Whitetail Rendezvous

Whitetail Rendezvous

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  • #485 Taking Kids Outdoors with Mission Outside – Aaron Townes

    Mission Outside….At 27, another buddy, Will Newton, who had begged me for 2 years to go to his “honey hole,” convinced me to get up early to hunt my first deer. During that life changing morning, I shot and cleaned my first deer, and the seed Brandon planted began to bloom. https://missionoutside.com/ Little did I know at the time, Will would pass away the following month. While he may be gone, his passion for hunting was passed on to me the day of November 10th. He changed the course of my life so much so, that my wife and I decided to use William for part of our son’s name. Since that time, I’ve spent most free moments and some not so free moments (as my wife can attest to) either in the woods or thinking about being in them. Over the past few years, I’ve often thought of how I could give back to the outdoors, impact more lives, and pass on this unbelievable lifestyle and friendships made in the outdoors to others. When we had our daughter, my wife and I have always made it a priority to get her outside as much as possible. Watching her enjoy the outdoors, nature, and all the critters running around over the past 2 years has really been the trigger that connected the dots for me on what do next. From those thoughts and experiences, Mission Outside was born. Mission Outside is an organization focused on getting kids outside, through camps that introduce them to hunting, fishing, and conservation. We are particularly focused on kids who would not otherwise be introduced to this lifestyle. We will fund these camps by 4 ways – 1. Selling Products with a Purpose (our lifestyle clothing brand) 2. Outdoor Sponsors & Partners 3. Donations 4. My wife and I Receive a $50 goHUNT Gear Shop Gift Card by using code WR when joining Insider http://bit.ly/2s8dX5k . Whitetail Rendezvous podcast receives compensation each time a new member joins Insider via our link Here’s a quick demo about goHUNT.com/insider https://youtu.be/YFNMzEUtcys

    42 min
  • #484 Backwoodslife with Michael Lee

    Backwoodslife Since 2004, Michael Lee and Kevin Knighton have been blessed enough to bring outdoor television into the homes of loyal viewers each week. The guys work hard to bring their life, personalities, and experiences to the viewers that show what the average person goes through each year trying to fill tags and their freezers. The Backwoods Life® shows even more of an inside look into who Michael and Kevin are as well as the rest of the Backwoods Life® Crew on a more personal level all while showing the great hunts they journey into each year. there’s never a dull moment in the Backwoods! After now over 12 years on the air, the guys have grown to new levels and are proud to say they are average folks living a dream. Kevin Knighton and Michael Lee travel all over the country livin’ the Backwoods Life. From coast to coast hunting anything they can get a tag for there’s never a dull moment in the Backwoods! Watch each week July – December on Sportsman Channel (US) and Wild TV (Canada). Also visit Backwoods Life online at: Website: www.BackwoodsLife.com YouTube: www.YouTube.com/TheBackwoodsLife Instagram: www.Instagram.com/BackwoodsLifeTV Twitter: www.Twitter.com/BackwoodsLife Receive a $50 goHUNT Gear Shop Gift Card by using code WR when joining Insider http://bit.ly/2s8dX5k . Whitetail Rendezvous podcast receives compensation each time a new member joins Insider via our link Here’s a quick demo about goHUNT.com/insider https://youtu.be/YFNMzEUtcys

    56 min
  • Episode # 257 Dr. Ken Nordberg hunts Railroads Tracks
    Dr. Ken Nordberg hunts Railroad Tracks




    Hunts Railroad Tracks. Well, I appreciate that. Let's start the show right up and oh folks, by the way, this is gonna be a two-part show, the first part we're gonna talk about whitetail tracks, and begin talking about blinds for whitetails. And then we're gonna end Part 2 we're gonna have finishing up on blinds for whitetail and then hunting mature whitetails. So that's what you're in store for, for the next couple of episodes.

