Sportsmen's Empire - Whitetail Hunting

This week on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast, John has one of his most special guests of all time on, his wife Mackenzie. John and Mackenzie talk about the real life struggles of balancing hunting and family. After four years of marriage, and adding a baby into the mix this year, the two talk about what they do well, and areas they still need to improve upon when it comes to John's hunting addiction. Mackenzie knew John was a big hunter before they got married, but honestly had no idea what she was getting into on a full year around basis. Not to mention how it would get even more complicated by adding a baby into the mix.

Mackenzie talks about expectations, and how she has learned to be more upfront with John before the season even gets underway. John and Mackenzie have both learned how important communication is, and the more heads up the better. Mackenzie is a planner, while John is much more go with the flow. They have learned over time that the more they can plan ahead, the better it is for both of them. John has also had to learn that a baby really does change things, and that sometimes you really have to take a step back and think about your priorities in life.

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On this Episode of Huntavore it's just you and Nick kicking off 2023. He goes into detail about a specific hind quarter cut, the eye round. What are its characteristics, how tender is it, how it reacts to cooking, and chats about 2 successful dishes with this cut. Hope you're in the mood for asian. Secondly, he touches on how small game is going to be a priority here while there is not ice yet, and elaborates about a “Stocktail” that can add a savory twist to your cocktail hour. Get your appetite ready for this episode of Huntavore.

This episode is Nick breaking down the eye round cut from a hind leg. The eye round is a wonderful cut to use when used correctly. Long muscle grain, and very lean, the eye round is best treated as a whole cut or in the case of his two dishes, best sliced, marinaded, then seared. On a scale of tenderness, Nick gives it a 3 out of 4 for being quite tender. For cooking variability he gives it 2 out of 4, high quick heat is what we are going for. Eye round serves as an almost perfect cut for a couple asian dishes. A ramen bowl, that also uses your stock to create a broth, and a mongolian venison stir fry that was an absolute grand slam with Nick’s kids. Here is the blog recipe for the Venison Ramen: https://sportsmensempire.com/blog/wildgame-ramen

Nick is also attempting to bring “stocktails” back into the cocktail hour. In the 60’s along with the Bloody Mary, two drinks were made with their base being broth or stock. The Bull Shot and Bloody Bull were stock and vodka, seasoned with salt and pepper, celery salt, and tabasco. Nick made the switch to venison stock and adobo sauce and gave it the new name the “Buck Shot”. For a play on tracking your deer, the “Blood Trail” is the Buck shot, served with frozen tomato juice or Bloody Mary Mix. as the cubes melt, they release their flavor and spice, and as they melt further, the flavor gets stronger. And just like trailing your hit buck, it finishes with a lot of excitement. Look for both the Stir Fry and Stocktail recipes to be posted soon at the Sportsmen’s Empire Blog.

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To kick things off in 2023, Marcus is joined by Trevor Hubbs from the Armed Forces Initiative branch of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. Trevor opens things up talking about what AFI is and their mission within BHA. The guys talk about the newly appointed liaison for Michigan and what types of events are planned for 2023.Trevor goes in depth about some of the events AFI hosted last year, the good things that came out of them and messages that keep him going. After spending more than 200 nights on the road or in the field last year, Trevor feels like 2023 primed for another great year of helping the Veteran community and our public lands. Head over to Backcountry Hunters & Anglers website to learn more about the AFI.

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On this week's episode of the Pennsylvania Woodsman, we are discussing small game with Emily Boyd. Emily is the small mammal biologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission and she drops a wealth of knowledge on us! We discuss some of the less common small game species discussed in the Keystone State including snowshoe hares, Appalachian cottontail rabbits, and eastern fox squirrels. Most of these species provide liberal hunting opportunities, however, snowshoe hares only have a 1 week season between Christmas and New Years. Emily shares with us some of the habitat types you may find snowshoe hares if embarking on this adventure!

In addition to general biology, we discuss one of the greatest threats to rabbits in North America; rabbit hemorrhagic disease. This disease has already been found in domestic rabbits, but is quickly spreading into wild populations. The concern is not "if" but "when" will it happen? There is a high mortality rate with those that contract it, and drastic management changes may occur to combat this issue. Find out what you can do as a conservationist to help address the problem!

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On this episode of The Nomadic Outdoorsman Dan talks with Sam Techau from Iowa about how his passion for hunting both started and progressed throughout his 20’s.

Although Sam has been fishing his whole life he didn’t start hunting until he was 22. Over the past six years he has learned valuable lessons about chasing after America’s number one big game animal.

As soon as he shot his first deer he was hooked. From that point on his addiction to chasing whitetails with a bow has only increased. Each year Sam tries to learn and grow as a hunter. Dan and Sam talk all about the things that have changed since the first season and look forward to what future seasons and hunts have in store.

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GoWild has been a huge supporter of the Southern Ground Hunting Podcast, and this week week get to talk to one of the men behind the platform. Brad Lutrell is probably one of our favorite dudes around. Not only is a great businessman and marketing guru, he's also a great deer hunter. This week, Brad shares the story of his big 2022 Kentucky buck. Low acorn crop forced him to hunt his property different than in years past, and finding the right mobile saddle hunting setup made it possible. We say it a lot, but it doesn't matter if you're hunting public land or private land, going mobile is the way to go!

GoWild is a free social community, designed to bring hunters and anglers together. Brad shares some of the new updates and future updates with us, including a robot sasquatch that just might take over the world one day. 

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On today's episode of the DIY Sportsman podcast, Garrett does a strategy review and analysis as a baseline for how to improve next year. He doesn't review any of the specific hunt details because those already have their own hunt breakdown episodes. This exercise is one that Garrett does each year with to help review and analyze what did or didn't work to try and improve for the following season. That action is something which can help anyone, and it's a useful tool even outside of deer hunting.

Garrett will plan on doing much of the same weapon type hunting next year, using a combination of traditional and compound hunting across a handful of tags. But there might be a change to the location of the earliest velvet hunt, and there will certainly be a change in the location of any firearms hunting. Garrett also talked about an additional strategy he'd need to employ to help be better prepared to tackle his pre-rut hunts next year.

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In this episode of the How to Hunt Deer Podcast, Josh talks with Sam Bilhorn of Whitetail Partners about habitat improvement and hunting strategy. 

The guys begin by discussing Whitetail Partners origins, the services that they provide, and the recent addition of a network of local professionals to serve Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, and Georgia. From there, the conversation covers a wide variety of topics including food plots, bedding areas, hinge cutting, manipulating deer travel, and evaluating a property before you buy it. This is a fantastic listen for anyone that owns hunting property or dreams of owning hunting property some day!

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