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Ducks Unlimited PodcastASCEND: Finding Your Outdoor Community: How Women Build Confidence Together (Ep 748)Discover how women find belonging, mentorship, and confidence by stepping into the outdoors together.Host Bethany Beathard sits down with Jess Rice, founder of WildHERness, a women‑centered outdoor community built to empower beginners and seasoned outdoorswomen alike.Together, they explore what community really means for women entering the outdoor world—breaking down barriers, building skills, and creating friendships that change lives. From learning to hunt or kayak to embracing homesteading and conservation, Jess shares how shared experiences help women grow stronger, braver, and more connected.In this episode, you’ll learn:Why...
2026-02-1259 min
ASCEND by Ducks UnlimitedFinding Your Outdoor Community: How Women Build Confidence TogetherDiscover how women find belonging, mentorship, and confidence by stepping into the outdoors together.Host Bethany Beathard sits down with Jess Rice, founder of WildHERness, a women‑centered outdoor community built to empower beginners and seasoned outdoorswomen alike.Together, they explore what community really means for women entering the outdoor world—breaking down barriers, building skills, and creating friendships that change lives. From learning to hunt or kayak to embracing homesteading and conservation, Jess shares how shared experiences help women grow stronger, braver, and more connected.In this episode, you’ll learn:Why...
2026-02-0859 min
Ducks Unlimited PodcastInside the Four Flyways: Science, Heritage & Waterfowl Hunting (Ep. 735)Matt Harrison and Dr. Mike Brasher welcome outdoor writer and DU ASCEND Host Bethany Beathard to discuss her MeatEater article on North America’s four waterfowl flyways. Bethany shares her background, research process, interviews with banders and guides, and insights into how hunting tactics differ across regions. Dr. Brasher expands on migration science, flyway councils, Adaptive Harvest Management, and why reliable data is critical for the future of waterfowl conservation.Listen now: www.ducks.org/DUPodcastSend feedback: DUPodcast@ducks.orgSPONSORS:Purina Pro Plan: The official performance dog food of Ducks Unlimited
2025-12-3051 min
ASCEND by Ducks UnlimitedFinding Confidence, Creativity, and the Outdoors with Priscilla BlockSuccess doesn’t mean losing who you were or what you love.Country music artist Priscilla Block joins Ascend to talk about confidence, creativity, staying grounded, and how the outdoors plays a role in her life beyond the stage. This episode is about representation, inspiration, and showing younger women what’s possible.Topics include:Staying authentic as success growsBeing visible for the next generationBalancing creativity and real lifeFinding grounding outdoorsFollow Priscilla Block @PriscillaBlock on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and X.Subscribe and join this exciting journey to explore, learn, and g...
2025-12-2843 min
ASCEND by Ducks UnlimitedRaising Kids Outdoors: Conservation Starts at HomeYou don’t need big land or big policy to raise conservation-minded kids.Bethany Beathard sits down with Amy Hall to talk about parenting, hunting, and how everyday outdoor moments like fishing trips, predator encounters, and quiet walks shape lifelong values in children.This episode reframes conservation as something personal, accessible, and rooted in family time.Topics include:Introducing kids to hunting and wildlife ethicallyTeaching conservation through shared outdoor experiencesBalancing busy family life with time outsideWhy small moments matter more than big harvestsAmy's Social Media: HerWildOutdoors(FB) https://ww...
2025-11-0259 min
ASCEND by Ducks UnlimitedTraining a Hunting Dog While Raising a Family, with Destiny ThomassonCan you raise a hunting dog without sacrificing your family or your sanity?Bethany Beathard sits down with professional dog trainer Destiny Thomasson of Hund + Soul to talk about training gun dogs in real life. They cover puppy foundations, introducing gunfire safely, managing training with kids at home, and keeping dogs conditioned year-round.This episode is for women who want working dogs and functional family life, without perfection or expensive gear.Topics include:Choosing the right breed for your lifestylePuppy training basics that actually transfer to the fieldIntroducing dogs to gunfire safelyBudget-friendly...
2025-09-2151 min
ASCEND by Ducks UnlimitedYou Don’t Have to Grow Up Hunting: Finding Your Way OutdoorsDo you need to grow up hunting to belong outdoors?The women of Ascend say no.In this premiere episode, hosts Adrian Jessen, Bethany Beathard, Erin Crider, and Julia Stallings share how they each found their way outside—later in life, through different paths, and without having all the answers.They talk honestly about starting late, learning as adults, building confidence, and why community matters more than credentials.This episode sets the foundation for Ascend: a place where women can learn, ask questions, and grow at their own pace.Subscribe an...
