Deer Talk Now

Today Dan Schmidt brings back Deer & Deer Hunting Executive Producer David Gilane to discuss how he became a hunter as an adult and what challenges and stigma one can face when starting out later in life.

Alan Probst, creator of the North American Trapper, joins Dan Schmidt to discuss tips to be a more effective trapper year after year and how you can sharpen your deer hunting skills with some basic trapper knowledge.

Meet an accomplished competition shooter and avid deer hunter and learn about her quest to teach more young hunters about the benefits of living the outdoors lifestyle. She hails from Ohio and has hit the ground running in her dream to turn her shooting passion into a career.

Hunting icon and longtime friend Will Primos joins Dan Schmidt and talks life, business, hunting and how to be successful in all three.

Bad habits, mismatched gear, and poor shooting form can add up to missed deer during bowhunting season. Elite Archery's Trent Kleeberger joins our podcast and tells Dan Schmidt how slight adjustments to your approach can drastically improve your archery skills and result in greater success in the deer woods.

Deer Talk Host Dan Schmidt examines the behavior among today's hunters vs. those of our ancestors. He also provides his thoughts on what he believes is causing irreverent attitudes toward our natural resources and how this affects the hunting community.

Aggressive deer hunting tactics have allowed Mark Kayser to waylay whitetail bucks on public and private lands across North America. He joins our podcast and tells Dan Schmidt how his tactics have evolved over the years, and offers insights on how to improve your success level this fall.

Learn how a deer hunting dentist stumbled upon an odor-eliminating breakthrough and how one company has mastered its use. Buddy Piland joins our podcast and explains the science behind the new HR500 unit from Ozonics.

Indiana's Tony Walker has embraced a work hard, play hard mentality his whole life, and his TV show and bucks on the wall are testament to that fact. He sits down with Dan Schmidt and talks about how he got started in television, then provides real-world tips that all hunters can use to improve their success in the field.

One of America's most successful mature buck hunters explains how he has been able to consistently tag monsters every year while bowhunting on both public and small parcels of private land. John Eberhart also tells Dan Schmidt what the number one difference is between guys who want to kill big deer and guys who actually do it.