Wade Truong and Rachel Owen: Elevated Wild

AB3, Host of The Bryant Land Show, interviews Wade Truong and Rachel Owen, Founders of Elevated Wild. Wade and Rachel are a couple that talk about their shared passion for hunting and cooking, creating Elevated Wild, how they began their journeys, and they describe the types of hunts they enjoy in Virginia. 

 

Episode Highlights: 

• Does AB3 hunt on public land?
• AB3 shares his advice for African Americans hunting on public land. 
• AB3 introduces Wade Truong and Rachel Owen.  
• What are Wade’s inspirations for recipes?  
• Where did Wade’s parents come from and what was their experience like moving to Virginia? 
• Was Wade’s hunting self-taught?  
• What got Rachel Owen involved in hunting and cooking?
• Rachel Owen talks about being a forager.  
• What are their favorite types of hunts? 
• What defines their hunting lifestyles?   
• Which animals do they hunt in Virginia?  
• What is their secret to cooking ham?   
• Look for the Bass Pro Shop links on BryantLandCountry.com.  

 

3 Key Points:

1. Wade likes having decoys involved in hunting, ‘counterfeiting a scenario’ and tricking an animal on their own terms. 
2. All the emotions and sweat equity associated with hunting and earning the food are wrapped up into Wade’s passion for hunting. 
3. Anything that you cook for 200 degrees for a long time is going to end up dry

 

Tweetable Quotes:

• (Cooking) “You can learn more by doing things wrong than reading how to do things right.” – Wade Truong
• “I think a lot of people, especially our generation and younger, there is a lot of concern about where your food comes.” – Rachel Owen
• “Even when I was eating meat, I always said, you know, if somebody hunted it I would eat it. It just always seemed like there was a really clear ethical distinction between factory farmed meat and hunted meat.” – Rachel Owen 

 

Resources Mentioned:

• The Bryant Land Country Podcast: bryantlandcountry.com/the-bryant-land-country-podcast
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• Bass Pro Affiliate: https://bassproshops.vzck.net/NaQx7
• Elevated Wild website: elevatedwild.com
• Elevated Wild on social media: Instagram Facebook 
• Elevated Wild email: hello@elevatedwild.com