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Although Harmon Carson is known as the Bayou Bowhunter, he sharpened his  bowhunting skills in the in the mountains of Colorado.  Harmon credits his dad for lots of his skills, but not necessarily in the traditional father/son teaching sense.  In many cases, Harmon learned to hunt because his father would escort him into the woods, but from then on he was on his own to learn the rest - methods that might not fly today. Nonetheless, those lessons made Harmon one heck of a good bowhunter - no more gun, no more compound, just straight up traditional bowhunting. Harmon says, learn to hunt first and the weapon you choose becomes irrelevant. OUR SPONSORS:  Rackology, Minus 33 Merino Wool,  Covert Scouting Cameras, Grizzly Ears,  QUIETKAT,  BIG BUCK MERCH   DISCOUNT CODES: Minus 33 10% OFF: BIGBUCK33 QuietKat 15% OFF: BIGBUCK15 Deer News Here's What We Discuss: Go Outside and Play Exposure to the Western Hunt Dad Taught Us to Blood Trail Start Hunting at 5 Years Old Dad was My Teacher and Not Too Pick a Hair When Y

J.C. Hall might not be on the trigger most of the time, but he's hunting all the time.  When he does hunt for himself, it's a quality over quantity kind of thing.  These days J.C. is frequently on tour with the likes of country singer Aaron Lewis where he's running the camera or editing for the show On the Road Outdoors.    J.C. says he's always hunting in a sense because the footage needs capturing and he doesn't want to be the guy to mess up the hunt. J.C. is an interesting guy with a colorful past - he studied golf at Penn State, was pit crew member on the NASCAR circuit, and is now a producer for Open Season TV and Editor for On the Road. OUR SPONSORS:  Rackology, Minus 33 Merino Wool,  Covert Scouting Cameras, Grizzly Ears,  QUIETKAT,  BIG BUCK MERCH   DISCOUNT CODES: Minus 33 10% OFF: BIGBUCK33 QuietKat 15% OFF: BIGBUCK15 Deer News Here's What We Discuss: Coyotes and Hogs Predators and Management Open Season and On the Road Golf at Penn State  Stealing Grandpa's VHS  Hunting on Sunday Influencers- Prim

So you want to book a whitetail hunt with an outfitter, but you don't know exactly where to start.  Maybe this is your first time or maybe you're rebounding from a horrible experience and you're attempting not to repeat.  With booking season in full swing, we thought we should explore the do's and don'ts with Jason Selman of Hero Shot Outfitters.  What questions should you ask?  What are the red flags? What's should you expect to get when you spend your hard earn money and when should you run away and go onto the next outfitter?  We explore all this an more with Jason so that you can avoid big mistakes and ensure a quality experience when booking your next whitetail adventure with an outfitter. SPECIAL OFFER FROM QUIETKAT TO OUR LISTENERS-  USE CODE: BIGBUCK15 to Receive 15% Off Your Order OUR SPONSORS:  Rackology, Covert Scouting Cameras, QUIETKAT,  BIG BUCK MERCH   Deer News Here's What We Discuss: Getting Serious West Central Illinois Researching Outfitters What's the First Thing?  What Do I What to Hunt?

After 35 years of hunting and after burning out a camera man or two, there's no sign of Chuck Paddock hunting less.  Chuck is a busy business man and is part owner of Open Season TV (you may remember our interview on Epi 200 with Chuck's partner James Blakenbeckler). Chuck doesn't consider the work surrounding Open Season actual work as it's not his how he makes his living. But he sure does love to hunt and he enjoys bringing his hunts to life for others through video. Chuck's big things are low pressure, careful entry and exit routes, and an abundant use of game cameras.  SPECIAL OFFER FROM QUIETKAT TO OUR LISTENERS-  USE CODE: BIGBUCK15 to Receive 15% Off Your Order OUR SPONSORS:  Rackology, Covert Scouting Cameras, QUIETKAT,  BIG BUCK MERCH   Here's What We Discuss: 55 Degrees Zero Snow Open Season TV - a Fluke Deal I Can't Get the Money from Sponsors Shooting Cameras - Sony FS5 and A7S DSLR Equipment Is So Much Better Now It's Not a Stable Environment You Have to Prove that It Works I Burned Out My Camer

