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This week we open up the phone lines and take calls from Okayest Hunters around the US and Canada about how everyone's season is going so far and what the rut activity has been like. Tune in and don't forget to call in each week while we're live every Tuesday evening from 6 PM - 7 PM CDT! Shout out to our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noah Gould joins Eric for his first-ever podcast debut to talk about how he's transitioned from hunting private land his whole life to jumping into public land after watching too much Hunting Public. It's a great perspective to hear how Noah has learned to approach various public land properties across Wisconsin. Shout out to our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Josh Dutton with Half Rack™️ sits down with Greg and Eric in the studio to talk about some of their fine gear, the rut, and some general bow hunting topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the World's Okayest Bow Hunter, Jesse Bernhardt joins the fellas to chat about all things deer hunting and deer camp (AKA Beer Camp). Tune in for some great tactics, that are okay and some deer camp stories you'll be able to relate to and laugh your a** at! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Rowe, former WWE Super Star joins Eric and Greg on the show as a fan and guest! We're honored to talk with Sarah as not only a female hunter but an all-around badass that could literally kick our asses! She's a deer tracking phenom and a super-fast deer gutter, but most importantly she hunts for all the right reasons and even convinced her husband to chase whitetails! If you're into wrestling, deer hunting, eating wild game, drinking scotch, or parenting as a hunter this is solid episode to tune into this week! Shout out to our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the show, one of our good buddies from Arkansas joins Eric to compare and contrast southern whitetail hunting vs northern whitetail hunting. We chat about the temperature and terrain differences, some of the ways deer behave differently, and also some of the other creatures southerners share the woods with, along with the differences and similarities in the hunting culture. Shout out to our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg is out chasing a big ol' shooter buck, so Eric ran the show and chatted with Jason and Dylan with Pope and Young Club about their new mission, Preserve, Promote, and Protect archery. We talk about the state of social, what's going on with YouTube and non-hunters, and of course, we talk about some Okayest Hunter moments! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Eric, Greg, and Derek are back in the studio after Eric's time out with his new baby boy. Over the weekend, Greg and Derek each got out to bow hunt for the Wisconsin bow opener - both were "buckless", although we did take a couple of calls to talk about self filming setups and we heard from one of Chase Nation's hunters, Dave Bechtel and the nice 8 point buck he put down. Tune in LIVE every Tuesday and call in to share your hunting stories! Shout out to our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Derek take the mic this week on a bonus episode on the eve of the Wisconsin bow opener to chat about their strategies for this year's bow season. Grab a cold one and tune in as they go down some tactical paths, chat about gear and strategies, and a few rabbit holes of BS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're still out of the podcast studio as Eric adjusts to life with three kids. In the meantime, we did another mashup episode with Cody D'Aquisto and Jared Scheffler to hear their approach to hunting pressure, and aggressive hunting styles to help you get ready for bow hunting season! Shout out to our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week while the fellas are out, tune into this jam-packed episode as we hear from Zac Ferenbaugh with the Hunting Public, Johnny Stewart, Jake Bush, and Mark Kenyon with Wired to Hunt to hear the specific tactics their using to kill mature whitetails during early season bow! Check out our friends: Spartan Forge: https://www.spartanforge.ai/ GoWild: https://timetogowild.com/download Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Eric, Greg, and Derek talk about their approach to breaking down their approach to hunting land. We also take calls from deer hunters across the country to hear how they break down their hunting land, too. From midwestern whitetails to western muleys and elk, we cover a lot of ground! Check out our friends: Spartan Forge: https://www.spartanforge.ai/ GoWild: https://timetogowild.com/download Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Derek Malcore joins Greg and Eric in the new(ish), unfinished Okayest Hunter podcast studio to talk about mobile hunting setups. We take calls from listeners to hear how they run their setups and then we go totally into BS mode and have some good laughs at beer camp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the show, Greg and Eric pick Garrett Prahl, the DIY Sportsman's brain about how he'd approach deer hunting if he only had one weekend day to get it done. He breaks it down Fisher-Price style so we Okayest Hunter's have some practical takeaways for the upcoming season. We learn some of the digital tools he uses, how he journals his hunts, and applies a very analytical approach, along with some of his gear choices. Finally, we wrap up with a caller question! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we hear from callers from around the US and even Canada. We hear some gut-busting stories, stories about choosing rabies over racks, a close encounter with poachers, and more! If you want to call into the show to share your Okayest Hunter stories, tune in each we as Eric and Greg broadcast LIVE via the Okayest Hunter Facebook and YouTube channels and program our number into your phone, 262.757.4122! We'd love to hear from you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Okayest Hunter podcast debut episode after the transition from the Where to Hunt podcast. We had an absolute blast hearing from the Okayest Hunter nation! We took several calls, had a few beers, shared stories, and laughed our tails off. This is a great springboard episode into everything that the Okayest Hunter stands for! Tune in LIVE every Tuesday from about 6 PM - 7 PM CST on our Facebook and YouTube channel. If ya like the show, let us know. Stay okay, never pass, and shoot deer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Bill Thomspon joins Greg and Eric in the studio. The fellas dive deep into the empirical data-driven approach to deer hunting, both debunking some deer hunting myths while validating others and answering listener questions, and taking calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Chase Turner joins Eric to talk about suburban hunting. Chase talks about everything from getting permission from various landowners, hunting tiny tracts of land, and transitioning into hunting larger public land tracts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Otto, host of the Huntavore podcast hangs out on the live broadcast this week with Eric to chat about wild game prep, all the way from how to care for meat from the field after the shot and all the way to consuming some really good, high-quality meals! One of our previous guests, Clay Thurman calls in with a great question about the critical time in between when you shoot, when the animal expires, and when to get it into a cooler or processed! Hear more about meal styles, cooking cultures, and more from Nick on this great episode that's sure to make you hungry and excited for the upcoming hunting season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Eric chat with Tyson Trunkhill, Owner of Sticks and Stones Archery and The Dust-off Project. The Dust-Off Project collects new and used archery equipment and monetary donations to get military vets an opportunity to get into the outdoors, archery, and bow hunting. We met Tyson and Kala Rose up at Antler Archers for the HHA Mission 12 shoot and got to hear their story and learn more about how they got started and what they're up to with everything these days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Eric answer questions from the live broadcast comments and talk with a caller out of Missouri. They chat about their new Latitude saddles, trail cams, scents, camo, bows, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Eric sat down with David Marks with The Veteran Archery Project while they were at the HHA USA Mission 12 Archery shoot. The Veteran Archery Project helps facilitate local archery groups, outfitter bow hunts, bow fishing excursions, and 3D archery challenges and events to show their appreciation to our Military Service Members, Veterans, and their families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric and Greg headed up to Wisconsin Rapids for the HHA USA Mission 12 event. HHA USA is a major contributor to the Wisconsin Chapter Honor Flight and the archery events they host all over Wisconsin help fund the Honor Flights! In this episode, we chatted with Chris Hamm, Founder of HHA USA. Chris shares how the events have been going, what's on the horizon, why they're important to him, and how to get involved. Chris shares how he's shifted his approach over the years and started giving as much as possible and how many lives he's been able to impact through these events and some of the positive connections he's been able to make as a result. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Greg and Eric are joined in the studio with the fellas from Exodus Outdoor Gear, Chad Sylvester, and Jake Hofer. We dive into who Exodus is, how they got their start and what they're up to. We also talked about catching mystical beasts on trail cams and some granular trail cam strategies for deployment depending on your hunting style. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy May guests on this weeks episode and he dives into some granular topics with Greg and Eric about how he created consistent early-season success hunting mature Whitetails, hunting multiple states, extremely detailed bow tuning, as well as ways to think outside of the box when considering the best conditions and times to hunt deer with the most odds for a kill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Greg and Eric chat with returning guest, Clay Thurman (AKA Buck Collector Clay) and Ben Harrison with the Bowhunting League. Bowhunting League is a platform that holds the largest FREE Bowhunting Contests in the Nation. All of their contest prizes are donated by their sponsors and 100% of the funding comes from their gear sales. Their community is strong, positive, and growing and it's no wonder why. It's all upside to join, and it keeps the spirit of deer camp going year-round with a ton of fun weekly incentives and activities to get involved. and 100% of the funding comes from Gear sales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're joined by Anthony Heller with Deer Vane, Taylor Chamberlin with Hunt Urban and Hang and Hunt Podcast, as well as our good friends, Jarrod Norwood, and Levi Kary with Pullin' Feathers podcast for a well-rounded approach to getting into saddle hunting. Learn what you ought to consider, some gotcha's, and what makes them successful in a saddle or a horse saddle if you listen all the way through! