Deer Hunt - Big Buck Registry - Fueled By Treestand Wingman

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

Growing up in Cambridge, Ontario, Tim Brent knew from a very young age that he wanted to be a professional hockey player.   He claims that his "do whatever it takes" mentality as the key to going pro.  Today, at age 32,  Tim is retired from a career in the NHL and finds himself in a second career of commercial real estate in North Carolina,  where he and Eva Shockey Brent call home.  As you might imagine, Tim enjoys his deer hunting.  Introduced to the sport by two captains on one of his NHL teams, Tim has enjoyed hunting all over the country.  Despite spending years on the ice and dealing night-in night-out with the adrenaline rush that comes with highly competitive professional sports, Tim says that there is nothing in this world that compares to the adrenaline rush of deer hunting.  Tim shares with us how he first met Eva Shockey, how he is preparing for fatherhood, what hunting in a warmer climate south is like for a Canadian, and tells us a heck of a deer story about a hunt on which he wasn't really supp

Fear isn't a factor. It never was. And probably never will. Now there is respect. Respect for how quickly life can flash before you when a simple tiedown strap is overlooked. Bob Dumong now respects every bit of treestand safety after falling 20' to the ground in a nightmare hunt when a strap let go causing Bob's climbing sticks to break away from the tree (seconds before stepping onto his platform). Bob says he now has great respect for treestand safety despite his still fearless mentality. Bob found himself in a new deer land, with new deer rules, in an area with a deer population that dwarfs the state's population where he learned to deer hunt. Yes, the deer hunting in North Carolina is much different than the deer hunting in New Hampshire. Since moving to North Carolina, Bob has taken a deep interest in deer management on the farms near to his home and has even guided many a hog hunter. Bob describes what he's learned about game management since moving to North Carolina, gives us a detailed recall of his

Mark Stukbauer lives in what is known by locals as the Ohio snow-belt. Despite this, the bucks grown big and as Mark says, "big deer are not foreign to me".  Mark has spent many years in the woods chasing whitetails as many of us have, but early on (also as many us have experienced) Mark's kill rate and buck encounter rate wasn't as great as he would have liked.  He questioned his skill and decided that scent must be the deciding factor that he was overlooking.  Mark turned to natural covers scents as an answer to his lack of success in the field. Once Mark started covering himself in local plant material such as goldenrod, apples,and acorns which he would grind up and use on the stand, Mark closed the gap he needed to kill big bucks. And, he says you can do it too. OUR SPONSORS: ScentLok Enforcer www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Eurohanger www.facebook.com/eurohanger Morse's Sporting Goods www.MorseSportingGoods.com DEER NEWS: Denison Iowa Man Injured While Hunting Bass Pro CEO Writes Letter Regarding Cabelas Safet

When it comes to deer hunting, we all need to start somewhere. We learn from our parents and peers, we learn from our hunter safety courses, we learn from our mistakes. Often times it's just a good 'ole seminar that helps us understand better the vast information that we are fed daily about deer hunting. And, due to listener requests for a show on the basics of deer hunting, we decided to meet up with our old friend Dave Priebe at New Hampshire Fish and Game. Dave presents two classes each year, one on the basics of deer hunting and one advanced course called Hunting Dominant Bucks based on the studies of Dr Ken Nordberg (Dave's advance course can be found here: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/huntdombucks ). This is a recorded seminar for those who are just starting out and what to understand the predator prey relationship a bit better before stepping into the woods. However, once you've had your dose of the basics, feel free to peruse through our back catalog for more advanced deer hunting techniques from some of t

Growing up in a small home in a small rural town set the stage for Nick Pinizzotto and a career as CEO of some of the most recognized sportsman groups in the nation.  A love for the outdoors and wildlife seems to be at the root of Nick career path. Nick says even though it seems like we are making decisions based on biological science when it comes to conservation rules and regulations, it's often times more political science operating behind the scenes.  Nick's focus these day is with the National Deer Alliance, a young organization who's goal is to alert members of legislative efforts that could affect your hunting rights and privileges, much like the NRA alerts its members about gun laws.  And, we get to hear Nick tell a great story about a buck he calls Second Chance. OUR SPONSORS: ScentLok Enforcer www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Eurohanger www.facebook.com/Eurohanger Morse's Sporting Goods www.MorseSportingGoods.com DEER NEWS: Deer Decoy Sting is Sluggish Deer Poachers in Webster County Iowa Plead Guilty Flor