The Deer Gear Podcast

In this episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by Dorge to discuss the Michigan Total Archery Challenge, as well as answer some of the most frequently asked questions about nocks, arrows, and the nitty gritty: arrow flight! If you love archery, this podcast is for you!

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by Dorge Huang (Owner/operator Firenock) to recap his recent trip to Seven Springs, PA for the Total Archery Challenge. We discuss the trends he picked up on for arrow flight, What makes a great TAC arrow, and some frequently asked Firenock questions. If you have ever wondered how to make an arrow fly better, this is the podcast for you!

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang, Owner/operator of Firenock. Today we are discussing broadheads! Everyone loves to talk about the arrow, the bow setup, and even form. However, the broadhead should be considered when talking about "lethality." Today we dive into broadhead sharpening: should we do it? Do all broadheads need sharpened? Is sharper ALWAYS bett...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by my great friend Tony Sangialosi, owner/operator of Drawn Archery. As many of you know, I have been suffering from target panic the last 18 months or so and I am working diligently to cure it. Recently, target panic has set in for Tony and he has an interesting story of how he realized it. In this episode we talk all about target panic,...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by owner/operator of Firenock, Dorge Huang. I like to call Dorge the smartest man in archery, so when he tells me that the nock of your arrow is equivalent to the tires of your car, I tend to believe him. The nock seems to be the most overlooked aspect of arrow building, but an improper nock fit can be the sole cause of poor arrow flight....

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by Dorge Huang, Owner/Operator of Firenock, to discuss building arrows for Total Archery Challenge. Dorge attends a lot of the TAC shoots across the country and has seen a wide variety of different strategies when it comes to getting arrows for TAC. Some folks want to max out distance, max out speed, or want a cheap arrow to mitigate the...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock and Dave Murray of Vital Limits to discuss how short draw length archers and low poundage draw length archers should approach their arrow builds. Dorge and Dave have a lot of experience building arrows for folks that are under 26" draw and pulling under 60lbs. They share their ultimate HUNTING arrow build for fo...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock and Dave Murray of Vital Limits to discuss how we can save time as archers.  Time is money, and it seems like we get less time than ever in today's world. Do you have time to nock tune, bare shaft tune, and tinker with each and every arrow? Do you have money to blow on a dozen arrows and only have 8 that fly rig...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by Dorge Huang, owner/operator of Firenock and Jeremy Martin, Owner/operator of X Ring Custom Arrows. This recording takes place before morning #4 of the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, PA. During the show we compiled the top 3 or 4 topics that seem to be the hardest to get archers to change their mind on, but could help them...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Mr. Dorge Huang, Owner and Operator of Firenock. Today's topic is "extreme." A lot of times in life we want the best, the fastest, the strongest, but at what point do you have diminishing returns? If you love to geek out on archery topics: this podcast is for you! ORDER Your Exodus NIS HERE: https://exodusoutdoorgear.com/products/the-n...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Tony Sangialosi, Owner and Operator of Drawn Archery (Formerly 33OH Archery) to talk about his 2023 Archery Season! Tony filled his Ohio tag on his biggest buck to date! An Ohio Giant: 25.5 WIDE! We hear the full story on that buck, the crazy recovery, and we also talk about the gear we loved for 2023, what we changed and what's to com...

In this episode of The Deer Gear Podcast Jake Hofer, host of The Exodus Podcast and The Land Podcast, joins me to recap my 2023 deer season! I hunted 3 states this year and had some troubles and some success! We discuss: • Adapting hunting techniques across multiple states • North Dakota early-season hunting • Beating the heat in the early season • Kansas hunting struggles • Don't leave deer to fi...

In this episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang, owner and operator of Firenock. We are discussing what we can be doing as archers and bowhunters to eliminate or mitigate the struggles for the 2024 season, right now! I had pretty frustrating bow season, but if I don't change anything now it will likely continue. If you are in that boat, here is what Dorge and I are doing now to...

In this episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, Dorge Huang of Firenock joins me to talk about the do's and don'ts of building custom arrows. After a long year of building arrows of Exodus Customers, I learned a TON about the process of building custom arrows at scale. I also learned a TON about consumer behavior. This episode is talking all about that process! Let's get into it! www.exodusoutdoorgear.c...

In this episode of The Deer Gear Podcast we are sitting down with Dorge from Firenock to talk about his season so far. Dorge has an Illinois Public buck down, and more tags to fill! We also talk about plans for the rest of the season, trade show schedules, ATA show, and much more!

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Joe Miles of ASIO Gear. Joe started ASIO Gear for the tree stand hunter in mind. (Saddle Hunter's too). The Camo pattern is uniquely designed to keep you concealed from a Whitetail Deer's eyes. ASIO Gear also pride's themselves on having garments that tailor to the tree stand hunters - meaning they are quiet and functional. They have o...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Tony Sangialosi, Owner and Operator of Drawn Archery (Formerly 33OH Archery) to talk about his progression as a custom bowstring builder, and the reason behind the rebranding as Drawn Archery. We also cover a wide variety of different topics like target panic, waxing bowstrings, hunt plans, and all around season updates and goals. When...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock to discuss mechanical style broadheads. There is a constant debate among archery hunters about fixed blade broadheads and mechanical broadheads. The question "Are mechanical broadheads ethical" is even a topic of conversation. My goal today was to learn as much as I could about how mechanical broadheads are supp...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by Firenock Owner/Operator Dorge Huang to discuss the pros and cons of Micro Diameter hunting arrows. Micro diameter arrows, specifically the .166 shaft has been ultra popular for hunting for the last few years, but is it for the right reasons? In this podcast we discuss the best use case for .166 shafts, how they perform compared to oth...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, Exodus Outdoor Gear is releasing the All New Exodus NIS .204 diameter hunting arrow! This arrow was built with high end performance, and light weight construction in mind to bring you big time results, from micro-diameter arrows. No, I'm Serious!  We wanted to build a more accurate, faster reacting, and more consistent flying .204 diameter shaft wit...

In this episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by 13 Year Old, Mason Springer. I was fortunate enough to spend some time with Mason at Total Archery Challenge in Seven Springs learning all about becoming a better archer. Mason has only been shooting a compound bow for 2 years and already holds 3 (actually 4) Ohio State Records for Archery Competition. Age aside, Mason takes his bow and arrow...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang and Dave Murray to talk about titanium for archery components, .166 shafts, and an update on the Exodus .204 diameter shaft. This episode start with answering a listener question about how titanium kits for your bow can actually increase the energy your arrow retains down range. Optimizing arrow flight is always the goal he...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Painted Arrow Outdoors. These fellas have popped into the scene quick, fast and in a hurry and for good reason! Everyone has a phone on them, but are you getting the most out of it? If you are anything like me, the moment of truth on a big whitetail causes me to black out. Unfortunately, that may lead to forgetting where your target wa...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock to take a deep dive into arrow fletchings. Vanes, Fletchings, Feathers, whatever term you use, this topic has an unbelievable amount of varying opinions. Dorge has been through multiple configurations of developing his own vanes, so I wanted to dive into what makes a fletching "The right fletching to shoot." Li...

In this episode of the Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by Dorge Huang, owner of Firenock to discuss the secret sauce of building the Exodus MMT arrows. We are utilizing Firenock aero concept system to build the most stable, and accurate bowhunting arrow available. This podcast discusses everything you need to know about the 6" CTI insert, and what it does to the flight of your arrow. If forgiveness...