The Fair Chase Podcast

We're into late summer and I've got the new Latitude Synergy sticks in just in time for some trail camera work. In this one I open them up and show how I use them to hang a Reveal cam so no one steals it.

The spot is a piece of public land in Michigan where I'm taking inventory of the bucks hanging around. It sits right where the bedding, food, and water all come together, the perfect place to see what's there before the season.

Chapters

(00:00) New Latitude Synergy sticks: 14.9 oz, stack of four

(01:08) Stealth strips and reflective tape

(01:46) Packing the sticks and cameras

(02:45) The spot: swamp bedding, water, and an ag funnel on Michigan public land

(04:14) Hanging cameras two sticks high

(04:52) How the stick attaches to the tree

(05:58) Your turn: do you hang cameras high?

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62LBuk_cd9A

Brought to you by onX Hunt, Trophium, Latitude Outdoors, TUO Gear, and Reveal by Tactacam.

Getting our gear dialed for the season, and we've been putting the new Praxis pack from Latitude Outdoors through its paces. In this one James runs through what stands out after loading it to 90 pounds and setting it up a bunch of different ways.

The 27-liter pack weighs 4.5 pounds and it carries a load better than a pack this size should. Light, comfortable, and it goes from everyday carry to hauling meat without missing a beat. For us it's going to be the pack for just about every whitetail hunt this season, and it's coming to Greenland with James too.

Chapters

(00:00) 90-pound ruck test in July heat

(00:44) Day-hunt setup and the torque straps

(02:10) Taking it to Greenland

(02:42) The 22-inch frame and its trade-offs

(03:46) Hauling meat: G hooks, cinching a quarter to the frame

(04:50) Kill-kit pocket and meat shelf

(05:20) Belt and hip pockets

(05:32) Extra straps and what stays in the bag

(06:27) Hanging pockets and the pass-through pocket

(06:59) Inside the bag and bottom-to-top zippers

(07:27) Why it's the pack for most of the season

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pttgc7Scuw

Brought to you by onX Hunt, Trophium, Latitude Outdoors, TUO Gear, and Reveal by Tactacam.

Here's everything I wish I'd known traveling to Greenland. If you're planning a hunt or any kind of trip to Greenland, this should be handy: getting there, customs, language, money, food, lodging, cell service, optics, flying with a firearm, what you can bring home, and the story behind the colored houses.

Chapters

(00:00) Just back from Greenland

(00:34) Getting there: Newark to Nuuk, the new hub, cancellations

(01:46) Customs and arrival

(01:58) Language: Greenlandic, Danish, and translation apps

(02:09) Money: krone, tap to pay, tipping

(02:23) Food: restaurants, muskox and walrus on the menu

(03:43) Groceries and free stove fuel at the hotels

(04:20) Lodging and paying by wire

(04:35) Cell service in and out of town

(04:50) Optics: stabilized binoculars from the boat

(05:27) Flying with a firearm, and Air Greenland's baggage limits

(06:57) What you can and can't bring home

(08:11) Getting meat and trophies home through Denmark

(08:48) Why the houses are colored

(09:46) Odds and ends, and the film is coming

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaXAp0WhIlQ

Brought to you by onX Hunt, Trophium, Latitude Outdoors, TUO Gear, and Reveal by Tactacam.

James breaks down his full layering system for Greenland. Caribou and muskox in the Arctic Circle, wet country with temps that swing from the low 30s to the low 50s.

He went looking for how people layer for a hunt like this. There wasn't much, at least nothing specific to Greenland. So he built it himself. The kit works from the inside out: base layers first, a grid fleece that does most of the work, insulation for the long glassing sits, and a rain shell he already trusts. All of it TUO Gear.

Chapters

(00:00) 60 days out: why Greenland layering is different

(00:39) Base layers: Kinetic 200 quarter zip and 250 pants

(01:31) Outer pants: Vista

(02:04) Grid fleece: the Folcrum hoodie

(02:48) Insulation for glassing: the Clement hoodie

(03:05) Rain gear: Ballistic Storm jacket

(03:34) Boat-based camp means room for extras: merino tee

(04:18) Camp pieces: 350 hoodie and Ant pant

(05:09) The full kit, inside out

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjJR3fPsWQ

Brought to you by onX Hunt, Trophium, Latitude Outdoors, TUO Gear, and Reveal by Tactacam.

James sits down with Joe and Jordan to talk through what went on behind the filming of Bear Camp and answer the questions that came in after the film: baiting with beavers, whether that many beavers is legal, getting the meat home, what spring bear tastes like, filming a hunt from a saddle, and whether the film should show the shot.

Chapters

(00:00) Where everyone is headed next

(00:35) Sponsor reads

(03:37) The hunt: northwest Saskatchewan, established baits

(08:43) Filming from a saddle with one self-film kit

(13:16) Your questions: why beavers, and is it legal

(16:51) Getting the meat home, and what bear tastes like

(19:57) Go west first, or bait first?

(26:08) Showing the shot on film, and why

(28:11) Wrap: send us your questions

Watch Bear Camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Ipc9Pcgy4

Brought to you by onX Hunt, Trophium, Latitude Outdoors, TUO Gear, and Reveal by Tactacam.

James is a few weeks out from chasing caribou and muskox in Greenland, and part of his prep was a trip to Cody, Wyoming to shoot with Gunwerks, the team behind turnkey long-range rifle systems, integrated optics, and ballistics. He sat down with Joe Bernard from Gunwerks to talk through what it takes to be ready.

In this episode, they cover:

-Prepping for a Greenland caribou and muskox hunt-Why James is running a 450 Bushmaster on this trip

-Long-range training before a big hunt

-Reading wind like it actually matters-Cleaning a rifle the right way

-How Gunwerks fits hunters to rifle and caliber

-Gunwerk's annual, one-time-only manufacturing runs of unique rifles

-Sheep slams, Kyrgyzstan ibex, and where customers are hunting next

James sits down with Mike Roux, a turkey hunter in his 55th season, NRA American Hunter staff writer, and host of the Mid Mo Reapers YouTube channel. Mike grew up chasing Ozark gobblers in southeast Missouri and has spent more time watching turkeys with a camera and a notepad than most have with a gun.

Spring is in full swing and the guys are fired up! In this episode, Joe and the crew break down what's been an incredible turkey season so far — with six birds down and counting — while diving deep into tactics that actually work in the field.

Mike Herne joined us to talk about the path from Army Ranger to the hunting industry, the origin story of Tricer, and why the tripod world has been building legs upside down for years.

Cory Godar, Marketing Director at Latitude Outdoors, joins us to talk new gear for 2026 — including the carbon synergy sticks, the flyer pack, new 7mil ropes, and what's coming down the pipeline. We also talk tick season, saddle hunting for bears, and the return of the Fair Chase Film Festival this June in Grand Rapids.