In this episode, Bradley Boatman of Red Oak Hunting talks about hunting oak trees down in Arkansas just as it is real people in real places. Bradley and his friends wanted to catalog their hunts, funs, misses, and missteps and came up with Red Oak Hunting. Get his insights on the different strategies he uses when public land hunting, as well as private land hunting and why he uses different strategies between the two.…
Trophy Bucks of Iowa isn’t just about the inches on the head of the animal. It’s about their trophy and what it means to them to take that animal. Brandon Dahms wants to instill that trophy may not have the same meaning of a trophy to a young boy that went out on his first hunt, but it’s about creating memories of being able to go out, hunt, and what it means to them which…
Down in Vernon County in the 20th of October, a magnificent high-time buck was harvested by one Jeremy Berlin from Wisconsin. There is a trick to hunting mature whitetails, an art – and this particular high-time buck has got impressive width, mass, and brow tines that won’t quit. Over the years, Jeremy Berlin has learned to keep it together because if he didn’t, there was a chance he could have missed this deer. You always…
Jeremy Berlin talks about hunting mature bucks and the factors that come into it. Jeremy says it’s hard passing up a 140, but the delay of satisfaction brings you a 190 or 180-inch buck. He shares that the most important factors in holding bucks in your land is food, bedding, and water. Running year-round nutrition and food plots will appeal to a deer throughout the year. It doesn’t matter how much acreage you have. If…
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE: The idea of DirtNap Gear came about as I sat watching another one of my wife’s reality shows and dreaming of the Outdoor Channel. With my passion and love of the outdoors and bowhunting I realized it was time to develop a line of broadheads that performed to the highest standards. I designed the DirtNap Gear line with one thought in my mind…boobs, wait scratch that, penetration and…
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE: Naked & Afraid Survivalist – Huntress Samantha Ohl I am also a Survivalist that is on Discovery Channels Naked & Afraid. My main reasons for going on Naked and Afraid: I am a BIG introvert but I wanted to challenge my abilities, mentally in being able to handle the pressure of people. Naked and Afraid takes “survival of the fittest” to the next level. I have served the United States…
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE: Exclusive interview Bow Hunters Union – Bill Hoffman What is your mission statement? Bow Hunters Union constantly strives to improve regulations for all hunting archers while promoting the future of bow hunting via their support of youth archery programs nationwide. Bill Hoffman is a lifelong resident of Michigan. If you took a guy who loves to hunt and fish and then made him a professional magician with a decade long…
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE: Exclusive interview Casey & Hope Hutchison We are both very enthusiastic outdoors people that happened to cross paths at the right time in our lives. Hope comes from a small town in Southeast Kansas, while I grew up in the middle of Colorado Springs AKA a city boy. I have been hunting for a better part of my adult life. I quit drinking at the young age of 25 and…
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE: Five Trends shaping hunting in 2017 Reid Vander Veen grew up in small-town farm country in Iowa where he ran, swam, kicked, and sticked his way through every stream and forest he could find, spending nearly every waking minute outdoors. He is currently on the Field Staff for RAKS Big Game Supplements and enjoys volunteering and being involved in his community. He is a contributor to Wild Open Spaces… http://www.wideopenspaces.com/five-trends-that-will-shape-hunting-in-2017/…