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunting vast, desolate land is a bit different than what we're used to here in the midwest by and large. This week on the show, Greg and Eric are joined by Joe Kruse from Big Woods Bucks out of Maine. Joe breaks down how they go about tracking deer, doing more of a still-style all-day hunt rather than sitting and waiting like a lot of us are used to. We talk about their approach to hunting both whitetails and also moose. Moreover, Joe talks about what they consider to be a trophy animal, and also how they pack out when they're deep in the backwoods of Maine, what to wear, and also some of his favorite wild game meals. Big Woods Bucks also has their own podcast in addition to guiding, lodging, and outfitting - be sure to check them out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Ramondo returns for his second appearance on the W2H podcast to shoot the breeze with Greg and Eric. This go-around, Alex shares his story from his 2020 buck, and his 2020 bear hunt. From there we head to the kitchen, and the grill and talk about how to cook all this wild game meat and even chat about fishing for a while towards the end. Grab a drink and kickback to enjoy this great chat! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our friend Bill Thompson with Spartan Forge joins us again to provide an update about their new data-driven deer predictability application, as well as what's on the horizon. Bill talks about the tech and neural networks that drive the app, as well as some of the anecdotes and case studies the data has helped shed light on in terms of how deer behave during peak rut, and peak conception times. Lastly, Spartan Forge is hosting a veteran hunt later this year to help donate to the overall health of those that help defend our freedoms every day! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nic De Castro with LandTrust joins us this week to talk about their new platform. LandTrust is a marketplace that enables sportsmen to book hunting trips on private lands across the US. They hope to increase quality, private-land access for hunters and create a new, profitable revenue stream for rural landowners like farmers & ranchers to keep rural lands intact & in family hands, rather than being sold off for more and more development. It's a very interesting topic, and our listeners added a ton of value and perspective to the conversation with their questions during the live broadcast. We're LIVE every Tuesday, from 6 PM - 7 PM CST if you'd like to tune in and join the conversation we'd love to hear from you! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being in the NFL definitely has its perks, however football season happens to take place at the same time deer hunting gets underway! Our guest on this week's show, Colin Jones shares his experience as both an NFL football player and a deer hunter. Moreover, Colin is the CFO for Field Ethos. Field Ethos is giving a voice to the nomads, sojourners, and searchers. They're delivering content from contributors worldwide, from remote corners of the world, or a trip to the woods outside of town and everything in between. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitch joins Greg and Eric for the second time on the W2H podcast. We chat about how Mitch completed the David Goggins 4x4x48 recently, and then we dive into some specific topics related to the WI Spring Hearings such as: CWD High fences on private property to impact deer movement White deer hunting --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Great fireside chat with Beau with East Meets West Hunt as he, Greg, and Eric chatted about chasing whitetails in PA public land, how someone should invent a snot sleeve to stay quiet when you're getting close to mature bucks. Beau also shared his Most Memorable (elk) Hunt and some of the things he enjoys about both gun hunting, and bowhunting! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re taking a break from the live broadcast this week to enjoy spring break with our families. Tune into this oldie, but a goodie we did last year on March 31st of 2020 when we talked with Johnny Utah about hunting turkeys! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Redd with Timber Ninja Outdoors joins Greg and Eric this week to chat about gear, mobile setups, hunting safety, and hunting for the adventure. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Eric have a conversation about conservation with Marcus Ewing of the Average Conservationist. Marcus is a Michigan native that grew up hunting public land and eventually fell in love with bow hunting. He's partnered up with 2 Percent for Conservation and 10% of his product sales go directly towards conservation! There are several ways to give back to conservation and the fellas talk about each of them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Eric chat with Andrae D'Acquisto with Lone Wolf Custom Gear and hear about some of their latest innovative products on the marketing and soon to be on the market. Then we switch gears and talk whitetail tactics, starting with hunting scrapes, or as Andrae calls them, fools gold. From there, we dive into a LIVE listener Q&A that goes even deeper into some of the tactics Andrea has deployed over the years as a mature buck killer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week with the Beast Mode Archery Challenge (BMAC) guys, Brian Austin and Jonny Dove shoot the breeze with Eric and Greg. We chat about fitness in the outdoors, pushing yourself, and prepping yourself and your gear from the hunts you embark on. These guys host some pretty awesome events and have built a great community around getting fit for the outdoors! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We go deep into the heart of the backcountry on this one with Aron Snyder, the President of Kifaru International. Aron has hunted several species in several states, has put more time in the woods than most, and has tested tons of gear. He's a wealth of knowledge and experience! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Greg and Eric chat with the Bearded Nomad himself, Seth Porter who also runs a podcast called the Nomad Project. Seth had a grueling season and hunted hard. He was disciplined and stuck to the goals that he set at the beginning of the season. We talked about rolling with the punches of the season and how to keep pushing through even when you're spent. We also talk about hunting one-stick high and Greg and Seth go back and forth about their heavy arrow set ups! Overall, it's just a great conversation among a few deer hunters that love chasing whitetails. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deer season in Wisconsin is officially over until September. What the heck are we all going to do now?? This week Greg and Eric chat about how Greg's season wrapped up and how he made the most of it by gathering more intel to compound knowledge for next season! We chatted about how deer navigate terrain, how and where they bed, and just how and why these creatures of the edge are so damn hard to kill! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric and Greg test out their new broadcasting platform to welcome LIVE video chat into the weekly LIVE broadcast via YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook! They chat about Greg's final days in the woods as the WI bow season comes to a close. They also chat about what else is in season, like small game and coyote hunting, as well as ice fishing and other winter activities. Guest video chat appearance from our good friend Jeff out of WI chats about his plans for an upcoming out-of-state Mule deer hunt, too! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Greg and Eric (well mostly Greg) talk about caring for your venison. From the moment you shoot your deer, drag it out of the woods, butcher it, and cook it. We also chat about the various types of cuts and what types of meals you can cook with them. Of course, then we get hungry and start sharing some of our favorite recipes! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with a couple of Michigan whitetail hunters that run an Instagram page called DeerNBeers. Over the last year or so, we've chatted with them a lot and shared a few virtual cheers via social media. These are good, down-to-earth everyday dudes that love chasing whitetails and having a few beers after the hunt. They've also got a great YouTube channel where they've documented some of their hunts, called the Whitetail Coffin Club - this week, kick back, crack open a cold one, and enjoy the banter! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pull up a chair, grab a drink and tune into this week's show with guest, Clay Thurman of Nebraska as the fellas talk with him about bourbon, Clay's transition from hunting any buck to killing mature bucks! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Greg and Eric chat with Jeff Moran, the Relentless HNTR about some of his recent elk hunts. We also dig into some overlooked things when prepping and packing as it relates to both tactics and gear. We also took a call from one of our listeners who has 10 years of experience doing out of state elk hunts and the fellas chatted about the various camp styles you can deploy when chasing elk in the backcountry. Overall, we learned a ton on this week's episode and we'll have Jeff on again sometime in the spring of 2021! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Hamm, Founder, and President of HHA USA and Vice President of HHA Sports jump back on the W2H podcast to chat about their year in review, the events they've put on for HHA USA, and what some of their plans are for 2021! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Eric recap their bow hunting season and discuss some of the new gear and tactics they put to use this season. They wrap up talking about late-season whitetail tactics and how to keep at it! They answered a few questions from the LIVE comments and took a call from a good Michigander buddy of theirs to talk about areas where they most improved their hunting success on public land. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Johnson with the Sportsmen's Nation Network and Nine Finger Chronicles podcast is a true conservationist! We chatted about hunting multiple states, chasing your dreams of working in the hunting niche, and balancing it all while raising a family! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wheretohunt/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices