Nine Finger Chronicles - Deer Hunting Podcast

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Ben Brinlee about deer hunting in his home state of Oklahoma. Dan and Ben discuss the different terrain throughout the the state and go in to detail about the property that he has access to hunt in the Northeastern part of the state. Ben talks about how his 30 acre family farm is the perfect travel corridor between to larger pieces of n...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast, Dan talks with Josh Edmonds of Virginia about one hell of an archery season. Josh made the decision befor the season even started that he wanted to accomplish the goal of shooting a buck with his bow. So, during the off season he did what many of us do, he scouted public land, studied airal maps and dedicated additional time to shooting his bo...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan chats with Kevin Guillen of Wilderness Athlete about their products and how they may help you while you are on hunts that demand a lot of physical exertion. Kevin walks us through different sceanarios where their products come in to play like altitude sickness and massive energy depletion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

This is one of those episodes that is more than just about hunting. It's about family, friendship, and loosing a lovedone. On this epside of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast, Dan talks with David Franke about how his father played a huge role in his love for hunting. Then on a random day of a random month, his father took his own life. David explains how hunting after that just wasn't th...

On this epoiusode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with new bowhunter Adam Pastrnak of western PA about his introduction in to hunting and his transition to bowhunting. Adam explains how he started hunting with his brothers and admittedly didn't know what the hell they were doing. Then, three years he was introduced to bowhunting throught his brother in law. And, as it happens often, A...

Dan talks with Devon Zimmerman of Pennsylvania about owning a bow shop and his successful 2018 season. Devon explains his transition from a dary farmer to purchasing a bow shop and the learning curve that comes with owning a different kind of business. As we change gears to hunting, Devon shares the stories from two successful hunts with one in particular offering him two different shot opportunit...

On this episode, Dan talks with the founder of the North American Whitetail Championship Steve Schmidt. Steve goes in to detail about why this tournement was created, how it works, and why he thinks it will help light a spark that he feels the hunting community needs. Steve also shares all of the different ways someone can participate in this event and all the different ways to win. Like with ever...

On this episode, Dan is joined by the CEO of the National Deer Alliance Nick Pinizzotto for an update on what the organization is working on. Nick discusses his recent trip to Washington D.C. to testify on CWD at a congressional subcommittee hearing. Then, Dan and Nick talk about CWD issues on more of a local level as Nick explains the work they have been doing in Wisconsin. Lastly, the guys talk...

On this episode I chat with Taylor Pardue transplant of North Carolina to Pennsylvania about how he was introduced in to hunting. We talk about how he did not come from a family of hunters and made the decision to do something more manly in his life, and that's what let him to hunting. From there, here learnd everything on his own. He started with a gun then fell in love, like most of us, with...

Imagine this, you take your first elk hunting trip at 14 with your brother and parents and find success. Then, a couple years later you draw the same unit, this time an arhery tag, and find succes again. Then a couple years after that you head to Wyoming with you dad with 11 prference points that he has been buying for you since you were a pre-teen and you find success again. But before you head h...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast, Dan chats with Ryan O'Malley of Vermont about hunting in the Northeastern part of the United States. The two discuss deer numbers, quality of bucks, hunter pressure, and the terrain features that these animals call home. Ryan then jumps in to how he uses trail cameras on both private and public land between Vermont and New Hampshire to loc...

On this episode, Dan chats with Justin Jensen about his career path in the Department of Natural Resources. Justin shares the story about having a conversation with his father when he was just 8 years old about becoming a bighorn sheep biologist. Several years later after graduating college he got his first job studying mule deer. Once his contract was up in South Dakota he decided to travel west...

On this episode, Dan talks with Micah Thompson of Texas about losing access to a private farm that he has been hunting since he was a kid and how he plans to take on the challenges of hunting on public land. Micah shares how he plans on attacking that specific piece of property with both digital scouting and with boots on the ground. They guys also discuss Micah's expectations for the upcoming...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast, Dan is joined by returning guest John Hudspeth out of Oklahoma to discuss his successful 2018 hunting season. First off, John breaks down his hunting properties and shares he details of why he feel so many quality deer call his family farm home. John then walks us through his seasonal hunting strategy, when, where, and how he hunts. The best p...

2018 will go down as one of the most memorable hunting seasons for Eddie Johnson of Kansas. Eddie shares the story about chasing an absolute giant whitetail and finally getting an opportunity at the Boone & Crockett buck after chasing him for three straight weeks. Then, to put the cherry on top of an already dream season, he tells us the story of how his 5 year old son shot a beautiful buck on...

On this episode, Dan talks with April Tschan of New York and Florida about growing up in a family that didn't hunt. She shares her experiences hunting small game around he neighborhood and a funny story about how she b came interested in archery. From there, we jump to her moving from Long Island to a small town in the Adirondacks on a 20 acre horse farm. There she was able to hone her hunting...

On this epic story, Erik Scott of Pennsylvania share the story about his first two years hunting the mountainous, large sections of public land. While scouting in 2017 he located an area of the forest that has great deer habitat but was 4 very rough miles from the cabin he was staying at. Due to limited time he had to make every hunt count. So when the archery season expired, he returned to the sp...

On this episode, Dan talks with Caleb Michels of Kansas about a big buck he harvested last season that took a 5 hour spot and stalk in a bean field. Because Kansas doesn't have much public land to hunt, Caleb was left to knocking on doors to gain permission on private property. After several rejections, Caleb was finally able to get access to a handful of farms that gave him a chance to hunt d...

On this episode, Brett Smith shares a story from his 2014 archery season about a morning hunt during the the rut where the conditions were absolutely perfect. With almost no wind he was able sneak in to a stand location that he was in the perfect transition area with a small food plot. As the sun was coming over the horizon he heard his first ever snort wheeze within 100 yards from his stand. It w...

On this this episode, Tristan Sipes of Tennessee shares an amazing story about gaining access to a prime piece of hunting property that is owned by his wife's uncle. This kicker is, he didn't know about this property until he was asked why he never wanted to hunt it before, this was 10 years after dating and being married to his wife. Needless to say that Tristan was blown away when he lea...

There are times in life when we realize that life is precious and fragile. On this episode, Dan talks with returning guest Chad Yingling about a story that should make us all realize what is truly important in life. It's not big antlers, it's not what weapon you kill your animal with, it's about the memories and the experiences you share and the people you share them with. Chad talks a...

On this episode, Dan talk with public land hunter Todd Mead about his bowhunting adventures throughout several states in the US. Dan and Todd get in to an awesome conversation about how Todd approaches every season by digital scouting the areas he wants to hunt. Then, once he is able to get boots on the ground, he shares the specifics about what he is looking for as far as deer sign and terrain fe...

On this episode, Dan wraps up his Texas hunting experience with the General Manager of the Lazy CK Ranch Allen Robinson. This is the third episode in the trilogy of podcasts. Dan and Allen get in to the details of how the ranch operates along with how they manage both their whitetail and exotic animals. Allen explains the difference between a high fence hunting oppression and canned hunting. He al...

If you like the B.S. Session style podcast then you're going to have a blast listening to this two part series Dan did with the Working Class Bowhunter podcast at this years Iowa Deer Classic. This is a straight up B.S. Session, we cover a variety of hunting related topics including hunting products, the hunting industry and the birth of our respective podcasts. If you are looking for a podcas...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast, Dan talks with new friend and outdoor writer Darron Mcdougal about what led him to outdoor writing, how he was introduced to the sport as a kid and much more B.S. Darron starts off the podcast by telling the story of how his grandmother provided the emotional support when he started his writing career and the outdoor magazine that gave him the...