Oklahoma Outdoors

Adam Keith of Land and Legacy joins John on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast this week to talk about terrain features and how to improve them. John has been struggling with the best way to hunt and improve a big saddle on his property, and Adam has plenty of suggestions to help. Topics include how terrain affects wind, what makes a saddle good for hunting, what makes a saddle bad for hunting, and thi...

There are dozens of blind manufacturers out there in the market today. Fiberglass, wood, poly, metal and who knows what other materials they can be made from. With all these options, how are you supposed to know what is right for you? Well this week on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast, John discusses his search for the perfect deer blind for his needs. Two years of looking, researching, and testing l...

Joshua Garroutte returns to the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast for a full on storytelling episode. Some of you may remember Josh from episode 31 (hunting whitetails on the ground) where he and John talked about the strategies and tactics of spot and stalk bowhunting. This round is a little on the lighter side as Josh tells several stories from his 2021 hunting season. Successes, failures, and drooling...

This week the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast is going old school. Shiloh Butts is an Oklahoma native, and also just so happens to be a 4 time traditional archery world champion! Shiloh was nice enough to join John on the podcast and talk about all things traditional archery. The two deep dive into shooting techniques, aiming methods, arrows, and even some differences in hunting with a trad bow. Even if...

As the 2021-2022 deer season comes to a close, John has one more story to tell! The cat is already out of the bag but this week on the podcast John talks about his 2021 Oklahoma archery buck, and the even crazier story that takes place after the hunt was over. John also quickly covers his trip to the ATA show and an exciting announcement for the upcoming Backwoods show in Oklahoma City this March....

This episode of the Oklahoma Outdoors podcast is all about Ducks. You would be hard pressed to find a more dedicated DIY duck hunter than Michael Ashcraft. Every year he spends months on the road scouting and chasing waterfowl from Canada to Texas. This week John was lucky enough to get a few minutes of his time to talk about what a difficult season 2021 has been so far, how he scouts, and his tho...

This week on the Oklahoma outdoors Podcast, John takes a little time out of the holiday craziness to sit down and remember a few of the good times 2021 brought. January 1 kicked the year off right with a nice 10 point buck, and that was just the beginning of the adventures. Sit back and remember stories about catching bass, e-scouting with covid, a turkey triple, and one heck of a deer season!   O...

When people think of elk hunting, Oklahoma is probably not the first place that comes to mind. In fact, most people probably don't even know that elk can be found, much less hunted, in Oklahoma. Mark Meador is one of the lucky few that got to chase elk in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in south west Oklahoma during the 2021 season. This week he comes on the Oklahoma Outdoors podcast to talk...

If you hunt in or around Oklahoma, you have probably seen photos of a giant buck killed just a few miles off of Oklahoma State University's campus. On this episode of the Oklahoma Outdoors podcast, the student who bagged that giant buck joins John to tell the story of how it all went down. Cort Travis asked his land lord permission to hang a trail camera on a property he and some buddies had permi...

Day leases are the topic this week on the Oklahoma Outdoors podcast. Logan Rust is a recent graduate of the University of Oklahoma and founder of Roam Outdoors. Logans passion for waterfowl hunting and frustration with gaining access led him to start a company that brings landowners and hunters together. Whether you are chasing dove, ducks, or deer, there is something for everyone at Roam outdoors...

The Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast has reached 50 episodes and what great timing! After a lot of hard work, hours, and miles John finally connected on a nice Oklahoma whitetail buck! John recaps a little story about the buck from 2019, how he disappeared, and mistook him for another buck when he started making rounds on the ranch during the 2021 rut. After all that time and history the buck ends up at...

This week on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast, John tells the story of his 2021 Texas rifle buck, as well as some close calls he has had on the home place in Oklahoma. The Texas buck took a lot of driving, some patience, and way too much texting. John even jumped the buck on the way into the stand! Back in Oklahoma, he had one of his hit list bucks at 18 yards, and one of the craziest buck filled mor...

