Sportsmen's Empire - Whitetail Hunting

On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan talks with Chuck Petka about a final day elk tag that was filled during his first season at elk camp. Dan and Chuck met during the 2022 rifle season in Colorado. Dan and Chuck relive the events from the week and the culmination of a lot of hard work and prep that went into Chuck’s first elk hunt. Throughout the week their group was fortunate to take 7 beautiful bulls 5 of which were taken by first timers.

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This week on the Missouri Woods & Water podcast Nate & Andy get to talk with fellow Missourian Jake Kaullen about a 200+ inch deer he was able to punch his tag with this year. Jake would have never even known this deer existed if he hadn't have just went hunting one time last season. With no previous trail cam pictures of him and no one knowing of him, this deer was basically a ghost on the farm he hunts. This season was more of the same. Jake couldn't get confirmation of his existence until he was able to get one passing by series of pics on a trail cam he had placed. Then the hunt was on and the rest was history. Congratulations to Jake on a once in a lifetime deer. This story is proof that the saying is true....."just go hunting" because nothing is going to happen if you don't. Enjoy the show!

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In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Kenny Kane (Generations Forestry) discuss forest management strategies and land improvement. Kenny breaks down his hunting season and his success and failures. Kenny explains a trip out of state and his success on a big Colorado elk.

Kenny details the significance of a forest management plan and how to consider short and long term options. Kenny explains problems that persist on a client property and how to attack complications to ensure goals are met. Forest management techniques and changes allow for the opportunity to increase and improve habitat for deer and other wildlife. Kenny explains mistakes that landowners make that can be remedied and options to improve a woodlot. Jon and Kenny discuss how to break down a property into zones. Kenny describes prescriptions to support changes that will make a forest setting more productive for deer and deer hunting. Jon and Kenny discuss bad decisions regarding logging that hinder a property and how money sometimes impacts our decisions too much.

Kenny goes through the entire process of analyzing a woodlot. Kenny details each item he considers with a client property, to include what species to remove. Kenny breaks down the option to remove trees, and what are some of the best treatment options to remove trees and brush. Kenny discusses chemical options and methods of hack and squirt, stump cutting, and basal bark spray. Kenny explains how to remove specific tree species, and how to evaluate the understory and what steps are needed each year to make sure the property improves. Jon and Kenny discuss ways to improve the number of oaks on the landscape and evaluate strategies that will get the landowner ahead to produce more acorns and seedlings. Kenny explains methods to measure light and ensure enough light reaches the forest floor for regeneration. Jon and Kenny discuss balancing goals when thinking through each improvement, forest regeneration and what tree species should be maintained across the landscape for deer.

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Deer season is winding down for many if not most, and it's time to sit back and reflect on our season. Did you get the buck you were after? Did you see the deer numbers you thought you should be seeing? Did the deer use your property in predictable ways? Were you able to access your hunting locations without bumping deer? All of these questions may reveal that our season could have been better from a deer hunting perspective. So what if you're unhappy with how your season went? If that's you, it just might be time for a hunting property tune-up. 

In this episode of the Wisconsin Sportsman Podcast, Josh talks with Sam Bilhorn of Whitetail Partners about evaluating your hunting property and when it might be time to call in a consultant. Sam has year of experience with on-site whitetail hunting property consultation and provides top-tier habitat and hunting plans to his clients. Over the years, Sam has learned what works to attract and hold deer, and to influence their movement across your hunting property. Whether you just bought a new property, lease ground that you can manipulate, or have hunted the same 40 acres for decades, Sam can help take your deer hunting to the next level. Tune in to hear how Sam evaluates his hunting season, how he scouts his property once the season is over, and how he designs hunting properties to provide excellent hunting for his clients. 

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With gun season over in Oklahoma and most states across the country, hopefully that means freezers are getting full. Now that you have all that beautiful red meat, it's time to think about what to do with it. This week on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast, John is joined by Sportsmens Empire brother Nick Otto, aka the Huntavore, to talk about all things venison and cooking. This is an episode you are going to want to take notes on!

Nick is an adult onset hunter, meaning he started hunting a little later in his life. While a lot of people learn to hunt first and then cook, Nick is quite the opposite. Nick got into hunting because of the food it provides, so it just makes sense that he cares so much about the great quality wild game can have if you take care of it. Nick and John discuss some basic venison prep, and Nick shares a few recipes you probably won't find in your grandma's old cook book.

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On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Josh Profitt about a 3 year search for a big public land buck. Josh talks about an unassuming piece of public land that had very low deer numbers and that held not one, but two, big antlered bucks. One of these bucks, given the name "Bones", caught the attention of Josh and one of his hunting buddies. At this point the game was on and the two of them started to scout, learn, and dissect the 500 acres this buck called home. There was a reason this buck felt comfortable on this piece of public, the cover was thick and almost impossible to access, so trail cameras played a huge role in learning this bucks annual pattern.

Over the three quest for "Bones", Josh had to overcome several obstacles like increased pressure when the word got out about this buck, even resulting in the loss of a couple friendships. This is an amazing episode that doesn't turn out the way you think it would.

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This big buck story comes from Rick Legend of the Whitetail Experience. Rick hunted hard this year with very few deer sightings but ended up with a mega on the ground. He overcame several issues including poachers and a car accident with a drunk driver. 

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-25 yard shots are important

-hunting by yourself 

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On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Brett Konan of Kansas of about losing his main hunting property but still shooting a big buck. Brett talks about how out of the blue, the land owner on one of the property he had been hunting for several years told him that someone from a different state made an offer to lease the property and that they accepted. The caught Brett off guard and left him with only one small property to hunt that he usually saved for his kids. Luckily, one of Brett's good friends came through in a major way and let him his family farm. Instantly, Brett hung a couple trail cameras to see what was moving around on the property, little did he know a giant was already living there. The rest, they say, is history. Excellent episode!

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