Sportsmen's Empire - Whitetail Hunting

During the early season, food is the name of the game. Whether it is created by man in the form of ag fields and food plots, or in the form of natural browse, bedding to feeding patterns are your ticket to success finding a shooter buck. On this week’s episode of the Pennsylvania Woodsman, we chat with Mark Dissinger as he shares his 2021 success story about his largest PA buck to date that was ki...

Detroit River is popping right now with limits of walleye being filled for anglers on most boats.  On this episode Lee is joined by some local river rats Fred, Ryan and Austin who just finished 13th out of 149 boats on the first stop of the Michigan Walleye Tour.  If you have ever thought about coming to jig or fish the Detroit River for walleye you’ll want to tune into this episode as the boys sh...

On this episode of The Nomadic Outdoorsman Dan talks with Evan McElyea, a die hard waterfowler and bow fisherman from Michigan. Dan and Evan discuss everything from banded birds to shooting goldfish. Evan is from a small town in southeast Michigan. He grew up hunting and fishing and always wanted to make it a career. He and his partner currently run a guide service in Michigan called Northern Flig...

We're excited to have a guest from South Alabama named Jay Hembree of Panola Productions. Jay hunts gobblers mostly in the river bottoms and swamps of south Alabama with great success! We're getting fired up about the upcoming season and Jay adds fuel to that fire, talking about how he tackles the river bottom and swamp land on his home turf. We talk about how water can make or break a tur...

One of the most intimidating parts of getting into deer hunting is the buying gear. The options are endless, and almost everyone has strong opinions about go-to gear you simply can’t live without. Pair this with the top notch marketing of many great brands, and a guy or gal looking to get into the sport can feel lost. This is certainly true when it comes to selecting camouflage. So how do you pick...

This week the guys take a second to just discuss the current situation in the turkey woods. Andrew is 0-1, and Paul is like 0/3, but we aren’t really counting…. Recapping of Paul’s trip to Tennessee, the 7.5 mile hike, beautiful opening weekend, and Paul’s thoughts on the latest edition of the turkey regulations.  No special guests this time, just a couple of average Joe’s discussing what they hav...

On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan talks with fellow western rookie Dan Johnson about his past few seasons chasing western big game with his bow. Dan Johnson is the host of Nine Finger Chronicles, owner of Sportsmen’s Empire and former cohost of The Wired to Hunt podcast. He shares about his successes, failures and everything in between while hunting mule deer. Dan M. Picks his brain about...

This week on The Average Conservationist Podcast, Marcus sits down with Dr. Chelsea Anderson, DVM. Dr. Anderson is the owner of 2% Certified CEAvet which offers Relief Veterinary Services. Dr. Anderson travels around the country to various animal hospitals and clinics, helping out and filling in during their time of need, while also offering up her services to various countries across the globe. G...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Mark Kenyon of Wired To Hunt about rethinking his approach to whitetail hunting. Mark had a bit of a stressful season with multiple hunts in different states in a very short period of time. Wounding a deer early season and missing a big buck during the rut led him to taking strides to improving his archery skills. Mark talks about how...

On the Missouri Woods & Water podcast this week, Nate and Micah get the chance to talk with Troy Goeckeritz about his show Hunt Warz. If you don't already know what it is, Hunt Warz is a show getting ready to start its 3rd season where the participants in it are drawn to compete with each other in each respective hunt. When someone applies for Hunt Warz, they have a chance at winning one o...

In this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Jake Ehlinger (Habitat Solutions 360) discuss the latest strategies and ideas surrounding the effort required to enhance a deer hunting property for success. Jake’s strategies include planning, and promoting detailed, focused movements across the landscape to ensure deer use and bed on a property at a high rate. Jake utilizes a chainsaw, backp...

This episode of the Wisconsin Sportsman podcast is part two of Josh’s conversation with his dad, Brian. Brian grew up hunting the U.P. of Michigan in a traditional Northwoods deer camp. In the late 90s, Brian moved to Alabama. Eventually, he and Josh started hunting in Alabama and joined a hunting club.  While hunting clubs can provide a very positive experience, often times politics, secrecy, and...

On this episode of The Nomadic Outdoorsman Dan talks with fellow Wisconsinite and recent Elk convert Ethan Sullivan about everything from chasing turkey and deer in Wisconsin to connecting with Colorado bulls during rifle season. Ethan grew up in a small town in rural Wisconsin. Hemstarted out hunting with his parents at a very young age and now has 4 kids of his own that he loves getting involved...

We have a double header this week on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast. Roy Potter is the owner of Woods County Whitetails in western Oklahoma and this week he joins John to talk about the wonderful hunting accommodations his outfit has to offer. From a litteral 5 star chef and comfortable lodge, to the sprawling private ranch with comfortable blinds, food plots, and feeders, Woods County Whitetails i...

On this episode of the Huntavore, Nick is joined by fellow Sportsman’s Nation Podcaster, Dan Mathews. Dan is the Host of the Nomadic Outdoorsman and Western Rookies. Together Nick and Dan talk about chasing everything. Rather than casting a deep net into one species, Dan casts a wide net to explore as many outdoor opportunities as possible. They cover hogs from a helicopter. Why is meat so importa...

Even though snow and cold weather has set planting back in the northeast slightly, planting season is right around the corner. On this week’s episode of the Pennsylvania Woodsman, we are discussing all things summer food plots. First, we touch base on last minute clover establishment and maintenance before diving into the main topic of corn and soybean planting. Like hunting, food plots are a comb...

This Dan talks with Kevin Harlander of First Lite about their new products and how to use their products in both eastern and western hunts. Kevin talks about how they choose what direction they want to go before designing and launching a new product or product line. He then explains why quality of material is of up the upmost importance for their garments and and their durability. Kevin also break...

On this episode of The Nomadic Outdoorsman Dan talks with a major league lineup of guests from America’s Dairyland. Paul Wagner, Shaun Ridder and Erik Tasker join Dan to talk about everything from bass fishing and whitetail deer hunting to playing in the MLB and winning CMA Broadcast awards. Paul Wagner is a current sports radio host and former Milwaukee Brewers & Pittsburg Pirates Pitcher. He...

In recent years, hunting terrain features has garnered tons of attention in the whitetail hunting world. Benches, saddles, draws, ridges, these words are often thrown around. But are we really capitalizing on them and how they influence the way whitetails flow through the properties we hunt? In this episode of the How to Hunt Deer podcast, Josh is joined by Dan Johnson, host of the Nine Finger Chr...

On today's episode, Garrett dives into his plan for filling a traditional tag this year, along with the detailed steps to build confidence along the way. In the past, Garrett has hunted with a traditional bow and even built a bow to hunt with. However, due to confidence and repeatability issues had largely kept it just "for fun" the past couple of years. But that doesn't have to be...

It's always fun when Land Smathers joins the Southern Ground Hunting podcast for an episode. This week we're talking about all kinds of topics, and sharing stories from recent hunts. You'll get caught up on a couple of birds that died at the hands of Matt, as well as a rainy day hunt from Land down in the 'Sip. The guys really dive deep into strategies for hunting turkeys in that a...

This episode is all over the place, but that's usually what makes these BS Sessions really good entertainment. On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Justin Zarr is back on the podcast to for another epic BS Session about turkeys, whitetails, and a Las Vegas bachelor party. The guys kick off this episode by breaking down their spring turkey hunting seasons went, or lack there of. Then...

Curt and Clint of the Working Class Bowhunters were gracious enough to sit down with the guys at the Open Season outdoors show this year. Discussing trade show life, upcoming hunts, Clints ability to talk to the squirrels and more.   Paul is off on another turkey adventure and hoping this time he won’t get disrupted by some drive-by gobbler glancer. Andrew is messing around with arrows, planning f...

On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan talks to 3 “brothers” from Wyoming about all the things they love to chase in their great state. Tanner Varndell, Chase Galley and Colton Jones join Dan to talk about everything from hunting antelope on the plains to chasing high country mule deer. Chase has always dreamt of filming his hunts and to try and make it "big time". Recently Chase’s drea...

Sitting down with Marcus this week is Lindsay Kocka. Lindsay is the Founder of 2% Certified Fluent Movement on the Fly. FMOTF is a methodology that pairs Lindays's background in total body wellness with fly fishing. Lindsay discusses that during her journey into fly fishing she started to realize the similarities between fishing and the various classes she was teaching (yoga, MovNat, etc) and...