The Hunting Public

By Midwest Whitetail

Sports & Recreation Outdoor

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Whitetail enthusiasts Bill Winke and Aaron Warbritton talk deer hunting tips and tactics with various experts across the country.

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01.18.2021

Korey and I have been friends since we met in 2016 and often find ourselves talking at length about how important hunting is to us and how we can do our part to ensure that it is something that can ...

The Hunting Public episodes:

01.18.2021 #143 - How Can We Improve The Sport of Hunting?! w/Korey O'Day Korey and I have been friends since we met in 2016 and often find ourselves talking at length about how important hunting is to us and how we can do our part to ensure that it is something that can ...
01.11.2021 #142 - The Man Behind the THP Music w/Jim Ryser All of the music that you hear in THP videos and even in the intro of this podcast are written and recorded by our friend Jim Ryser. Jim has been a friend of ours for many years and he has ...
01.06.2021 #141 - Hunting Deer As a Team! Ohio Muzzleloader Season 2021 Group hunting can be a great way to learn a lot in a short amount of time. Ohio’s four day muzzleloader season is a great opportunity for us to get a group of close friends together and hunt public land ...
12.28.2020 #140 - What It's Like to Hunt with THP for a Season w/Ethan Gooch For the last six months, Ethan Gooch has been working with THP, learning more about filming and editing to help him get a start in the hunting industry. In this episode, Ethan and Zach discuss what it takes to become ...
12.22.2020 #139 - Hunting the Georgia Mountains! - Warb's Last Day Big Buck! We have spent a lot of time hunting in the mountains of Georgia this month and on this episode, we discuss the things that we have learned during our time here. We also tell the story of how Aaron got ...
12.15.2020 #138 - Hunting the Mississippi River Bottoms w/Land Smathers Land Smathers uses some off the wall tactics to get in range of public land bucks in Mississippi. Off season scouting and trail cameras help put him in the game then he slips in close to where bucks are living, ...
12.07.2020 #137 - Post Rut Strategies for Big Timber Gun Hunting! During the 2020 deer season Zach, Ben, and Keith hunted big timber in Ohio to learn as much as possible about a new region of the state. During the gun season the lessons learned taught them a ton about big ...
11.30.2020 #136 - Creating Opportunities w/Josh Ilderton Josh Ilderton of The Untamed has an extremely aggressive hunting style that helps him get into range of big bucks on heavily pressured areas. In this episode, Zach and Josh discuss how to get more aggressive and create opportunities that ...
11.23.2020 #135 - Tips for Decoying and Calling Bucks! w/Greg Clements Greg and his family have been using decoys for decades. Hunting the open country of Nebraska they have had more success using a decoy than just about any other tactic. In this episode, Zach and Greg discuss different situations where ...
11.17.2020 #134 - Hunting the Oaks and Hunting Mishaps w/Catman Jonathan Boehme, better known as “Catman” is a deer killing machine. He uses woodsman ship skills to find where deer are feeding and sets up around specific oak trees that are dropping acorns to get close enough for a shot. ...
11.09.2020 #133 - Strategies For Hunting Hot Days During The Rut! Throughout most of the country the rut is happening somewhere in your hunting area. It is up to you to find where the action is! In this episode, Zach talks with his friends Ben and Keith Robinson to discuss how ...
11.02.2020 #132 - Reading Thermals in Hill Country w/Jeff Sturgis Sometimes hunting big ridge systems can seem like a nightmare for swirling winds. But Jeff Sturgis believes if you learn how wind is effected by thermals in hill country you can actually begin to "cheat" the wind and hunt certain ...
10.26.2020 #131 - The Challenges of Hunting the Northeast w/Brett Joy and Jon Lewis Brett Joy and Jon Lewis are residents of the Northeastern states of New Hampshire and New York. Their perspective of whitetail hunting is different than most of the country's due to the unique habitat and terrain that can only be ...
10.19.2020 #130 - October in Hill Country w/Keith Robinson Zach and Keith discuss hunting in hill country during October and some of the things they have learned this season. Solid stands of timber and maximum foliage cover can be overwhelming when hunting early in the season in hilly terrain. ...
10.12.2020 #129 - Hunting Pressured Whitetails w/John Eberhart John Eberhart has years of experience hunting pressured whitetails. In this episode, we discuss everything from what John is looking for when picking a new property to hunt to exactly what his setups look like to get into bow range ...
10.05.2020 #128 - Don't Overthink It! - Ted's Opening Day Buck! In this episode, we talk about different places that deer spend their time on public land and how that changes throughout the season. We also talk about how we often times overthink the situation early in the season and end ...
