Painted Arrow Podcast

On this Episode, Nate and Devin share some of their successes and failures from the first couple of weeks in November in the 2021 season. Chasing whitetails with a vertical bow can be a great challenge when hunting pressured ground and missed opportunities can really put a damper on the mood. Listen to hear our detailed stories from some success and some major mistakes we had in the woods in the past 2 weeks. 

Wow, this is a White-Tales Episode you do not want to miss. Our guest from OnX Hunt, Jared Larsen, shares the tale of an incredible whitetail hunt on a river bottom in Montana. After harvesting his buck is where the story really begins.. An unexpected, silent visitor arrives at the scene of the kill and makes for a frantic night in the woods. A close call with a big CAT!

On this episode Nate and Devin discuss what is happening for them in the Michigan deer woods in terms of the Whitetail Rut. The fellas discuss chasing activity, scrapes, rubs, cell cameras, and much more revolving the November rut time frame.

This is the podcast we recorded on the way back home after leaving Wyoming. A lot of this discussion is great for first time mule deer hunters wanting to better understand mule deer, specifically in Wyoming! We learned so many things about Wyoming mule deer that you would never know unless you you put boots on the ground like we did.. discussed is the following: Region L Wyoming Mule Deer, hunting pressure on mule deer, wilderness area vs BLM and National forest, glassing techniques and more.  

Nate and Devin are on their way to Wyoming and record a pre-hunt podcast in the truck while driving through Nebraska. The fellas talk through the game plan as first time mule deer hunters and what their expectations are as first timers in the state of Wyoming. We talk through our preparations and what lead us to drawing a hunt in region L in Wyoming. Catch Part 2 for the aftermath of the hunt. 

This is a Southern Michigan Rut Update, on October 24th, 2021 from what the Painted Arrow crew has viewed from our Jackson County and Lenawee County properties. Deer behavior, rut activity, trail camera data, scrapes opening up, beginning chasing, weather report, temperatures and everything in between. Everything you might want to know about what is happening in the woods in Southern Michigan. 

This is the part 2 from the previous episode. Nate reflects on his out of state hunt in Kentucky during the early season for whitetail. On this podcast you will hear a lot about how hot weather, new terrain, drought like conditions, high hunting pressure, and a new area played into the strategy of the hunt. If you are planning on going on an early season out of state hunt for whitetail, this podcast can greatly help you develop a strategy.  

On this episode Nate and Devin start out by discussing a new target buck that recently appeared on trail camera in the Crick Woods. Nate is gearing up to hunt whitetails in the great state of Kentucky in the early season. Never setting foot in Kentucky before the fellas hash out the plan and strategy to put a deer down on this out of state whitetail hunt. Early season strategy, weather patterns, drought conditions, identifying early rubs and scrapes, and much more are discussed in this episode. 

This is an epic story of a giant southern Michigan whitetail buck we named the "Holy Spirit". A truly once in a lifetime deer taken with archery equipment on small parcel private lands. This podcast reveals all of the juicy details that went into the strategy for putting this buck on the ground from the time it was first seen in December 2020, to the time is was harvested on the season opener in October 2021. If you like a good buck story, this is one you don't want to miss.

We are starting a new series called White-Tales where we travel around the country interviewing passionate hunters about some of their hunts in the past and find out what makes them so successful. This first ever White-Tale's episode takes place in Northern Ohio with our first story teller Craig Wager and his boy Wade. This hunting family has figured out how to get it done year after year and has some pretty awesome tales to share! Don't miss it.