Joel Pouliot is a dad and entrepreneur who grew up exploring the vast secluded outdoors in Canada. He currently runs Ruck-Up Media and recently created an AI-powered app called Dryads which helps campers, hunters, and fishermen navigate the outdoors with the most effective approaches to different tasks or identifications of plants and animals.

Joel has granted Fathers of the Great Outdoors listeners a one-month FREE trial on the Dryads app! The app is available on Apple or Google Play! Just use the code word FATHERS. Offer available through April 2025.

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TOPICS

2:02 – Growing Up in The Outdoors of Canada

3:18 – Private Security Contractor in Africa

3:56 – Coming Back to The Woods

4:58 – The Need for Silence and Reflection Within the Outdoors

6:23 – Working In Africa & Learning About the Outdoors from The Natives

8:30 – Surviving In the Wild with Limited Resources

9:25 – Struggling To Use a Flint

11:30 – Intentions to Introduce Kids to The Great Outdoors and Balancing Kid’s Interest Level and Attention Span

15:59 – Getting Into Grouse Hunting

16:11 – Understanding That You’re Taking a Life

19:10 – Camping & Hunting with Dad

22:15 – Slow Hunting Year

27:50 – Turkey Hunting

30:21 – The Dryads App

35:29 – Property Owner Info and Vast Amount of Privately Owned Land in The United States

41:32 – Using the App to Identify Plants & Animals

45:56 – Identifying Plants for Medicinal Use and Wound Wrapping Instructions

 47:39 – Communicating with The App

48:34 – Plans for Future App Features

51:00 – Predicting Turkey Movement

53:00 – Pinpointing Where to Hunt Based on Your Distance from Basecamp Criteria

54:17 – Learning the User’s Grammatical Language for Better Personal Use

55:11 – Visual Terrain Mapping

57:38 – The App as a Great Learning Tool

59:03 – Being Able to Ask About Regulations

1:01:14 – The App Team

1:02:55 – The Apps Connection to The Server

1:05:34 – Kids Learning to Understand What Hunting an Animal Means

1:07:02 - When Kids are Ready to Start Hunting

1:10:20 – FREE One Month Subscription for Listeners

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Joel Pouliot’s Socials:

Dryads: https://dryadsapp.ruckupmedia.net/

Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ruckup.official

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruckuppodcast

Rucked Up Media: https://www.ruckupmedia.com/