Sportsmen's Empire - Whitetail Hunting

Things turned around pretty dramatically for the second half of Ohio's 2020 week long gun season.  Opening day harvest numbers were down pretty significantly but hunters made up for that shortfall during the second half of the season.  Deer harvest numbers closed out the week with the total harvest being higher than the previous three year average.  Our luck turned around as well with both Jak...

It has been one crazy week in the Missouri elk woods!  Today, the guys get the chance to talk with two of the hunters that were lucky enough to harvest a bull elk in Missouri over the past few days.  Sam Schulz and Gene Guilkey come back on the show and talk about their hunts and eventual harvests of two beautiful bulls right here in the first elk season in Missouri in hundreds of years.   Both gu...

With everyone sharpening chainsaws and preparing to get some work completed, we wanted to take a moment to discuss what is impactful and what is not. There are so many time wasting techniques out there that seem to grab the attention and distract away from sound habitat management practices.  The goal while working on a property is to improve the deer herd and its top-end quality, so to do that, w...

For years now we have done podcasts on various subjects touching every category included in land management practices. But we continue to learn how people best learn from podcasts and the topics of land management. So as we enter into the land management season for most hunters, we thought it would be best to start a new podcast series explaining from start to finish the different vegetation types...

In this episode Parker and Hunter Lindsey breakdown two big buck hunts that Hunter was able to have in the 2020 season. The guys talk about the learning curve with hunting public land, but more importantly the things that Hunter has been doing to increase his odds.   Southern Ground Hunting is powered by simple cast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Our Sponsors: * Che...

John Wallace, @wildgamecook, hails from Ohio, and works for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever.  John starts out by sharing how he and his sons at one point had 5 whitetails hanging in his garage.  He goes into detail how he approaches the idea of processing your own deer and  how he got into butchering his own game.  He makes the correlation that a self hunted, self processed animal always taste...

In this episode Jeff Lindsey joins the show.  Jeff is the host of “The Lindsey Way”. Jeff starts off the show with his background and how “The Lindsey Way” was conceived. We discuss involving family and how great it is to be in an industry where that is possible. Jeff then shares some of his strategies for trail cameras and how he uses them to his advantage all season. We then cover his thought pr...

This week the guys are breaking down a couple of rut hunts that Parker had last week, resulting in filling his third buck tag for the season in Alabama. There were a lot of things that went into this hunt. 1) The grind. Perhaps one thing most people who kill a lot of public land bucks share in common is the desire to grind for as long as it takes. Go the extra mile, wake up 3 hours earlier, go pla...

This week's show was recorded at our hunting cabin as we spent the first 3 days of Ohio's gun season chasing whitetails in the Wayne National forest.  Everyone who hunted the first couple days of the week knows that weather played a large role on success rates this year.  We discuss our successes and mostly failures as we tried to navigate one of the most challenging years for weather in r...

Today, the guys talk with Laura Conlee and Travis McLain with the Missouri Department of Conservation about coyotes and the new regulations regarding the usage of lights, nightvision, and infrared to hunt them at night starting in 2021.  First, Laura gets into the history of coyotes in the state and discusses how they are so good at adapting to their environment.  After that, Travis goes into deta...

Get ready for a rocking podcast to set the tone for the coming New Year. Have you struggled with seeing results or accomplishing tasks on your property? Do you constantly have analysis paralysis because of information overload?  We've found the reason why and share it here on this week's podcast.  After polling podcast listeners, we determined the most people are not able to create achieva...

Merry Christmas from the Land & Legacy team. We want to provide you with a long list of Christmas gift ideas for the land manager. So, share this with loved-ones as the perfect gift ideas for you. These ideas range in value from just a few dollars to a few thousand. However,  they have all saved us time, energy, or allowed us to become more efficent in the field.  The list of the perfect land...

This week on the podcast Marcus is joined by Ford Van Fossan. Ford is the Content and Conservation Manager at First Lite and sits down to talk about the recently launched Common Wild Initiative. Ford breaks down what went into getting Common Wild launched, what its main goal is and how everyone in the outdoor space can benefit from it. If you haven't yet, but sure and pick up some Common Wild...

In the last decade, there have been several breakthroughs in the scientific community when studying the whitetail deer. From deer movement and how deer breed to deer behavior and the diseases that hinder them, we are fining out more now then we ever have.  On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Matt Ross of the National Deer Association to discuss the biggest deer discover...

On this episode of the Iowa Sportsman, Dan is once again joined by Tom Peplinski to talk about late season deer hunting. They discuss how deer behavior changes after the breeding is over and again once gun hunting pressure is introduced. Tom talks about how keeping pressure on your property as low as possible during the first shotgun season can make it an oasis for deer and increasing your odds fo...

I traveled down to the state of Iowa for the first time to perform a firearms deer hunt. The gun tags for non-residents take significantly fewer points to draw than do non-resident archery tags. In some zones, this could allow a hunting opportunity nearly every year, in a timeframe that doesn't interfere with any other rut hunting. My primary strategy with no prior boots-on-the-ground knowledg...

This week on the podcast Marcus is joined by Marshall and Sammie Seedorff. Marshall and Sammie are the founders and owners of 2% Certified, Wild Rivers Coffee Co. The group has a great conversation about all things coffee and the outdoors. What started as Sammie's love for premium coffee and Marshall's love for the outdoors has turned into two people with a passion for coffee and conservat...

This week on the show we tackle the age old question "Does a rutting buck cause the meat to taste bad?".  We each go through our theories on why this is believed by many in the whitetail world and what we think contributes to "off" flavors and how to try and prevent or minimize them in your harvest.  We also touch on the differences in taste between does vs. bucks and young deer vs...

This week we had the pleasure of traveling to Duckhorn Outdoors Adventures at Duckhorn Lodge and sitting down with Walt Disney (same name, no cool amusement park) with Duckhorn Outdoors as well as Tim Worley and Tony Larson with MO Vets Outdoors.  Duckhorn is an organization dedicated to getting individuals involved in the outdoors.  Specifically, their stated vision is to "provide life changi...

When it comes to the hunting heritage in the state of Pennsylvania the roots run deep. Hunters flock to the woods during the firearms season in numbers that few states can compete with. The sheer amount of hunters headed to the woods creates a landscape where deer are conditioned to hunters and pressure. Nocturnal deer movement and the chance for older age class bucks are a struggle for many who w...

Welcome back to another Land & Legacy podcast! We are getting back into the swing of things with the habitat talks. The majority of rut hunting is over and the questions are rolling in regarding habitat improvement projects. So we take time this week to cover some viewer questions and build upon last week's podcast when we discussed the difference between bedding thickets and sanctuaries. ...

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Hunter Wiltshire about his first 3 years as bowhunter and the learning curve associated with his strategies and hunting equipment.  Hunter shares everything from the emotions of wounding a doe during his first year, the emotions killing his first ever buck, and all of the ups and downs that new bowhunters face.    Nine Finger Chronicles...

We've got a great episode for you this week. We're talking with Jason Newton of North Georgia. We get into the nitty gritty of his hunting style, searching for mature bucks in the steep mountain country. Jason has killed some big bucks in his lifetime, mostly in the big woods/mountain country of Georgia. Today we're breaking down how he keys in on certain features in these steep hills...

Nick elaborates on his archery season and upto the dreaded “deer season shutdown” for thanksgiving.  Nick made the big purchase of a saddle and sticks this year.  Choosing to be more mobile and adaptable.  The Saddle is a Tethrd Phantom, with some borrowed Marine dump pouches, used to hold ammo for the SAW.  The sticks are full length Hawk Helium Sticks, with the stock straps and buckles.  To help...

There's an old phrase that hunters often use, "don't leave deer to find deer". That phrase holds true in today's podcast. Drew recaps his last two weeks of hunting, telling the stories of two different bucks he's killed since the last time we talked. We break down his hunt by talking about what led him to hunt that area. Not rubs, not scrapes, but good old fashioned deer tr...