Although we are always looking for "hot sign" throughout the season, what that sign looks like may vary greatly depending on where we find the sign and what time of the season it is. In this episode, Aaron, Jake, Ted, Nick, and I discuss different sign that we have found to find bucks early in the season. If you have ever asked yourself, "is this enough sign to setup on?" then hopefully this podcast helps you understand what sign is important to us in September and October.  Topics Include:  -how to tell how old sign is -knowing when to setup based of of the sign you see -how the sig ..read more

Tony Trietch is a hunter from Michigan that travels out west every fall to hunt whitetails, elk, and mule deer. When he started hunting out west he began hunting more aggressively by spotting and stalking the biggest bulls and bucks he could find. Whether you are planning on chasing muleys and elk out west this year or you're just trying to expand your strategy for whitetails Tony's hunting style will help you think outside the box and be aggressive!  Topics Include:  -preseason scouting -the story of how Tony changed his strategy to shoot a huge Colorado elk -decoying whitetails dur ..read more

In this episode, I talk with Shane Simpson and his friend Ryan Carpenter about blood trailing deer. Shane has a tracking dog and gets a lot more tracking experience than the average hunter by using his dog to help hunters that have put marginal shots on deer. Throughout these experiences tracking deer, Shane kept data about every track that he went on. His friend Ryan, organized the data to show what can increase your odds of finding deer that you shoot. We discuss these factors to hopefully help you have better success shooting and tracking deer!  Topics Include:  -what you should d ..read more

This episode is part 2 of the stories that were told by viewers/listeners that we met at last weeks garage sale that we had in Iowa. Part 2 includes several more awesome deer hunting stories from Lincoln Mehlert and Grant Behrens. Then as the sale ended Ted and I talked with Caleb Drake and he told some deer hunting stories and we also got carried away talking about how we got into ground hunting. Big thanks to everyone who volunteered to tell their stories we had a blast hearing them!  Topics Include:  -awesome viewer stories about deer hunting -different strategies for hunting deer ..read more

This past weekend we had a big garage sale where we met a ton of cool people! During the sale we had volunteers record a hunting story that they wanted to share. It was a ton of fun listening to everyones unique stories and we appreciate everyone that volunteered! We can all learn from each other’s experiences and I think you will not only be entertained by these stories but you’ll also be able to take some strategy away from them and apply it this hunting season!  Topics Include:  -viewer/listener hunting stories -deer hunting strategy -turkey hunting strategy THP MERCH - https ..read more

Ever since I can remember, my Dad and our friend Rich Meyer have spent time hunting together every year at some sort of hunting camp.  I was lucky to have many great hunting mentors as a kid and along with my grandpas and dad I was also greatly influenced by the guys at camp.  Before I was old enough to tag along with my dad and his friends, I couldn't wait for him to come home and tell me the stories of everything that happened on their trip. Eventually when I was 12 years old, I started tagging along with them on their annual deer and turkey hunting trips and couldn't wait for ..read more

Throughout our bowhunting careers all of us at THP have experimented with mechanical broadheads. In this episode, Aaron, Greg, Ranch Fairy, and I talk about our experiences shooting mechanical broadheads and what bad experiences ultimately made us change back to shooting fixed broadheads with heavier arrows. Along with our own personal experiences, we also talk about how we watched countless videos of deer being shot by the Midwest Whitetail prostaff with mechanical broadheads when editing footage when we worked there.  After watching hundreds of shots frame by frame we learned a lot abou ..read more

Steve Demarais and Bronson Strickland are professors at Mississippi State University. There, a team of faculty and graduate students make up the MSU Deer Ecology and Management Lab. Through many research projects Steve and Bronson have learned a ton about whitetail deer and their behaviors. In this episode, Aaron and I were able to have a long conversation with Steve and Bronson about some of the things that have learned that will help all of us as hunters and land managers. You may be surprised at some of the things that they have learned about the whitetail deer in decades of researching the ..read more

We met Bruce Hall last turkey season and hunted with him for the first time this past week in Wisconsin. Bruce has some awesome stories from his travels hunting across the country. In this episode, Jake and I talk to Bruce about some of his wild adventures that include getting bit by a rattlesnake, getting stranded in the middle of nowhere, and some of the things he has learned hunting in so many new areas over the years. If you enjoy hunting stories you'll enjoy this episode! Topics Include:  -the story of how Bruce got bit by a rattlesnake -where is the hardest place to kill a turkey ..read more

Sam Soholt is a long time friend of THP. Sam and his brother Josh are huge advocates for public land and over the years he has built some of the best mobile hunting camps that I have ever seen! The first hunting rig that he built was The Public Land Bus which is an incredible  setup for big groups and also helps raise awareness for the protection of public lands across the country. More recently Sam built The Public Land Van. The van is a smaller version of the bus and is the mobile hunting rig that a lot of hunters would dream of having! In this episode, Sam and I talk about how he got t ..read more