Sportsmen's Nation - For The Die-hard Sportsman

On this episode, Dan talks with the founder of the North American Whitetail Championship Steve Schmidt. Steve goes in to detail about why this tournement was created, how it works, and why he thinks it will help light a spark that he feels the hunting community needs. Steve also shares all of the different ways someone can participate in this event and all the different ways to win. Like with everything in this world, this comes with some controversy as some feel this is an exploitation of the animal for a business opportunity not to mention that this also focuses on big antlers and not the overall hunting experience. Please visit our social media platforms and share your thoughts about this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Changing your frame of mind is going to be paramount in 2019 for hunters in the midwest. States all across the region have experienced at, or near record rainfall this year to cripple many farmers and foodplotters alike. Dave and JP wanted to take it to the next level on this discussion, and throw out the how and why's to adjusting your game plan to ensure a successful season with unprecedented circumstances. Things like fall food plots, amounts, mineral, and drastically altered hunting strategies make the list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane Simpson is a guest once again on this episode. Garrett and Shane have both been doing a large amount of boots on the ground scouting in mosquito and deer fly infested swamps in Minnesota and Wisconsin. This type of scouting isn't the most popular or enjoyable, but it can still have value depending on the type of intel needed. Shane discusses how the locations where he plans on hunting this year aren't new, but the tactics and techniques are. People who know Shane from his turkey series know that he possesses good woodsmanship, so applying new tactics will come more easily to someone like him. Shane discusses some of the key things he's been focusing in on with his summer scouting and how he plans on using that information this coming fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Dan is joined by the CEO of the National Deer Alliance Nick Pinizzotto for an update on what the organization is working on. Nick discusses his recent trip to Washington D.C. to testify on CWD at a congressional subcommittee hearing. Then, Dan and Nick talk about CWD issues on more of a local level as Nick explains the work they have been doing in Wisconsin. Lastly, the guys talk about a proposal supported by the NDA to expand hunting and fishing opportunities on national wildlife refuges throught the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Kingham Johnson who is a current intern with Land & Legacy and our partners. Kingham is meeting his internship requirements through the Kansas State Wildlife and Outdoor Enterprise program. During the podcast, Kingham describes the advantages of the program and how it is helping him reach his goals of running a business based on habitat management. We discuss how his opportunities this summer are helping him learn the business of consulting, client relations, habitat management, networking, and much more. Kingham shares some great insight on how to obtain the education and experiences necessary to get started. If you a young individual wanting to learn how to land a job in the outdoor industry, this podcast will help you! Enjoy.Learn.Share! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here it is, this podcast is a long time coming. Dwayne Estes with the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative is leading the charge of habitat restoration throughout the Southeastern United States. This non-profit is fiercely dedicated to educating the country on the vast diversity of landscapes the southeast us to possess. This diversity includes shortleaf pine woodlands and savannas, and vast grasslands. The changes this country has endured is incredible and a loss of biodiversity is the concern. These ecological landscapes are home to hundreds of rare plants and animals. Less than 1% of these ecosystems remain today across the southeast. This is a huge concern for our landscape. This amount of loss in habitat is devastating and no one but the SGI is talking about it. Turn up the volume and take notes! Join the fight and follow along with SGI on Facebook! Enjoy.Learn.Share Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode I chat with Taylor Pardue transplant of North Carolina to Pennsylvania about how he was introduced in to hunting. We talk about how he did not come from a family of hunters and made the decision to do something more manly in his life, and that's what let him to hunting. From there, here learnd everything on his own. He started with a gun then fell in love, like most of us, with bowhunting. Now living in Pennsylvania as an outdoor writer, Taylor talks about how he got in to writing based of being good at english in school. Now in PA, Taylor is now learning the ropes as a public land hunter and we discuss his goal going to his second archery season in some of the most pressured hunting ground in the US. This is an awesome story about a guy who love the outdoors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick sits down with Kory Slye, an editor and writer from Pennsylvania. Kory has a rich history in the outdoors growing up and is passing that experience onto his young family. We talk about nostalgic dishes, social media, and hunting with Flintlock rifles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Dan talks with returning guest Jessic Graham of southern Iowa about 5 different projects you can apply to your property to improve the wildlife. Jessica explains that sometimes it's can be as simple as a kiddie pool full of water to help the animals make it through a dry summer or as complex and building a water source like a pond for year-round consumption. Jessica also talks about different species of oak trees that mature faster than your more well know oaks, wind breaks, mock scrapes, and lastly themal cover during the cold winter months. If you are new to habitat management, this is the perfect podcast for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine this, you take your first elk hunting trip at 14 with your brother and parents and find success. Then, a couple years later you draw the same unit, this time an arhery tag, and find succes again. Then a couple years after that you head to Wyoming with you dad with 11 prference points that he has been buying for you since you were a pre-teen and you find success again. But before you head home you decide to stop by Colorado on your way out of town for another elk hunt and find succss again, that's two elk in one year. Jelious yet? I am. On this episode, I talk with Ben Persenaire of Michigain about his elk hunting winning streak as he shares the stories of those hunts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this second part of a two-part show, I talk with Chad Stewart and Kelly Straka of the Michigan DNR about wildlife management in the beautiful state of Michigan. Their jobs are challenged by the diversity of habitats in the state as well as the threats of chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis. Part II focuses on how the state manages bovine tuberculosis and chronic wasting disease, and we also get a glimpse into the passion Chad and Kelly have for their work as they share some personal insights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks for listening to another episode of the Southern Ground Hunting Podcast. Episode 40 was a great conversation with Alabama public land hunter, Seth Minter. Seth is an Alabama transplant, originally from West Texas. The hunting culture is incredibly different in Texas, and Seth admits that it was a culture shock. Perhaps even more difficult was the transition to hunting solely on public land. In this episode, Parker and Seth discuss what led him to make the swap to public and some of the key factors that led him to be more successful each year. January of 2019 was one of those months that hunters dream about for Seth. In this podcast, Seth tells us the crazy events that led him to taking not just one, but two solid Alabama public land giant bucks on back to back weekends. This story proves that sometimes unfortunate events can lead to more success than we could imagine. Plus, it makes the story better. Thanks again for listening! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re a beginner to elk country and you live 1,000 miles away, chances are you’ll be putting some effort into scouting before you show up to the mountains. Unfortunately, not all of us can drive 30 minutes and dive head first into elk habitat so were forced into doing the next best thing, digital scouting on platforms such as Google Earth and onXmaps. On today’s episode I’m covering digital scouting tips for elk that you can use to help you become a more successful hunter this fall. I break down everything step by step from figuring out a unit to locating bedding areas. I also tell you about species overlays to identify summer areas and wintering locations in Colorado and how they can help find the higher probability spots where elk live. I also identify certain things to look for when trying to find bull bedding areas, food sources, water holes, and pinch points. If you’re hunting in Colorado this fall, make sure you check out my full video on digital elk scouting Learn more about your ad choices. Vis

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast, Dan chats with Ryan O'Malley of Vermont about hunting in the Northeastern part of the United States. The two discuss deer numbers, quality of bucks, hunter pressure, and the terrain features that these animals call home. Ryan then jumps in to how he uses trail cameras on both private and public land between Vermont and New Hampshire to locate the bucks he wants to chase throughout the season. Towards the end of the podcast the guys converse about what it means what hunters say "First and foremost I hunt for meat." then pass several deer throughout the year trying to shoot a big buck. I you have ever wanted to know what it's like to hunt in New England, this episode has you covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During this week's podcast, we sit down with Justin Adams of Pure Air Natives to discuss the practical impact and importance of native landscaping. Conservation is active, so where do you start? Everyone has the ability to impact a different number of acres in the name of conservation. But the important part is that you begin. You can start with your yard. Yes, your yard is a great segway into larger projects on the farm, but get ready for an informative podcast where we walk you through the impact of native landscaping. The scale at which we choose to implement sound land management practices should not be a concern. Grab the family and begin working to convert areas of 50-500 sq. ft. of your yard into a native pollinator plot. This project will not only have an ecological impact but a cultural one as well. Neighbors, visitors, and extended family will see your efforts and begin to ask questions. The learning opportunity for establishing a native landscape can quickly turn into a teaching moment. Pollinato

During this podcast, we take a slight detour from our normal heavy in-depth topics of habitat management and discuss our favorites. It is time that you get to know us beyond our habitat and land management thinking. We share some interesting facts about our preferences from land to life. You can only imagine what we divulge and how the conversation and stories flow from there. We answer questions like favorite hunting trip, species, non-game animal, landscape, shrub, grass, trees, and so much more. If you want to learn more about Adam and Matt be sure to follow along this week as we share our thoughts and preferences in life and work with you. Let us know if we have anything in common with you all. Enjoy.Learn.Share Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Dan chats with Justin Jensen about his career path in the Department of Natural Resources. Justin shares the story about having a conversation with his father when he was just 8 years old about becoming a bighorn sheep biologist. Several years later after graduating college he got his first job studying mule deer. Once his contract was up in South Dakota he decided to travel west to Idaho to do similar research on elk. Those studies include, calf mortality rate, predator kill, and winter kill numbers. If you have ever thought about pursuing a path in wildlife biology, this is the episode for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are times when we all find a little luck when hunting and walk out of the woods successful. Then, there are times when we walk out of the woods defeated and frustrated with mother nature showing us why certain species of animals have survived as long as they have. In this episode, Dan talks with Joel Johnson about some of the hardest animals to hunt is the state of Iowa. The guys quickly discuss what makes a specific animal hard to hunt. They then get in to the details talking about animals like Hungarian Partridge, Wild Turkey and of course Whitetails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Co Owner of Real World Wildlife Products, Wes Delks, jumped on the show with Dave and JP to discuss the options that hunters have with the record rains in the midwest, and how they may be able to adjust to save their food plots. With Wes' ties to the farming community, the group delve in on consequences that the farmers may face as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Garrett tested a bunch of different arrow weights from under 400 grains to over 1100 grains and then analyzed the speed, kinetic energy, and momentum. Often there’s a fair amount of debate for which metrics are most important when it comes to choosing a hunting arrow. In this podcast, Garrett and Bobby discuss why they think momentum is the more important metric than kinetic energy when it comes to penetration (although kinetic energy certainly isn’t worthless) and they discuss the results of the testing. Spoiler alert, momentum increased with higher weights… a lot. And it showed no signs of slowing down. It’s important to remember that momentum is just one factor to look at when choosing a setup for hunting. Speed (trajectory), arrow flight, shot placement, broadhead style, and the animal you’re shooting at, all play into the equation. This podcast does get pretty technical, but it does have some no-nonsense takeaways for even the typical whitetail hunter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.