2025-09-0753 min
ASCEND by Ducks UnlimitedAscend Podcast: Confidence, Skills, and Community for OutdoorswomenAscend is a podcast for women who want to feel confident outdoors—whether you’re hunting, fishing, shooting, hiking, or just starting to wonder if you belong there.Hosted by four women with very different paths into the outdoors, each episode explores how to build skills, find mentors, ask better questions, and grow into your own outdoor identity, without gatekeeping or pressure to be perfect.If you’ve ever felt curious, intimidated, or unsure where to start, Ascend is for you.New episodes release biweekly.Presented by Ducks Unlimited.Subscr...
2025-09-0400 min
Hunt. Fish. Freedom. - Presented By The International Order of T RooseveltEpisode 3 - Getting Kids Into Hunting Through Homeschooling with Bethany BeathardIn this episode of Hunt. Fish. Freedom., host Kenia Link sits down with Bethany Beathard—a military wife, homeschooling mom of five, and passionate outdoorswoman. They dive into the importance of getting kids involved in hunting, fishing, and conservation, as well as the growing role of women in the hunting community.Bethany shares how she weaves nature-based learning into her homeschooling curriculum, teaching her children ethical hunting practices, outdoor survival skills, and conservation awareness from an early age. She also talks about the power of community in the outdoors, especially for women, and how so...
2025-04-1140 min
Tejas Hunt Club Podcast#38 - Outdoor Content Creation at POMA Conference 2024This week on the podcast we have Meagan hosting a podcast with 3 guests while at the Professional Outdoor Media Association Annual Meeting in Pinewood, South Carolina: Kevin Paulson with HuntingLife Media, Adrian Jessen with Review This Thing, and Bethany Beathard a freelance creator in the outdoor space. We dive into the amazing aspects of the event and of POMA as a whole, why we all attend this event each year, and why every outdoor writer or media professional should!
Hunting and fishing are more than just killing and sport. It’s family, friends, and be...
2024-06-0633 min
Tejas Hunt Club Podcast#36 - Florida Turkeys and Hunting Legacy with Bethany BeathardThis week on the podcast we have Bethany Beathard as our guest to talk about her spring 2024 turkey hunt in Florida, how she provides for her five children as a military wife, and her passion for storytelling and leaving legacy for the hunting way of life.
Hunting and fishing are more than just killing and sport. It’s family, friends, and being outside. It’s enjoying the quiet and getting to seeing what’s out there. It’s experiencing wild places and testing yourself against nature. We were born to explore, hunt, and gather. These ar...
2024-04-1453 min
Gun TalkHunting Talk With Bethany Beathard | Gun Talk HuntAvid sportswoman, military wife, mom of 5, outdoor writer and content creator Bethany Beathard joins Gun Talk Hunt’s Kevin “KJ” Jarnagin for this episode. They are discussing making time for the outdoors, how to “plant the seed” for future generations, a once-in-a-lifetime elk hunt draw and much more. Find Bethany here: https://www.tiktok.com/@bethanybeathard https://www.instagram.com/our.abundant.home/ This Gun Talk Hunt is brought to you by Smith & Wesson and Benelli. Copyright ©2023 Freefire Media, LLC Gun Talk Hunt 10.18.23
2023-10-1828 min
District of ConservationEP 372: Homeschooling & Hunting with Bethany BeathardIn Episode 372 of District of Conservation, Gabriella interviews Bethany Beathard - an Oklahoma-based mom, military wife, homesteader, and avid hunter. Gabriella and Bethany connected at POMA's recent business conference in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Bethany was recently awarded the Toyota USA Go Places Scholarship. She discusses her hunting journey, raising five kids to love the outdoors, effective outreach to new folks, getting people interested in conservation, and more. Get to know Bethany today!
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2023-07-1834 min
Motherhood from ScratchBusy Seasons Without Your Husband with Bethany BeathardJoin the ladies this week for a special conversation! They talk with guest Bethany Beathard (fellow large family mom and also military spouse) and discuss what its like to parent, homeschool, and keep the house running when their husbands have to be hands off from the family for a season...or multiple seasons. Connect with Bethany: IG: @our.abundant.home
2023-02-0125 min
Women of the Wild PodcastWomen of the Wild 1:6 Bethany BeathardLinda and Felicia sit down with Bethany to talk about all the things: raising 5 kids while your husband is deployed and still find time to get outdoors. This girl embraces the chaos and let's her passions flow over in all she does.
2022-12-1659 min
Whitetail Advantage PodcastEP 11 | Life of a Military Wife
In this weeks episode I have a conversation with Bethany Beathard. She has been a military wife now for 11 years and she shares her experience of what its like raising 5 kids and still finding the time to go hunting. She also has the ability to hunt on military installations and we talk about what its like to hunt on those installations and how different they are compared to hunting public land. Whitetail Advantage on Instagram Whitetail Advantage on Facebook Whitetail Advantage on Twitter ...
2022-05-3049 min