    So Dr. Ken let's jump right into why you wrote Whitetail Tracks and if somebody reads it, how it's gonna help 'em?
    hunts Railroad Tracks
    Dr. Nordberg: Okay, well I've been at this for 40 some years, 45 years, almost 46 years, when I first started introducing the idea that you can identify various classes of whitetails by the lengths of their tracks, and the longer I do it, the more I realize that this is probably the only thing in whitetail hunting that can actually make hunting easy. Think of all the things we do, all the preparation we go, all the things we buy, to try to improve our luck. hunts Railroad Tracks

    But nothing can do it better than whitetail deer signs, especially tracks. And for one simple reason. Let's say you and I are walking in the woods right now and we've come to this deer trail, here's a deer trail, and we look at it and holy cow, there's a lot of really fresh tracks here. They're sharply defined, just nice clean fresh tracks in the trail. Well, what does that tell you? This is a trail whitetails are using right now, they've used it today, probably this morning, maybe just a few hours ago. hunts Railroad Tracks

    And chances are as long as they don't become alarmed by a hunter or something else in the meanwhile, they're gonna use it again this evening, later today. And tomorrow morning probably, until they suddenly realize that hey, there's a hunter hanging around here. But if you hunt anywhere else, you're using luck. And luck is poor, it doesn't add much success as a whitetail hunter. When you get one you say you're lucky but how often does that happen for the average hunter to take a really nice buck, one for the wall? It takes about 30 years or more before you get one or even two.  hunts Railroad Tracks
    By using fresh tracks you can get that down to one every year or maybe two years
    By using fresh tracks you can get that down to one every year or maybe two years, maybe 8 out of 10 years something like that which is pretty fantastic buck hunting. And tracking can do it.  hunts Railroad Tracks

    Bruce: Okay, okay, hold on, hold on. Now how do I know we're on a deer trail? We see a track but talk to me specifically about the large buck, the mature buck, the buck we're all looking for over four and a half years old. Differentiate that from the does and the fawns and the yearling bucks and the smaller guys. How do we do that?

    Dr. Nordberg: Well, first of all, I wanna mention that the farther north you go, in the United States, continental United States, the bigger the deer are. That's where I hunt, up close to the Canadian border. Our average dominant breeding buck will weigh about 305 pounds and down in Texas I've spent 18 years hunting whitetails down in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, down there a big buck is maybe 125 pounds and a deer that size is not gonna have as large a track as one in northern Minnesota.  hunts Railroad Tracks

    But I tell ya, the way I've done a lot of research with that too, I have some simple formulas that I use that I've put in my book, that tells you how to figure out what the sizes of tracks should be where you hunt. Now like Texas bucks those thick ones may only weigh 125 pounds but a lot of the Texas bucks grow antlers that'll rival the largest found anywhere in the United States. But anyway, track size, here in Minnesota, just for an example.
    36 min
  • #483 DIY Hunter with a passion for Whitetails – Les Welch

    Les Welch. He grew up chasing small game and whitetails in the big woods of Northern Wisconsin. Having the ability to roam for thousands of acres hunting, scouting, and exploring without seeing people and civilization ingrained the public land DIY mentality deep within. After harvesting dozens of whitetails with archery equipment, including many P&Y, and countless more with rifle and muzzleloader the desire to explore the mountains had become too much to overcome. In 2006, he started researching antelope. That led to the harvest of 6 DIY, public land antelope in 2007 between him and his father. public land DIY mentality That trip was the beginning of the obsession/addiction. Since that trip he has traveled West of the Mississippi on 8 more hunts, all 100% DIY public land…. with 100% success rates, harvesting multiple elk, mule deer, and antelope. Coming home to the flatlands after that first hunt back in ’07 he realized the need to be in shape if success was going to continue. He dropped 60# and 20% body fat in a few months. He has since become a certified Personal Trainer and Fitness Nutrition Coach. Understanding what the body needs to maximize performance whether he is running a race, competing in triathlons, or preparing for 15-20-day backpack backcountry hunts help insure he achieves full potential. a certified Personal Trainer and Fitness Nutrition Coach Year around gym time, training, scouting, and spending time in the outdoors with family maintain that healthy lifestyle to keep “mountain” ready! He is on pro-staff for Sitka Gear, HECS, and ElkNut Outdoor Productions. When he is not chasing down something with stick and string, rifle, or muzzleloader he can be found spending time hunting, fishing, camping, or something of the like with his family. You will also see him at many of the RMEF events as he is Chapter chair in Wisconsin. Receive a $50 goHUNT Gear Shop Gift Card by using code WR when joining Insider http://bit.ly/2s8dX5k . Whitetail Rendezvous podcast receives compensation each time a new member joins Insider via our link Here’s a quick demo about goHUNT.com/insider https://youtu.be/YFNMzEUtcys

