The Drop-Tine Report

In this episode, Nick Hoffman, the host of Nick’s Wild Ride, discusses playing fiddle for Kenny Chesney, chasing bug bucks, and traveling the world in search of hunting adventure. Nick wasn’t born into a hunting family and talks about how a family friend introduced him to hunting and how that changed his life.

In 2019 Matt Wachowiak killed the buck of a lifetime. The buck scored roughly 200-inches and was 4.5 years old. In this episode Wachowiak talks about patterning the buck, designing food plots for hunting and how using cedar post/licking branches helped him tag the buck.

On this episode of the Drop-Tine Report podcast, David Blanton from Realtree Outdoors discusses killing big bucks, selecting an outfitter, and how he got his start in outdoor television. David also discusses killing a buck nicknamed Houdini.

In this episode, Todd Graf, owner of bowhunting.com and host of Bowhunt or Die, discusses how to properly film hunts and the equipment required to film hunts. He also discusses a few of his most memorable hunts, including the 192-inch giant he killed in Illinois several years ago.

On this episode of the Drop-Tine Report podcast, author and seminar speaker John Eberhart discusses the advantages of hunting from a tree saddle instead of from a treestand. Eberhart has killed countless record book bucks on public land that he wouldn’t have killed if he was hunting from a treestand. He highlights some of his successful hunts and explains why every hunter should try a tree saddle.

On this episode of the Drop-Tine Report podcast, outdoor writer Richard P. Smith discusses how to harvest mature bucks on large parcels of public land. Richard has spent his life chasing big woods bucks in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Smith discusses the controversial Mitch Rompola buck and why he believes the Rompola buck was a world record buck.

On this episode of the Drop-Tine Report, the co-host of Bone Collector, Travis "T-Bone" Turner discusses a 150-class 6-point he tagged last year in Kansas. He discusses the history he had with the buck, how he was able to make a long range shot, and provides shooting tips on how to increase arrow accuracy at all shooting distances.

In December of 2018, Mark Watson killed the second largest non-typical buck ever taken in the state of Kansas by a hunter. In this interview, he discusses how he and his brother chased the buck for three years, mowed down corn rows with a zero-turn mower, and built a custom blind in an effort to outsmart the monster buck. After working hard for three years, Mark eventually tagged the 290-inch monster.

On this episode of the Drop-Tine Report, Jeff Budz talks about killing 10 longbeards in 10 states over the course of 10 days! Budz holds the record for most turkey Grand Slams and shares tips on how hunters can complete a grand slam on a budget. He discusses how to stay positive when the chips are down and how a hunter can kill a single season Grand Slam.

On this episode of the Drop-Tine Report, Jacob Darbyshire of Iowa discusses harvesting a 254-inch giant with his bow last season. This buck was the largest buck killed in Iowa during the 2019 season. Jacob talks about how small the bucks' core area was, how trail cameras helped him pattern the buck, and how he was able to make the shot on this giant buck.