Amy McTague Is a relatively new hunter, but she has put in the time and determination to shave several years off of the usual learning curve. Amy enjoys putting the phone away, and completely submersing herself into the outdoors. Not only is she quickly becoming an accomplished hunter, she recently went to Taxidermy school and opened up her very own shop as another way to get closer to the outdoor...

Zach Meadows jumps on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast to tell the story of his potential Oklahoma state record! Zach had planned to take his 12 year old son to hunt the big buck that had been showing up on their cameras, but in the end it turned out to be Zach himself who took down the buck that might break the record for largest typical whitetail in the state of Oklahoma. Zach recalls to John the s...

This week on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast, John goes through a little season update and talks about getting one of his close friends on a good Oklahoma muzzleloader buck. John had prepped a stand site just for this occasion, and it worked out even better than he thought. Using the terrain and a small food plot, Randy was covered in deer, including a nice mature 8 point buck! John also talks about...

This week on the Oklahoma Outdoors podcast, Shane Roy joins us to tell a few stories and talk about life as a professional cameraman. Shane went to work as a cameraman in the outdoor industry straight out of high school and has been doing it professionally ever since. HIs work has been on television and platforms across the internet. His job has opened some incredible doors along the way and allow...

Returning guest Tyrell Roy and his wife Karly join the podcast this week to talk about a special evening they had in mid October. Having one mature buck come into bow range is hard enough, but Tyrell and Karly managed to get two shooter bucks into range during the same hunt! The couple was nice enough to take a break from farming to jump on and tell the story, and offer up a few tips to help other...

Sam and Makenzie Ridenhour are this week's guest on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast. When the two met a few years ago it was a perfect storm and ever since then hunting has been a big piece of the foundation that holds their relationship together. The two make it a point to spend as much time in the outdoors as possible, and of course poke a little fun at the other along the way. On todays episode S...

This weeks Oklahoma Outdoors episode is a two for one! Kyle Griffith was able to tag a nice buck on opening day of Oklahomas archery season, but the podcast doesn't stop with that story. Kyle is a chiropractor by trade, but specializes in helping athletes recover from injuries. John and Kyle go over tips to help the common archer stay fit and healthy to prevent injuries before they start, specific...

On this episode of the Oklahoma Outdoors podcast, we travel north a little bit to the States of Kansas and Nebraska. Taylor Jones works for tree stand and saddle platform manufacturer Out On A Limb, and makes sure to set aside plenty of time to hunt every fall. On today's episode he starts by telling the story of a giant whitetail he kills on some family land in southeast kansas. The fun doesn't s...

Robison Wildlife Solutions is back this week with an exciting out of the box episode. Jarryd Robison always had a love of reptiles, and when an opportunity came to work with alligators at Red Slough WMA he jumped on it. In his time there Jarryd not only learned a lot about the current state of alligators, but also made a few new discoveries of his own. John and Jarryd talk about the current popula...

This weeks guest on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast is Kreg Griffith. Kreg runs the social media pages Oklahoma Bowhunter, a place for bowhunters all across the state to come and share stories and support each other. Chances are if you are a passionate bowhunter in this state, you have heard of or seen Kregs page or seen his booth at local hunting shows. Not only is Kreg a passionate bowhunter himse...

Charles Admire is this weeks guest on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast. Charles has known John since he was 3 years old, and the two share a similar hunting background. Charles recently bought a saddle in order to be able to hunt more trees on his family's central Texas property, but also has plans of taking it on an out of state hunt in Missouri this season. John and Charles discuss the learning cur...

This week John tells the story of his rough trip to the ranch right out of Covid quarantine, and the not so easy last minute preparations he made. After talking about his misfortune, John jumps into things you should (and a few you shouldn't) do in these last few weeks leading up to opening day. Are your cameras in the right spot? Are they facing the right direction? Are your stands hunt ready? Do...

This weeks episode is part one of a two part series with Robison Fish and Wildlife Solutions. Amie is a fish biologist who worked for the State of Oklahoma for several years before branching off with her husband Jarryd to start their consultant company. If it swims or grows in a body of water in this state, Amie has dealt with it. This podcast covers both beneficial and invasive plants, pond struc...