Michigan Wild

Joining Marcus this week on the Michigan Wild Podcast is Aaron Lanctot for a good ole BS session. The guys catch up on life, becoming a new dad for Aaron, hunting season so far and what the rest of the year looks like. Aaron gets into detail about his whitetail set up for this year and he's really honing that in since switching to a saddle. The guys also spend some time talking about waterfowl hun...

This week on the Michigan Wild Podcast, Marcus is joined by Heather Shaw. Heather is a wildlife biologist with the Michigan DNR, obsessive bird hunter and all-around avid outdoors woman. The two talk about Heather's introduction to the outdoors, why she chose to pursue a career in wildlife biology and why she loves bird hunting so much. Our resource of the outdoors is something that Heather has al...

This week on the Michigan Wild Podcast, Marcus sits down with Pat Casey. Pat was born and raised in the upper peninsula of Michigan and has been an avid outdoorsman his entire life. Today, the guys get to talking about the tradition of deer camp and everything that comes with it. Deer Camp is something most of us Michigan residents grew up around, but mostly it was during rifle season; today the g...

This week on the Michigan Wild Podcast, Marcus is riding solo to recap his early season whitetail hunts. He talks about the property that he is hunting, how long he's been hunting it and what his first two sits have yielded. Marcus gives a brief history on his success on the property in previous years along with some moves he's made this year that he doesn't typically condone. The early season can...

Today on the Michigan Wild Podcast, Marcus welcomes in Nate Hicks. Nate is one of the owners of Painted Arrow Outdoors, a hunting accessory brand based in southern Michigan. The guys kick things off discussing their mutual paths into the outdoors and who their hunting mentors were. Nate talks about Painted Arrow, where the idea for their first product came from and how much things have grown in su...

This week on the Michigan Wild Podcast, Marcus sits down with one of the members from The Fair Chase, James Zandstra. They guys have a great conversation and cover a lot of ground throughout. James kicks things off talking about his journey into the outdoors and he and Jared started The Fair Chase. We get to spend time talking about James' 'why' when it comes to hunting along with a recent trip he...

This week on the Michigan Wild Podcast, Marcus sits down with BHA Chapter Coordinator Jameson Hibbs. The guys get to discuss all things BHA and public lands as September is 'Public Lands Month'. Jameson talks about his path to working for BHA and how things are starting to reshape themselves after a few slower years due to the pandemic. The two get to talk about Michigan and all that it has to off...

Today on the Michigan Wild Podcast, Marcus is joined by Jason Manderbach. Jason is the owner of Michigan based company, Lake State Contracting and Supply. Lake State Contracting specializes in managing property for their clients to maximize its potential for deer and other wild game. Jason loves spending his time walking different pieces of property and trying to figure out how to best utilize the...

This week on the Michigan Wild Podcast, Marcus sits down with Vince Battiata and Audrey Hoag. Vince and Audrey are two passionate whitetail hunters who started their journey together in Tennessee, but have recently moved back home to the mitten and are diving headfirst into the whitetail scene in southwest Michigan. During today's conversation, we got to talk about spring and summer scouting, how...

Joining Marcus for the first episode of the Michigan Wild Podcast is fellow podcaster and Michigander, Nick Otto. Nick is the host of the Huntavore Podcast that teaches listeners about wild game cooking. The guys kick things off talking about the traditions and heritage that Michigan has along with what makes Michigan so great. From there Nick gets into cooking wild game and some tips for anyone j...

On this episode of the Michigan Wild Podcast, host Marcus Ewing talks about what's to come on this newly launched state specific podcast. Marcus talks about the types of guests he'll be having on each week along with what he feels makes Michigan such a great and unique state for anyone looking to get outside. Be sure to tune in each week and hear from a great list of guests hailing from this great...