Where To Hunt Wisconsin Podcast

Derek and Eric chat about hunting relics of the past, things we as hunters no longer use but have indelible memories of. Then we shift gears to talk about the Wisconsin bow hunting season opener hunt that Derek and Eric went on together. From there, we open the phone lines up to take a few calls from other Okayest Hunters about some of their hunting experiences and hear their stories. Overall, it's a down-to-earth episode, and you're sure to relate to it! Check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 20% off! Log time listening to our podcast over at GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up, use CODE OHP for 10% off, and follow Okayest Hunter! Vector Arrows: https://vectorcustomshop.com/ - CODE OHP for 10% Off Latitude Outdoors: https://www.latitudeoutdoors.com/ - CODE OHP for 20% Off Accessories Share your Okayest Hunter stories with us! https://www.okayesthunter.com/pages/okayest-hunter-moments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega

This week on the show, the Okayest Hunter crew chats with guest Aaron Hebeisen, the Chapter Coordinator of several Backcountry Hunter & Angler chapters. We dove into wildlife ecology and how various environmental and predation components factor into how whitetails behave, and what we as hunters can learn from those things to capitalize on a successful harvest. Then we switched gears and chatted about Aaron's career as a hunting boot expert to inform which boots make the most practical sense for various hunting situations and terrains. Don't forget to leave us a review or rating if ya like what ya every week. Cheers and good luck this season! Tune in each week for more Okayest Hunter shenanigans! Check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 20% off! Log time listening to our podcast over at GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up, use CODE OHP for 10% off, and follow Okayest Hunter! Vector Arrows: https://vectorcustomshop.com/ - CODE OHP for

Most deer hunters couldn't be more excited about deer hunting season approaching. For some, it's already here. That said, some hunters are far more prepared than others. Some hunters love early season, and others won't touch it with a ten-foot pole! Greg, Derek, and Eric seem to really cover both extremes of that preparedness as well as the middle ground. Tune in this week to hear where the Okayest Hunter crew is at regarding their hunting season readiness and a couple of callers with some great points and questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wonder how soon you need to get to your deer when hunting in the heat of the early season or down south? Field care starts with a clean, ethical shot, a good gut job, and a quick cooling process of the meat. This week, we learn more about this whole process and some things you may not have thought about. We also discuss a few tactics and products that can help with some of those gotcha moments in the field, the chopping block, and the kitchen as we chat with Rick Carey, the CEO and President of Metalware, NESCO, and CHARD. Remember to subscribe to the Okayest Hunter podcast and tune into a new episode weekly! Check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! Log time listening to our podcast over at GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up, use CODE OHP for 10% off, and follow Okayest Hunter! Vector Arrows: https://vectorcustomshop.com/ - CODE OHP for 10% Off Latitude Outdoors: https://www.latitudeoutdoors.com/ - CODE OHP for 20%

The Wild Race is a new hunting show on the Pursuit Channel featuring Jessica Ann. Jessica is building her dream and grinding day and night as a full-time RN working two jobs in addition to traveling the world for her show filming hunts. If you've ever wondered what it takes to make your dreams come true, this is a great episode to hear Jessica's grit firsthand. More than just a hunting show, Jessica and The Wild Race team are helping teach our youth the ethics, hard work, stewardship, and firearm safety that goes into becoming a responsible sportsman or woman. Moreover, they're also making dreams come true with their Wild Race to Change the Future for children around the country in some unique ways. Tune in to hear Jessica's story and what the crew over at The Wild Race is up to. Remember to subscribe to the Okayest Hunter podcast and tune into a new episode weekly! Check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! Log time listening to our podcast over at GoWi

There are five stages a hunter traverses through on their hunting journey. Shooting Stage Limiting-Out Stage  Trophy Stage  Method Stage  Sportsman Stage  This week's guest, Evan Masters is currently hanging out at the trophy stage. It's cool to chat with Evan as he talks about what he's learning and puts it into practice to sharpen his skills as a deer hunter chasing mature whitetail bucks. It's also great to hear how welcoming the whitetail hunting community has been regarding mentoring, teaching him how to put specific tactics into practice, and confirming what he's been learning from podcasts and hunting YouTube channels. We take a few calls from our listeners that are at his stage of learning and beyond. Everyone is at a different place in their hunting journey, and everyone has something they can offer and possibly teach to other hunters! We hope you enjoy this week's Okayest Hunter podcast! Check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! Log o

