The Deer Gear Podcast

In this week's Episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by arrow builder Jeremy Martin, and Owner of Firenock Dorge Huang. There's no shoe box answer to "What arrow is best for me?" So, today I wanted to walk Dorge and Jeremy through a few scenarios for different potential arrow builds. We cover the step by step process of how we determine which arrow build is best for you and your bow! What y...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang, Owner of Firenock and Dave Murray, owner of Vital Limits to discuss trends in the arrow industry. As educational content becomes more readily available, more techniques, strategies, and theories are brought to market and trends are adopted. However, are these things just trends? Is the information legitimate? It becomes ha...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang, owner of Firenock and Dave Murray, owner of Vital Limits. Today we are talking about optimization. How do we get the bow and the arrow to peak? In a game of inches, and small percentages, you may want to squeak out every bit of performance possible. If that is you, this is the podcast episode for you! Exodus X Prime Archer...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Jeremy Martin of Xring Custom Arrows. Jeremy has been building custom arrow shafts for 15 years and has seen and heard just about anything you can imagine. Jeremy specializes in building .204 diameter shafts, and does a really great job of getting the most possible performance out of the arrow. In this episode we talk about a lot of gr...

In this Week's Episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock and we are Discussing some lessons learned when developing archery components. A lot of times, the most successful results come after mistakes and failure. Today we are talking about the process that led Dorge to want to develop archery components, lessons learned along the way, and how he arrived at holding ove...

In this Week's Episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock The Smartest Man in Archery. In this episode we are covering the Spine of an Arrow. This is an in depth conversation around how to manipulate spine, and how to truly understand spine to get the best arrow flight. If you are a tinkerer, or are just interested in learning as much as you can about arrow flight - th...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang to break down and discuss the top lessons he has taught me about arrow flight and arrow performance. For the entire year of 2022 Dorge has taught me a ton about what an arrow is supposed to do, and how to achieve that goal. All the way from how an arrow is manufactured, to the build process, and what to do to your bow to yi...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang, and Tyler Terry to talk about understanding how arrow rests work. These guys are two of the smartest individuals I know, and have expertise in working with arrow rests. Tyler has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and physics and has applied his knowledge to his passion of archery to be a more successful archer and deer hu...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Evan Williams of Hoyt Bowhunting to discuss the 2023 hunting bow lineup. I have been shooting Mathews bows since 2016 and I made it a goal for this year to educate myself on all things different bow manufacturers have to offer. Hoyt was at the top of the list so I sat down with Evan to discuss the progression of Hoyt, what is new for 2...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, Dorge and I are sitting down to discuss on a technical level the different types of cam designs different bow manufacturers are using. We discuss things like solo cam bows, dual cam bows, and cam and a half bows. We tackle the topic of rotating mod designs vs mod specific designs and much much more! If you are a listener that is interested in detail...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Casey Vadergraaf from Prime Archery. Casey is the creative director with Prime and plays a large role in all of the media you see around Prime's new hunting bow launch, as well as the actual logo design on the bows themselves. We sit down to talk all about the New Revex Line for 2023. Prime has been manufacturing bows for nearly 12 yea...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock to discuss the topic of the modern day compound bow, and in his opinion what makes a good design as far as the engineering goes. We talk about the cams, riser, limbs, and material science. This is a great podcast to get your gear turning on what these bow manufacturers are engineering for us bowhunters. You won'...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Tony Sangialosi from 33OH Archery. Tony joins me to recap my most recent successful hunting trip in Iowa. I spent 3 weeks out there, one week in October and 10 Days in November. There were tons of failures and the trip ended on a high note with me filling my bow tag on November 17! I cover all of the lessons learned from this trip, gea...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast - Dorge and I are joined by Tony Warden. In this part, we will be comparing arrows made the standard way to arrows made with the Scientific Arrow Process. Tony broke this down into 4 pages based on the size of the arrows (.166, .204, .246, and crossbow) in order to see if one arrow building system is better than the other, and how much of a differenc...

In this episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by Mark Kenyon from Meateater's Wired to Hunt. Mark has pioneered the whitetail podcasting space, and has been bowhunting whitetails all across the country for a very long time. Mark is analytical, calculated, and does things with a purpose - which ties into his gear system! Get ready to learn all about what Mark Kenyon uses hunt after hunt whe...

In this episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang from Firenock to talk about crossbows. This is a basic level, introduction to the crossbow. Crossbows are legal to hunt with in most states now, and I think they are a great tool for certain circumstances. However, I have no knowledge on the subject. So! Dorge is the man to learn from. If you have an interest in the crossbow, or s...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Josh Hillyard. Josh is First Lite's Whitetail Community Manager, and we sit down to discuss all things whitetail gear and First Lite. First Lite has answered a lot of the needs for whitetail hunters with their recent release of many whitetail specific garments, packs, and camo patterns. Whether you are looking to learn more about the b...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by the founders of Latitude Outdoors. If you're unfamiliar with these fellas, Alex, Kevin and Jake - a group of dudes from Michigan founded Latitude Outdoors to bring value to the Saddle Hunting Community. I have been running the Latitude Method 2 for the last 2 seasons and recently started running the x-wing platform. In this episode we...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock and Tony Warden, an archery enthusiast from Canada. Tony has recently dedicated a serious amount of time and money to testing different manufacturers archery components. Phase 1 of the testing is dealing with weight variance, kinetic energy loss, and speed deprivation. Arrows from Easton, Black Eagle, Element, F...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock and Tony Warden, an archery enthusiast from Canada. Tony has recently dedicated a serious amount of time and money to testing different manufacturers archery components. Phase 1 of the testing is dealing with weight variance, kinetic energy loss, and speed deprivation. Arrows from Easton, Black Eagle, Element, F...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am sitting down with Jacob Coons to discuss applications for E-scouting. Time is of the essence these days, and E-Scouting may be one of the only ways to pre-scout before the hunt. Lucky for us there are a bunch of great applications to make our E-Scouting efforts easier. But, which one is right for you? For me, I use OnX Maps for all of my mapping...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Tyler Terry from Winterhawk Outfitters and Dorge Huang of Firenock to discuss my experiences switching from an 85% Let of bow to an 80% Let off bow. In a previous podcast episode I asked Tyler if I should be losing sleep over shooting an 85% let off bow and he said I should be. So, I switched and it was well worth it. In this episode w...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by my personal bow tech: Luciano Romeo. Luciano is the head bow tech at Fin Feather Fur Outfitters in Boardman Ohio and has been setting my bows up for the last few years. In this episode I wanted to talk to him about purchasing a new bow, and getting properly setup from the gate. We go through the entire setup process with new customers...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang, and Tyler Terry to get technical about bow setups. Specifically, we talk a lot about your draw length. Most bowhunters are not shooting the proper draw length and may be struggling with target panic because of it! In this podcast we talk about how to determine draw length, what happens if your draw length is too short or t...

In this week's episode of the Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Jacob Emery to discuss using water access to get on big bucks on public land. Jacob finds himself getting creative with access, using kayaks, e-bikes and anything he can to get an advantage on access. This episode is jam packed with some great information! If you find yourself wanting to learn more on how to get more creative with acce...