Overdrive Outdoors Podcast

This week on the Overdrive Outdoors podcast, Kevin welcomes Ryan Mareno to the show. Ryan is from south Louisiana, and operates a guide service called Moreno's Outfitters. In this episode, we talk about how Ryan grew up in southern Louisiana in the early years,  fishing and water fowl hunting and eventually getting into deer. He tells about how he at first thought deer hunting was boring using a r...

This week Kevin and Josh are joined by Josh's brother Kyle and guest Bryan Watson of Trapline Beard Oil LLC. Kyle has recently gotten into trapping and as a person being new to it, he had a few questions, so we had a Q&A session! Bryan is originally from Michigan but now resides in North Dakota where he traps, hunts and runs Trapline Beard Oil LLC. We discuss many topics of trapping with Kyle to t...

SHOT show recap. This week Josh talks to Kevin about his recent trip to SHOT show in Las Vegas, the largest shooting and hunting expo in the country, with aprox 50000 people in attendance and people from 100 countries, there is more to do and see than you can take in the 5 days of the show. Kevin talks about the new product releases from ATN, specifically the new clip on thermals, then talks about...

This week Kevin and Josh welcome back Dave from Razor Broadheads. Dave has been doing a fair amount of coyote hunting and had a few scenarios and questions he wanted to talk with us about. We start by talking about some recent hunting, how the bobcat hunting is going (or not going in this case). Then we get into Daves questions. We talk about- * calling cadence * how we respond to vocals * prey so...

1st episode of the new year! Welcome back everyone. On this episode Josh and Kevin start by talking about recent hunting experiences, including some specific info regarding bobcat hunting here in Michigan, as well as Josh's last hunt with his friend Todd. Then we jump into the Answering The Call (ATC) charity hunt that took place last weekend. 1st and foremost we wish to thank everyone involved fo...

This week Kevin and Josh sit down for fireside chat and a discussion of "hot topics" We talk about recent hunting experiences, Josh with deer and coyote and Kevin with lack of deer. Then get into talking about some "Hot Topics" for Michigan folks. We discuss several bills and changes that have been proposed and some voted on already. 1st one is the license fee increases. HB 6229: The bill would ra...

Hot topic day. This episode Josh and Kevin dive into "hot topics". Opinions and thoughts on issues that have arrived or been brought up in discussion on social media. Issues we discuss are the dumping of several coyotes in a ditch near a local establishment and a school bus pickup/drop off spot. We go over the "BODA" rules including penalties for violations, we discuss the reason why you SHOULD no...

This week Josh and Kevin welcome back Ray Dancer from Michigan Outdoor reports. We discuss our deer season so far and then get to hear about Rays, including his hunting with a traditional bow, what set up he uses, shooting instinctual, broad head and arrow choices and more. We talk about processing deer, our choices on how, meaning what cuts or grind we do, and what we do with it. We hear about wh...

This week Josh and Kevin sit down for a fireside chat. We start off discussing a little bit about the seasons, archery and rifle, and what cartridges are popular (meaning sales that Kevin has seen at his shop) specifically in terms of the .450 bushmaster and .350 legend for the limited rifle zone, where he has not seen a demand so far for the newer cartridges, the .350 seems to be leading the pack...

This week Kevin and Josh welcome back Dave Buikema of Razor Broadheads. We start off by talking about some recent hunts, Coyotes and deer, including dealing with owls when calling, as in dodging them. We then get into deer hunting, hearing about both Daves and Josh's recent adventures. We talk about specifics of broad head performance, the what's and whys of terminal performance in actual field us...

This week, Josh is live from deer camp with his brother Kyle. They discuss a bit of Kyles time living in Florida, learning to fish for species he wasnt used to catching back home in Michigan. They then move on to the weekends hunting, expectations from trail camera details, and scouting results. They each discuss their hunts, what was seen, what was heard and what was learned. Josh tells a story o...

On this episode Josh and Kevin welcome Dom Zambelli to the show. Dom is a Michigan hunter who recently had his 1st successful deer hunt here in Michigan. We hear about Doms hunting history, and his journey into deer hunting. We discuss the tools he used, tactics and the whole story of his 1st deer, everything from scouting to field dressing it by himself, and what he plans on doing with it, like s...

