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Derek Malcore out of Wisconsin recently moved from Northern, WI to South Eastern, WI. New to new public land territory, Derek put in some time scouting new small public land parcels and hand a few sits without seeing any deer at all. On his latest sit, though he spotted some fresh buck sign and along with it came fresh hunter sign, too. Public land hunting in a populated area is no easy feat and i...

After passing on one buck only to have another working a scrape line, Bill draws back and let’s one fly. Hear how his Most Memorable Hunt ends on this week’s Most Memorable Hunt! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As bow season has opened and the hunting season is picking up steam, more hunters are flocking to the woods for a chance at tagging a buck. Cody D'Acquisto talks about his specific approach to navigating away from hunting pressure - you might be surprised by his response and how he goes about it. Cody tends to either ignore hunting pressure or leverages it to his advantage when hunting mature whit...

This week we break down Greg's WI bow season-opening hunt. We chat about his approach, his bow and arrow set up and the "plan B" shot on his doe. We take a few calls from the Ranch Fairy and the Whitetail Experience, too. We hope you get some practical value from this weeks episode!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretoh...

Dustin’s Most Memorable Hunt elk hunting in WY is one to hear! He thought other hunters were over doing it with their elk bugles... as it turns out, Dustin was in the magic circle! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jarrod Norwood joins Eric on Tactic Talk this week to share some of his experience and success hunting extreme heat down in Arkansas. If you hunt in the south, this will be a must listen and if you hunt in the northern part of the country, a lot of what Jarrod talks about applies to the early season!   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https:/...

This week Greg and Eric chat with Derek and Ken with Full Draw Assassins out of PA. These guys are digging in and grinding into the upcoming season. They are hunting a 30-acre private plot and doing all the work to create a sustainable whitetail habitat, however they're also trekking 7 miles west to Ohio to hunt public land. They're learning and stay humble along the way!  We're LIVE every Tuesday...

This week on Tactic Talk, Mark Kenyon with Wired to Hunt joins us to break down his approach to hunting private land. Being sure to access it strategically, or holding out access as to not "burn" it early on. Mark talks about how important pre-season scouting is to ensure you're creating the highest probability for success. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support...

This week, William Thompson with Sparton Forge chats with Greg and Eric about the company he's been building for the past several years. Spartan Forge is a Machine Learning application that is science-based, designed to save the hunter time spent scouting, planning, and executing their hunts. With terabytes of data accounting for millions of data points of whitetail behavior, historical weather da...

A great story from Slade’s turkey hunt down in Alabama. You don’t always have to fill a tag to make a hunt memorable. Often times it becomes memorable when those you love fill tags! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we learn, grow, and evolve as hunters the more you know the better you're armed for the season. This week we chat with Tyler Skowronski with Hiiting the Dream. Tyler breaks down a very granular approach to hunting mature whitetails in hill country when the wind is shifting. He breaks it down Barney style to really help the listener understand his approach to some of the success he's had killing...

This week Greg and Eric chat with Ryan and Cody from the Whitetail Legacy Podcast. Hear all about how they got their start, what their approach is, and how they're different than other whitetail podcasts. We also chat about what WLP is doing to prep for their season and answer a couple of listener questions from our live broadcast about getting dialed in on mature bucks.   --- Send in a voice mess...

Sarah Ann with the Outdoor Medic shares her Most Memorable Hunt when she tagged a beautiful 8 point Whitetail Buck during the muzzleloader season from 10 yards away! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If someone was in your house wearing a lot of cologne and left, you'd be able to smell them. Deer can smell when you've been in their living room, too. Sam Ubl with Chase Nation joins us on our Tactic Talk this week to chat about how he preps small acre private land parcels for early season hunting.  Sam's approach considers data and intel from past seasons, summer glassing, and cutting shooting l...

This week Greg and Eric chat Wisconsin native, and listener of the Where to Hunt podcast, Zebadiah Woiak. He shares his story and experiences transitioning from shooting any ol' buck to more mature whitetails. He shares some stories and some of the tactics he's learned along the way. Zeb still loves hunting for venison, though, and will still shoot whatever gets his heart pumping. Overall, this is...

Our co-host and good friend shares his Most Memorable Hunt with us this week. The suspense of this story will keep you on the edge of your seat the whole time wondering where he shot it! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob prefers early season to pattern mature bucks before their velvet drops and they turn into a new animal. He identifies overlooked areas and finds bedding in food plots to get in close and also avoid hiking too far in the heat. Be sure to tune in for a some solid tactical approach to your early season bow hunt!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this po...

Greg and Eric kick back this week and shoot the breeze. They take a couple of calls and comments from listeners during the Tuesday night LIVE broadcast. They chat about season prep, saddles, meat does, and heavy arrows among a few other shenanigans.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your...

Jabo jumps on a quick Tactic Talk to share his approach to hunting pre-rut. He talks about some of the tactics, tools, and technology he uses to capitalize before mature bucks go full rut.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Kevin Vistisen with the DeerHunter Podcast joins Greg and Eric to catch up and talk about MI deer hunting. We chat about MI big woods public land hunting, boots, saddles, bow gear, and packs all while having a good time, laughing, and cracking some cold ones! Deer season is just around the corner and this episode ought to get you prepped and excited for what's to come!  --- Send in a voi...

Deer’s and Beer’s share their Most Memorable Hunt with a rifle and you won’t believe how he “called” in the buck! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're putting out trail cams, are you leveraging historical data to inform your upcoming hunting season strategy? This week, Chad Sylvester the Founder of Exodus Outdoor Gear joins Eric to talk about how they use the data from their trail cams to get closer to target bucks. Whether you're just taking inventory on bucks on a new slice of public land or on year five of collecting intel, there ar...

In this week's episode, Greg and Eric chat with guest, Dustin Rifkin who shares his journey to becoming a hunter, a backcountry hunter, and eventually a backcountry hunting big game guide. Dustin grew up in the suburbs of Milwaukee, WI, and didn't start hunting until his early to mid-twenties, and he did all on his own without any mentorship. This is a great message for anyone to hear, especially...

Unfortunately some of us have been there, knocking on a private land owners door to retrieve a deer shot on public. Noah, a W2H listener shares his story. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jake Bush jumps on for a quick and deep 15 minute W2H Tactic Talk to share his style and approach to early season mature buck hunting. Jake focuses most of his hunting efforts on the early season. He takes inventory of up to 5-8 target bucks on different public land properties. He identifies buck bedding and early season food sources for each property and very deliberately makes his moves. If ther...