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Nick Percy is joining us once again, but this time with a different take on food plots. The last time that we spoke with Nick was in June 2016 found here: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/killerfoodplots ,  when our focus was on food plots for the fall. Now, as the snow melts away in the Northern Zone, we learn from Nick that there are several kinds of seeds that we can throw atop frost ridden soils and let mother nature take over by working the seeds into the soil naturally. There's a point to this.  As deer come out of their food scare winter habitats (especially in the northern United States), having a rich crop of green protein and nutrients will get the herd back into shape quickly as the rest of the world follows suit down in the weeks to come. But, there are soil considerations to consider too, like ph, soil temps, and minerals.  Nick takes us through his bag of tricks for early spring food plot preparation. OUR SPONSORS: Advanced Treestands www.AdvancedTreestands.com Covert Scouting Cameras www.CovertScoutingC

Wayne Bolton walks miles.  We suggested that he try out a FitBit, just to keep track. As the "Shed Hunting Fool", over the last 20 something years, Wayne has spent almost every hour he had available from around mid-January to mid-April hunting for every antler he could locate. We estimate that this would be the equivalent of a second full time job and a second part time job if anyone is counting. But that effort pays off.  It's not uncommon for Wayne for find 50+ sheds a season (down from 100+ when the competition wasn't so great) and because he spends most of his shed hunting time in southwestern Ohio, he's finding some of nature's greatest sheds in America.  We were curious about how Wayne goes about this craft, how it relates to deer hunting, and how we could learn from his techniques and apply them anywhere in the country.  Oh, and stick around for Wayne's deer hunting story about a buck named Curley. It's a good one. OUR SPONSORS: Advanced Treestands www.AdvancedTreestands.com Morse Sporting Goods www.Mo

Growing up in Ohio and working for different farms and construction companies, Matt Light learned what hard honest work was like.  On the football field, he found a home where strength met aggression and technique.  In the hunting woods, he found an appreciation and passion for the outdoors where focus on technique mattered just as much as it did on the football field.  Matt paid little attention to football outside of his hometown high school team, but college football recruiters were paying attention to him.  He played a full collegiate career at Purdue along side Drew Brees and soon found himself playing along side Tom Brady for the New England Patriots from 2001 to 2012.  Matt says that football taught him many lessons in life, but so has hunting where he says sometimes you just have one of those days where everything goes your way. Today, after spending 11 years in the NFL, he has set his sights on raising money for the Matt Light Foundation (www.MattLight72.com) where he hopes to help the slightly misgu

Maybe's it's revenge from when Dan Infalt was charged by a buck at age 9, or maybe it's just that Dan's strategizes a deer hunt more than most. Whatever it is, Dan Infalt is one heck of a good deer hunter.  Dan begins a hunt with maps, not just to determine where the big bucks bed, but to determine where everyone else hunts, so that he doesn't. Dan loves to hunt buck beds that are surrounded by water where other hunters and most predators (except for Dan) won't travel. He also enjoys a good game of cat and mouse, scouting during the season, backtracking on buck sightings,  and feels that one of his key ingredients to killing big bucks is his ability to keep the swamp monsters guessing by rarely hunting the same set twice. Dan reveals many of his tips and tricks in this show. And just in case you have more questions, we've set up a special session with Dan on Faceook LIVE on our Facebook page on Thursday at 6pm. www.facebook.com/bigbuckregistry Here's the Link to the Follow Up https://youtu.be/GeVepvZqkqA DEER

Picture if you can traveling to a remote area,  being stripped of all your clothing, meeting a complete stranger (also naked), and being left to fend for yourselves in the raw elements of the forest or jungle. Could you do it?  This is a real scenario for Laura Zerra, one of the original cast members of the Discovery Channel's Naked and Afraid. We first met Laura at a dinner table in Las Vegas and turns out there's much more to Laura than being a reality television star.  As you might suspect Laura is full of life.  She is a survivalist and a hunter. In this episode we learn quite a bit about the elements of survival, tips on surviving in the wilderness, sleeping in coyote dens, what tarantulas taste like, and how to learn from the animals you hunt, and why Laura developed a style of hunting called persistence hunting.  OUR SPONSORS: Advanced Treestands www.AdvancedTreestands.com Morse's Sporting Goods www.MorseSportingGoods.com DEER NEWS: Baiting Bill Could Change Hunting in Alabama 2016 Iowa Deer Harvest T

Agronomy is a noun.  It means the science of soil management and crop production. Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, evolution, distribution, identification and taxonomy.  When an agronomist and a biologist get together to think up what deer really need to survive and flourish, look out, the brain waves might be radioactive.  Stand too close and you will learn lots about proper whitetail nutrition.  Jason Obermiller, a teacher and taxidermist with a Master's Degree in Biology, and Eric Fitzgerald, a full time agronomist, teamed up to develop what might be the deer supplement industry's most thought out, most well designed deer supplement on the market today.  Jason's thesis in college focused on a new way quickly age younger deer and soon after focused further studies on deer supplements currently on the market.  Jason can also tell you plenty about the health of a whitetail based on the feel of a antler (he's examin

Barry Wensel says two heads are better than one. What he's referring to is the ability to learn the woods and understand deer hunting scenarios from the perspective of two woodsman instead of soley relying on his own perspective. The other woodsman he's referring to is his brother Gene.  Barry and Gene Wensel are regarded by even the best deer hunters as whitetail deer hunting royalty.  And, arguably, they might just be the best pure all-around deer hunters on the planet. Barry spends much of his time in the woods studying and learning the terrain and how deer move through areas and will make micro adjustments at his treestand setups to turn a 25 yard shot into a 15 yard shot.  Barry has also been known to travel several hundred yards out of his way, just to approach his treestand correctly, and undetected.  This show is loaded with tips and strategies, and although it pushes the 2 hour mark, it will feel like ten minutes. Notepad required. OUR SPONSORS:  ScentLok Enforcer www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Advanced Ta

A gun loving taxidermist living Ojai, California naturally finds himself surrounded by anti-gun anti-hunting liberals.  It makes Chuck Testa's life more interesting and says he's lost lots of friends.  But Chuck doesn't take life too seriously (unless you're talking about his taxidermy work - he's all business there) and says we all are better off when we can make fun of ourselves.  We don't disagree. Chuck also says that "Nope!" is a zen-like state of mind. Chuck has become a symbol and icon of our YouTube culture where Chuck was the centerpiece of a commercial created by famous YouTubers Rhett and Link. Chuck unintentionally found fame when that same commercial hit the YouTube circuit where it has been downloaded over 17 million times.  Chuck is hardcore when it comes to his taxidermy work and business but  his sense of humor and seemingly dry-toast personality makes watching Chuck's life entertaining.  And now Chuck has his own television show called Mounted on Carbon TV.  We talk with Chuck about his begi

Every hunter has thought about owning their own hunting property at one phase of their hunting life or another.  Whether it turns into realty is another story. Sometimes it's a financial obstacle, sometimes, something else. What's fascinating is that we often overlook the income potential of owning a piece of whitetail heaven. As Dave Graham, a real estate agent from Iowa,  and Jake Huff, owner and real estate broker at the Huff Land Company, will reveal in this episode, there's lot to consider when buying a property where the big bucks roam.  Is it a fair price? Can it be financed? What about timber value?  Is there cash flow potential for row crops?  Jake and Dave touch on all these subjects and much much more. Grab a pen and a notebook.  We have lots to talk about.  OUR SPONSORS:  ScentLok Enforcer www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Advanced Treestands www.AdvancedTreestands.com Morse's Sporting Goods www.MorseSportingGoods.com DEER NEWS: Michigan Calls for Deer Cull with Presence of CWD Idaho Spends $650k to Feed

Dr Dave Samuel spent a 30 year career as a wildlife management professor at West Virginia University.  Dr Dave said that he truly enjoyed his work there and loved new interns because he always had another deer study ready to go. However, Dave's journey goes well beyond a life of academia.  Dave is an accomplished writer and journalist for Bowhunter Magazine, Whitetail Journal, and Bowhunting.net.  He's also won several lifetime achievement awards from the National Bowhunter Education Foundation, QDMA, and Whitetails Unlimited. He's also been inducted into the Bowhunter and Archery Hall's of Fame.  Not too shabby a resume.  Oh, and did we mention that he's one heck of a good deer hunter? It probably goes without saying.  Dave struggles a bit with the physical aspects of deer hunting these days after suffering from a surgery gone bad where a surgeon accidentally severed the nerve to his diaphragm.  But that doesn't stop Dave. He still goes hunting.  We touch on several different topics in this episode and dig d

The elements often dictate the best style of hunting for a particular region of the country.  In Maine, tracking is considered by many buck hunters to be one of the most effective methods. When the snow flys, trackers like Hal Blood look for those buck killin' days.  What's interesting is that the tracker rarely concerns themselves with the wind and scent control, rather, they rely on the track of a toe dragger to point them in the right direction.  It's a game of covering lots of ground, getting on a good track, and reading the signs left behind by that very buck you are pursuing, waiting for a glimpse.  Hal Blood is one of the best and in this episode he tells us what he looks for, when to slow down, and when to speed up while on the trail of a monster Maine whitetail.  OUR SPONSORS: ScentLok Enforcer www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Advanced Takedown Treestands www.AdvancedTreestands.com Morse's Sporting Goods www.MorseSportingGoods.com DEER NEWS: Update on 312+ Inch Non-Typical Whitetail Record Buck Man Fined $1

Have you even used a bicycle to maneuver into the close proximity of a mature pressured whitetail buck? Well if you have (we don't know many hunters that use this method), you're not alone. Craig Meyer knows this strategy all too well. Make no mistake about it though, the bicycle alone isn't enough kill a mature pressured whitetail, but Craig Meyer uses this tactic as one of his many strategies when he's moving in for a kill shot.  Craig also likes to use the off-season, specifically the month of March,  to scout for buck beds and plan an treestand attack in the fall.  Craig also scouts predominant winds, loves hunting out of a variety of trees, and is a big fan of Dan Infalt.  Craig describes his hunting strategies in detail with us as he hunts down mature whitetail bucks.  OUR SPONSORS: ScentLok Enforcer www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Morse's Sporting Goods www.MorseSportingGoods.com Advanced Takedown Treestands www.AdvancedTreestands.com DEER NEWS: Sabotaged Treestands Seriously Injures Hunter Five Men Nabbed f

It takes a village to manage deer herds to grow bigger deer. In the farm country of Pennsylvania, Steve Pfaff knows first hand. Steve was able to kill one of his best bucks to date in 2016 and he credits his success not just to his own practices on his family (public land) farm, but to the commitment and deer management teamwork of  neighboring farms.  Each farm works towards maximizing crops production while effectively keeping the deer herd in balance. Steve studies the deer herd year round with the use of game cameras, is very particular about treestand placement, uses the farm crop rotations to his advantage, and says that a slow quiet walk to and from the stand is important to his bow hunting success.  Steve shares with us his experience of working the family farm, hunting the family farm, and shooting a buck of a lifetime. DEER NEWS: Harvest Number Up Significantly in Vermont State Island Deer Vasectomies Continue Thru March Use Natural Bio Diversity to Fight Lyme Disease Late Season Buck Could Take Do

We last spoke with Dean Capuano in Episode 110 of the Big Buck Registry Deer Hunting Podcast and this time we're talking history.  Dean takes us through the history of the Swarovski company, what makes great crystal and why it comes from a particular region of the world, and what separates good binoculars from great binoculars.  And of course we talk deer hunting. Dean, who calls Rhode Island home, is no stranger to hunting whitetail in the smallest state in the US. Despite it's size, whitetail deer hunting in Rhode Island is big.  Dean walks us through his late season strategies.  He says it's better to pick the right days to hunt the wind to keep from blowing the bucks out of an area because of a bad wind. OUR SPONSORS ScentLok Enforcer www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Eurohanger www.facebook.com/eurohanger Morse's Sporting Goods www.MorseSportingGoods.com DEER NEWS Whitetail Nation- Are Deer Numbers in Decline? Wolf Hunting OK'd by Rick Snider, Still Illegal Harlem Deer Caught in City/State Battle Dies in Captivi

As far as gun manufacturing goes, Ruger is a relatively young company.  The principles that William Ruger founded the company upon in 1949 still exist today, deep within the Ruger culture.  Ken Jorgensen knows this first hand as Ruger's Media Relations Director.  The Sturm, Ruger Company was founded on a few fundamental principles which include concepts like: a rifle should not cost more than a mans standard week's pay, you shouldn't cash a customer's check until the product is ready to ship, a company shouldn't borrower money, and that a gun companies success is based on it's ability to innovate and give the gun owner a reason to buy a new gun. Ruger is alive and well and Ken shares his knowledge of the history of the company, how he learned to read the wind for long 600+ yard shots, and how he goes about finding the right load for a new gun. OUR SPONSORS: ScentLok Enforcer www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Eurohanger www.facebook.com/eurohanger Morse's Sporting Goods www.MorseSportingGoods.com DEER NEWS: Potential

