Nine Finger Chronicles - Deer Hunting Podcast

All serious hunters know, that how you access your hunting location is one of the most important parts of any hunters strategy. If the wind is wrong or you are walking through a bedding area to get to what you think is the perfect tree, you may actually be doing more harm then good. On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Joe Jones of North Carolina to discuss his strategy...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan chats with Josh Honeycutt to talk about his recent early season bowhunting success. Josh, an experienced hunter and outdoor writer who continues to find success every season, breaks down the strategy he used to locate and understand this bucks pattern. Thermals, wind directions, and how the terrain effected those variables, plays a huge role in ho...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Matt Rose, a Missouri native, about locating and pattering a mature buck. Matt breaks down the area of the state he lives and hunts in, the deer density on his farms, and what he considers a successful season. Then, the guys get in to a a conversation about three years worth of history on a buck they named "Slingshot". Matt talk...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Sam and Linda Gaylord of Old Barn Taxidermy for an all things hunting BS Session. The trio kicks off the episode by talking about a new avenue of their company with G2 Taxidermy Forms. The conversation then turns to Linda and how she was introduced to hunting through dating Sam, including a couple stories of their first hunts together...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is once joined with long time friend Lucas Cayko to discuss North Dakota's archery opening weekend. The guys kick off the episode with a really good BS session where they cover a variety of questions like "What is hunting?", making sure you are up-to-date on all of your rules and regulations, and responding to "hunting is easy"...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is once again joined by one of Americas favorite bowhunters, Justin Zarr. The guys catch up about some of their favorite swear words and when it is appropriate to use them. Justin talks about his recent poison ivy issues and Dan's massive bug bites. Justin talks about his recent trip to Kentucky and his plans for the rest of the season. Anytim...

Quick episode today! On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan catches up with Sam Soholt to discuss his career path and his upcoming conservation fundraiser. We kick off the episode with Sam giving us a little bit of a background about his career choices and how he became the photographer and videographer that he is today. Then, the guys cover Sam's upcoming hunts for the season and...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is once a again joined by Mark Kenyon to discuss their upcoming season and the strategies for those hunts. Dan and Mark get in to an in-depth conversation about e-scouting, identifying terrain features using topographic maps, verifying them once they start to hunt, and how to make adjustments to hunting strategies in the middle of the hunt. Mark a...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles deer hunting podcast, Dan catches up with Jeremy Dinsmore of the Antler Up podcast to discuss the results of his recent out of state scouting mission. The guys kick off the episode the only way then know how, by an in-depth conversation about college football and the realignment of conferences. Then Dan asks Jeremy a couple really dumb questions about...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by the the host of the Missouri Woods & Water Podcast, Nate Thomas. Nate currently has a big shooter buck showing up in daylight on camera just about every day on a new property. Nate gives us a breakdown about the property and where he thinks this buck is living. However, there are couple issues with this property that could throw a...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan goes solo as he talks about his recent struggles and his big buck strategies. Dan kicks off the show by sharing how happy he is that all of his kids are back in school allowing him to get more focused on work and the upcoming season. Next, Dan walks us through his recent struggles with shoulder pain and how it has affected his archery practice and...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, we chat with Ricky Brule a passionate hunter and the marketing force behind Vapor Trail Archery. Like most hunter profiles, we get to hear about Ricky's hunting origin story as a kid who was interested in archery and bowhunting. Ricky talks about recently being diagnosed ADHD and the benefit archery brings to himself and others with that diagnosis...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with serious bowhunter Joel Burham AKA Whitetail Fit. Born and raised in eastern Nebraska, at an early age Joel became interested in hunting, specifically bowhunting. The guys kick off the episode by talking about hunting access, tag allocation, and the never ending resident vs. non-resident debate. Joel talks about his learning curve with d...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Sam Brown, life long hunter out of North Carolina, to discuss how he approaches his hunting season. Sam talks with Dan about NC being a baiting state and the strategy that goes in to hunting bait piles, the long rifle seasons and how he adapts as a bowhunter, and the terrain and properties he hunts. Another great episode where you get...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with the master of mock scrape hunting, Troy Pottenger about the history and strategy when using mock scrapes. Troy explains that he started to experiment with mock srapes while in high school when he identified a community scrape on his family ranch. This led to him locating other community scrapes on public land while scouting and shed hun...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is once again joined by whitetail nut Tony Peterson to talk about their family and their plans leading up to the upcoming season. The guys have a bit of a therapy session about their marriages and their children and how they are dealing with the stress of being a father. After venting for about 15 minutes the guys get in to a conversation about wh...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Derek Demun of Southern California about finding a passion for hunting after a life-changing accident left him in a wheelchair. Derek talks about his youth when he was a diehard snowboarder who traveled the globe looking for adventure at high elevations and snowy peaks. When he was 21 he fell off of a roof while working construction, th...

During the COVID years participation in conservation organizations were at an all time high. Now that the world is somewhat returning to normalcy, conservation orgs have experienced a decline in individual and corporate participation and donations in both financial and volunteering time. On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicle, Dan is joined by the Executive Director of 2% For Conservation, J...

We continue Vortex Week with an amazing story about a group of guys who headed to Alaska for a once in a lifetime blacktail hunt. Mark, Sawyer, and Eric share the story of how the trip was planned, the logistic behind the trip like what gear they needed to take, how much of food to take, and where they planned to get their water from. It didn't take long for the guys to locate both deer and be...

It's that time of year again when I get in to my truck and head North to the Vortex Optics HQ in Wisconsin to catch up with some old friends and record a couple of episodes. On the first episode of "Vortex Week" I chat with new friend Cooper Long. Cooper works in the customer service department and is a hardcore bowhunter. Cooper and I talk about growing up in a hunting family, his lea...

On this final episode of "The Fall Sessions", Aaron and Dan are back at it talking about the upcoming hunting season and their plans for the rest of the summer. The guys break down their out-of-state hunts, the preparation they have to complete before the season starts, their goal and expectations for the size and age class of bucks they will be chasing and if that changes on their out of...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Jeremy from the Antler Up podcast to discuss their plans for the upcoming season as well as an out of state scouting mission. Jeremy and Dan break talk about their out of state hunts they have planed for this fall and the times of the year they plan on going on those hunts. Jeremy is about to go on a short scouting mission to a new piec...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, guest Bryan Meyering shares the story of his 2022 Michigan buck. Bryan wasn't a serious hunter, but in 2018 he picked up a crossbow and headed back in to the timber to chase a good buck that showed up on his in-laws property. Then, in 2020 Bryan decided to pick up a "big boy bow" and start shooting compound again. This past year a 150"...

This is the 7th episode in "The Fall Sessions" series, where we talk about all things whitetail deer hunting. On this episode, Dan and Aaron talk about the time they dedicate to deer hunting. They discuss the balancing act between family and hunting, the different stages of deer hunting, how much time they schedule for out of state hunts, and some of their favorite thing about hunting deer...

Hold on to your butts for another exciting episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles with deer hunting superstar the one and only Tony Peterson. Dan and Tony cover a variety of topics including wild game violations, smallmouth bass fishing, gaining access to a new property, and their thoughts on trail camera strategy. Towards the end of the podcast, Tony and Dan talk about crossbows. Will Tony be shoo...