Sportsmen's Empire - Western Big Game Hunting

Today’s show opens with us talking about the group's most recent outdoor adventures. We go over our recent weekend fishing with Charles Wesley Godwin. While he may have left us thinking that none of us know how to fish, he let us know it was a much needed break from touring and interviewing after releasing his most recent album Family Ties. Dan dives into his recent scouting trip preparing for his hunt at Land Between the Lakes. His crazy trail camera experiences have continued over the past week. He put some good miles on his boots going to check his camera, maybe even an extra mile that he didn’t have to put in. He decided to hang a second camera, but the camera woes hit again. Pro-tip - don’t trust Amazon branded batteries. Listen in to this episode Sponsored by GunBroker.com to hear all the possible things that can go wrong when checking your trail camera!

Next up Brayden goes into his recent weekend public hunting for whitetail. Complete with an awesome set of oaks to hunt, perfect wind, perfect weather, it was building up to be an awesome morning in the woods. Unfortunately, the morning hunt didn’t go as planned, but he and Phil had another plan to hopefully induce some success. They headed to an old tree orchard with perfect lanes, taking it slowly looking for deer. His first time ever hunting for whitetail on the ground produced some heart pounding moments. Make sure to tune in to see exactly how it all panned out. 

Closing out Brad talks about his recent weekend deer hunting. He had his slowest day yet, and still managed to see seven deer! Deer after deer after deer showed up on his afternoon sit. A few small bucks showed up with a few does including a real nice six-point that is going to be a stud in a few years. He held tight and then even his target buck showed up, make sure you listen in to see how crazy his evening got! You definitely won’t want to miss this one.

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On this episode of Huntavore, Nick is ecstatic about his recent big buck kill.  He doesn’t hold back on the details and drama of that Saturday here in early October.  So sit back and enjoy a good ol’ buck story on this episode of Huntavore.

How about that!  13 years of hunting a small farm in Michigan that butts up to state land, and Nick finally connects on a brute!  Taking tips and tricks along the way, connecting encounters, and learning from close calls, came together in early October.  Without spoiling the story, Nick had a plan for the hunt, and was going to stick with it.  Like any good story, a few obstacles got in his way, and he had to overcome adversity.  Ultimately this story includes friends, family, and bonding with his boys.  Hope you enjoy my tale of the Michigan 8 point that DIDN'T get away.

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On today’s show with GunBroker.com, we’re covering anything and everything in trench warfare. First up on the slate? The big guns – artillery. Artillery was used mainly to bust up troops bunkered down in trenches. As the design of trenches evolved so did the artillery, during WW1 the proximity fuse was refined for artillery to pepper the troops below with shrapnel. Artillery was used in conjunction with trench mortars which were lobbed super high to hopefully come down in the trenches and rain down molten hot shrapnel directly inside. Shrapnel from artillery and mortars was absolutely devastating on the battlefield, causing all sorts of flesh tearing, bone crushing wounds.

Next up, we get up close and personal. You guessed it, bayonets. A common misconception on bayonets is that they’re just a giant knife, but they are not made for that at all. They can somewhat take an edge but the type of steel they are made from is more designed for thrusting and penetrating through body armor. While still holding a place on the battlefield today, it seems that it has migrated more towards being a traditional piece, with a much more diminished role. Post-WW1, standard bayonet size has shrunk dramatically. Starting at a 16” blade standard issue in WW1 all the way down to a 10” blade in modern warfare. The shrinkage in blade size caused many of these to be ground down to a 10” blade, which created a very large subset of collecting in bayonets with original Model 1905s still in their 16” configuration quite rare to see!

Closing out our episode we dive into “Trench Shotguns.” If you’re shopping for a WW1 shotgun on GunBroker.com, you may want to listen in to this episode beforehand. On the flip side of that, if you’re a seller of a Model 12 or 1897 we apologize ahead of time! A long standing belief of WW1 shotguns were that they were used as a “trench broom” to go through and clear trenches of enemies, but due to new research it seems that the primary use of WW1 shotguns was actually rear guard duty for guarding prisoners in camps. Allen goes into the top Model 12s and 1897 shotguns from the WW1 era sold on GunBroker.com and the price range that they went for recently.

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This week on the Wisconsin Sportsman Podcast, Josh and Pierce talk with Doug Duren of Sharing the Land about all things conservation. 

Doug's conservation resume speaks for itself. In this episode, the guys cover a ton of ground ranging from Doug's stewardship of his own family farm, how his thoughts and practices have evolved over the years, and how he got where he is today with his Sharing the Land initiative. If you care about hunting, fishing, conservation, and land access, this episode is for you!

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On this episode of The Western Rookie Podcast, Brian talks with Aaron Hepler about living and traveling from flat eastern states to go elk hunting!

Aaron is experiences outdoorsman, writer, and deer hunter from the eastern United States, and recently tagged out on his first archery elk – a dandy 6x6 bull! Aaron and Brian talk about some of the challenges of hunting elk in high elevations when you live closer to sea level, and all the things that go into a successful elk hunt, and ofcoruse, some of the things that make an unsuccessful hunt! Click the links below to check out more of Aaron’s story.

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Join us for a conversation with the host of The Edge on Wild TV, and creator of Next Level Hunter gear. Steve discusses his early successes with a bow that led him to becoming who his is today. Steve shares with us a few of is recent hunting stories and also dives into why he does what he does. You don’t want to miss this one!

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