09.29.2020 #127 - Early Season Tactics for Public Land Success! - w/Erik Barber Erik Barber has had early season success year after year. On this week’s episode, we dive into different factors that play into his success and some of the things you can take advantage of during the early season to find ...
09.21.2020 #126 - How We Found Elk on a OTC Colorado Elk Hunt! Zach, Ben, Colin, and Doug went elk hunting in Colorado this season and learned a lot by covering tons of ground in new areas. In this episode, we discuss the things that we learned and what adjustments that we made ...
09.14.2020 #125 - Story of Zach and Jake's Stalk on a Big North Dakota Buck! In this episode, we talk about the whole thought process and strategy for our hunt in North Dakota from start to finish. The strategy eventually led to us spotting a big buck in a river bottom setting. We tell the ...
09.07.2020 #124 - Story of Greg's Nebraska Buck! - Deer Tour 2020 Has Begun! The deer tour has been off to a great start and we already have a couple bucks on the ground! On this episode, we go into fine detail about our trip to Nebraska and the thought process and strategies that ...
08.31.2020 #123 - Aggressive Marsh Setups w/Jordan Kurkowski Jordan Kurkowski is a successful hunter from Wisconsin who takes being aggressive to a new level. Through his never ending scouting, Jordan learns how mature bucks are using the marsh and then moves in for the kill. The difference between ...
08.24.2020 #122 - Hunting the Conditions w/Joe Elsinger Many hunters always wish they had more time to hunt. But in reality, most of us have busy schedules and other obligations that force us to pick and choose what days we can hunt. Joe Elsinger is no exception. Through ...
08.18.2020 #121 - Improve Your Ground Game! w/THP We have been on a pronghorn hunt for the last three days and have been having a blast chasing them! All of the stalks we have been on have taught us a lot about how we can improve our skills ...
08.10.2020 #120 - The ART of DEER DRIVES w/Jared Scheffler Jared Scheffler of Whitetail Adrenaline grew up participating in deer drives and still uses the tactic as one of the many unique strategies that he uses to shoot big bucks on public land. Jared and Zach discuss their strategies for ...
08.03.2020 #119 - Improve Your DIY ELK HUNTS! w/Kody Kellom of Born and Raised Outdoors The members of Born and Raised Outdoors are no strangers to diving into new areas while traveling to hunt elk. If you have ever had any interest in expanding your hunting knowledge by going after a new species, then hopefully ...
07.27.2020 #118 - Hunting BUCK BEDDING in the APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS w/Nathan Killen Nathan Killen has hunted the mountains of Virginia his whole life and has had great success hunting close to mature buck bedding areas. During the off-season, Nathan spends a lot of time scouting in areas he suspects there to be ...
07.20.2020 #117 - Finding the FEED TREE! w/Warren Womack Warren Womack has been hunting large tracts of public land in the South for the majority of his hunting career. In these large, unbroken, tracts of timber he has spent many hours scouting throughout the hunting season looking for the ...
07.13.2020 #116 - How-To PATTERN Big Bucks with TRAIL CAMERAS! w/Jake Huebschman THP uses two main trail camera strategies that differ greatly. One strategy is more of an investment for the future and the other is used to get information that can be used in-season to pattern bucks. In this episode, Zach ...
07.07.2020 #115 - Finding Mature Bucks in the BIG WOODS w/Brett Joy Brett Joy grew up hunting in the big woods mountains of New Hampshire. Through trial and error, he taught himself how to locate mature bucks in one of the hardest regions of the country to pursue whitetails. Breaking down the ...
06.29.2020 #114 - Arrow EXPERTS! What is the Best Arrow Setup for Hunting??? w/Ranch Fairy and Rob Neilson Having the right equipment to efficiently and ethically take down big game is extremely important as a bowhunter. But in recent years this has become something that has been overlooked. If you have ever had issues with your arrows or ...
06.22.2020 #113 - Efficiently Hunting Mature Bucks w/Andy May Andy May has a lot of success hunting mature bucks in heavily pressured areas with limited time. Between spending time with his daughter and work, he has to be as efficient as possible when he has free time to hunt. ...
06.15.2020 #112 - What We Learned on the Turkey Tour and Deer Tour Plans! In this episode, we recap the turkey tour while recording live to our Facebook page. If you want to join a live podcast to have your questions answered check out the link to our Facebook page below! Topics Include: -best ...
06.09.2020 #111 How Much Summer Scouting Should I Be Doing??? w/Alex Comstock Zach and his buddy Alex Comstock, of Whitetail DNA compare their approach to whitetail scouting in the summer. The two have very different approaches but both agree that it is all relative to an individuals hunting style and their hunting ...