When you think of West Monroe, Louisiana and hunting, you would typically think about a cast of duck hunters with long beards and a popular mainstream television show.  Turns out, there's more going on in West Monroe than we thought. Meet Krystle Mahoney and Taylor Hance, otherwise know as the Whitetail Widow Makers.  They work regular jobs like most of us, but when the work is done, they are hitting the woods of Louisiana for some good old fashion deer hunting. Originally from Texas, Taylor has made a lifetime of deer hunting with friends and family. Taylor turned Krystle onto hunting and she's been hooked ever since. We learn about how they go about deer hunting the variety of terrain that Louisiana has to offer, what hunting means to each of them, how they decided to turn deer hunting into a social media craze, discovering just the right treestand for men and women, 8 Point Squirrels, and why hunting is so much more than just the hunt itself.  OUR SPONSORS:  ScentLok Enforcer: www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Euro

When you hail from the land where the Hold in the Horn Buck originated and the land of Ten Point Crossbows, you know you're in a good spot.  Dustin Kismore, the taxidermist behind Bill Wilson's 190" double droptine mount (Bill was on this show in Episode #95), knows this area very well. Dustin hunts the urban area around Portage County, Ohio and knows there's potential for a transient buck to cruise through his set up at anymore, a set he doesn't mind hunting frequently.  Dustin is looking forward to mounting his cousin's buck grossing 241 inches, but for now, he shares many tips and strategies on how to get your trophy buck out of the field in onto the taxidermist's form effectively and without error.  Dustin believes in ozone, hunting out of treestands, cooling deer with frozen ice jugs instead of ice, and hunting when the moon is underfoot.   OUR SPONSORS: ScentLok Enforcer www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Eurohanger www.facebook.com/eurohanger Morse's Sporting Goods www.MorseSportingGoods.com DEER NEWS:  Exodus

If only John Stallone had found YouTube sooner!  John is a podcaster, big game deer hunter, and a certified deer steward with a flare for YouTube.   As the YouTuber craze goes, John is taking full advantage of it but he wishes that he found it sooner.  John has 200+ deer kills to his name and learned to bow hunt on Long Island, New York where the opportunities were plentiful.  John now calls Arizona home where the species and variety of hunting are tremendous. But don't think for a moment that John stays put. He also takes full advantage of any big game western hunting tag he can get.  John shares his story about how a kid from Brooklyn ended up as a passionate big game bow hunter, how he started and continues his now public podcast,  and how changing his treestand just 10 feet one year was the difference between an OK angle and a kill shot on a buck he calls Swamp Donkey. OUR SPONSORS: ScentLok Enforcer www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Eurohanger www.facebook.com/eurohanger Morse's Sporting Goods www.MorseSportingGo

More often than not, to hunt and kill the deer you have your sights on, takes far more than one day. For Neil Pendleton, the deer of a lifetime took much longer, 1489 more days to be exact.  It was all worth it and the journey was more of a lesson in whitetail behavior, reinforcing the concept of hunting smarter, not harder. Neil takes us on his epic journey with a New Hampshire buck, but he shares much more about his set up, how he learned to hunt, and what hunting urban New Hampshire is like compared to hunting the big woods of Maine.  And there's one thing Neil specializes in, and it is one of the reasons he routinely kills big southern New Hampshire bucks, mock scrapes.  The buck activity that Neil is able to produce around mock scrapes is astonishing. Neil tells us how he does it. OUR SPONSORS: ScentLok Enforcer www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Eurohanger www.Eurohanger.com Morse's Sporting Goods www.MorseSportingGoods.com DEER NEWS: Dead Deer Wakes Up in Trunk Deer Runs Into Applebees Restaurant 6 Point Buck H

There was actually a time when Sam Ubl wasn't allowed to go deer hunting. That was when he was eleven and the state of Wisconsin's hunting regulations had a minimum age requirement of twelve.  It drove him nuts.  All he wanted to do was hunt.  Once he turned twelve, that moratorium was over forever, unless of course he didn't make the grades.  Sam's dad was stickler for a minimum grade requirements before heading to the family's Wisconsin deer camp.  But it's been a long time since someone told him that he couldn't go deer hunting and Sam takes advantage of every minute that he's in the field. The majority of Sam's deer hunts consist of hunting on the ground, with a bow and arrow, and in the thickest of thick places that are almost impossible to reach. Most hunters won't go there.  But for Sam, he wouldn't do it any other way. Sam tells us all about his adventures with Whitetail Adrenaline, Wisconsin Whitetail Pursuit, hunting without camo, and he tells us why he believes scent control is overrated. OUR SPONS