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Derek Hall

Derek Hall

Arizona houndsman and hunting-dog enthusiast with the Arizona Working Dog Alliance, guest on the Nordic Tales & American Trails podcast.

Sep 23, 2026

Nordic Tales & American Trails

Nordic Tales & American Trails

Episode 107 — Derek Hall | Hunting Dogs, Culture & Protecting the Future

Sep 23 · 1h 48m

Erik Rhodin
Erik RhodinHOST
8:50
How did you first get into hunting and hunting with dogs?
Derek Hall
Derek HallGUEST
8:54
My family hunted.
Derek Hall
Derek HallGUEST
8:56
I don't know a time when we didn't have a bunch of dogs out on chains.
Derek Hall
Derek HallGUEST
9:00
Blue takes mostly when I was a kid.
Derek Hall
Derek HallGUEST
9:03
And as I got older, I developed a speed habit.
Derek Hall
Derek HallGUEST
9:07
So I like a faster dog because those It would drive me crazy to hunt the best thing we had as a kid if I hunted that now.
Derek Hall
Derek HallGUEST
9:13
It seems like they're standing on their head out there just boo-hooing around for an hour and a half or whatever.

30 MINS LATER

Erik Rhodin
Erik RhodinHOST
39:40
Tell us the story behind that.

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