Nine Finger Chronicles - Deer Hunting Podcast

This episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles is a listener Q&A session where you asked the questions and I give my opinions and do my best to answer them. A majority of the questions revolve around hunting strategy topics like treestand locations, whether to hunt bedding areas, staging areas, or pinch points and so on. There we also several questions surrounding gear and what I though of specifi...

If you know anything about whitetail hunting, you know that a 200 inch buck is just a pipe-dream that us hunters have.  On today's episode, Dan talks with Taylor Cummings of Missouri about chasing a 200 inch monster in only his 3rd full year of bowhunting. Taylor shares the story about the very first buck he ever killed with his bow on a farm that he had access to that had rules on what you co...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Justin Henry of Florida to talk about how spending 3 years in prison led to him becoming a bowhunter. Justin explains how drugs and bad decisions got him convicted, and while in prison he met another inmate who let him read some if his hunting magazines. This led to Justin becoming interested in deer hunting. Three years later, and no...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Jake McCutcheon to discuss his love for hunting and cooking wild game. As you will here in this episode, Jake is a huge fan of cooking venison, and he heads in to the timber with one goal in mind, to fill his freezer with clean organic deer meat. He loves big bucks just like the res of us, but cooking wild game is not only a way to fe...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Mark Kenyon of Wired To Hunt for a one-of-a-kind BS session about big buck hunting strategies. The guys play the "Over-Rated Under-Rated" game, and the topic of discussion is strategy. For example, Dan will bring up a topic like hunting bedding areas, and they will comment on if they think that is an over-rated or under-rated...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Dan Infalt about his wild early years as a run-n-gun bowhunter and how that version of himself compares to where he is today. Infalt explains, although he spends less time in the field these days he is still as aggressive when it comes to  hunting strategy as he was when he was 20 years old. Now 54, Dan shares a couple examples of hunti...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Bill Thompson of Spartan Forge about how years worth of research and data can help you predict deer movement.  For 30 years there have been studies and research taking place in North America  tracking deer movement. Is it weather? The moon? Time of year? Pressure? All of this data has been captured and calculated and now algorithms have...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan chats with returning guest TW Norman about how "Placement & Timing" led to his success during the 2020 season. TW explains how putting in the time before, during, and after the seasons on the properties he has access to through scouting, shed hunting, digital mapping, and observation hunts led to him having one of his best seasons. He...

Today's guest is a self admitted "turkey guy" who loves to deer hunt. And with turkey season over, the conversation is 90% about deer hunting strategy and planning for the fall. On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan and guest Nathan Adamson of central Illinois get in to a discussion about summer scouting, trail cams, wind and thermals, and just about everything else about...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with the Urban Bowman, Taylor Chamberlin of Washington D.C. about deer trends he has identified throughout the years while bowhunting.  Taylor hunts over 150 days each year in an area where the deer head is very overpopulated and the tag allocation is liberal to say the least. They guys kick off the episode with Taylor talking about trends t...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Danny Thompson of central Minnesota about how his life revolves around his family and whitetails.  The guys kick off the conversation by trading war stories about  riding three-wheelers when they were younger and somehow that transitions in to a discussion about hunting traditions in Minnesota and how he feels the big buck craze may be...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with David McElwain of Mississippi in an awesome BS Session about all things hunting. David talks about growing up in a hunt club, learning to hunt, expanding to western hunting and killing an elk in his first two trips.  Lastly, Dan and David get in to a conversation about tricking out the back of their trucks for a more comfortable stay wh...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Roth Mallen of Missouri about growing as a hunter and how the guys turn the information they gather while in the field in to a successful strategy. They explain this by providing examples of past encounters that did not go the way they wanted them to  and information they gathered through those experiences and other information like fre...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Justin Zarr is back on the show for another great BS session. The guys talk about their plans for the fall and how their goal is to not piss off their wives. Western hunts, whitetail strategy, and how expensive children's activities are, are just a couple hot topics that the guys dive in to. It's always a great episode when Zarr drops in.   Ni...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan and returning guest Bob Polanic discuss how they physically prepare for their western hunts. They talk about the variety of different ways they have prepared in the past and if they felt they did enough conquer the terrain they were hunting in. They break down specific exercises, how many times a week they try to work out, and other physical goals...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Bryan Meyering of northern Michigan to talk about how noticing little details led him to shooting his biggest buck. Bryan shares the story of a specific buck that had given him the slip on several occasions. Learning this bucks movement through encounters from the treestand, trail camera pictures, and following historic weather patter...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by fellow podcast, Beau Martonik for a BS Session about bowhunting whitetails and the great outdoors. The guys kick off the episode, by talking about growing up hunting in Pennsylvania and the hunting strategies he uses in the big woods chasing mature bucks in low density herds. They discuss accessing his favorite spots, terrain features...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Kevin Vanderploeg of Michigan to discuss his process for scouting, locating, and hunting mature bucks. The guys talk about using trailcameras to identify how deer move through the terrain, locating the perfect treestand location, and the right access route. And, depending on the how far away you live from the properties you hunt, it c...

On this "Hunter Profile" episode, Dan Dan is joined by Garrick Pelletier to talk about growing up hunting in the New England states. Garrick explains that hunting pressure was just something you had to deal with  from the start, and when he traveled south to North Carolina while in the military, it became easier.  The guys get in to a conversation about strategy, terrain, and what led hit...

For many of us who live on the eastern side of the United States, it can be a bit overwhelming thinking about traveling hundreds of miles to hunt a different species on terrain you're not familiar with. On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan chats with Dave Barnett of goHunt about preference points, lottery hunts, and western hunting strategy for a variety of species. This is a gre...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Rick Mikey to talk about how some social media platforms restrict content posted by hunters and other outdoorsmen. Rick is the owner and founder of Whitetail.com, an alternative social media platform that was created specifically for men and women who live an outdoor and fishing lifestyle.  The guys get in to a discuss about why the m...

Some years are just better than others, and this year for Oklahoma native Ty Batie was one of those years.  On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles we talk to Ty about his 2020 archery season where he tagged out on two giant whitetails and a big South Dakota mule deer. Most of the episode is dedicated to his two year quest chasing a large buck that lived on the same property he recently move...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by New York bowhunter, Brenden Whelen to discuss the story of a buck named "King" he chased for three years. Brenden breaks down where this buck lived, the terrain features this buck used to travel from from different properties, and how food plots and mowed paths played a role in keeping him on the farm. Lastly, he shares with u...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with fellow Sportsmen's Nation podcaster Chris Powell from the Houndsman XP podcast about his passion surrounding coonhunting with hounds.  Chris explains how an uncle took him under his wing and on some of his first ever coon hunts, and explains he was hooked ever since.  The guys also get in to a conversation  about why he  thinks that...

Turkey season is here for most of the United States and that means it's time to slip in to the timber and play a game of cat and mouse with one of the dumbest or smartest, birds on the countryside. On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is once again joined by Jonathan Payne to discuss aggressive turkey hunting strategies. The guys discuss everything from roosting birds to prepare...