The Bearded Butchers, otherwise known as brothers Seth and Scott Perkins, grew up learning butchery as part of the family business butchering domestic livestock. They carried their knowledge into the hunter's world by hunting for and butchering all types of wild game. And what goes great with meat?  Spices!  So the brothers ventured into the spice business which grew it's now infamous label from their bearded father and namesake inspired by membership at a local beard club.  Their spices are all natural, free of sugar, MSG, and anti-caking materials and the brothers' deer processing YouTube videos about how to correctly process and age venison has gone absolutely viral.  In this show, we explore all the Bearded Butcher secrets to successful deer processing, how jerky can break down deer hunting barriers, and how you can do it too.   SPECIAL OFFER FROM QUIETKAT TO OUR LISTENERS-  USE CODE: BIGBUCK15 to Receive 15% Off Your Order OUR SPONSORS:  Rackology, Covert Scouting Cameras, QUIETKAT,  BIG BUCK MERCH   Her

It's been 4 years since we last visited with our friends at Major League Bowhunter.  Every conversation we've had with their crew has lead to some deep thinking related to hunting, industry challenges, and solutions to keep hunting alive for generations to come.  According to Matt, due to some legislation and some economic factors relative to agriculture in Mississippi, the Mississippi deer hunting has never been so good.  We reflect on Matt's 2018-2019 deer season and then we turn to Brandon Adams, a long time MLB crew member, and learn how he prepared for a season he called the Oklahoma Slam which involved taking one of each of the 5 big game species in Oklahoma in a single hunting season using over the counter tags available to anyone. SPECIAL OFFER FROM QUIETKAT TO OUR LISTENERS-  USE CODE: BIGBUCK15 to Receive 15% Off Your Order OUR SPONSORS:  Rackology, Covert Scouting Cameras, QUIETKAT,  BIG BUCK MERCH   Here's What We Discuss: I Can't See My Phone Lasik and Target Panic HHA Site, Being Afraid to Miss

The arborists are probably the first to harness the power of the tree harness, but what about the rock climbing community? According to Greg Godfrey from the tree harness company Tethrd, we need to give credit to each. And that's pretty much how his company got its roots - it's a deer hunter meets arborist meets rock climber kind of story. Greg says that due to the demand to pack lighter to get to your favorite deer hunting spot without sacrificing safety or the ability to hunt from a tree, Tethrd was born. Tethrd isn't the first tree harness company, but they are perhaps the first to focus on this method of hunting that's been around for quite a while and really make some innovative advancements. We discuss with Greg the products that Tethrd offers, how to use them effectively, and how their system can safely make you a lighter more mobile deer hunter. SPECIAL OFFER FROM QUIETKAT TO OUR LISTENERS- USE CODE: BIGBUCK15 to Receive 15% Off Your Order OUR SPONSORS: Rackology Hunter's Blend Coffee Use Code BBR for

It's hard to imagine that a bicycle would have anything to do with deer hunting.  For years we've relied on our vehicles- our trucks and our ATVs and our UTVs to get us deeper into the woods to our hunting spots.  But a bicycle? Well, turns out, with a little ingenuity from some outdoor enthusiasts and a re-design of the legendary mountain bike - fatter tires, better suspension, a motor, and a hardcore battery like what you'd find in the futuristic Tesla automobile, the all terrain electric bike was born.  We discuss in detail with QuietKat's Adam Parr how they engineered what is perhaps the most innovated electric all terrain bicycle on the market and how it will likely change the future of how hunters go quietly to and from their favorite hunting spots with the efficiency of the ATV. SPECIAL OFFER FROM QUIETKAT TO OUR LISTENERS: USE CODE: BIGBUCK15 to Receive 15% Off Your Order OUR SPONSORS: Rackology, Hunter's Blend Coffee Use Code BBR for 10% Off, Polarwerkz Coolers,  Covert Scouting Cameras, Morse's Spor

