The outdoor industry is full of folks waiting for the next best thing. To know how to set yourself apart and be successful, Tim Kjellesvik, host of The Thinking Woodsman podcast, shares his wealth of information on what makes you saleable, marketable, and promotable in the outdoor industry. His article called Five Ways to Set Yourself Apart in the Outdoor Industry answers questions on how you should run a business in this space. He also…
It’s amazing what whitetails teach us all the time and how much the experts think they know about them. When it comes down to the push and shove, they know some stuff, no question about it, but when you put the whole thing together, all these moving parts have to be very successful year after year. Dillan Porter of Trophy Whitetails R’Us grew up around whitetails and he said he can’t imagine anything different.…
Art Helin gives a breakdown of the seminar he gave at Iowa Deer Classic about the seasons of deer vocalization used during all four phases of the Rut to harvest mature bucks. He talks about the different types of calls used, and why they were effective and why they weren’t. He also shares insights with land management and says it’s broken down into four different parts: food, water, cover, and sanctuaries. He believes the last…
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…
What started as small game and deer hunting in his home state grew to an obsession for Art Helin to hunt nearly every big game species across North America. In this episode, Art joins host Bruce Hutcheon as they discuss hunting, the outdoors, and deer vocalization. Art has been in the outdoors industry for 23 years does seminars on hunting and sharing his firsthand experiences especially with deer vocalization. Listen to this podcast as Art…
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…
