The Deer Gear Podcast

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock and Tyler Terry from Arizona. Tyler has a degree from MIT in Mechanical Engineering and has applied his knowledge to his passion of archery to be a more successful archer and deer hunter. This episode is chock full of great information related to your archery equipment, and how to give yourself a mechanical adva...

In this week's episode of the Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by 33OH Archery Founder Tony Sangialosi. Tony is a custom string builder and now offers custom bowstrings! In this episode we cover what you are getting when shooting custom bowstrings vs the stock strings that come on your bow. We also cover some changes we are both making this fall to our deer gear! If you are looking for a new set of...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Jesse Mann from Eastern Kentucky. Jesse does some work with Out on a limb, and has honed in his One Sticking rig enough to share with us the full process of One sticking. One sticking is a climbing method that eliminates the need to carry in multiple climbing sticks. It's just one stick, a platform and your ropes! Talk about saving wei...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Rendell Erik from Iowa to talk about Saddle Hunting on Public Land in Iowa. Rendell has been on a consistent run of killing giant bucks on public land so I wanted to talk to him about how he has used his gear to get on these Boone & Crockett class whitetails on public land. Rendell gives some really great tips to new, or experienced sa...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast Exodus Outdoor Gear is announcing an all new product line - tailor built hunting arrows! It's been long time coming but we are excited to release the Exodus MMT. A tailor built hunting arrow that has been engineered to maintain more momentum down range, with a better trajectory than the super heavy FOC arrow builds. In this podcast we introduce the a...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Jeremy Dinsmore of the Antler Up Podcast. Jeremy spends most of his time running around the big woods of Pennsylvania and in that hunting style, you need to be efficient, light weight and mobile. So, In this podcast we break down what he is using as his mobile hunting setup. Jeremy is also a "pack freak" so we talk about some great opt...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang from Firenock, and Dave Murray from Vital Limits. Dorge & Dave are experts in the world of arrow builds - and have an opposing view towards the current market trends in arrow builds. Heavy FOC or High FOC (Front of Center) arrows are extremely popular amongst bowhunters, and for good reason. The arguments are information in...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Christopher Leppert from Fueled by the Outdoors. Chris is the founder of The Mobile Hunters Expo that takes place in Winchester, Ohio on July 29-31. This podcast episode is jam packed full of breaking down his personal mobile hunting setup. If you are a mobile hunter or looking for some info or inspiration, this episode is for you! We...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock to discuss material properties of the various archery components. There are a lot of variations and options for us as archers, but do you really know why you are choosing aluminium, or stainless steel, or titanium? This conversation will leave you with all the information you need to make an educated decision wh...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Chad Sylvester of Exodus to discuss what in the world is Dorge of Firenock teaching us? There are a lot of complex ideas behind Firenock components and Dorge's take on Archery. However, the information is really something for every bowhunter to consider. Whether you fall on the same spectrum as Dorge or not, we are going to do our best...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by archery experts Dorge Huang and Dave Murray. We are sitting down to discuss the broadhead characteristics that make up a good bowhunting broadhead. Whether you are shooting a fixed blade or a mechanical style broadhead - you will not want to miss this episode. Connect with Dave: Website: https://bit.ly/VitalLimits YouTube: https://bi...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang from Firenock and Dave Murray from vital limits to talk about field points and fixed blade broadheads. We talk about design, 2 blade vs 3 blade vs 4 blade, the different kinds of tips (cut on contact etc.) and much much more! If you are someone looking to understand more about getting fixed blade broadheads to fly more accu...

In this Week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am sitting down myself to discuss the biggest changes I am making to my gear setups for 2022. As of April, this is where my head is at with my gear and the changes I will be making. I also discuss a little bit about my hunting plans for this coming fall so you can get an idea of the ways I will be utilizing the gear I am breaking down! As the summe...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang from Firenock and Dave Murray from Vital Limits to discuss helical vanes, offset, and arrow wraps. Do they help? Do they Hurt? Do they make any difference? Stay Tuned to find out! Connect with Dave: Website: https://bit.ly/VitalLimits YouTube: https://bit.ly/VitalLimitsYT Connect with Dorge: Email: dorgeh@firenock.com Websi...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Lucas Jones of Exodus Outdoor Gear to discuss what camera gear you need to get started filming your hunts this coming fall.  There are more and more wanting to film hunts for YouTube every year, and it is a great time to be a self-filmer. There are tons of great options to get started creating quality hunting content. In this episode w...

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 lay down the fundamentals of how vanes work on arrow shafts.  Vanes are in Dorge's words Vanes are the Most Important component to understand for deer hunters.  There is a lot of great information in this episode, you won't want to miss it! WE DISCUSS: - How Vanes Work - Lift v...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Kendall Card of Crispi Boots to discuss picking the best pair of boots for deer hunting.  When it comes to your feet, being comfortable, warm, and dry is critical as deer hunters and knowing what to look for when making your next boot purchase could be the difference!  Post season scouting is in full swing, and boots on the ground seas...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock and Jeremy Martin of X-Ring Custom Arrows.  Jeremy specializes in building arrows with Firenock Components, and offers a great perspective on arrow inserts.  Especially .204 shafts.  This is Part 2 and the Final portion of this conversation with Dorge and Jeremy covering inserts (half-outs & outserts) for .166...

In this episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by Chris Schnur of Rogue Bowstrings. Rogue makes aftermarket, performance bowstrings out of Dover Ohio.  Personally, I had some questions on the way strings are made, and maintenance of your bowstrings.  There's a lot of great information here that I wasn't fully aware of! We Discuss: - What Makes a Good Bow String? - How Often You Should Repla...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock, and Jeremy Martin of X-Ring Custom Arrows.  Jeremy specializes in building arrows the the Firenock components, and offers a great perspective on this particular topic: Arrow Inserts.  This is going to be a 2 part podcast and in this episode, Part 1, we are diving into arrow inserts for 300 ID shafts & 246 ID S...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast, I am joined by Arron Bleise of the Fall Podcast.  Arron had his best season to date in 2021, but has big changes in store for his hunting gear in 2022.  The perspective is interesting because Arron tried saddle hunting back in 2010/2011 and hated it.  After going back to primarily a hang on tree stand hunter, he is adding saddle hunting back into hi...

In this week's BONUS episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Dorge Huang of Firenock and Dave Murray of Vital Limits to discuss nocks.  Now many of you may be thinking "Nocks? I don't care about my nocks."  Well, you should.  Dorge compares your nock for your arrow as tires to cars.  If you have poor tires, your vehicle performance will suffer and the same goes for your nocks.  The first p...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Josh and Jarad Stubbs from Elevate Stand Co.  Elevate stands are the New Kids on the Block and just released a tree stand for mobile hunters that were looking for more platform room.  Jarad and Josh both have professional backgrounds that lend themselves to be great at engineering and developing tree stands.  You may have seen Josh on...

In this week's episode of The Deer Gear Podcast I am joined by Jason Redd from TimberNinja Outdoors.  Jason is as hardcore as they come bowhunting whitetails on public land in the hills of North Carolina.  As the founder of Timber Ninja he prides himself on bringing innovation to the mobile hunting space that has yet to be seen.  They are definitely Trend Setters in the space.  We Discuss: - The N...

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 the Firenock AeroConcept System (ACS) vs the standard insert/outsert systems in the archery industry.  Dorge developed the AeroConecpt and AeroConcept 2.0 to maximize efficiency down range.   WE DISCUSS: - How AeroConcept System was developed - AeroConcept 1.0 vs AeroCo...