The Hunting Public

By The Hunting Public

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What's The Hunting Public about?

Hunters Aaron Warbritton and Zach Ferenbaugh talk deer hunting tips and tactics with various experts across the country. We'll also cover current conditions and strategies that can help you right now.

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#217 - Get Yourself Out of ...

08.15.2022

Every hunter hits a dry spell, or several dry spells throughout their hunting career. In this episode, Jake, Ted, and I talk about some of the things that we do to help get us out of a slump during the ...

The Hunting Public episodes:

08.15.2022 #217 - Get Yourself Out of a HUNTING SLUMP! w/THP Every hunter hits a dry spell, or several dry spells throughout their hunting career. In this episode, Jake, Ted, and I talk about some of the things that we do to help get us out of a slump during the ...
08.08.2022 #216 - Find the ACTION During the RUT! - Reading Rut Sign w/THP In the last episode, we talked about reading sign during the early part of the season and into the middle of October. In this episode, Aaron, Jake, Ted, Nick and I pick up where we left off and talk about ...
08.01.2022 #215 - How Much Buck Sign Should I Setup On??? Reading Early Season Sign w/THP Although we are always looking for "hot sign" throughout the season, what that sign looks like may vary greatly depending on where we find the sign and what time of the season it is. In this episode, Aaron, Jake, Ted, ...
07.25.2022 #214 - AGGRESSIVE Hunting Tactics for BIG BUCKS and BULLS! w/Tony Trietch Tony Trietch is a hunter from Michigan that travels out west every fall to hunt whitetails, elk, and mule deer. When he started hunting out west he began hunting more aggressively by spotting and stalking the biggest bulls and bucks ...
07.11.2022 #213 - Increase Your Odds Of Recovering the Deer You Shoot w/Shane Simpson and Ryan Carpenter In this episode, I talk with Shane Simpson and his friend Ryan Carpenter about blood trailing deer. Shane has a tracking dog and gets a lot more tracking experience than the average hunter by using his dog to help hunters ...
07.04.2022 #212 - Viewer Stories Part 2 - Deer Hunting Stories and Why We Started Ground Hunting! This episode is part 2 of the stories that were told by viewers/listeners that we met at last weeks garage sale that we had in Iowa. Part 2 includes several more awesome deer hunting stories from Lincoln Mehlert and Grant ...
06.28.2022 #211 - Viewer Stories Pt. 1 - AWESOME HUNTING STORIES FROM OUR VIEWERS This past weekend we had a big garage sale where we met a ton of cool people! During the sale we had volunteers record a hunting story that they wanted to share. It was a ton of fun listening to ...
06.21.2022 #210 - Our Days at Hunting Camp w/Doug Ferenbaugh and Rich Meyer Ever since I can remember, my Dad and our friend Rich Meyer have spent time hunting together every year at some sort of hunting camp. I was lucky to have many great hunting mentors as a kid and along with ...
06.14.2022 #209 - Why We STOPPED Shooting MECHANICAL BROADHEADS! Throughout our bowhunting careers all of us at THP have experimented with mechanical broadheads. In this episode, Aaron, Greg, Ranch Fairy, and I talk about our experiences shooting mechanical broadheads and what bad experiences ultimately made us change back to ...
06.06.2022 #208 - PROOF That NO BUCK is NOCTURNAL! - w/Bronson Strickland and Steve Demarais of Mississippi State University Steve Demarais and Bronson Strickland are professors at Mississippi State University. There, a team of faculty and graduate students make up the MSU Deer Ecology and Management Lab. Through many research projects Steve and Bronson have learned a ton about ...
06.02.2022 #207 - Getting Bit By a Rattlesnake and Traveling the Country Hunting Turkeys w/Bruce Hall We met Bruce Hall last turkey season and hunted with him for the first time this past week in Wisconsin. Bruce has some awesome stories from his travels hunting across the country. In this episode, Jake and I talk to ...
05.25.2022 #206 - Mobile Hunting Camps for the Traveling Hunter w/Sam Soholt Sam Soholt is a long time friend of THP. Sam and his brother Josh are huge advocates for public land and over the years he has built some of the best mobile hunting camps that I have ever seen! The ...
05.16.2022 #205 - Creating a Better Hunting Property By Managing Timber My friends Larry Helmers, Ben and Keith Robinson have been working together on Larry's 80 acre property for the last four years to improve the wildlife habitat. The property is primarily timber and their management practices have greatly increased the ...
05.12.2022 #204 - The Best Way to Manage For Wildlife! w/Kyle Lybarger Kyle Lybarger is a conservationist from Alabama that takes pride in creating and maintaining native ecosystems. In the last year, Kyle has also started creating content to try to help educate folks on how to identify and promote the growth ...
05.02.2022 #203 - Best Turkey Hunting Stories w/Born and Raised and The Untamed During our trip to West Virginia, we shared camp with our friends at Born and Raised Outdoors and The Untamed. We really enjoy sharing camp with so many folks because of the memories made and the stories shared. We decided ...
04.25.2022 #202 - Understanding Similarities of Hunting Different Species To Become More Successful w/Born and Raised Outdoors Over the last week we were lucky enough to hunt with some of our friends from Born and Raised Outdoors. In this podcast, Kody Kellom, Noah Montgomery, and I talk about the correlation between deer, turkey, and elk hunting strategy ...
04.11.2022 #201 - Returning to Hunting As an Active Duty Military Member Many people take a break from hunting throughout their lives for one reason or another. For some, eventually something sparks the interest to get back into it. That was the case with one of my best friends from high school, ...
04.04.2022 #200 - Getting ATTACKED By a WILD HOG! - Finding the Positive in Every Life Situation w/Josh Ilderton Over the last few years we have become good friends with the folks at The Untamed. Josh Ilderton is one of the most passionate hunters that I know and has a great, positive, outlook on life. In this episode, Josh ...
03.28.2022 #199 - Southern Turkey Hunting Culture and Getting Kids Interested in Hunting w/Josh Thrash Josh Thrash is a die hard hunter that Aaron and I first met in 2017 when we made our first trip to hunt public land down south. Since then, we have become good friends with Josh and look up to ...
03.21.2022 #198 -Tactics For Hunting Henned Up Gobblers in the Early Season! In this episode, Jake and I talk about turkey hunting during the early season when a lot of toms are still with hens for most of the day. Throughout the season there is always a chance that you could run ...
03.15.2022 #197 - Why Turkey Populations are Declining! - Missouri Turkey Research Project Over the last couple years we have been more and more interested in learning about wild turkey populations and why they are declining in different parts of the country so Aaron and Ted met up with the Missouri Department of ...
03.08.2022 #196 - Turkey Tour Excitement! New Strategies, New Gear, and Plans for the Spring! w/THP We are getting excited about heading out for the turkey tour! In this episode, I talk with the whole crew about what we are looking forward to the most going into this season! We also discuss calling strategy, unique gear ...
02.28.2022 #195 - Reading The Behavior of Individual Turkeys w/Ben and Keith Robinson In this episode, Ben and Keith Robinson and I talk about some of the things that we have learned over the years hunting public land in different parts of the country. We discuss mistakes that we commonly make and how ...
02.21.2022 #194 - A Season as a THP INTERN! w/Roy Holdford and Ben Feldpausch Every season we bring in 1-2 individuals to help them get a foot in the door of the outdoor industry by sharing what we know about creating content, career opportunities, and hunting. In this episode, I talked with our most ...
02.11.2022 #193 - Are Cell Cameras Messing with Your Strategy??? Season Recap w/Erik Barber Erik "Slingin' Rik" Barber puts a lot of time into hunting public land whitetails throughout the fall. In the past, Erik has had the best success using run and gun style tactics where he aggressively hunts an area once and ...
02.04.2022 #192 - How To Use Scouting Intel to Hunt Mature Bucks! In this episode Jake, Ted, and I talk about what we are looking for when we are offseason scouting and how that information helps us during the season. Now is a great time to get boots on the ground and ...
01.29.2022 #191 - Stand Up Against Anti-Hunting! - w/Charles Whitwam As hunters we know the benefits of hunting and the important role it plays in conservation and wildlife management. Unfortunately, there will always be anti-hunting groups that are trying to discredit and ban hunting based off of emotions and not ...
01.18.2022 #190 - Deer Drives in Hill Country - We Shot 3 Bucks During Muzzleloader Season! This season was our third annual “Muzz Camp” where long-time friends of THP make the trip to Ohio to hunt as a group during the muzzleloader season. The first two years we learned a lot about this style of hunting ...
01.04.2022 #189 - Tips and Tactics For Hunting Big Bucks in the South! w/Land Smathers In this episode, Zach talks with Mississippi hunter Land Smathers about some of the tactics that he has put into play this season. There is still some time to get out in hunt in a lot of southern states and ...
12.14.2021 #188 - Hunting The Northeast Before Snow In the last episode, we talked about tracking in the big timber of the northeast. But the opportunity to hunt snowy conditions can be limited. So in this episode, Zach has a conversation with the same group of hunters from ...
12.06.2021 #187 - Tracking Deer In the Adirondacks After a series of unsuccessful hunts in Ohio, Zach decided to change things up and take a last minute trip to meet up with his buddies Jon Lewis, Jake Lynch, and Brett Joy in New York to try tracking in ...
11.24.2021 #186 - Big Timber Hill Country Rut Tactics! In this episode, Zach and Roy talk about their recent trip to to hunt big timber during the rut. They learned a lot in their week of hunting and no matter where you hunt some of the things they learned ...