This week Josh and Kevin welcome back returning guest Ross Graveling. Ross is part of Sportspersons Ministries and an avid outdoorsman. We start by talking about a couple recent hunts, then get into the topic this week, hunter safety. Ross has been teaching hunter safety for awhile now to both kids and adults. We talk about Michigan specific stuff, what to do if you can't find your hunter safety c...

This week's podcast is a fire side chat with Josh and Kevin. We recap Kevins recent coyote hunt in the woods at night, talking about using thermal in thick cover, being able to see brush and such. We talk about Joshs deer hunting early season with his Kids for both the youth season and early doe, we get into the .350 legend, how the kids handled it and how it performed on deer. We delve into using...

We have covered hunting various game animals with dogs, and lots of other methods, but this week, we learn about something that we haven heard of before, but have never gotten 1st hand info on. Falconry. This week Josh and Kevin Welcome David Lanting to the show. David has 18 years experience hunting with Hawks. We start off talking about his hunting background, growing up, then move on into infor...

This week's episode is a fireside chat with John Smith and Shane Shepherd of Predator Pursuit of Michigan LLC. Josh and Kevin welcome them to the show and get their stories, how they came up in the outdoors, hunting fishing and trapping. We discuss what they hunted, and fished, and how their families did and do as well. We discuss their history of trapping, and THE history of trapping, why their f...

This week Josh and Kevin sit down for a B.S. session/fireside chat. We discuss recent hunting adventures, including Kevin getting Ninja'd, and Josh's great night getting 4 with his Uncle who has never hunted before. We talk about a recent happening where a guy had his Savage 17wsm blow up on him at the range, we discuss what COULD have been some of the reasons, and discuss other firearms related f...

This week, Kevin and Josh welcome Kyle Dupuis to the show. Kyle, a fellow Michigan hunter, actually asked about doing a podcast with a 1st generation predator hunter, it sounded like a good conversation so we made it happen. Kyle talks to us about his upbringing in hunting and the outdoors, including telling us about his grandma who was the known deer hunter in the family. We talk a bit about pred...

This week on the Overdrive Outdoors Podcast Kevin welcomes Lincoln Rohn to the show. Lincoln is another local west MI resident that has been very active in the outdoors. We talk about the business that Lincoln now runs, Packer Maxx, a cultipacker that is ideal for sportsmen and small farmers, he tells us about acquiring the business and the advantages of using a cultipacker for your food plots. We...

This week Josh and Kevin welcome Nick Otto, AKA "Huntavore", to the show. Nick has a really good thing going with the Huntavore podcast (https://sportsmensempire.com/network/the-huntavore) and The sportsman's empire (https://sportsmensempire.com/network/the-huntavore). We start by talking a bit about guns...Kevin tells Josh about a few of the guns he has in the shop, a lot of them dating back to t...

This week's episode is all about successful hunting. Josh and Kevin are joined by a gentleman that has been on with us earlier this year talking about his struggles to get his 1st coyote, Josh Smith. Josh was able to get his first coyote under his belt over the weekend with Clinton Taylor. Josh tells us the whole story of his 1st successful coyote hunt, from beginning to end. With details on how i...

This week Josh and Kevin welcome back Jordan Hoover and welcome Dan Featherstone to the podcast. If you've followed the podcast you've probably heard of Jordan, Dan is another U.P. resident that was also part of the recent Michigan Deer Management Initiative (DMI). Jordan and Dan recount more specific things that transpired during the DMI and the most recent meeting of the Natural Resources Commis...

This week on the OOD podcast, Josh and Kevin are joined by Angellia Perry, also known as "Airgun Angie". In this episode, Angie tells us about her growing up, not necessarily in a "hunting' family, but did not get into it until she met her husband. Angie then was approached by Rick Eutsler about making her outdoor activities into a job, doing product reviews. Since then Angie has delved heavily in...

This week Josh and Kevin welcome Corey Corr to the show. Corey had responded to a post on MI coyote hunting outdoors page about being a guest, and suggested a topic of discussion. We start by talking a little bit about recent Woodchuck hunting, then get right into talking with Corey. Corey had a question about landowners NOT wanting coyote hunters due to increased deer populations, so we discussed...

This week Josh and Kevin welcome Rashel Hubbard and Jordan Hoover to the show. Jordan is a returning guest while this is Rashels 1st time on our show. Both Rashel and Jordan were involved in the Michigan DMI. (Deer management initiative.) The objective of this initiative was advertised as putting together a group of folks from Michigan to gather data, then make recommendations to the Michigan NRC...