We continue our podcast mini-series of hunting technology on this episode with the cellular game camera.  Long gone are the days of film game cameras.  The standard game camera  now is digital with an SD card.  But now the cellular game camera is making strides in both quality and price point. Will this be the new standard soon?  Time will tell as everyone starts to accept and use the latest technology.  We thought we should explore the cellular game camera because everyone seems to want one but many don't know enough about them to jump in.  So we grabbed our good friend Kimber O'Dell from Covert Scouting Cameras to break it all down for us. OUR SPONSORS: Rackology, Hunter's Blend Coffee Use Code BBR for 10% Off, Polarwerkz Coolers,  Covert Scouting Cameras, Morse's Sporting Goods,  BIG BUCK MERCH   Here's What We Discuss: Security to Hunting First Affordable Cell Cam The Sim Card 2G, 3G, LTE Verizon and AT&T IEMI, ICCID Secure.Covert-Wireless.com Plots and Food Sources Why Do You Need a Cell Game Camera

Over the past 4 episodes of our Hunt Tech mini-series we've explored a deer movement prediction app with the Drury's and their new app called Deercast,  the on-demand action camera with Aaron Stonehocker from Tactacam, a game camera picture data processing system with Jon Livingston from DeerLab, and mapping and waypoint technology with Zach Sandau from OnX Hunt.  Now, we move onto the arrow and the broadhead with David Hand from Slash Arrows. The earliest evidence of the arrow launched from a bow dates back some 10,000 years and we've seen some amazing arrow and the broadhead advancements in technology since the aluminium arrow was first introduced.  Every year there seems to be a new innovative arrow and broadhead design and David Hand may have one of the most innovative designs in recent years.  We asked David to join us to explore all the innovations over the last 20 years, where things are today, and what the future of the arrow and the broadhead looks like for archery hunters. OUR SPONSORS: Rackology, H

Remember when maps were on paper?  We use to spend money on paper topo maps and put a thumbtack on that map to represent a deer sighting, effectively creating heat map with multiple thumbtacks.  Then along came Google and Google Maps.  It was a revolutionary step forward in scouting technology, but there were some very important pieces missing from the Google map.  For one, we couldn't instantly in-the field in real-time tell where the boundary lines of property existed. Sure, we could spend hours looking at town survey maps, but nothing was instant.  And who the heck owned the property?  That was another game of tracking down slow information points.  These were all the challenges that Eric Siegfried, founder of OnX Maps had at one time.  All of the information was available, but not instantly on any single device in an organized manner when you needed it.  So, Eric set out to fix all that with his new company.  A decade later, with a subscription and smart phone or GPS you can instantly have access to all t

By now in your hunting career you've probably used a game camera or two. As hunters we use game cameras to scout and gather information about deer movement.  Game camera pics can be deceiving though, for multiple reasons. For example, there could be a huntable buck in the area that just won't come to the camera.  Or, perhaps we get a picture of a buck, but the reason we think he's in the area might be relative to something completely different from what we thought.  Scientifically these examples could be considered a false negatives and a false positives.  Using a multiple camera system and gathering data points connected to weather  might be a better approach to determining when to hunt.  However, keeping track of data when using more than a couple cameras can be daunting and without keeping statistics correctly the degree of error goes up when determining the true pattern.  That's where Deer Lab comes into play.  Deer Lab takes game camera picture information thru photo recognition and time stamps and marri

