. You don't want to miss this unique view into the life of trout.

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In the maiden voyage of Higher Calling Gulf Coast, host Chester Moore interviews CCA President, fishing book author and former guide Pat Murray about the hidden secrets of catching truly big speckled trout. Higher Calling Gulf Coast will focus on series on in-depth topics of fishing and conservation along the Gulf Coast from flounder in the bays to bonefish on the flats, tarpon in the surf and billfish in the blue water.

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Is there forgotten evidence of an 11 foot 4-inch rattlesnake out there? Chester Moore uncovers a lost gem and digs into another giant rattlesnake story that is far more real than the "fake news" photos circulating on social media in 2020.

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In the final installment of our five-part series, we talk about the future of feral hogs in Texas and beyond.

Join award-winning wildlife journalist Chester Moore as he talks with Jack Evans of Bear Trust International about bear conservation information and issues impacting bears around the globe.

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Join Chester Moore as he talks with Chris Johnson of Living Waters Fly Fishing in Round Rock, TX as they discuss the mystery of Texas native trout, the Rio Grande cutthroat, Guadalupe bass, the Texas Guadalupe River trout fishery and the Western Native Trout Initiative.

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