Sportsmen's Empire - Whitetail Hunting

We're talking with Dan Johnson this week on the Southern Ground Hunting podcast. Dan is arguably one of the biggest influences in the hunting podcast space, and has long been a voice in pointing out some serious issues within the hunting industry. If you've listened to Nine Finger Chronicles, you know that Dan has a raw & honest approach, and in this episode we're going to find out...

Joining Marcus on the podcast this week is Mike Schmillen. Mike is the owner of 2% Certified, River City Tile & Stone. The guys cover a lot of ground in this conversation including how Mike started the business, the importance of spending time with you kids outdoors and the importance of giving back to conservation. Having grown up in the outdoors and been exposed to conservation work at a you...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Nate Krick about summer trail camera pictures and if they can help your fall hunting strategy. As we all know by now a mature buck may not live in the same place or on the same farm all year long. As the landscape, food sources and time of year change so can the home range of a specific deer. Knowing this, Dan and Nate try to answer the...

This week on the Ohio Outdoors Podcast, the guys sit down with Zach Ferenbaugh from The Hunting Public. Zach was raised in Wapakoneta Ohio, and has taken his love for the outdoors and hunting international. Zach covers the ins and outs of growing up in Neil Armstrong’s shadow, growing into a professional, and now enjoying a career traveling around the country hunting!  Paul and Andrew are busy get...

On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan talks physical and mental fitness with Dan Staton, a life long fitness enthusiast and host of the ElkShape Youtube channel and podcast. Dan S. is obsessed with elk hunting! From training year round to fueling his body with the elk that he harvests, a lot of what Dan does is centered around chasing September bugles. Dan took his ideas of being in ElkShape a...

In this podcast Todd Shippee (Empire Land Management) and Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) dive into mentors, industry consultants, herbicides and waterholes. Todd explains the importance of dilution rates and how appropriate methods of chemical and water usage will benefit applications afield. Todd provides specific herbicides for a problem that Jon has on his property and how he attacks grass c...

In this episode of the Wisconsin Sportsman Podcast, Josh talk with Johnny “Utah” Mulligan about his journey working in the outdoor space. John has his hands in a little bit of everything: hand made turkey calls, the Primal Divide show on Carbon TV, freelance photography and videography, you name it, he’s doing it! But things weren’t always so good as John transitioned into the hunting industry ful...

This week on the Missouri Woods & Water podcast, the guys get to talk with Curt Geier, Austin Chandler, and Eric Hamann of Working Class Bowhunter. This is basically just a good ole fashioned BS session where we talk a little bit about everything with them. We talk a little about the podcast world, Austin's deer from last season, their recent bear trip and upcoming Africa trip, snoring in...

Man, we made it! Triple Digits, the century mark, a milestone where podcasters find that their little project has now become something greater. On this Episode of Huntavore, Nick celebrates getting to this point, then relieves the amazing weekend up north at Total Archery Challenge; the friends, the fun shots, and the food. Smoked Shot Shells were a surprise hit, so we break down this little meat...

On this episode of The nomadic Outdoorsman Dan talks with fellow podcast host and outdoor enthusiast Andrew Muntz. Andrew and Dan have a BS session all about chasing after whitetails and the gear they use to get the job done. Andrew is a self proclaimed run of the mill average Joe. He is a father of 2 and lives in central Ohio. Andrew didn't grow up in a hunting family, although his family did...

This week John and his guest tackle one of the most requested topics of the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast, Bowfishing! Bowfishing started gaining popularity in the late 80's and early 90's, but really took off in the 2000's. Casey Minshew is well known in the trinity river bowfishing circles, and his specialty is large alligator gar. Casey has been called on and acted as a guide by biologi...

On this episode of The nomadic Outdoorsman Dan talks with fellow Sportsmen’s Empire podcaster and host of Southern Ground Hunting Parker McDonald about using waterways to access unpressured public land. Parker grew up in the oil patch of West Texas, cutting his teeth on whitetail hunting the “Texas way”. After high school he moved to the deep south in Alabama, and never looked back. Hunting in the...

This week on the Pennsylvania Woodsman we chat with two guys that are doing as much as they can to grow the sport of archery at their local club. Jonathan Henne and Justin Delong took over running archery shoots at the Shartlesville Rod and Gun Club in Berks County Pennsylvania, and have been growing ever since. We discuss how they went from flinging arrows, to being pro-staff shooters at IBO tour...

On today's episode we have Round 2 of taking to Steve Sherk from Pennsylvania as a guest. In the last episode with Steve, the discussion focused more on summer scouting and trail camera strategies. In today's episode, we're taking that information and transitioning into fall. Steve starts out with the story of his buck last year, how he used information from scouting to capitalize, and...

We're jumping into our new gear for 2022 this week on the Southern Ground Hunting podcast. The guys are all together this week, and decided to have a convo about what we'll be using this season in the realm of hunting gear. These days there are so many options for the hunter to choose from, it can almost feel intimidating. We're advocates for finding and developing the right system tha...

On this episode of the Hunting Gear Podcast, Dan is joined by the owner of Wild Edge, Andrew Walter, to discuss their lineup of mobile hunting gear. Andrew kicks off the episode by talking about how Wild Edge is the re-birth of an old product, the Step Ladder, and how gave it a second chance with the help of social media and the internet. The first two year of the company were pretty slow and he w...

Here in mid-June, many whitetail bucks are starting to pack on inches of antler growth at a steady rate. That means it’s time to get your trail cameras ready and in the field so you can formulate your game plan for the fall! We all love getting photos of big bucks, but are you really getting the most out of your trail camera photos? What if there’s a way to learn more from the data you collect? Th...

Sitting down with Marcus this week is wild game chef Jaime Tiegen. Jaime is part of the newly launched e-learning platform OutdoorClass. OutdoorClass offers a variety of different video series helping hunters take the next step in their outdoor journey, from elk and mule deer hunting to the final steps of cooking and enjoying your harvest. Jaime talks about her training as a chef and why she enjoy...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Massachusetts bowhunter Kevin Martone about deer behavior, the terrain he hunts, and his yearly hunting strategy. Kevin breaks down the properties he hunts and how he uses wetlands and marshes that create edge that funnel deer movement. He hunts on a large piece of property that is owned by a popular non-profit organization that is arch...

This week on the Ohio Outdoors Podcast, the guys get to sit down with some of the best the hunting industry has to offer. Mark Kenyon from Wired to Hunt, Cuz Strickland and his grandson Cranky, and Brian and Gage Hall. Covering the gambit of raising kids in the outdoors no matter ages, genders, backgrounds etc. This group really shares what it’s like raising kids outside from the average Ohioan, t...

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Steve Sherk (Sherk’s Guide Service) discuss summer scouting for big bucks. Steve discusses the importance of summer scouting and Jon details food sources that attract deer. Jon identifies cover and food sources combined and the related benefits and usage. Steve explains the importance of areas that have heavy timber cuts and why he focuses on...

Summer means fishing! In this episode of the Wisconsin Sportsman podcast, Josh catches up with Mike from FLY ALL SZN. Mike is an avid fly fisherman who has traveled the US chasing trout on the fly. From the Appalachians to the Driftless to the mountains of Idaho and even the deserts of New Mexico, Mike’s passion for fly fishing has taken him all over the place. One of the unique things about Mike...

On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan talks with serial entrepreneur Will De Rover about his passion for bear hunting which he developed after purchasing a bear hunting outfitter. Will is 24 years old and grew up in Southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Will has been part owner of Beartrack Outfitters in Manitoba, Canada since 2018. He jumped into owning a bear hunting outfit having never bea...

This week on the Missouri Woods & Water podcast we get the pleasure of sitting down with Pete Eisentrager with the Missouri Disabled Sportsmen about this awesome organization he is involved with. After some talk about Pete's love for archery shooting and hunting we get into just how the Missouri Disabled Sportsmen helps people with disabilities or the terminally ill enjoy the outdoors. The...

Chris catches up with Micah Ayers on his home turf in southeast Kentucky to discuss the iconic Batman. Batman holds the top spot in historical reproducers for the Black and Tan coonhound breed. Listeners will get the back story of how Micah and his brother Shane came to own Batman, the network of people that made his rise to success achievable and what it takes to stay on top.  If you like to hear...