A Hunter's Legacy

Weber Herbison grew up hunting the Mississippi Delta, where big woods, flat ground, and endless options give whitetails every advantage. He still hunts the same kind of country today, balancing life as a dentist with a season spent trying to outthink deer that refuse to play by Midwest rules. No funnels. No predictable movement. Just patience, trial and error, and long sits wondering where they we...

It ain’t every day a food plot guy from Southeast Missouri gets the mic, but Callie Grubbs has a story worth hearing. Born and raised in rural Missouri, Callie started like most. Plinking cans, tagging along with his dad, and chasing deer with a beat up old Martin bow and mismatched arrows. Today, he’s neck deep in habitat work, running operations for a food plot company and helping hunters across...

Before he ever pulled a trigger, Dustin Daniels was wrapped in a sleeping bag with his grandpa, watching the woods wake up. These days, he’s building his own muzzleloaders, hunting with a .54 caliber cap and ball, and passing the same tradition to his son one misfired round and muddy drag at a time. Dustin’s from Madison Heights, Virginia, and co-hosts the D&D Outdoors Podcast where he talks o...

In this gritty, down-to-earth episode, Mitchell Fox sits down with John Padgett from Georgia. He’s a woodsman shaped by riverlines, traplines, and the kind of Southern upbringing that’s getting harder to come by. They dig into the moment a sharp old doe somehow sensed John’s presence. No scent. No sound. No sightline. Just instinct. That brush with wild awareness leads into deeper ground, as John...

From throwing decoy bags bigger than him as a kid in Erie to running a waterfowl guide service in southern Ontario, Hunter Libra has packed a lifetime of hunting grit into just 27 years. The path hasn’t been easy, and it sure as hell hasn’t been boring. In this episode, Hunter shares how a Tinder match turned into a cross-border move, a family, and a new life in Canada. He talks about chasing turk...

She didn’t grow up in the stand. Never had a mentor walk her through it. Just saw her dad get hooked on bowhunting and figured, “Why not me?” Destiny Campbell out of central Minnesota picked up a cheap kid’s bow, learned how to shoot, and two weeks later dropped her first deer in the snow. Now? She’s eaten up with it. Archery’s taught her patience, humility, and how fast a hunt can fall apart when...

Some hunters grow up in it. Jonathan McCormick grew into it by accident. A simple favor for a neighbor, a garage full of euro mounts, and one big question changed everything. That moment pushed a North Carolina kid into the heart of the Rockies, and years later he is still chasing the lessons hidden in those mountains. In this episode, Jonathan sits down from Bountiful, Utah and talks with the hon...

He’s killed over 20 of North America’s big game species. No sponsors. No shortcuts. Just grit, maps, and a fire that won’t quit. Leo Boman checks in from the road as he gets ready to head to Montana with a bighorn sheep tag in his pocket. That’s one of the final species standing between him and the legendary North American 29. From chasing cats and bears as a kid to guiding brown bear hunters in A...

What do 39 turkeys, two alligators, and one very unfortunate cactus have in common? They’ve all tangled with Knox Guajardo—an eight-year-old Kansas hunter with more stories than most grown men. In this episode, Knox joins the conversation to talk about long sits in the blind, missing his first deer, and why jerky, waffles, and playing in the dirt are non-negotiables when hunting with Dad. From sco...

Kayla Harrod isn’t out to impress anyone. She’s a part-time nurse practitioner, full-time mom of three, and a bowhunter with a Mathews bow and a dream. Based in Central Arkansas, Kayla grew up in the woods—literally in a backpack on her dad’s back during early hunts and never left. Now, she’s passing it down to her kids, hunting solo, and chasing her first archery buck with raw determination and z...

He’s edited film for Realtree, worked the grind with Midwest Whitetail, and built one of the largest Facebook hunting groups around—but Cody Huhn’s still sleeping in his car, running on ramen noodles, and hunting with whatever gear he can piece together. In this raw, no-fluff episode, Cody sits down with Mitchell to talk about the reality of chasing big bucks on public with almost nothing in the w...

Some stories remind hunters why the woods always have the final say. This week, Michigan bowhunter and entrepreneur Tom Spisz sits down with Mitchell Fox to talk about lessons learned from business, black bears, and getting turned around in the dark timber. Raised outside Ann Arbor, Tom grew up running behind his dad and uncles—“the OG Michigan hunters,” as he calls ’em—cutting his teeth on bait p...

