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The final Okayest Hunter podcast of 2023 is in the books! See y'all in 2024 with more shenanigans! Enjoy our last episode of the year as we head into the holidays. We chatted about muzzleloaders and late season hunting and heard some great stories from new and returning callers. Presented by www.half-rack.com; use code OHP for 15% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Take the long way home on this long episode this week as we talk about all the missed opportunities, the ones that got away, and how humbling deer hunting can be. We also hear some great stories from our listeners, especially our first caller!! Then we get into some controversy around CWD and hear from callers about their thoughts on it and what we, as hunters, can do to positively contribute to t...

Load up your muzzleloader. It's that time of the season after rifle season when some hunters dig deep to grind out what's left after the blaze orange army has gone through the deer woods with boom sticks. Presented by: www.half-rack.com Use code: OHP for 15% OFF at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The show's phone lines were lighting up this week with deer camp stories from around the country! Hunting heritage and tradition run strong in this week's episode! Presented by: www.half-rack.com CODE: OHP for 15% OFF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The annual tradition, Where ya going, and what are ya bringing episode to kick off rifle deer camp was a success, with hunters calling in from around the US to tell us where they're headed and what they're bringing to deer camp! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sentiment of hunting is something that can trump all thing things in the deer woods. Tyler, the Co-Founder of the Okayest Hunter talks about the sentimental value of his 2023 bowhunt and it's essential to consider just how important hunting can be for the soul. We also take calls from the other hunters around the US and hear from each of the Okayest Hunter crew members about how their season i...

This is our time! The rut is here! This week, we talk scrapes, rubs, buck sign, and rut activity, and we take calls from listeners around the US to hear how the rut is going in their area. If you love bowhunting and can't get enough of the rut, tune in this week in between hunts and get your fix. Presented by www.half-rack.com use code: OHP for 15% OFF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

This week, Greg and Eric chat with Buddy Piland from Ozonics about how to read and mitigate the wind. We take a few caller questions, too. One from how to set up stands on private land over food plots when considering predominant wind directions and another from a hunter in VA who primarily hunts the public land of the appellation mountains and how the wind, thermals, and other variables make it e...

Is the October lull really a thing? Who knows!? Derek shares some of his un-lull-like hunting activity. Eric has a general lull from hunting, and Greg has a lull of success when attempting putting down some does. Everyone's version of the October lull might be different. We took this opportunity in the so-called lull to chat with the folks from Code of Silence and learn about how their unique camo...

Greg and Eric discuss their hunting season and their success or lack thereof. Eric talks about his new setup and the "youth hunt" he had over the weekend. We then take a hell of a call from a hell of a pall, Anthony Heller, to hear about his recent success with a hell of a buck!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the fellas chat with Shawn Jordan, a fellow hunting podcaster who hosts the Adaptive Outdoors podcast, a podcast dedicated to inspiring hunters, anglers, and trappers to get outdoors and pursue what they love, all while navigating various disabilities. Brought to you by www.half-rack.com. Use code OHP for 15% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill Thompson, Founder of Spartan Forge, joins the show to cover the genesis of Spartan Forge's AI and mapping technology from inception to the present day. From there, Eric and Bill walk through the specific features of Spartan Forge and break down how Bill would use his app as a hunter and product owner when approaching a new plot of hunting land. There are things you will pick up and learn to u...

Hanging out this week with Corre Smith, a waterfowl guide out in PA. Corre spends at least three hours daily scouting for his guide business. When you spend that much time in the woods, you learn a thing or two about nature and how to hunt effectively. You always greatly appreciate the wild places you spend your time. Corre shares how he got started as a guide, some stories he's helped to create a...

The Wisconsin bow hunting season is opening up in a few days!! Greg, Derek, and Eric meet virtually on this week's episode to go over their mobile hunting setups, gear updates, and general plans for the upcoming season! Presented by www.half-rack.com. Use CODE: OHP for 15% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a long time since we've had the opportunity to sit down with Kevin Vistisen with the Deer Hunter podcast to shoot the breeze about all things deer hunting, but we finally made it happen. This is a great, all-encompassing episode for deer hunting and deer hunting culture. Check out our presenting partner, Half Rack®️ at www.half-rack.com and use code OHP for 15% at check out! Learn more a...

Most hunters fish, but not all anglers hunt. Several parallels exist between hunting and fishing. This week, Bailey Eigbrett shoots the breeze with Eric and chats about fishing and deer hunting. It turns out you may learn a few things you can apply, from fishing to deer hunting and vice versa. Presented by Half Rack®️ - Use code: OPH for 15% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Eric shoots the breeze with guest Katelyn Armstrong. Katelyn grew up gun hunting, but it wasn't until 2020 that she decided to take up bow hunting. Not only that but the same year, she decided to learn how to bow hunt from a saddle and also learn how to self-film her hunts! It wasn't without mistakes (a good reason for her to guest on the Okayest Hunter podcast), but she learned a lot the hard way...

Get out your cookbook this week and add some recipes and notes from Field to Food's Dane Whitsett. The best wild game meals start in the field with how you care for your harvest, the moments following your shot, and continue as you prepare and cook your wild game. Brought to you by https://half-rack.com/. Use CODE OHP for 15% off at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

Linden Loren, the author of Your Hunting Healthspan: 73 Ways Hunters Can Age Better & Prevent Disease, joins the Okayest Hunter crew on this week's podcast to chat about how we as hunters can increase the number of season openers we can participate in by increasing our healthspan. Of course, it wouldn't be an Okayest Hunter podcast without some shenanigans as we do our best to derail the conversat...

This week we go over what Foam Fest is, where it is, and when it is (Auguest 26th). Then we open up the phone lines to hear just how excited everyone is about the upcoming, fast-approaching whitetail hunting season AKA, "Whitetail Honey" 😂. Tune in as we chat about all sorts of great listeners questions, from how to be a better hunter than your husband to how to hunt the north woods! We cover it...

Important discussions about building a meaningful brand in the hunting space, growth in business and life, family, and of course hunting and shenanigans! Presented by: Half-Rack - https://half-rack.com/ use code: OHP at checkout for savings!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest Elizabeth Brownell, AKA Rookie Hunting, on social media shares her journey going from a plant-based diet of being a vegan to becoming an adult onset hunter. Derek and Eric have a great dialog with Elizabeth about transcending an old identity and embracing a new lifestyle as a woman who decided she wanted to source her own meat. The Okayest Hunter podcast is now one of many on the Okayest Pod...

July Fourth has come and gone, and now is the time for us whitetail addicts to get more than a twitch and get on the on-ramp to full-blown whitetail addiction. With the early season fast approaching, we thought it'd be a good time to download some expert advice from Rendell Erik, a hard-working, no-BS mature buck killer, to help us Okayest Hunters improve our game for the upcoming bow hunting seas...

Greg and Eric take to the phone lines and bring on listeners from across the country as they reminisce about the last two-plus years of podcasting! Presented by: Half-Rack - https://half-rack.com/ use code: OHP at checkout for savings!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take a lot of calls from listeners around the country about various bow and archery topics. From shooting Total Archery Challenge, trad bows, left-handed vs. right-handed bows, youth archery, and more. This is a great episode for anyone at any stage of bow hunting or archery and looking to learn a few practical things about shooting bows and arrows. Presented by: Half-Rack - https://half-rack.c...