On the last episode of Deer Hunt, we began our exploration of hunting technology with the Drury's new app called DeerCast.  We continue our series on hunting technology this time with the likes of Tactacam, a company who built what is perhaps the best deer hunting action camera on the market.  We've all been involved with hunts where we wished we had a camera to film it all but didn't.  And there's that occasion when we did have a camera, but the awkwardness of using the camera and taking the shot at the same time made for terrible footage.  There have been other action cameras on the market, but somehow, this small coming out of Minnesota has gotten top marks with hunters, probably because they thought through what the hunter needs most- a camera that can seemingly just  be part of the equipment -  conveniently hidden near the end of a barrel or within the stabilizer of a bow, and without duct tape, and can be activated with a push of the button.  Tactacam continues to reach new ground as it constantly attem

In the first part of our 6 Part Series of Hunt Tech, where we explore the technology that has embedded itself in our hunting lives, we dive deep into a new hunting app called DeerCast by Drury Outdoors.  For a very long time deer hunters have been trying to determine when deer move, what conditions make for a worthy deer hunt, and when should we as deer hunters capitalize on those factors.  We've spent hours and hours studying solunar charts, weather maps for pressure and cold fronts, and peak estrus diagrams for the areas that we hunt.  It can be a daunting task to put that all together.  The Drurys- Mark, Terry,  Matt, and Taylor have condensed all this information into one app for iOS and Android call Deercast to determine the best times to hunt in your area during each phase of the Drury 13 Phases of hunting.  Will it be effective? Only time will tell, but undoubtedly technology in the deer hunting world, like it or not, is here to stay.  So we thought we should explore in detail some of these tech advanc

Zach Ferenbaugh is an integral part of the media company The Hunting Public where he is helping to bring the masses unfiltered public land hunts from across the country.  Following in the footsteps of great hunters like Dan Infalt and the group from Whitetail Adrenaline, Zach and his partners are finding ways to successfully hunt those high pressure public lands, and deliver the hunts along the way using the latest media distribution mechanisms like Amazon Video, Youtube, and Podcasting.  Zach shares his strategies and techniques that he uses to locate and bring down big mature whitetail bucks. OUR SPONSORS: Rackology, Hunter's Blend Coffee Use Code BBR for 10% Off, Polarwerkz Coolers,  Covert Scouting Cameras, Morse's Sporting Goods,  BIG BUCK MERCH   Here's What We Discuss: Amazon and Youtube Heavy Hunting Pressure How Much Access is There, and Land Barriers Water Access Being Mobile and Without Restrictions Deer Stand Rule Hot sign and Birddogging Mature Buck Sign VS Buck Sign Wasted Sits Wind Bumps DEER

At first glance, Tommy Bradenburg is just a  common blue collar guy, doing his thing, raising a family in midwest USA.  But then you take a closer look, and you say wow, this guy is hunting and killing some big deer- routinely, year after year.  We had to take a closer look.   Sure enough, Tommy, outside of his 9-5 day job, is embedded in the deer hunting community and his a hardcore deer hunting habits recognize some uncommon success killing big mature whitetail bucks.  And because it's what we do, we break down all of Tommy's strategies and techniques for you so you can do it too. OUR SPONSORS: Rackology, Hunter's Blend Coffee Use Code BBR for 10% Off, Polarwerkz Coolers,  Covert Scouting Cameras, Morse's Sporting Goods,  BIG BUCK MERCH   Here's What We Discuss: Takedown Eventures EZ Cut Huge on Pressure Farmer's Doors and Word of Mouth  Farmer's Rules Property Intel 40 Acres/ 10 Cameras Mock Scrapes Catch 'Em Off Guard Getty a Little Rutty The Killin' Tree Baby 12 Synthetic Lickin' Sticks DEER NEWS Our A

