Big Game Hunting Podcast
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It’s really important to take care of your feet, especially when you’re doing a bunch of hiking. After all, your feet are your primary mode of transportation on many hunting adventures. It’s really easy to get some blisters on your feet if you're not careful, which is a recipe for a NOT fun hunt. So here are a few things I’ve learned over the years about how to take care of your feet so you can focus on enjoying you...
Now I don’t know about you, but I love to read and I love to hunt. Fortunately, there are a bunch of really good hunting books out there. Some provide useful information to help you improve your skills as a hunter or in the kitchen. Many others are filled with funny or exciting stories from hunts all over the world. So with all that in mi...
Today we’re going to dip our toe into some of the incredible hunting opportunities that are available in Alaska and hopefully provide a little insight into how to get started planning a hunt up there. We’re joined again by Jake Downs who has also done a bit of hunting up in Alaska, both with an outfitter and on self-guided hunts. Here are a few things you need to know about hunting in Alaska before you start planning a hu...
Today’s we're joined by Keith Beam and he's going to talk with us about hunting out of a ground blind and how to get the most out of your ground blind regardless of whether you’re hunting turkey, mule deer, pronghorn, or even elk. Keith is also going to talk about the awesome series of children's hunting books he's written....
Well, I just got back from my second hunt of 2019 and, unfortunately, my New Mexico mule deer hunt did not go as well as my hunt up in Colorado at the beginning of October. Even so, I still had a nice trip, saw a lot of wildlife, and I learned some more valuable lessons that I’m happy to share with you. Show notes: https://theb...
I don’t know if you heard or not, but the hunting community is facing some serious problems associated with a severe long term decline in hunter numbers. The bad news is that this is related to some demographic challenges that will very likely get worse if we don’t do something about it. However, the good news is that there are some great programs out there to help combat and hopefully, reverse this decline in hunter numbers. Read more
At this very moment I’m up in New Mexico on a mule deer hunt. So with that in mind, I thought I’d talk about some of the hunting gear I’m using this hunting season. I'll discuss my muzzleloader, hunting rifle, ammunition, rifle scopes, binoculars, as well as a couple of important services I use to get set up for success before hunting season begins. Show notes: Read more
Today’s show is a short one because I’m heading up to New Mexico for my muzzleloader mule deer hunt. I just wrapped up my Colorado pronghorn hunt last week and had a short turn around to prepare for my hunt in New Mexico. So with that in mind, I wanted to go over some things YOU should do before hunting season starts. Heres how you can make the most of your remaining time to prepare before you head out. Show notes...
Today we’ll be sharing a successful first hunt story of a woman from Oregon. Alyssa Nitschelm decided to start hunting this year and applied for the usual things in Oregon’s hunting draw like deer, elk, and pronghorn. However, she didn’t draw any of those species and instead hit the jackpot by drawing a rocky mountain goat tag this year instead. Here's the story of her successful Oregon mountain goat hunt. Show notes:...
Well, I just got back from my first hunt of 2019 and I have good news: I punched my pronghorn tag up in Colorado! Today, I’m going to tell you how the hunt went, a couple of lessons I learned, and share a few recommendations for you to keep in mind if you want to go pronghorn hunting in the future. Show notes: https://thebiggamehunt...
With the start of hunting season, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about how to glass for game. Proper glassing techniques will help you on virtually any big game hunt, but this is an especially important skill on the pronghorn, mule deer, and coues deer hunts I’ll be on this year. I guarantee that on many hunts, there’s a lot of game out there you simply will not see, and therefore can’t hunt, if you don’t know how to ...
Finding a spot to hunt can be really tough, but fortunately, there are some good products out there that can help you find a productive hunting spot on public land. With all that in mind, today we’re joined by Dylan Dowson from onX Hunt, who is going to give us an overview of onX Hunt, the improvements they’ve made to the product in recent years, and some good tips on how you...
The CVA Paramount is one of the hottest new muzzleloaders on the market. Advertised as suitable for hunting situations in excess of 300 yards, the Paramount incorporates a bunch of interesting and unique new features that set it apart from other muzzleloaders. I'll be hunting with a CVA Paramount this fall and here's what I think about this new muzzleloader so far. Show notes: https://thebiggamehuntingblog.com/po...
This is the last episode (for right now anyway) in my series on hunting feral hogs and we’re going to talk about what sort of guns are best suited for hog hunting. Glenn and I did talk about this a little bit in our interviews, but I wanted to cover it in more detail on my own today. So, we'll discuss the best guns for hunting hogs over bait, calling hogs, hunting hogs with hounds, still hunting hogs, and hunting hogs with t...
We're back for another show about hunting hogs today and once again, I'm joined by Glenn Guess of Hog Zombies. Today, Glenn and I are going to talk about how to call in mature boars in particular. Glenn pretty much wrote the book on hog calling and over the years, he's actually pioneered some specific methods of targeting dominant boars in p...
We're back for another episode about hunting hogs today and once again, I'm joined by Glenn Guess of Hog Zombies. Today, Glenn and I are going to talk about a lesser known way of hunting hogs: by calling them. Glenn pretty much wrote the book on hog calling and he’s going to give us an overview of how to call hogs: how to pick a spot to call, wh...
Glenn Guess of Hog Zombies joins me in this episode where we talk about some of the finer points how to hunt hogs. Specifically, he gives us a good overview of how to identify good feral hog habitat, how to identify hog sign, how to pick a spot to hunt, what sort of gear you’ll need to hunt hogs, and a few tactics that can be especially useful for hunting hogs...
Today we’re going to do a general overview of feral hogs. We'll discuss what feral hogs look like, the difference between Russian Boar, feral swine, feral hogs, wild pigs, and Razorbacks, what habitats wild hogs prefer, what states have the best hog hunting opportunities, a few different methods of hunting feral hogs, and hog much a guided hog hunt costs. Ever wondered if you can eat the meat from wild hogs? I'll answer ...
Today, I'm joined by my friend Tyler Ball in this episode as we recap his first venture into the hunting world: a 2019 New Mexico pronghorn hunt. Tyler is a brand new hunter and we'll talk about why he decided to start hunting in the first place, how he prepared for this hunt, how his New Mexico pronghorn hunt went, a couple of things we plan on doing differently in the future, and why you should consider an antelope hun...
Today we’ll be talking about two of the largest and most impressive species of North American big game: elk and moose. Fortunately, getting the chance to harvest both species is within reach of most hunters who want it badly enough. With that in mind, we have a guy here with us today that has been there and done that: Jake Downs. Heck, not only has he successfully taken both elk and moose, but he did so with traditional a...
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