6 Ranch Podcast

You worked your tail off to bring that meat home from your hunt, don’t mess it up. On this episode Adele Nash, who is a classically trained chef sits down to talk about the ways you can prepare, cook and present your harvested game in some ways that will honor that animal and impress the friends and family you are serving the meal to. And it’s way easier than you might think. Adele works as a private chef for families on vacation, at events, and at hunting camps/ and lodges. Enjoy!

Justin Russel is back to discuss the results of a study he helped conduct where he captured mountain lions, applied gps collars, and then would go back and find each of the cougar’s kill sites to see what they were preying on. The results are fascinating and made even more interesting when wolves showed up in the region. Consider this episode a blueprint to understanding what and where cougars are hunting throughout the year. 

Justin Russel was a scout sniper in the Marine Corps with multiple combat deployments and is now an accomplished big game hunter. We talk about his path into becoming a sniper and what skills from that job have helped him be successful as a hunter. 

From rural Maine to the Ok Theatre. Run in for some good old fashioned story telling from musician, theatre owner and home builder, Mt Darrell Brann. 

Fellow guides Chad Dotson and Kevin Harlander recap their hunting and guiding seasons and we talk through the changes to the new deer hunting regulations and unit boundaries in Oregon. Oregon deer huntingOregon hunting regulationsOregon deer unit changes2025–2026 Oregon deer seasonOregon controlled huntsOregon hunting units explainedMule deer hunting OregonWhitetail hunting OregonOregon deer tag changesODFW deer regulationsOregon hunting season recapProfessional hunting guidesWestern hunting guidesOregon elk and deer reportBlue Mountains deer populationOregon mule deer declineOregon hunting managementOregon deer harvest dataBest Oregon hunting unitsDIY Oregon deer huntingDeer hunting strategies OregonPublic land hunting OregonOregon hunting opportunitiesSpot and stalk mule deerLate season deer huntingHigh desert hunting OregonTimber country hunting OregonPacific Northwest hunting podcast6 Ranch Podcast huntingHunting conservation OregonODFW proposed changesOregon tag allocation changesOregon wildlife managementDeer behavior and migration OregonOregon predator impactsPredator management Oregon