Sportsmen's Empire - Western Big Game Hunting

Hunting is more than spending time in the woods taking in all of mother nature's wonders and pursuing our passions. You meet people along the way that end up being life long friends, some even close as family. One such person Heath met in 2000, Anthony O’Neill. It started over a phone call set up by Dale Cameron, to one of the best western big game hunters of his time. Heath and Anthony talk about how they met, dog trouble, how Anthony’s kids took their first bear with Heath and some of their most memorable hunts. They finish up with the deer hunt they were just on. Hunting is so much more than meets the eye. It’s all about the Journey we partake in. 

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On this episode of GOHUNT’s  Western Rookie Podcast, Brian sits down with Dan Johnson and talks open country spot and stalk mule deer.

Dan Johnson is the host of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast and founder of the Sportsmen’s Empire Podcast Network. Dan just got back from his annual archery mule deer hunt and shares the story on today’s show, along with tips and tricks Dan has learned over the years of chasing deer across the west with his bow! Brian and Dan talk about solo western hunts, getting the right access, and some of the new gear available for hunters. Click the links below to learn more about Dan and follow his adventures.

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In this episode of The Range Podcast Ricky meets with Jeremy Dinsmore of the Antler Up Podcast.. Through his podcast, Jeremy has interviewed the likes of many experts in the hunting world with the goal of educating hunters to be the best they can be. Jeremy is a dedicated family man, teacher and bowhunter. He mentored Ricky in regards to the startup of The Range Podcast and even supplied some of the startup equipment. 

Jeremy discusses his successful 2023 bowhunting season and provides sound advice, reminding us to embrace the real importance behind the lifestyle. Jeremy takes on a new venture and Ricky discusses the new relationship that both podcasts have developed with GoWild and the Holler Commerce Platform. 

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Today’s show opens up with Brad diving into his recent trip to Kentucky to visit family and do a little gun hunting. He starts out with his morning headed up the mountain in his car, where he quickly ran out of cell reception. He headed in and took a separate route than he normally would, when all of a sudden he started getting a no oil warning on his car! He made a quick loop back downhill but lost power on the way, so he had no other choice but to start downhill on foot! Make sure to tune in to this episode Sponsored by GunBroker.com to hear how this all panned out for him!

Next up Brayden dives into a new expenditure for himself – guiding a hunt! His uncle expressed some interest in hunting with him this season so he took him out for a nice evening rifle hunt overlooking a field into the woods. They got set up in their spot and the action started quickly with a buck cruising through the woods next to them, however they didn’t get enough of a view for a shot. Rain moved in on them so they decided to ease on out and they saw a ton of buck sign on the way out. Rub, after rub, after rub! They use the rain to cover them walking out and ease out slowly, when all of a sudden there’s a buck 15 yards from them! Tune in to hear how this encounter turned out!

Closing out Jacob gives a run down on his season so far which has been a bit of a bust including two misses by him that should’ve been a good buck down! He planned his recent weekend out hoping to turn his season around and have a little more luck! Early morning right after sunrise a couple of does came behind him and then circled back down the tree line. His plan was to swap spots after a little bit of time goes by, so he gets up and starts walking to the next spot when all of a sudden a buck comes out of the tree line! Unfortunately, he was caught completely out in the open with the sun shining right on him!! What do you guys think happens next?

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 [UNCENSORED] by GoWild kicks off your week with shameful nonsense, inappropriate convictions, and unfiltered tales from the woods, waters and whatevers. [UNCENSORED] is a behind the scenes look at our adventures, failures, wins, embarrassing moments at trade shows, hilarious tales from the warehouse, and a good rant or three about the most recent tyranny from the Dark Lord of the Sith himself.

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On this bonus episode of The Western Rookie Podcast, Brian Covers the upcoming Alaska Big Game Applications for 2024, as well as Nebraska Mountain Lion and South Dakota Point Deadlines.

Application Deadline:

Alaska Big Game: December 15th at 5:00 PM AKST

South Dakota Points: December 15th

Nebraska Mountain Lions: December 13th

Application Style:

Alaska: No point – Random Lottery

Application Cost:

Varies depending on the Species

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On today's episode of the Hunting Gear Podcast, Dan is joined by another Dan, Dan Mathews of the Nomadic Outdoorsman, to discuss hunting gear that would make excellent Christmas gifts for the serious hunter and outdoorsman. The Dan's talks about everything from boots, hunting weapons, and ebikes, to their favorite optics, and mapping apps used for hunting. Another episode containing a ton of great information regarding hunting gear and equipment. Enjoy!

Tanner, Ed and Cody sit down and shoot the bull about deer gun season shutting off our dog running.  This is a light hearted episode and just a casual conversation that wanders everywhere from beagles to hunting for the table.

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Rabbit dogs

Hog hunting tournaments

Coon population

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Selling hogs

Taking kids hunting

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On today’s show with GunBroker.com, we’re talking black rifles and green eyes, otherwise known as night vision. We start out talking about the first true generation of night vision – the starlight scope. Usually used in special purpose missions, they looked like a giant spotlight and mounted generally on an M1 Carbine. Thankfully, we’ve made huge advancements through today’s 3rd generation night vision. Make sure to listen in to this episode brought to you by GunBroker.com, to hear an in-depth conversation on night vision and thermal optics!

Next, we dive into night vision hunting which has skyrocketed in popularity for game like wild hogs. Make sure you check into your local game laws however, because this isn’t legal everywhere and there are some rules you need to make sure you follow. We also dive into the difference between green and white phosphor, which have major differences between them. White phosphor provides a large jump in optics with visuals being way more crisp compared to green phosphor. We also discuss the differences between night vision and thermal optics. Night vision optics absolutely cannot be used during the daytime due to how they process light, but thermals absolutely can be used during the daytime. However, your image will certainly not have as much clarity on your targets if the temperature differences aren’t as high like during the nighttime. A huge use case for thermal optics is in the recovery of game animals. Thermal optics provide terrific blood tracking capabilities that can help provide trackers with fantastic recovery efforts, including seeing the downed animal.

One of the downfalls of night vision is that depth perception gets thrown off quickly. However, with that being said, a lot of that can be trained out with serious training time and as always, it’s way better to have night vision if your enemies do not! Closing out, Allen dives into the different options for night vision at GunBroker.com. He covers a multitude of different options from the cheap end to however much you’d like to spend, there are options out there for you whether you want to outfit your helmet or your firearm.

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