She didn’t grow up around guns, blinds, or whitetail stories at the dinner table. In fact, she didn’t even start hunting until her late 20’s. Just a  20-gauge, a dog named Luna, and a stubborn drive to figure it out herself. Trista’s journey into the hunting world is the kind most folks don’t talk about. She fumbled her way through turkey seasons, watched more YouTube than she’d admit, and had her...

There’s something about the first time a Minnesotan hits the Montana ridges—it humbles a man quick. For Peter Herzog, that move west wasn’t just about chasing bigger bulls—it was about building a life from the ground up. Originally from small-town Minnesota, Peter’s story is full of grit, risk, and elk bugles echoing through the timber. He shares what it’s really like to go from managing a 30-man...

She’s lived in eight states, fought wildfires in the Rockies, and worked inside some of hunting’s biggest companies. In this episode, Lexi sits down with Mitchell to talk about the long road from wildland firefighting to bowhunting, burnout, and rediscovering purpose beyond the industry grind. From the back of a fire buggy to the marketing offices of Huntwise and Bowtech, Lexi’s story peels back t...

Some stories don’t start in the woods—they start with family, hard work, and a few twists life throws along the way. Forrest Been of Arkansas knows that better than most. A husband, stepdad, veteran, and roofing contractor, Forrest has lived a life built on grit and balance. From learning the ropes of trapping alongside his grandfather to competing in family squirrel hunts on Thanksgiving mornings...

The story of Brett Morris isn’t polished—it’s built on cracked boots, busted arrows, and a stubborn drive that never lets up. A blue-collar construction worker from the Midwest, Brett has balanced long days on the job with even longer sits in the stand, chasing deer, turkey, and anything else that calls the woods home. His hunting story started at 13, tagging along with his dad. Back then, sports...

Some stories start with blue jeans, old rifles, and lessons from Dad—and Levi Mason’s is no different. Growing up in west-central Illinois, Levi tagged his first turkey at eight, his first buck at ten, and never looked back. These days, he’s balancing life as a husband, father of two girls, Regional Director with the National Wild Turkey Federation, and a land professional helping folks chase the...

Some kids grow up playing video games—Clint grew up as his dad’s “live trail camera,” sitting in a tree stand before he was even strong enough to pull a bow. In this episode, Iowa native Clint shares the stories that shaped him as a hunter, from shooting his first deer with a bow at just nine years old to tagging along on northern Minnesota bear hunts with a VHS camera in hand. Clint talks about h...

Some hunters chase trophy racks. Chris Cannon chases stories worth telling. Hailing from southeast Tennessee by way of Georgia, Chris has been bowhunting since he was a kid—pulled into a tree with a rope by his dad and learning the ropes from his Uncle Jimbo. Over the years, he’s built a reputation not just as a skilled hunter, but as a storyteller, cameraman, and content creator for mom-and-pop h...

It started with a poor country boy chasing squirrels in the Louisiana woods and turned into a lifetime of chasing big game across the country. Roy Withers grew up in the swamps, running coon dogs and deer hunting, eventually finding a way to fund his out-of-state hunts by pulling century-old cypress logs from bayous and turning them into bar tops and furniture. His stories weave through public-lan...

Some stories smell like fresh-cut hay and sound like a gravel road under old tires. This one’s got both. Rusty grew up in the hills and hollers of southwest Missouri—working hayfields at five years old, chasing turkeys that scratched through cow manure, and hunting deer long before camo came in brand names. In this conversation, he shares decades of grit, humor, and lessons learned from farming, l...

It started with a youth pastor’s crossbow—but for 20-year-old Gabe Foley from Southwest Ohio, that was just the beginning. In this episode, Gabe sits down with Mitchell Fox to share how his love for deer hunting grew from sitting on the ground with his grandpa to managing over 9,500 acres across seven counties. He talks about building a landscaping business with his fiancée, the painful lessons fr...

He used to live for the rut and sunrise over a flooded cornfield. These days, he’s building a media brand, raising a family, and still keeping one foot in the woods. In this episode, Corey Hillebo of Slater, Iowa, opens up about the shift from hardcore hunting to real-life balance—why he stepped back from waterfowl, how bowhunting still calls his name, and how fatherhood and farming redefined what...

What happens when a Missouri banker trades a nine-to-five for a life chasing Canada geese? In this episode, Chase Tripp sits down to share how he went from commercial banking to working full-time at a small-town gun shop—all to get closer to the outdoors he loves. Born and raised near St. Louis, Chase talks about growing up in a non-hunting family, the unlikely way he fell in love with waterfowl,...