    43 min
  • #482 Hunting Whitetails Successfully on Five Acres – Mike Swartzentruber

    Discover how to hunt a rural five acre parcel that includes your house. Five Acres…yields bucks 1. Have a creek bottom run across the back boundary 2. Be surrounded by crops 3. Have no neighbors who hunt 4. Tie up the dog during deer season 5. Scout every morning from your deck 6. Install WIFI Trail Cameras 7. Play the wind 8. Control your scent cone 9. Hing cut to create travel corridor 10. Location, Location, Location

    41 min
  • Episode # 274 Garrett & Jim Shear 180″ P&Y
    Garrett & Jim Shear 180" P&Y




    Yeah, we always think that opening weekend is a good time to get on a deer when they're in their natural patterns and they haven't been pushed by anyone or anything. Garrett & Jim Shear 180" P&Y

    It's a time where they still feel safe and they're still running on daylight hours and they haven't moved over to a more nocturnal lifestyle.

    Opening weekend is always a good time for any time to set up on a big buck. For me, I have a stand that we put in about two or three years ago. Garrett & Jim Shear 180" P&Y

    It's actually just below our house on the farm that we hunt and I was down on that stand and we had a place between an island out on the field that kinda pushes the deer within 40 yards of the stand that we have there so it really makes it for a nice shot.
    Garrett & Jim Shear 180" P&Y
    I shot it on the Sunday of opening weekend. The night before I saw about 30 deer from the stand, had about 15 of them come within shooting range, passed up 5 pretty nice bucks little baskets. One probably would've scored in the 130s maybe, but they kept looking over their shoulder and I had this kinda natural instinct that they were kind of spooked by something behind them.Garrett & Jim Shear 180" P&Y

    But nothing happened Saturday night and the same kind of thing happened. The deer were all in their patterns, the five same bucks came out all at the same sequence. Right behind them came this monster and I had about 5 or 10 seconds with it out in the field before I took the shot, so luckily I didn't have to think about it for too long. But yeah, I made a good clean shot on it, ran about seven yards and found it in a ditch right above Lester's farm. It was a good hunt.
    The deer were all in their patterns
    Bruce: So having said that, let's pass the phone over to Jim. Folks we're doing it on a remote so Jim's gonna talk. Jim, let's talk about the hunting tradition and why Garrett was able to close the deal on Mr. Magnificent.

    Jim: Well as Garrett mentioned, our whole family has hunted ever since I can remember. I know you know my dad well, and he started us off very young, and I have two brothers Gary and Marv that I know you know and we've always been a family that's hunted.
    our whole family has hunted ever since I can remember


    Marv got us into bowhunting several years ago and my boys Ryan and Garrett started hunting with me when Garrett was actually 8 and Ryan was 10 they went on their first deer drive with us. It was a great story and I ended up shooting, back in those days a nice eight-pointer and over by Butler's, which I know you know that area too, so that was their first experience.

    Every fall it's a huge tradition for our family to get together and we start bowhunting in the middle of September and we really bowhunt or gun hunt just about every weekend through December. It's a big part of our family and a highlight for me every fall is when the boys come home and bowhunt. Like this weekend both my boys are here and Marv and his boys are here and we're all bowhunting, so it's a great time.

    Okay, all right one of the things that I was reminiscing about this morning with Garrett was my dad was also not only an avid hunter, but he was a hunter safety instructor for many years and he was our hunter safety instructor for all five of us kids.
    Every fall it's a huge tradition for our family to get together
    My two brothers and both my sisters all went through hunter safety and that was very important to him and I think that's again, kind of tied into why we are. I believe we're good hunters and I think we're honestly safe hunters and stuff like that.

    He really taught us a lot. I remember days where he would take all five kids out and we each would have to carry a squirrel.
    37 min
  • #481 Mountains don’t lie they can Kill you – Jason Dyck

    Jason Dyck otherwise known as “The Extreme Outdoor Guide” has been a big game hunting guide and outfitter for the past 28 years. He eats, sleeps and works for hunting…Everything from backpack sheep and goats to prairie whitetail and mule deer to horseback grizzly and moose hunts and everything in between. Guiding has not been his only career in the outdoor world. Jason is also an outfitter, taxidermist, hunting consultant and outdoor writer. He’s hunted from Kyrgyzstan and Africa to New Zealand and all over north America. As you can see his passion is in the outdoors and have enjoyed helping thousands of clients and friends fore fill their dream hunts. Hunt when you can, where you can and with you can… Jason Dyck Receive a $50 goHUNT Gear Shop Gift Card by using code WR when joining Insider http://bit.ly/2s8dX5k . Whitetail Rendezvous podcast receives compensation each time a new member joins Insider via our link Here’s a quick demo about goHUNT.com/insider https://youtu.be/YFNMzEUtcys

    45 min
  • #480 Mountain Bucks are hard to hunt – Brandon Pressley

    Brandon Pressley…I’m 34 years young born and raised in Harrisburg, PA. Have been hunting since the age of 12 but have been in the woods for as long as I can remember. I started bowhunting when I was 20. That’s what really got me hooked and I’ve been passionate since then. I taught myself how to bowhunt by reading as many bowhunting books and watching as many bowhunting videos as possible. My main interest is bowhunting public land mountain bucks. I also enjoy running trail cams and shooting my bow when I can. My latest gear purchase has been the new cuddelink cams more specifically the newest cuddelink cell cam. They are really going to be a game changer. Hunt hard…Brandon Pressley Receive a $50 goHUNT Gear Shop Gift Card by using code WR when joining Insider http://bit.ly/2s8dX5k . Whitetail Rendezvous podcast receives compensation each time a new member joins Insider via our link Here’s a quick demo about goHUNT.com/insider https://youtu.be/YFNMzEUtcys

    39 min
  • # 480 Mountain Bucks are hard to hunt – Brandon Pressley
    Brandon Pressley...I'm 34 years young born and raised in Harrisburg, PA. Have been hunting since the age of 12 but have been in the woods for as long as I can remember.

    I started bowhunting when I was 20. That's what really got me hooked and I've been passionate since then.

    I taught myself how to bowhunt by reading as many bowhunting books and watching as many bowhunting videos as possible.

    My main interest is bowhunting public land mountain bucks. I also enjoy running trail cams and shooting my bow when I can. My latest gear purchase has been the new cuddelink cams more specifically the newest cuddelink cell cam. They are really going to be a game changer.

    Hunt hard...Brandon Pressley


    Receive a $50 goHUNT Gear Shop Gift Card by using code WR when joining Insider http://bit.ly/2s8dX5k .
    Whitetail Rendezvous podcast receives compensation each time a new member joins Insider via our link
    Here's a quick demo about goHUNT.com/insider https://youtu.be/YFNMzEUtcys
    39 min
  • Episode #269 Treezyn creator Cobb Sanders – Become
    Treezyn creator Cobb Sanders - Become




    The evolution of modern day hunting apparel has arrived…TREEZYN! Treezyn creator Cobb Sanders - Become
    Over 30 years of study in environmental surroundings (hunting), fractal research, and natural elements has reached a pinnacle and the result is our camo.

    Knowing wasn’t enough; application of what we have learned dissecting the woods to create a concealment pattern outside of the industry paradigm was the outcome. Treezyn creator Cobb Sanders - Become
    We know bigger, bolder, more contrasting elements and textures are crucial to disguising the most recognized silhouette on the planet…yours.
    Our three-dimensional aspect combined with the digital layout inside the pattern doesn’t allow you to homogenize as you walk away or sit high above in a stand, to put it simply, you don’t become a blob at a distance.
    Treezyn creator Cobb Sanders - Become

    it all just makes sense.
    The patterns were developed and approved, then we had to build a clothing line around our designs. Everything we do has the hunter in mind, from the patterns themselves to the quality of clothes we put on our own backs. In other words, this company was built by and around some of the most skilled and knowledgeable woodsmen/hunters alive, it all just makes sense.
    The unique arrangement of TREEZYN allows you to become any environment of your choice.
    Whether it be the early spring and fall or the late season hard woods, you can hunt with confidence knowing that you wear the most versatile, silhouette vexing camo pattern available today.
    Be part of the revolution that is here. With TREEZYN don’t just blend…become!


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    34 min

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