Anthony Heller

DeerVane

Sports EN ↓ 252 episodes

A deer hunting podcast created to help people be more successful. We discuss everything from early season bump and dump strategies to late season buck bedding tactics and everything in between. Hunter numbers are falling, and if we can all help people be more successful, hunter numbers will increase and thus increase our collective voice.

Author

Anthony Heller

Category

Sports

Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

226: Spartan Forge - Bill Thompson 25.03.2025

Bill is the founder of Spartan Forge which is a hunting tool that contains GPS Mapping Data, Weather, Deer Movement Prediction, Public/Private land boundaries, and much more. We discuss how he built the company, what some of the difficulties were and a look behind the curtain into the hunting influencer industry. Hope ya'll enjoy the cast! @SpartanForge on social platforms. Thank you!

225: Developing a Blank Slate 40 - Brooks Chandler 17.03.2025

Brooks from (Midwestern bio Ag) and I discuss the new 40 acre piece he is developing by removing invasives, thickening up bedding areas, and adding in some great food and water sources. We specifically dive into the food plot topic in depth and Brooks is a wealth of knowledge here! Hope you all enjoy! @brookschandler

224: Traveling for Tags with Derrick Lauren 03.03.2025

4 bucks in 3 states was Derrick's 2024. We sit down to discuss what to look for in out of state hunts, when to hunt out of state, what you need to scout for, what pressure looks like, what are costs associated with the travel, and how you can set yourself up best to fill more than 1 tag a year. Hope you all enjoy! @Derrickjlauren on Instagram for more!

223: Buck Bedding and Tracking with Johnny Stewart 24.02.2025

Johnny and I discuss when and why bucks shed, finding and identifying buck tracks, finding buck beds and deciphering why it is there, and a great muzzeloader buck he got in early January of 2025. Check out Johnny's Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheJohnnyStewart/videos Hope ya'll enjoy!

222: Playground Evolution Part 2 - Chad and Heller 14.02.2025

Chad and I sit down to finish the recap of our season, some very educational experiences, and discuss Habitat improvements. Ones that are inexpensive and not very time consuming to ones that are very time consuming and very expensive. Hope ya'll enjoy!

221: '24 Playground Chaos pt 1 - Chad and Alex 03.02.2025

UV Blue and Powerade kicked off this podcast with my two buddies Alex and Chad. Chad I talk through the evolution of the playground (our 110 acre hunting property), a buck that Chad shot this year on the playground, a doe that I shot at the playground, and some other fun stories. Hope ya'll enjoy! @Chad_mellotte

220: Hunter Rud - The Flyer Buck 27.01.2025

Hunter and I talk about The Flyer buck he was able to cross paths with during gun season as well as a super fun season of him introducing a new hunter to crossbow hunting and all the blunders and lessons that come along with it. This was a fun podcast full of laughs. Hope you all enjoy! @Hunterrud

219: Habitat, Data, and Shed Season 21.01.2025

Reveal Trail Camera and Dialed Archery giveaway - coming soon! This podcast I cover some life updates, good and bad, some habitat improvements, public land haters, trail camera data dumps, Top 3 Shed finding tips, and some key Winter Scouting objectives. Hope ya'll enjoy!

218: Alex Comstock - Late Season Gear 23.12.2024

Alex and I have a great conversation around the rise of some hunting industry youtubers like Chris Bee and how they make money, late season gear, staying warm, and finding good bucks. Hope you all enjoy the podcast and you can find Alex on all the socials at Whitetail DNA

217: The Okayest Conversation - Eric Clark 17.12.2024

Eric is the owner and found of the Okayest Hunter and Okayest Hunter podcast network. He is a great dude and we chat about hunting, business, life, ego, and punching tags. Hope you all enjoy this cast! Find The Okayest Hunter on any platform.

216: Late Season Reasses 11.12.2024

Late season can be an extremely tough game - in this podcast I walk through some of my tactics and recent hunts that can hopefully help in finding success late in the game. I discuss bedding, food, scrapes, 2nd rut, travel routes and a few other topics. Hope it helps ya'll!

215: LTL Drone Deer Recover - Aaron Skrzypczak 15.11.2024

Aaron was hunting with Breaking Point TV for serveral seasons but is now operating a drone for Deer Recovery purposes. We discuss lessons' he's learned from deer he has recovered and deer that have survived shots and some unique perspectives on what to do if you don't find that deer under 100 yards like you expected. Hope ya'll enjoy! @ltldronedeerrecovery or @aaronskrzypczak for more info!