Our very own Derek Malcore shares the unique tactics that have successfully helped him kill mature whitetails in the big woods of northern Wisconsin. We chat about how he puts boots on the ground and evaluates terrain to see if a buck is even living on specific properties. From there, Derek works backward to reverse engineer how bucks leave their beds. Most importantly, he focuses on how bucks seem to kill daylight by identifying buck rub clusters. From there, the fellas take a call from a listener in Ohio, shoot the breeze, and share some fun hunting stories as they get excited about the upcoming bow hunting season. Check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! Log our podcast over at GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up, use CODE OHP for 10% off, and follow Okayest Hunter! Vector Arrows: https://vectorcustomshop.com/ - CODE OHP for 10% Off Latitude Outdoors: https://www.latitudeoutdoors.com/ - CODE OHP for 20% Off Accessories

Are you part of a bow hunting league? If you love the camaraderie and excitement of a bow hunting league, there's a good chance you'd love the Bow Hunting League, the nation's largest free bow hunting league! There are prizes for all sorts of entries. From the biggest buck to just entering a buck, to maybe the largest in your state of that size buck, and (maybe soon) even the smallest buck... cause, hey, every buck is a shooter buck to different deer hunters! Tune in to the Okayest Hunter podcast this week to learn more about how to enter, what you can win, and all of the ways to have fun with the Bow Hunting League this hunting season! Check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! Log our podcast over at GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up, use CODE OHP for 10% off, and follow Okayest Hunter! Vector Arrows: https://vectorcustomshop.com/ - CODE OHP for 10% Off Latitude Outdoors: https://www.latitudeoutdoors.com/ - CODE OHP for

If you've ever wondered how your dog sees the world, you're in for a "treat" on this week's podcast featuring guest Chris Powell from the Houndsman XP podcast. Chris is an absolute expert when it comes to hound dogs and hunting. Moreover, though he's helping to change the narrative of hound dogs in hunting and helps to demystify some of the hijacked narratives that the anti-hunting (and even the hunting) crowd is pumping into the ether. We guarantee you'll learn something on this week's Okayest Hunter podcast, heck you might even learn how to get Fido to come! Check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! Log our podcast over at GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up, use CODE OHP for 10% off, and follow Okayest Hunter! Vector Arrows: https://vectorcustomshop.com/ - CODE OHP for 10% Off Latitude Outdoors: https://www.latitudeoutdoors.com/ - CODE OHP for 20% Off accessories Share your Okayest Hunter stories with us! https://www.ok

Greg and Eric chat with Megan Plete Postol, an award-winning Outdoor Writer. Megan has written for outdoor publications like Meat Eater, Wide Open Spaces, and brands like the National Deer Alliance and our friends at GoWild. Most recently, Megan started doing some freelance writing for Okayest Hunter. Naturally, getting her on our podcast made sense to learn more. She hails from New York and does most of her hunting and tracking up there. Hear how Megan got her start as a Journalist and then applied her skillset directly to her outdoor and hunting passions. Of course, it wouldn't be an Okayest Hunter podcast without sharing some Okayest Hunter movements. Tune in to the full episode for stories and more as we take a call as well! Check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up, use CODE OHP for 10% off, and follow Okayest Hunter! Vector Arrows: https://vectorcustomshop.com/ - CODE OHP for 10% Off

This week on the Okayest Hunter podcast, we change things up while Greg is out on vacation. Derek and Eric sit down with Jake and Christian with Hunters Advantage. Jake and Christian researched a topic or person, Derek and Eric knew nothing about going into the show. As the episode progresses, we learn more and more about the subject matter and the history that went into forging some of the best things we've seen as hunters and anglers in terms of preserving some of the places we hunt and recreate. We hope y'all enjoy this very different yet fun and educational episode this week! Be sure to check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up, use CODE OHP for 10% off, and follow Okayest Hunter! Vector Arrows: https://vectorcustomshop.com/ - CODE OHP for 10% Off Latitude Outdoors: https://www.latitudeoutdoors.com/ - CODE OHP for 20% Off accessories Share your Okayest Hunter stories with us! https://www.o

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Greg and Eric cover a lot of ground with guest, Courtney Nicolson, Associate Director of Communications for Sportsmen's Alliance. Courtney shares her travels around the US and how she got into hunting and working in the outdoor/hunting industry. She's been a writer for several well-known outdoor and hunting publications. She also cooks exquisite wild game recipes sourced from her 'round the country hunts. From there, we dive into the world of politics and lobbying from the lens of the Sportsmen's Alliance and how they help to protect our heritage and rights as hunters. It's a well-informed articulation of how they operate and what you can expect from them as an organization as well as how to get involved in a practical way to ensure your voice as a hunter is heard. Be sure to check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up, use CODE OHP for 10% off, and be sure to follow Okayest Hunter! Vector Arrow