06.03.2020 #110 - The Family Tradition of Hunting w/Raised Hunting David and Karin Holder, of Raised Hunting, have a passion for the outdoors that they enjoy sharing with their family. Their two sons Warren and Easton are also passionate about hunting and as a family the Holders help introduce new ...
05.26.2020 #109 Calling All Turkeys w/Shane Simpson and Catman Shane Simpson and Catman a lot of time every season chasing turkeys on public land. Their hunting experience has taught them a lot about calling to turkeys in different situations. In this episode, we dive into many different calling situations ...
05.18.2020 #108 - How to Get Your Dream Job in the Hunting Industry w/Lake Pickle Lake Pickle is a long time friend of THP who has worked in the hunting industry since he was in college. He now works for Primos which has been a dream of his since childhood. In this episode, we discuss ...
05.12.2020 #107 - They Aren't Gobbling, What Do We Do??? - Update From the East Zach, Colin, Keith, and Shane discuss what we do when the turkeys aren't gobbling. We also tell detailed stories of our encounter with a game warden, why we slept in a rest stop parking lot in Maryland, hunts that took ...
05.05.2020 #106 - Are We Shooting Too Many Turkeys? w/Mike Chamberlain Mike Chamberlain is a wild turkey and wildlife expert who is a professor and researcher at the University of Georgia. On this episode, Zach and Mike talk about a number of different turkey hunting related topics that include turkey hunting ...
04.27.2020 #105 - 50 Years of Hunting Journals w/Warren Womack Warren Womack has been documenting his hunts in journal form for over 50 years. He can tell you many fine details of hunts that happened decades ago that most wouldn't remember just a few seasons later. Although he has lived ...
04.21.2020 #104 - Pursuing the Dream of Hunting Turkeys in 49 States w/The Bayside Legion Bonce and Derek of The Bayside Legion both have a common goal. Shoot a wild turkey in all of the 49 states that turkeys call home. In this episode we discuss how they came up with this goal, how they ...
04.13.2020 #103 - Decoy Tactics, Filming Turkey Hunts, and Hunt Breakdowns Zach, Colin, and Keith discuss some common questions about turkey hunting gear. They discuss things like why we don't use decoys, the difficulty of filming public land turkey hunts, and break down a couple hunts that they have had this ...
04.07.2020 #102 - Year Round Deer Scouting and Turkey Touring in a Van! Zach, Colin, and Keith discuss the things that they have learned about whitetails while hunting in the southern big timber for turkeys. They also talk about their daily life at camp and how they deal with hunting and living with ...
03.31.2020 #101 - How To Become a Hunting Mentor w/Travis Sumner of the NWTF Aaron and Greg talk with Travis Sumner about how to become a better mentor for new hunters. With license sales dropping across the country it is important to get new people involved. Recruitment, retention and reactivation, “r3” is an important ...
03.24.2020 #100 - Corona Virus and Early Season Tactics w/THP Zach, Jake, Ted, Colin, and Keith talk about how they are adjusting their original plans for the turkey tour due to the virus and what precautions they are taking to stay away from other people. They also talk about early ...
03.16.2020 #99 - Stories From 32 Years in the Hunting Industry w/Cuz Strickland Aaron and Greg sit down with Cuz Strickland at the NWTF convention and talk about how he got into the industry, how we can continue to get new hunters involved, and stories from Cuz's long career and how it has ...
03.09.2020 #98 - Turkey Tactics w/Dave Owens, Andy Melton, & David Williams Aaron talks with our friends Dave, Andy, and David at the NWTF convention and they tell stories as well as share tips and tactics that would be helpful to all turkey hunters! Topics Include: -how to get permission to turkey ...
03.02.2020 #97 - Hunting Stories w/Heartland Bowhunter Zach and Greg sit down with Michael Hunsucker and Shawn Luchtel at the ATA show and talk about some of the hunting adventures that Heartland Bowhunter has been on in recent years. Topics Include: -stories from HB's hunting adventures-HB's favorite ...
02.25.2020 #96 - Using a Tracking Dog For Wounded Deer w/Damon Bungard Damon Bungard and his dog, Jaeger, who specializes in big game recovery, sit down with us at the ATA show and talk about how to improve your skills while blood-trailing deer. Topics Include: -how long is too long to wait ...
02.17.2020 #95 - Talking Whitetails with a Deer Expert w/Jim Heffelfinger Jim Heffelfinger is a wildlife biologist that lives in Arizona. He has worked for the federal government, state wildlife agencies, universities, and in the private sector in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Through his work and research he has learned ...
02.10.2020 #94 - Public Land Hunting Across the Country w/Gabe Karns With experience hunting many different regions of the country Gabe Karns has learned a lot about hunting public land in new areas. In this episode, we talk about his experiences living and hunting in different states, deer research he has ...

