Hunts On Outfitting Podcast

Send us Fan Mail A sea lion the size of a small car starts lunging at people in a Southeast Alaska harbor and the town has to make a call. I’m joined by Brandon Ware out of Petersburg, Alaska, and he walks me through the full story of two aggressive male sea lions that were “terrorizing” the docks, stalking people, and creating a real risk for kids and dogs in a working marina packed with boats. B...

Send us Fan Mail Fly fishing has a weird power when you finally slow down enough to feel it: the sound of current, the rhythm of a cast, and that moment your brain stops sprinting. Ken Marr sits down with guide Erik Roach for a candid, funny, and surprisingly deep talk that moves from bird dogs and grouse woods lessons to the mental health side of wading a river. Erik calls himself a “redneck hipp...

Send us Fan Mail Deer season doesn’t sneak up on you, it exposes you. If you wait until September to figure out access, wind, and where deer actually travel, you end up hunting memories instead of patterns. We sit down with Mike Mason to lay out a practical early summer deer hunting prep plan built for real woods, not perfect food plot country. We dig into how Mike scouts new ground using Google M...

Send us Fan Mail A big boar comes in after a week of absence, the shot looks right, the arrow is a clean pass through, and the blood trail is shocking for a bear. Then the track turns into every hunter’s gut punch: you hear coughing, you bump him once, you push hard because the sign feels “too good,” and eventually the trail just ends in thick, swampy woods. That’s where my conversation with Teran...

Send us Fan Mail Think you’ve got Canadian hunting knowledge locked down? We put that confidence to work in a full trivia showdown where the answers are measured in inches, years, and hard numbers, not just campfire “I heard” stories. Lane Lewis grabs the host seat for one of our rowdier formats, with Jacob Armstrong fact checking and two teams battling for bragging rights and a pair of River’s Ed...

Send us Fan Mail One muddy river can humble you fast, especially when you haven’t fished in nearly a decade and you decide to jump straight into Nova Scotia striped bass season. We record this one remotely on location after a long day on the Stewiacke River, trading clean studio audio for real river energy, late-night laughs, and the kind of fishing story that only happens when the weather is cold...

Send us Fan Mail One trail cam photo. A last-second change of plans. Then a black bear so big it ties the world record on skull measurement. We’re joined by returning guest Tyler Young from Old Fort, North Carolina, and he walks us through the full chain of events that led to an officially weighed 574 pound mountain bear and a Boone and Crockett score of 23 9/16. What makes this story hit is how g...

Send us Fan Mail A perfect round sounds impressive until you learn what “perfect” actually means in tournament archery. We’re joined by Ryan  Bennett, a young Elite-sponsored shooter who’s already stacking wins, plus Lane Lewis and Darren Matthews to keep the conversation honest, funny, and grounded in real hunting life.  We get into how Ryan started with zero archery background, what changed when...

Send us Fan Mail Three turkeys in one spring sounds like bragging rights until you hear what it actually takes. I’m Ken Marr, and I sit down with Ontario turkey hunter and caller Adrian Hare to unpack a wild run that spans three countries and three very different birds: an Osceola in South Florida, a Gould’s turkey in Durango, Mexico, and an Eastern turkey back home in Ontario. If you love spring...

Send us Fan Mail A two-hour jet boat ride, an island camp lit up in the middle of nowhere, and black bears showing up like they own the place. That’s the kind of hunting story that sounds exaggerated until you hear how it’s built.  We sit down with Jason from Extreme Outdoor Guides and Outfitters, a 37-year veteran Canadian hunting guide who starts as a teenage camp helper and works his way throug...

Send us Fan Mail Nobody walks into turkey season knowing everything, so we decided to make learning fun and a little competitive. We run a full round of wild turkey trivia with Dalton, Jesse, Curtis, and Ryan, and the best part is hearing the thought process when the answers are not obvious. If you like hunting stories, camp banter, and learning without getting lectured, you can play along and see...

Send us Fan Mail A shotgun shows up in Tina’s arms the day before her son’s wedding and it quietly reroutes the rest of her life. What starts as a “fine, I’ll try it” moment turns into a full-on bear hunting obsession, complete with solo trips, long sits, hard travel weeks, and a goal that’s about experience more than a scoreboard: 50 bear hunts by age 70. We talk through what draws her to black b...

Send us Fan Mail A broadhead doesn’t get to “look tough” on a website. It has to fly true, stay together on impact, and keep cutting when the shot isn’t perfect. I’m joined by Randy from Hooligan Archery Products, a Canadian bowhunter who decided he was done paying top-dollar for broadheads that didn’t match what he wanted in the field. We talk about how he went from sketching ideas to building a...

Send us Fan Mail A gobbler can make you feel like a hero or an idiot in the same morning, and John and Taylor from Pistol Creek Outdoors have lived both sides of it. We’re talking while they’re in the field, with John hunting Florida Osceolas and Taylor grinding it out on Alabama Easterns, and that real-time context shapes everything: the birds are quiet, the conditions change, and the “perfect se...

Send us Fan Mail A spring bear bait run can feel routine… until a sow comes in hard and closes the distance to two feet. We’re joined by New Brunswick hunter, guide, and podcaster Wesley Thebeau for a wide-ranging talk that moves from traditional archery fundamentals to the real workload behind running a bear outfitting camp, plus the bird dog obsession that takes over every fall. Wesley explains...

Send us Fan Mail Spring in the North Woods turns into a real-life treasure hunt, and the prize is moose antlers hidden in cuts, fir thickets, and winter feeding areas. We’re joined by Maine hunter and YouTuber Cory Ryder to talk shed hunting the way it actually happens: long miles, wet boots, and learning to read the forest instead of hoping for luck. Cory shares the story behind his Black Lab, Gr...

Send us Fan Mail Eastern turkeys have a special talent for making you second-guess everything you thought you knew. One minute a gobbler is blowing up on the roost, the next he’s gone quiet behind an invisible line he refuses to cross. I sit down with Anthony, producer and host of Line Of Sight TV and a multi-time Canadian calling champion, to get beyond generic turkey tips and into what actually...

Send us Fan Mail A river can remake its banks overnight—and remake us over decades. We sit down with the Crawford Crew, four friends who’ve spent twenty years chasing Atlantic salmon on New Brunswick’s Crown Reserve, to explore why fly fishing is as much about people and place as it is about fish. From the world-famous Miramichi to the fast water of the Restigouche, this story blends hard-won tech...

Send us Fan Mail Think you know predators? We put that to the test with a tight, high-energy trivia showdown that blends wild facts, fieldcraft, and a lot of laughs. We kick off with why predator control matters between seasons, then dive straight into the good stuff: a record 276-pound cougar from... find out where, how hyenas out-bite lions and steal meals, and why Texas holds the coyote crown w...

Send us Fan Mail Two country boys hit Atlanta for the Dallas Safari Club Expo and come home with a year’s worth of stories, hard-won tips, and new friends from across the hunting world. We start with a chaotic travel day—dead battery on the plane, a tarmac standoff, and a near-miss at a crosswalk—then step into the Georgia World Congress Center and realize just how big DSC really is. With more tha...

Send us Fan Mail A North Carolina houndsman meets a target-rich Texas and turns a bucket list into a full-blown field course. We kick off before daylight with bodies moving through mesquite and a cold, old buck that tests our patience until legal light. By 7:12 a.m., the tag is punched. That moment opens the gate to everything Texas does loud: thermal glass sweeping wheat fields, boars and sows sp...

Send us Fan Mail A hundred‑plus episodes, eight friends, four mics, and two years of hard lessons—this milestone is a field‑dressed look at how a basement idea turned into a Tuesday ritual with listeners in 41 countries. We open the blinds on the origin story, from unopened gear collecting dust to a single road trip that set the format: real hunts from real people, told without polish, because the...

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever wondered why some places enjoy long archery seasons and robust deer herds while others lag behind, this conversation puts the puzzle together. We sit down with bowhunter advocate Tracy Price to unpack how local hunters can turn know-how and passion into real changes—longer seasons, smarter regulations, and stronger herds—by organizing through clubs that actually sit...

Send us Fan Mail Four bulls grunting in the dark, a calm breath at legal light, and a 40-yard shot off a knee—that’s how Jen’s moose story begins. What followed was a masterclass in adapting on the fly: a last-minute elk tag surprise, shifting herd behavior after bales moved, and the grind of antlerless-only strategy on public land where every headlight means competition. We walk through how plann...

Send us Fan Mail Cold air, open prairie, and the kind of sound that turns distant specks into charging coyotes—this conversation with Brad Harder dives deep into what makes a predator call truly work. Brad’s the maker behind Trophy Country Calls, a ranch-hand-turned-artisan who went from freezing closed reeds and overused e-caller sounds to crafting tone boards that hold up in brutal weather and f...