The Salty Yak Outdoor Podcast

EP 207 - In this episode of the Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast we team up with our great friend, Emilio Escobar, from the SO Texas Outdoors Podcast, along with the usual suspects, and talk about our weekend shooting bows at the Total Archery Challenge in San Antonio!  We tell how the courses went, what we learned from previous TAC events and the new gear that some of us might have bought!  Thank you f...

Episode 206 - In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast we talk about our "first Spring black bear hunt in Arizona.  We discuss what went well, what did not go so well, equipment reviews and a few fun stories!  It was a great trip with great memories and great friends!  

EP 205 - In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast I talk about why I got into hunting black bears.  As a hunter from Texas where there are not alot of bears and no hunting season for them, what made me want to go chase them.  Hope y'all enjoy the podcast!

EP 204 - Sorry for the 2 month break!  Just a quick podcast on what I have been doing the last 2 months, my 2025 hunting plans, a little rant on Utah and a little info on the 2025 Salty Yak Pak Matagorda Island Trip!!!  

Episode 203 - Checked one off the bucket list!!!  Tune in and hear all about our first ever helicopter hog hunt!!!  Thank you Helibacon!!!!  

Episode 202 - In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast you join in on the conversation of our hunting party as we tell the stories of the adventures this year's bowhunt at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge!  The success and the near misses that come with bowhunting on public land.  Thank you to my great friend, Emilio Escobar, So TX Outdoor Podcast for sharing the podcast host...

Episode 201 - Me and Nic sit down and talk about how the 2024 fishing and hunting season rolled out.  We talk about highlights and what we learned this year.  Then we dive off into what is coming for us in 2025!!!  Hope you have a great fishing and hunting season!  Here is to another awesome year making memories with family and friends in the outdoors!  

Episode 200 - In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast me and Ryan start off at the end of our 3rd day of scounting recapping what we had seen in 3 days, being hopefully for opening morning.  The podcast picks back up withthe hunt over and me back at home doing thending to the podcast.  I talk about all we learned on this trip and what is coming for us in 2025.  Hope ya'll enjo listening!...

Episode 199 - In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors podcast we sit down with our good friend and renounded wild game chef, Jeff Benda.  Jeff, being from North Dakota, has never caught a redfish!  We talk about how Jeff became a wild game chef, a few cooking/meat care tips and recount his first time saltwater fishing from a kayak!  It was a great day fishing and an awesome conversation with Jef...

Episode 198 - In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast we sit down at elk camp and recount the last 2 days events of cow elk hunting in Wyoming!  In 2 days of hunting we harvested 4 cow elk and packed out 5 elk!!!  Tune in and hear all the amazing and funny stories of our hunting adventure in Wyoming!  

Episode 197 - In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast we talk abuot some new changes to the TPWD fishing and hunting regulations.  The use of ballistic apps for hunting and the importance of practicing your shooting posistions.  Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy it!  

Episode 196 In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast we talk all about or recent September bowhunt in Arizona for Coues deer!  The ups and the downs!  The rattlesnakes and trantulas!  Come on along and listen to our conversation about the hunt as we are driving back to Texas!  

Episode 195 - On this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast my son, Nic, tell the story of his "bonus nilgai"!  He tells how the hunt came about and his take aways after taking the largest animal he has ever harvested to date!  Enjoy the podcast!!

Episode 194 - In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast we are back to saltwater kayak fishing!!!  Me, Nic, Roger, Orlando and Justin head down to the marshes of Southeast Texas in search of flounder, but not all goes as planned as you will soon hear!  Hope you enjoy the podcast!!!  

Episode 193 - In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast I visit how I am preparing for the upcoming hunting season, experimenting with LEFT helical fletchings, my new Garmin Xero, using Hornady 4DOF, start planning my 2025 hunting season and a little flounder fishing!  CHEERS!!

Ep 192 - In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast I give my 2 cents worth on the non-resident OTC archery elk tags going away in 2025.  

Episode 191 - No mountains where you live to train?  Think your ready for your upcoming Western backback hunt??  Give this the ARDUOUS PACK TEST a try!  Used as a physical entrance exam for wildland fire crews this test can give you an idea if your physically ready and capable for your backpack hunt!  Hope you enjoy the podcast!  

EP 190 - In This episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast we look into my pack to see just what I am taking on our Arizona September Archery Deer Hunt.  More importantly what I am NOT taking on the trip!  I hope ya'll enjoy the podcast!!!  Go to the Salty Yak YouTube channel if you want to see the video version! Kifaru Packs Six Moon Design Lunar Solo Tent Nemo Tensor Insulated Alpine Sleeping Pa...

Episode 189 - In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast I talk aout what kicked me in the shorts to motivate me to get back on a workout program and what my "100 miles a week" workout program looks like!!!  

EP 188 - In This episode of The Salty Yak Outdoors Podcast we dive into the details of how to apply for the Colorado Secondary Draw permits!  We discuss how the secondary draw works and what I look for when trying to select a hut to apply for!  I hope this help you on getting a tag this year!

Episode 187 In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoor Podcast we are going to answer some of the listener fishing questions we have recieved.  We are going to talk about what and how much gear to take on a day of saltwater kayak fishing, micro skiffs and jets skis for inshore saltwater fishing, haw to maximize your time on a fishing trip, hammock vs tent set ups and lastly planning a "bucket list"...

Episode 186  In this episode of The Salty Yak Outdoor Podcast we dive into exactly how I use the computer to scout and plan my hunts.  Its not just OnX and Goggle Earth!  I hope this podcast and video helps!

Episode 185 In this episode of The Salt Yak Outdoor Podcast I talk about how I use OnX for fishing!  I dive into how I use it for scouting and planning fishing trips.  How I use it to find routes around oyster so I am not tearin up the kayak and how it can be super helpful remembering where to turn in the marsh!  I hope you enjoy the podcast!  Be sure the check it on The Salty Yak YouTube channel...

Episode 184 - This episode finds us once again sitting down with our favorite youth hunters!  The West Boys, Colton and Connor and Dad, Chris!  These boys love hunting and outdoor adventures and they are great at it!  Young men and women like these are the future of hunting!  They tell all about there hunting adventures from last season and how the Total Archery Challenge is going for them!  It is...

Episode 183 - Tune in and listen too all of our adventures and stories from the 2024 Total Archery Challenge in San Antionio, Texas!  This was the 3rd year for some of the group and the 1st year for a couple!  There was even one of our group that had never shot his bow at any 3D target before this!  Thank you Emilio, SoTexas Outdoor Podcast, for once again doing a joint podcast and cleaning up thi...