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The Hunting Public episodes:

#143 - How Can We Improve The Sport of Hunting?! w/Korey O'Day

#142 - The Man Behind the THP Music w/Jim Ryser

#141 - Hunting Deer As a Team! Ohio Muzzleloader Season 2021

#140 - What It's Like to Hunt with THP for a Season w/Ethan Gooch

#139 - Hunting the Georgia Mountains! - Warb's Last Day Big Buck!

#138 - Hunting the Mississippi River Bottoms w/Land Smathers

#137 - Post Rut Strategies for Big Timber Gun Hunting!

#136 - Creating Opportunities w/Josh Ilderton

#135 - Tips for Decoying and Calling Bucks! w/Greg Clements

#134 - Hunting the Oaks and Hunting Mishaps w/Catman

#133 - Strategies For Hunting Hot Days During The Rut!

#132 - Reading Thermals in Hill Country w/Jeff Sturgis

#131 - The Challenges of Hunting the Northeast w/Brett Joy and Jon Lewis

#130 - October in Hill Country w/Keith Robinson

#129 - Hunting Pressured Whitetails w/John Eberhart

#128 - Don't Overthink It! - Ted's Opening Day Buck!

#127 - Early Season Tactics for Public Land Success! - w/Erik Barber

#126 - How We Found Elk on a OTC Colorado Elk Hunt!

#125 - Story of Zach and Jake's Stalk on a Big North Dakota Buck!

#124 - Story of Greg's Nebraska Buck! - Deer Tour 2020 Has Begun!

#123 - Aggressive Marsh Setups w/Jordan Kurkowski

#122 - Hunting the Conditions w/Joe Elsinger

#121 - Improve Your Ground Game! w/THP

#120 - The ART of DEER DRIVES w/Jared Scheffler

#119 - Improve Your DIY ELK HUNTS! w/Kody Kellom of Born and Raised Outdoors

#118 - Hunting BUCK BEDDING in the APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS w/Nathan Killen

#117 - Finding the FEED TREE! w/Warren Womack

#116 - How-To PATTERN Big Bucks with TRAIL CAMERAS! w/Jake Huebschman

#115 - Finding Mature Bucks in the BIG WOODS w/Brett Joy

#114 - Arrow EXPERTS! What is the Best Arrow Setup for Hunting??? w/Ranch Fairy and Rob Neilson

#113 - Efficiently Hunting Mature Bucks w/Andy May

#112 - What We Learned on the Turkey Tour and Deer Tour Plans!

#111 How Much Summer Scouting Should I Be Doing??? w/Alex Comstock

#110 - The Family Tradition of Hunting w/Raised Hunting

#109 Calling All Turkeys w/Shane Simpson and Catman

#108 - How to Get Your Dream Job in the Hunting Industry w/Lake Pickle

#107 - They Aren't Gobbling, What Do We Do??? - Update From the East

#106 - Are We Shooting Too Many Turkeys? w/Mike Chamberlain

#105 - 50 Years of Hunting Journals w/Warren Womack

#104 - Pursuing the Dream of Hunting Turkeys in 49 States w/The Bayside Legion

#103 - Decoy Tactics, Filming Turkey Hunts, and Hunt Breakdowns

#102 - Year Round Deer Scouting and Turkey Touring in a Van!

#101 - How To Become a Hunting Mentor w/Travis Sumner of the NWTF

#100 - Corona Virus and Early Season Tactics w/THP

#99 - Stories From 32 Years in the Hunting Industry w/Cuz Strickland

#98 - Turkey Tactics w/Dave Owens, Andy Melton, & David Williams

#97 - Hunting Stories w/Heartland Bowhunter

#96 - Using a Tracking Dog For Wounded Deer w/Damon Bungard

#95 - Talking Whitetails with a Deer Expert w/Jim Heffelfinger

#94 - Public Land Hunting Across the Country w/Gabe Karns

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