This week, Derek and Eric chat with guest Zac Venchus who owns his own critter trapping business and has had years of experience working with various wildlife organizations such as the Wisconsin DNR and others like North Dakota Game and Fish, and Pheasants Forever. If you've ever been curious about trapping, this is a great episode that scratches the surface with just enough detail to get you intrigued and realize there's so much that goes into becoming a successful trapper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunters helping hunters. On this week's podcast, Greg and Eric sit down with John Stellflue from The Hunt in Common about how their non-profit organization is helping to mentor hunters around the US, Canada, and Australia! If you've ever mentored a new hunter, you know just how intrinsically rewarding it can be. Moreover, if you're a new hunter looking to learn the ropes, you ought to consider learning more about The Hunt In Common! Our guest's website: https://thehuntincommon.com/ Be sure to check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up and be sure to follow Okayest Hunter! If you have a story you'd like to share you can submit it here: https://www.okayesthunter.com/pages/okayest-hunter-moments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is Half Rack™️ and what is conservation day? Jimmy Giarraputo, Marketing Director for Half Rack joins us on the podcast this week to chat about their brand, their unique products, and some of the things they have going on and coming up. If you've ever used a slug gun for deer hunting, you're going to love this episode, but you'll have to tune in to hear why! Moreover, if you support conservation, Half Rack is putting on an event on August 20th in Southeast Wisconsin that sounds like a ton of fun if you're able to make it! You can check out Half Rack here to learn more: https://half-rack.com/ Be sure to check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up and be sure to follow Okayest Hunter! If you have a story you'd like to share you can submit it here: https://www.okayesthunter.com/pages/okayest-hunter-moments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Greg, and Eric chat with AJ Kazmierczak, AKA the Coffee Viking about how he won a truck from the Total Archery Challenge. Additionally, AJ talks about his mindset insofar as how he looks at hunting through a lens of a sponge so he can always be learning and growing as a hunter. No matter how good or bad your season might go, it's also important to keep on moving. There's always next season, for better or worse! Be sure to check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up and be sure to follow Okayest Hunter! I f you have a story you'd like to share you can submit it here: https://www.okayesthunter.com/pages/okayest-hunter-moments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Greg, Derek, and Eric chat with Dave Thomas from Bowhunter Planet about bows and archery. We chat about some relic bows of the past, what's important to consider for new bows, old bows, bow maintenance, and selecting a bow for comfort, speed, short arms, and long arms! It's a great episode if you're a bow hunter or into archery! Be sure to check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ - get $10 for just signing up and be sure to follow Okayest Hunter! If you have a story you'd like to share you can submit it here: https://www.okayesthunter.com/pages/okayest-hunter-moments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Eric sits down with Matt Streim Co-Owner of Weathered Oaks Game Calls to talk about turkey calling tips and tricks, dos and don'ts. We also chat about general turkey hunting strategies and how to apply which calls when. Weathered Oaks Game Calls custom manufactures wooden pot calls and other game calls from wood as well. Matthew is an avid turkey hunter and makes calls he'd use himself in the field, and for a fraction of the price of some of the big-name brands you'd find in big box stores. One of their calls is fully weatherproof and will sound the same soaking wet as it would completely dry. If you like what you heard or would like to learn more, be sure to check out Weathered Oaks Games calls: https://www.instagram.com/weatheredoaksgamecalls/ Be sure to check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ If you have a story you'd like to share you can submit it here: https://www.okayesthunter.com/pages/okayest-hunter-m

This week, Adam Kaufmann with Free to Prowl joins Greg, Derek, and Eric in the studio to talk about how he made a huge leap to live out of his truck and traverse the western US in the prowl of Elk and Mule Deer. Hear how Adam has outfitted his truck to fit his nomadic lifestyle, some of his learnings, blunders, and perseverance through some tough situations. Adam got rid of some of his material belongings to afford this new lifestyle, and he's never looked back! Check out Adam's content here: https://www.youtube.com/c/FreetoProwlOutdoors Be sure to check out our friends: Spartan Forge - https://www.spartanforge.ai/ use code: OHP for 25% off! GoWild - https://timetogowild.com/ and get $10 for setting up your free account! If you have a story you'd like to share you can submit it here: https://www.okayesthunter.com/pages/okayest-hunter-moments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices