The First Gen Hunter Podcast

There are few people in the hunting space that are more generous than Bill Thompson of Spartan Forge, and I am confident that there are none who are smarter. Spartan Forge has taken the deer hunting world by storm. Constantly inventing, innovating, and adapting to fit the intel needs that deer hunters know they have. In this episode Bill talks about what current users can expect from Spartan Forge, and what is coming in the future. Bill also shares some incredible deer hunting stories that you will not want to miss. Tune in and pick up a Spartan Forge subscription for yourself!

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GoWild: @Kent Boucher

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Ever feel like you don't quite fit the mold? Culture says you need to be one thing, but you are something different? In the hunting world "fitness" is supposed to be lean, lanky, and have a bodyweight that starts with a "1" but David Rhodes of Back Rhodes Outdoors proves that those of us who played in the middle of the action on the football field, or who wrestled above the 174 lb. weight class can be a dominant force in the backcountry as well. As you will hear, David not only benches 405 pounds, but he also tags elk, mule deer, and black bears in his home state of Colorado. This was an awesome conversation filled with hunting stories, life philosophy, and great advice about hunting in Colorado. 

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GoWild: @Kent Boucher

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Support First Gen Hunter by shopping at the following partners:

Spartan Forge

Camofire

Black Ovis

My Medic

AlienGear Holsters

FORLOH

MTN OPS

Fox River Socks

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Practicing conservation can take many forms. Buying a hunting license, joining an ecological advocacy organization, volunteering to help with habitat improvement projects, or even taking political action. One additional way you can participate in conserving the health of our favorite planet is by purchasing products that are made in America. By doing so, the materials used to make the products, and the products themselves have a much smaller carbon footprint by not needing to be shipped all over the globe. This in turn means less resources are depleted, air and water quality are improved, and less disturbance to ecosystems is needed to ship the products to the consumers. FORLOH has stepped up to do just this within the hunting apparel market. Andy Techmanski is the one responsible for this vision, and for seeing it through to production. Andy joins Alex and me in this episode to talk about the history of FORLOH, the importance of buying domestic products, and supporting local businesses. We also get to hear a crazy story about a zombie buck encounter Andy survived. You will definitely want to tune into this one to hear about everything going on at FORLOH!

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GoWild: @Kent Boucher

Facebook: @first.gen.hunter

Support First Gen Hunter by shopping at the following partners:

Spartan Forge

Camofire

Black Ovis

My Medic

AlienGear Holsters

FORLOH

MTN OPS

Fox River Socks

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Hunting brings people together. That's what this episode of Hunt Therapy is all about. Brandon, Caleb and I all enjoyed choppin' it up about all things hunting following our live show we recorded in Indiana. Sit back, relax, and imagine your mind drifting off in the flames and conversation centered around the greatest pastime.

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GoWild: @Kent Boucher

Facebook: @first.gen.hunter

Support First Gen Hunter by shopping at the following partners:

Spartan Forge

Camofire

Black Ovis

My Medic

AlienGear Holsters

FORLOH

MTN OPS

Fox River Socks

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The First Gen Hunter Podcast hit the road and stormed into Lapel Indiana to provide good hunting conversation for the Beast Feast at Bethel Baptist Church. I was joined by Brandon Martin of The Hunt Fish Life, Caleb Drake of Wildfoot Outdoors, and Jesse Gjefle of Primitive Preacher. The conversation dances all over the place from trail cam bans and shooting deer with crossbows, to the national record typical frame whitetail and some of our most memorable misses. It may not be as good as being there for the live production, but I'm certain you'll enjoy this episode anyway.

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Follow First Gen Hunter

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GoWild: @Kent Boucher

Facebook: @first.gen.hunter

Support First Gen Hunter by shopping at the following partners:

Spartan Forge

Camofire

Black Ovis

My Medic

AlienGear Holsters

FORLOH

MTN OPS

Fox River Socks

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Remember when you first spotted a hunting show on tv? It was a magical thing to see something I was so interested in seemingly custom fit to my tv viewing wishlist. Fast forward many years later and there are probably a million hours of hunting film available for viewing. Despite the exponential growth of hunting film over the past several decades, The Full Draw Film Tour has stood out as the standard for hunting films of the highest quality. In this episode Caleb Drake and I are joined by Jade Helmich of FDFT to learn the then and and now of this great event.

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GoWild: @Kent Boucher

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Support First Gen Hunter by shopping at the following partners:

Spartan Forge

Camofire

Black Ovis

My Medic

AlienGear Holsters

FORLOH

MTN OPS

Fox River Socks

GunSkins

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North America is spoiled with a plethora of iconic wildlife species from grizzly bears and moose, to elk and caribou we live in a land of giants. But nothing outweighs our undisputed heavyweight belt holder: the American Bison. 

On this episode I invited myself over to the home of John Lusk from Lusk Archery Adventures to talk about his popular YouTube channel, and his most recent archery adventures including his bison harvest.

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GoWild: @Kent Boucher

Facebook: @first.gen.hunter

Support First Gen Hunter by shopping at the following partners:

Spartan Forge

Camofire

Black Ovis

My Medic

AlienGear Holsters

MTN OPS

Fox River Socks

GunSkins

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It's primal, it's tough, it's a complete adaptation for the landscape, it's buck tracking with them good ol' boys over at White Mountain Buck Trackers in the great state of New Hampshire! Brad believes in working harder and smarter to track down the biggest bucks in the vast forests of New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont. In this episode Brad takes a step deeper into the crash course he gave us in episode 36. Warning: by the end of this episode you are going to be handing over money to the state of New Hampshire for your own buck tag.

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Follow First Gen Hunter

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GoWild: @Kent Boucher

Facebook: @first.gen.hunter

Support First Gen Hunter by shopping at the following partners:

Spartan Forge

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My Medic

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MTN OPS

Fox River Socks

GunSkins

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The whole gang is back in on this one, plus Caleb! We have a great time introducing Caleb, talking about Jake's North Dakota tag, and discussing turkeys and bears. 

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Check out the First Gen Hunter Website

Follow First Gen Hunter

Instagram: @first.gen.hunter

GoWild: @Kent Boucher

Facebook: @first.gen.hunter

Support First Gen Hunter by shopping at the following partners:

Spartan Forge

Camofire

Black Ovis

My Medic

AlienGear Holsters

MTN OPS

Fox River Socks

GunSkins

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This is a first ever, one of a kind, extra cool, you’ll really want to listen to it kind of episode. This time we throw out the script and let you in on our secret Montana Black Bear hunt plan that was assembled over the course of a year by the one and only Alex Gruin of East2West Hunts. Alex walks us through the mapping, the glassing, the hiking, and hopefully the harvesting that we will do on our upcoming bear hunt. It’s as if you will be planning to go along with us. So sit back and enjoy the excitement of 4 bear hunters on the brink of a new adventure!

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Check out the First Gen Hunter Website

Follow First Gen Hunter

Instagram: @first.gen.hunter

GoWild: @Kent Boucher

Facebook: @first.gen.hunter

Support First Gen Hunter by shopping at the following partners:

Spartan Forge

Camofire

Black Ovis

My Medic

MTN OPS

Fox River Socks

GunSkins

East2West Hunts Use promo code: firstgen10 = 10% off any purchase