11.17.2021 #185 - Deer Camp Talk About Rut Hunting Strategies In this episode, Zach, Ben, and Roy fill each other in on the things that they have been learning while hunting the rut. Throughout the season there are always new things to be learned. So instead of focusing on one ...
11.09.2021 #184 - Tactics For Hunting Locked Down Bucks! In this episode, Zach and Jake talk about some of their experiences hunting during the peak of the rut when many mature bucks are "locked down" with does. This can be a frustrating time of the season but if you ...
10.25.2021 #183 - Big Woods Hunting In October w/Beau Martonik Zach talks with Beau Martonik about the two bucks that he has already harvested this season! The first buck was shot on a morning hunt on PA's opener in a creek bottom, and the other was stalked in the timber ...
10.22.2021 #182 - Ted Got an Elk! Stories and Strategies From Our Rifle Elk Hunt In this episode, Zach, Ted, and Hayden talk about their recent elk hunting trip in Colorado. They learned a lot on this hunt and on the last day Ted got his first bull elk! Topics Include: -the story of how ...
10.15.2021 #181 - Life After The THP Internship w/Dylan Hazen Dylan Hazen spent the 2019 season hunting with the THP crew as an intern. Since then he has done some cool things and has even started his own channel! In this episode, Zach and Dylan talk about some of the ...
10.05.2021 #180 - Situational Calling Strategy For Whitetails One of the most exciting ways to hunt deer is to call them into bow range. In the episode, Zach and Ben talk about the pro's can con's of calling deer, situational calling strategy, and how to add realism to ...
09.30.2021 #179 - Maximizing Opportunity and Hunting Small Properties in Farm Country Zach and his buddy Colin grew up hunting the farm country of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. In these areas, and many other areas across the country, where agriculture takes up most of the landscape, access is usually limited. One ...
09.20.2021 #178 - What’s Harder Stalking Muleys or Whitetails?! In this episode, Zach, Colin, and Roy talk about some of the differences between hunting mule deer and whitetails. Even if you never plan to hunt mule deer you may be surprised to hear what they have learned hunting them ...
09.15.2021 #177 - Elk Calling Strategy and Our Main Focus This Season In this episode, Zach, Ben, Colin, and Roy talk about their upcoming elk hunt. They also talk about what they would do differently from last year. They broke down scenarios from past seasons and discussed what they would do different ...
09.08.2021 #176 - I Bumped a Buck! Now What?! In this episode, Zach and Roy talk about what to do if you bump a buck in a variety of situations. We all bump bucks throughout the season. What decisions we make next may be the difference between pulling off ...
08.30.2021 #175 - Experiencing the Elk Rut for 12 Days in Wyoming! w/Aaron Warbritton In this episode, Zach and Aaron discuss some of the things that Aaron learned during his elk hunt in Wyoming last year. By hunting 12 days straight Aaron was able to learn a lot about hunting elk in a variety ...
08.24.2021 #174 - Stalking Tips w/Grant McCrabb There is no better opportunity to improve you skills skills as a spot and stalk hunter than going on an archery pronghorn hunt. In this episode, Zach and Grant talk about their most recent hunting trip chasing pronghorn in the ...
08.16.2021 #173 - Plans For the Fall, New Strategies, and New Gear! w/THP Anticipation is high for the 2021 hunting season! In this episode, Zach talks with all the members from the THP crew about what everyone is most excited about going into this fall. They discuss some of the plans for the ...
08.09.2021 #172 - Hunting in the Backcountry! w/Mark Huelsing For many hunters, making a trip out west to hunt elk or any other big game in the backcountry can be very intimidating. Between getting a tag, choosing the right gear, and just getting out of your comfort zone in ...
08.02.2021 #171 - The Adventures of Hunting in the Florida Swamps w/Richard Martinez Although most of us think of Florida as an area to go to the beach on vacation, some hunters take advantage of a unique situation to hunt in the remote areas of the state. Richard Martinez is one of those ...
07.27.2021 #170 - Tips For Filming Your Own Hunts! If you have ever had any interest in filming your own hunts then this podcast is for you! In this episode, we discuss what type of gear you need to start filming and how to improve the quality of the ...
07.19.2021 #169 - Before THP: Stories From The Crew In this episode, we are telling stories from hunts that happened before the days of THP. Ted, Aaron, Greg, Hayden, and Jake all share hunting stories that are not only special memories to them, but also have take aways that ...
07.12.2021 #168 - Art, Bass, and Big Bucks From The Ground! w/Chancy Walters Chancy Walters has many interests in the outdoors and one of those interests is chasing big bucks on public land! In this episode, Chancy and Zach discuss hunting public land whitetails but also talk about some of Chancy's other interests ...

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