214: Rut Buck Set Ups - Dylan Lenz 11.11.2024

We chat about some great tactics and set ups Dylan and his friends put together on a hill country lease to be able to knock down some great rut action bucks year over year. Hope ya'll enjoy and are able to use some of the intel nuggets yet this year! @Dylan_lenz for additional info.

213: Rut "Stay off your phone" Tactics with Gregg Farrell 06.11.2024

Gregg has killed some great bucks, been in the hunting industry for years, and is now at Reveal Trail Cameras. We briefly discuss trail cameras, and then dive into small property, larger property, swamp, and hill country rut tactics that Gregg has used to be successful in the past. Hope you all enjoy! @gregg_farrell if you want to connect with him on IG. Thanks!

212: Hunt Update and Rut Funnels 29.10.2024

Short update podcsst today on my last 4 days of hunting and the ups and downs as well as an outlook towards early November and the strategic shift towards rut funnels and doe bedding areas vs scrapes and food sources. Hope y'all enjoy!

211: Finding PreRut Bucks - Josh Profitt 24.10.2024

Josh hunts thousands of acres of public and private land running over 100 trail cameras and has killed and chase some heavily pressured bucks. We talk about how to find and locate bucks in this late October timeframe which includes finding scrapes, rubs, edges, thickets, doe bedding, and a bunch more. Hope ya'll enjoy! @bg_bowhunter to find Josh personally. Thanks!

210: Max Hudson - Moving Just 100 Yards 14.10.2024

Max killed a Public Land Stomper this year in the early season and we recount the story and the years it took to get this opportunity. Moving just 100 yards from his initial spot, opened up a whole new world of deer activity for him, which led him to finding this phenomenal public land honey hole. Hope ya'll enjoy!

209: The Corn Blind Buck - Thomas MLsna 08.10.2024

Thomas recaps a phenomenal hunt for a mature 11 point where access seemed to be everything. After not being able to hunt this area for years, he made some big changes and it clearly paid off. Hope ya'll enjoy and you can find Thomas @The_Untamed_Ambition

208: Moose Lungs and Doe Guts - Dylan Lenz 01.10.2024

Dylan is a whitetail habitat consultant, film maker, photographer, big buck killer, and now Bull Moose Killer! We talk about a doe I shot a couple days ago as she was quartering towards me and Dylan's recent successful moose hunt in Alberta, Canada. Moose hunting has been a dream hunt of mine, so I personally really enjoyed this podcast and the story is just incredible. Hope ya'll enjoy! Find Dyla...

207: Weather and Timing 25.09.2024

After talking to people for hundreds of hours, it's clear there are some patterns with weather and timing of year that we should key in on. I talk through what those weather and timing patterns look like and how to get the most bang for you buck when it comes to time efficiency. Hope you all enjoy the podcast! Thank you!

206: Stand to Stalk - Conner Kowalkowski 17.09.2024

Conner knocked down a great buck on opening night through a Stand then Stalk scenario. One of those scenarios many of us have tried and failed, but Conner on his first attempt got it done! He walks us through this hunt, how he found these bucks, and was able to make it happen. Hope you all enjoy! @C_skii or @Badgerland_outdoors1

205: Austin Gannon Early Season KickOff! 10.09.2024

Austin is an avid public land hunter, explorer, and trail camera addict. We talk Acorns, Food Plots, The Shift, In Season Scouting, Pressure, and of course SCRAPES all as it relates to the early season. Austin is a great guy and you can find him at @agander24 on the Instagram. Hope you all enjoy!

204: Mike Shulte - Hunting on 300° of Wind 27.08.2024

Mike is a good friend and we talk trail cameras, killing trees, preseason scouting, hunting around family time, and a bit on food plots. Mike's a great guy and you can find him @fastforward2fall if you want catch up with him!

203: Bill Vanderheyden - The Broadhead Briefing 19.08.2024

Bill is the owner of Ironwill outfitters which makes and sells broadheads and knives and sells arrows and arrow components. We talk about Bill's awesome caribou hunt last year, shooting long distance, broadheads, vanes, components, tuning, arrow flex, accuracy studies, and a ton more. Hope ya'll enjoy and check out https://ironwilloutfitters.com/ for more info! @ironwilloutiftters on the s...

202: Hunter Rud - Hit The Antlers Hard 12.08.2024

Hunter is a cameraman for a living with Captured Creative filming with and for people like Meat Eater, First Lite, and Levi Morgan. We talk beer, Scent Control, Minnesota Hunting Seasons, shooting in the rain, Spooking bucks multiple times, and hitting the antlers hard. Tons of laughs on this podcast, so hope ya'll enjoy this as much as I did! @hunterrud on Instagram

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