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On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan is joined by Jeremy Nicholson of Missouri as he shares the story of a very quick morning hunt during early November. Jeremy walks us through a typical year of hunting in the "Show Me" stat with his brothers and father.  Then, Jeremy talks about the farm he hunts in northern Missouri for one week every every year. He lays out the access routes, the terrain, and the way the deer moves on the property. While sitting in between two bedding areas on a popular travel corridor, Jeremy tells about how he called in the buck he eventually killed.  The best part of the story is that he had a work meeting at 9:00 am in a neighboring town. Let's just say he was 1t minutes late.   NFC is Powered by Simplecast  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan catches up with Ben Brinlee of Oklahoma to chat about his successful archery season.   NFC is Powered By Simplecast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan chats with Mark Kenyon about the process of writing his new book. As you will hear, this episode is not necessarily about hunting strategy or even recapping a hunt. Dan asks Mark several questions about his new book That Wild Country. Mark walks us through the entire journey from the concept of the book, the book proposal, the entire writing process, and balancing life with passion. Dan and Mark also dive in to hurdles he faced along the way including how he overcame self-doubt and failure. If you have ever experienced failure, self-doubt or seeking balance in your life, this is an episode you will be able to relate to.   Nine Finger Chronicles is Powered by Simplecast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with South Carolina native Croft Griffin about his annual rut hunt in Kentucky. Croft kicks off the episode by talking about what it's like to hunt in South Carolina  including his opinions about the abundance of available tags for residents. Then he shifts gears and talks about what led him to begin hunting Kentucky public land four years ago. All of this leads to him sharing the story of his most recent trip and how he found success in only 3 hours from a treestand location that he had been thinking about since the last season.    Nine Finger Chronicles is Powered by Simplecast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with fellow Iowan DJ Norby about his recent success on a 32 acre farm. DJ talks about his history on this farm as well as the terrain features and how the deer move through the property. DJ also explains how he only has 3 different stand locations on this farm and their respective access routes, and why he usually holds off until November to hunt his best stand in the middle of the property.  Lastly, he walks us through the morning hunt that ultimately led to him arrowing his largest whitetail, a 170 class buck. And, not know what he really shot until he walked up on this monster! Enjoy and share!   Nine Finger Chronicles is Powered by Simplecast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast, Dan and guest Bob Polanic share their 2019 rut success stories.  Bob kicks things off with the story of his two week Nebraska rut hunt that actually took three weeks and him walking away with two bucks from two different farms. Then Dan takes over and walk us through his 13 day rut-cation. Starting off very slow with no shooters on the farm, it took him some time and following a strict routine of access routes and high opportunity stand locations until he finally had an encounter with a shooter buck.   Nine Finger Chronicles is Powered By Simplcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan pretty much goes crazy on the mic and records random thoughts about hunting the rut.  Attention: This episode is not me telling you how to hunt, I am just sharing my thoughts and ideas that are running through my head this time of year. Please have low expectations, (Laugh Out Loud) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with friend Curtis Zabel about a recent hunt on public land where he had a little help from above on the recovery.  I think that we have all been in a situation where we lose focus on out passion, or the flame doesn't burn as hot as it did in the past. If this is you, then this podcast is for you. Curtis explains how his passion for bowhunting took a backseat for over a year when he was battling with the loss of his uncle, a crazy work schedule, and an overall low point in his life.  Then, one day while walking through a Wisconsin swamp, he has an awaking that made his passion for bowhunting burn even brighter. This is a story about honoring loved ones, following your dreams, and yes, killing a big buck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast, Dan talks with Hank Forester of the Quality Deer Management Association about the Field To Fork program, hunter retention, and the overall decline of hunters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Dan reconnects with returning guest Tom Waters about his recent success from a ground blind in Kentucky. Tom shares the story of how a really good friend helped him gain access to a small farm 3 years ago not too far from where he lives.  This year, there was a huge bachelor group of bucks that called this farm home with one buck in particular that stood out from the crowd. Tom shares the strategy that he used to sneak in and get an arrow in his target buck.