In 1977 Chris Cordell began a career as a professional deer hunter.  He is the first and only hunter in the world to complete a double slam in one season and has tagged in over 200 whitetails, not to mention  placing over 30 Pope and Young whitetails on his wall.  Oh, and that was before the age of 35. Chris is also an outdoor writer, product designer, and inventor of various archery products for the hunting industry.  Away from the spotlight for a while, Chris is poised for a comeback and wants nothing more than to help hunters hunt better. His favorite quote: Let 'em grow.  We like that.  OUR SPONSORS: Rackology, Hunter's Blend Coffee, Polarwerkz Coolers,  Covert Scouting Cameras, Morse's Sporting Goods, Treestand Wingman,  BIG BUCK MERCH   DEER NEWS Our APP: CLICK HERE for Our FAN APP Help Support This Show: Click Here to Support Us Big Buck Merch: Click Here for BBR Deer Hunt Merch FEEDBACK HOTLINE: 724-613-2825 PLACES TO FIND OUR PODCAST: Click for Apple Podcasts Click Here for Stitcher Click Here for Go

Six one, 360 pounds. That's where Dennis Pridgen weighed in 3.5 years ago.  Today, 160 pounds lighter, weighing in at a lean 200 pounds, Dennis has found a rejuvenation for everything he loves, life and deer hunting.  Dennis attributes his successful weight loss to a popular diet called the ketogenic diet.  A passionate deer hunting and outdoor television cameraman, Dennis now out paces his fellow hunters and looks at climbing trees these days as entertaining instead of a burden.   Dennis walks us through how he dropped the 160 pounds in a relatively short amount of time and how the weight loss has drastically help his career and his ability to hunt. OUR SPONSORS: Hunter's Blend Coffee, Polarwerkz Coolers,  Covert Scouting Cameras, Morse's Sporting Goods, Treestand Wingman,  BIG BUCK MERCH   DEER NEWS Our APP: CLICK HERE for Our FAN APP Help Support This Show: Click Here to Support Us Big Buck Merch: Click Here for BBR Deer Hunt Merch FEEDBACK HOTLINE: 724-613-2825 PLACES TO FIND OUR PODCAST: Click for Apple

As Longfellow wrote in his infamous poem Paul Revere's Ride, "One if by land, two if by sea" describing the Redcoat's travel plans from Boston to Concord, we can almost re-envision this today as a  description of  hunting and fishing in the modern world- one whitetail land, two stripers by sea. Now it's the hunt, and perhaps a new fight for freedom, that is conducted in the suburbs of Boston where the American Revolution began.  According to Justin Coots and Jacob Bennett, members of a fairly new band of bowhunting patriots call Boston Bowhunter, it's darn good hunting in and around Boston.  We discuss how Justin, a fairly new hunter and Jacob, a seasoned deer hunter, plan there hunts in and around the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts and why they founded the Boston Bowhunter group. OUR SPONSORS: Hunter's Blend Coffee, Polarwerkz Coolers,  Covert Scouting Cameras, Morse's Sporting Goods, Treestand Wingman,  BIG BUCK MERCH   DEER NEWS Our APP: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/app Help Support This Show: www.BigBuckRegi

We've heard the expression 'Hunt the Wind' over and over.  Many of us base our entire hunt on exactly that concept.   But what if that was all wrong?  Did your head just explode?  Mine did when I heard this from Michael Yates, part of the group of hunters that Bill Vale has organized as the Pressured Deer Pros.  I had to dig deeper so we put Michael on the mic stand to discuss amongst other things: hunter efficiency, ground disturbance, hunting upwind and not down wind, several ground hunting tactics and ambush set ups. OUR SPONSORS: Hunter's Blend Coffee, Polarwerkz Coolers,  Covert Scouting Cameras, Morse's Sporting Goods, Treestand Wingman,  BIG BUCK MERCH   DEER NEWS Our APP: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/app Help Support This Show: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/pledge FEEDBACK HOTLINE: 724-613-2825 REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE on iTUNES and Stitcher: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/itunes www.BigBuckRegistry.com/stitcher Want to Know When the Next Big Buck Podcast is Released? Then Join the Club: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/huntmail Su