Nine Finger Chronicles - Deer Hunting Podcast

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with fellow bowhunter and police detective Ryan Herman about his passion for hunting big bucks. Ryan kicks off the episode by talking about his profession and discussing some of the similarities between his job and bowhunting.  Ryan talks how he has learned to stay calm in the moment of truth, using hunting and all day sits as therapy, and t...

Many of you know Travis "T-Bone" Turner from his hunting show the Bone Collector. Within the last couple year Travis has had to endure some life altering health issues resulting in the amputation of one of his legs. Dan and Travis walk through those health issues and how they have have undoubtedly affected both his personal life and career. You might think that someone in his position migh...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with a New York hunter whose best friend and hunting buddy, wants big buck results with spike work ethic. We all have the one friend that wants to kill big bucks, but never does any of the work necessary to accomplish the task, some may even say they complain a little... but you would never say that about best hunting buddy, or would you? Th...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Jason Thibodeau about the positives and negatives of an out of state hunt they went on together. Dan and Jason connected through social media and found out that they had planned on hunting the same areas in the same state. This led the guys to planning this trip together because of where they lived and other matching logistics. But, the...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with the host of the Pennsylvania Woodsman, Mitch Shirk, about late summer foot plots. Mitch is a habitat management expert who gives us a little insight in to some late summer food plot tips, tricks, and tactics. Long story short, Mitch explains that there is still time to get some in some last minute habitat work before the start of the hu...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Skip Sligh, owner of the Iowa Whitetail forum. The guys discuss what makes Iowa a great deer hunting state. Skip gives his raw and unfiltered opinion about some of the deer hunting rules and regulations that allow the Iowa deer herd thrive and for bucks to get to a higher age class. On the opposite side, Skip talks about some of the pro...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Zach Votava to discuss how a strategy change in 2020 led to him shooting his biggest buck in 2021. Zach explains that for over 15 years he was a complacent bowhunter. He didn't move around a lot, he wasn't taking any steps to becoming a better hunter, and was in a self-admitted rut even though he was consistently shooting deer...

What is a big buck? And do you think you have the skills and understanding of the whitetail to put yourself in position to shoot one?  On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is once again joined by Tony Peterson to discuss where most people go wrong when trying to hunt big bucks. Tony explains that hunting big mature bucks is more than just academics. You will hear Tony and Dan talk ab...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Tyler Jordan about what it was like growing up in the hay-day of Realtree. Tyler explains that he didn't realize how big Realtree was and the impact his father had on the hunting industry and the hunting community when he was younger. He talks about how his dad never put any pressure on him to follow in his footsteps on both the hun...

It's that time of year where the mind of a deer hunter slowly starts to become corrupted by the thought of chasing big bucks across the landscape. Velvet bucks are popping up on trail cameras and in fields all over the country and this can be a huge distraction, but in a good way. On this UNFILTERED episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan gives us an update on how his summer prep is going....

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Aaron Warbritton of the Hunting Public about how he uses trail cameras throughout the hunting season and how he documents all of his finding on hunting apps. Arron talks about where he places his trail cameras on exit trails in bedding areas and in locations that will catch nocturnal deer movement as well as any pressure from other hunt...

If you haven't spent any time listening to Bronson Strickland about the research that himself and the rest of the Mississippi State University Deer Lab crew has completed, you're missing out. This episode is no different. Dan gets in to a great line of questioning about deer behavior. The guy discuss everything from how does choose buck to mate with, does a bucks aggression level impact hi...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan interviews the other half of Drury Outdoors, Terry Drury, about his life as an outdoorsman. Terry talks about growing up in small town Missouri small game hunting with a group of his friends. This eventually set the foundation for more hunting opportunities in the world of turkey and whitetails. Terry shares memories of his father and mother and e...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Jerry Rude about loosing a piece of hunting property forcing him to ask permission on new ground. He was happy with what he found. Jerry explains that just a couple months before the season started he lost a property that he had been hunting for several years. This led him to looking for property closer to home. What started as an e-sco...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Mark Drury for a good old fashion B.S. Session. We kick off this episode by talking about Mark's youth  in small town Missouri running the river bottoms of the Mississippi River and the impact his uncles and Boy Scouts had on his outdoor foundation. As you will hear in this episode, Mark says he likes deer hunting, but LOVES turke...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, we end Vortex Week with another great BS Session from Sawyer Briel, an outdoor lover and aspiring hunter. Dan and Sawyer get in to the rigors of fatherhood and discuss parenting with a hangover. Sayer talks about his role within Vortex and how his job is the customer facing portion of all things vortex. Later this fall Sawyer talks about a scheduled  ...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, we continue Vortex Week with another hardcore hunter and outdoorsman, Erik Barber. This is another great BS Session. Erik talks about his role within Vortex, his early days as an intern for Midwest Whitetails Web Show, his love for turkey hunting, deer hunting on public land, and a ton of other great conversation surrounding the outdoors and his passi...

In early April Dan made his way to the Vortex Optics Headquarters in Barneveld, WI to meet some awesome people and take a tour of their facility, the next 3 episodes is what he documented. On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, we celebrate the first installment of Vortex Week with Mark Boardman. Mark has been working for Vortex Optics for several years and the guys have an awesome convers...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast, Dan is again joined by Bob Polanic to chat about recently drawing an Iowa bow tag and upcoming plans for the fall. Bob shares information about a large buck he has had on trailcamera for the last couple years in Iowa and how he plan to put the pieces of the puzzle together in hopes of getting him within shooting range. Bob talks about upcoming...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Barrett Burns talks about his search for the walking Tennessee typical state record whitetail buck. Barrett explains how he found out where this buck was living and other big deer he was running around with three years ago. Barrett talks about all of the information that he has collected through trail cameras and how that has led to the...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Nate Krick about summer trail camera pictures and if they can help your fall hunting strategy. As we all know by now a mature buck may not live in the same place or on the same farm all year long. As the landscape, food sources and time of year change so can the home range of a specific deer. Knowing this, Dan and Nate try to answer the...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Massachusetts bowhunter Kevin Martone about deer behavior, the terrain he hunts, and his yearly hunting strategy. Kevin breaks down the properties he hunts and how he uses wetlands and marshes that create edge that funnel deer movement. He hunts on a large piece of property that is owned by a popular non-profit organization that is arch...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Tony Peterson is back on podcast for another fun conversation about absolutely nothing.  The guys talk about everything from the new Top Gun movie, summer break with the kids, and a little hunting industry talk to summer scouting, trail camera inventory, and planning for out of state hunts. Over all, another great episode with at least one of them bei...

I owe each and every one of you a huge "THANK YOU" for taking time out of your day to listen to the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast. This is the 700th episode and I can't believe how far we have take this experiment. What started off as a dude in a closet who just wanted to talk about hunting to now hundreds of fellow hunters, wildlife experts, and hunting personalities providing a mix...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Justin Henry of Florida about an upcoming semi-guided bowhunt in Illinois. Justin explains how he heard about this hunt and why he decided to book a semi- guided hunt instead of going with a full blown outfitter. The guys discuss Justin's expectations on what he plans to shoot on this hunt and if that is actually possible reality. H...