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan has a round table discussion with four different hunters about strategy for hunting nocturnal bucks. The questions Dan asks to the guys is, what would happen if you got a trailcamera picture of a target buck in the middle of the night and what would your strategy be to intercept his movement?   Nine Finger Chronicles is Powered by Simplecast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles , Dan talks with fellow Iowan, Eric Shepley  about his return back in to archery and eventually bowhunting after a long hiatus. Eric explains the learning curve and a couple years of failure before sealing the deal on a great Iowa buck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles hunting podcast, Dan Johnson and Dan Spano finish up recapping their South Dakota archery mule deer hunt. Dan J. goes in to detail about getting lucky locating a mule deer buck and the stalk that soon followed. He gets specific about the wind direction, how he used the terrain during the stalk, and the last seconds before letting the arrow fly. Hopefully you not only found some entertainment out of these recap podcasts, but it inspired you to start planning you next out-of-state hunt. There is public land out there and it's for all of us to use and enjoy!   Nine Finger Chronicles is Powered by Simplecast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast, Dan relives a South Dakota archery mule deer hunt with new friend Dan Spano. This kind of spot and stalk bowhunt was a new experience for both hunters. South Dakota offered some amazing views, unique terrain, and the game that they witnessed just driving through the state had both guys looking out the window the entire time. The guys talk about their planning and expectation going in to the hunt as well as goals they wanted to accomplish while on the hunt. Day #2 of the hunt offered an amazing opportunity at a giant mature mule deer buck that Dan Spano was able to capitalize on. They discuss the stalk, the heart pounding adrenaline rush, and the moment they realized they were successful.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast, Dan talks with North Dakota bowhunter Lucas Cayko about a two year journey chasing a giant public land buck. Lucas shares the all the failures and close calls from the 2018 season that ultimately led to him locating and killing his #1 hit list buck!    Nine Finger Chronicles is Powered by Simplecast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Smith lives in Kentucky but has been driving to Missouri for the past 4 years to take advantage of their public hunting land. On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Brett shares the story of his 2019 early season hunt in the Show Me State. Brett talks about the importance of doing as much scouting as possible before, during, and after the season to gain knowledge about the terrain and deer movement. Focusing on new and old sign and historical data from past hunts, he was able to put all the pieces of the puzzle together that led to him harvesting a beautiful buck on the first day of the hunt.   Nine Finger Chronicles is Powered by Simplecast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles,  Dan talks with the co-host of the Hunting Gear podcast, Bob Polanic about how to strategize your hunting season by talking through a variety of different hunting scenarios.  They start the episode off by recapping Bob's elk hunt and a quick whitetail hunt in Nebraska. Then , once they're done with the BS, they discuss scenarios such as hunting with or without the use of trailcameras, hunting pressured  or unpressured ground, as well as different strategies based on the amount of acres a hunter has access to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with three different bowhunters from  across the Nation to recap their early season. They kick off the episode by talking to a successful hunter from Kentucky. Dan then moves to the state of Georgia,  where like most of us are having a "typical" hot early season. Lastly, Dan talks with a hunter out of Nebraska who put in a lot of early season work gaining access to a property that eventually led to him harvesting his biggest buck.  Listen closely as these hunters share what the weather conditions were leading up to the kill as well as the strategy they used that led to the harvest. Be sure to share you early season story on the NFC Facebook page! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan has an interesting BS session with friend and returning guest Justin Zarr of Bowhunt or Die and Bowhunting.com.  Dan and Justin talk about their pure hatred for poison ivy and how much it sucks to hunt in the the boiling early season heat. After a brief conversation about the past popularity of supper clubs, Justin recaps his early season public land hunt in Kentucky and talks about the obstacles that were thrown his way while he was there. Justin then expresses what he will be doing different next year in hopes to maximize his success on the same piece of ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles podcast, Dan talks with Adam Parr of Transition Wild as they recap Dan's 2019 Colorado archery elk hunt. The guys talk about how difficult the hunt itself actually is and factors like the terrain, the weather, and silent elk. The two also talk about the encounters that they did have and what they might have done different if given the opportunity. This is a tough hunt but at the end of the day the views, experience, camaraderie were well worth it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices