The Outdoor Life Podcast

Want to have more success on pressured ground while hunting the rut? Then start patterning other hunters. This episode is brought to you by Moultrie Mobile Edge Pro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An archery coach is just what the bowhunters of America need right now. This episode is brought to you by Moultrie Mobile Edge Pro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunsucker had several years of trail camera pictures of Floppy—an old buck with drooping, injured ears—and he’d hunted him for multiple seasons. Even though Floppy would show up on trail cameras during daylight, Hunsucker was never able to truly pattern him the way he had with so many other mature bucks over the years. So when the buck showed up on his 300-acre Missouri property again last season,...

We assembled more than a dozen shotguns that are new for 2023, which we tested over the course of an intense week of trigger pulling. Read the full story at outdoorlife.com/shotguntest Testing facility: Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The OL gun team takes over the podcast to discuss staff writer Tyler Freel's M1 Garand project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The drop in public support for legal field sports comes after nearly 30 years of increasingly favorable attitudes. What gives? Read the full story at outdoorlife.com/huntingsurvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who was Townsend Whelen? The soldier and backcountry big game hunter was one of OL's earliest shooting editors. Read the full story on Outdoor Life Related stories: Two Rifles for the Ages, Chambered in .35 Whelen The Story of Carmichel’s Benchrest World Record Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Outdoor Life staff writer Tyler Freel knew how his hunt would turn out, but he did it anyway. Read the full story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We asked our gear staff writer and resident thru-hiker Laura Lancaster what hunters can learn from ultralight backpackers. Then we compared notes with staff writer and expert sheep hunter Tyler Freel. Gear tests and reviews mentioned in this episode: The Best Ultralight Tents The Best Ultralight Backpacks The Best Backpacking Quilts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"You had fun turkey hunting, right? Why did you agree to take us squirrel hunting all those years ago? Do you even like hunting?" In this episode of the Outdoor Life Podcast, our editors asked our very own non-hunting moms all kinds of questions about what it was like to raise hunters. Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Alex Robinson. Edited and produced by Executive Editor Natalie Krebs. Music by Benjamin...

There’s a lot of low-quality information about new guns out there. A combination of evaluators with questionable skills, limited resources, and a desire to please sponsors and advertisers results in a pile of ballistic drivel. The Outdoor Life Gun Test is an antidote to that. Read the full rifle test here. Read the full handgun test here. Read the full 1911 test here. Video: The Best Cheap Guns of...

The turkey hunters of America need a biology lesson. There are so many things we don’t fully understand. Like why exactly do toms gobble at owls? Does the camo pattern we wear even matter? And what about the bigger questions: Why are wild turkey populations seemingly declining in so many places? What should game agencies and hunters do about it? We sit down with Dr. Mike Chamberlain, a professor a...

In part six of our Masters of the Rut series, shooting editor John B. Snow busts the most common myths deer hunters believe about rifles, cartridges, shot placement, and more. Masters of the Rut is brought to you by Moultrie Mobile Edge. Read the full story on OutdoorLife.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part five of our Masters of the Rut series, year-round bowhunter Billy Phillips explains all the pros (and very few cons) of switching to a tree saddle to hunt deer. Masters of the Rut is brought to you by Moultrie Mobile Edge. Read the full story on OutdoorLife.com. Find more from Billy Phillips at hunturban.co or the Hang and Hunt podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

In part four of our Masters of the Rut series, Kip Adams of the National Deer Association talks about how hunters can age deer, and why we might want to. Masters of the Rut is brought to you by Moultrie Mobile Edge. Read the full story on OutdoorLife.com. Find more from Kip Adams at DeerAssociation.com Show notes: How to age deer (NDA video) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

In part three of our Masters of the Rut series, Grant Woods talks about how hunters can use their trail cameras a little more scientifically and become a better deer hunter. Masters of the Rut is brought to you by Moultrie Mobile Edge. Read the full story on OutdoorLife.com. Find more from Grant Woods at GrowingDeer.tv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part two of our Masters of the Rut series, Dan Infalt talks about his approach to consistently tagging big public-land bucks by hunting their bedding areas. Masters of the Rut is brought to you by Moultrie Mobile Edge. Read the full story on OutdoorLife.com. Watch Dan Infalt's videos on YouTube. You can learn more about Infalt's treestands and climbing sticks at HuntingBeastGear.com. Learn more...

In part one of our Masters of the Rut series, Shane Simpson talks about what he’s learned as a tracking dog handler, and how that intel can help more hunters recover their deer. Masters of the Rut is brought to you by Moultrie Mobile Edge. Full story on OutdoorLife.com. You can follow along with Shane and Callie's tracking adventures on YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

“There is no half way. After his first exposure, a man is either a sheep hunter or he isn’t.” —Jack O’Connor Read Tyler Freel's essay yourself, right here. Sheep Hunting in Alaska by Tony Russ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Hirschi just might be the best public-land trophy mule deer hunter on the face of the earth. And he’s ready to share (some of) his secrets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rue Mapp’s calling is to get more Black people involved in the outdoors. Her newest personal challenge? Learning how to hunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Free-roaming horses and burros are dying hard deaths on Western rangeland that’s already taxed by drought, wildfire, and habitat loss. So why don’t we do something different? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kristine Fischer risked it all just to make it as a pro kayak tournament angler. Now she just might be the rising star the sport needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

...and why you might want to enter your buck in the record books anyway. See photos of McKean's Missouri whitetail here. Read the full story about scoring and the record books here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 3 of the Outdoor Life Podcast is dedicated to the diehards: hunters and anglers whose borderline insane passions have led them to develop some pretty interesting perspectives and, often, uncommon skill. Tune in every Wednesday for new episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices