DSD Hunting

On todays episode, Mike Chamberlain joins us to talk about his extensive research of wild turkeys. Mike is a biologists that has spent his recent years focusing on research and studies around wild turkeys.

In this weeks episode we asked our customers on social media to submit questions for us for the podcast. Brad and Dave take a stab and answering them.

Tommy Floyd reached out with some suggestions on topics for the podcast. His email was so well written we decided to ask him to join us and talk through some of them. Tommy is very passionate about turkey hunting and introducing other to the magic of the spring woods. This episode has something for every level of hunter.

Mitchell Johnston takes a mid day break from hunting to join us for this podcast. Mitchell is the owner of Dead End Game Calls and we cover hunting and calling strategies. 

Today, we have a living legend in the turkey woods join us. Mike Pentecost, founder of Woodhaven calls, joins us to talk turkey strategies and the history of Woodhaven calls. 

We get questions about adding motion to our turkey decoys all the time. So went straight to the source of the man that invented the Strutt'n 360 and has relied on motion in his decoys for years. Richard Dunkin walks us through some tips when using his unit and motion in general. Check out Strutt'n products at https://rjdunkin.com/

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Michael Hunsucker is producer and co-host of the popular show Heartland Bowhunters. He joins us to talk turkey hunting strategy before is season gets underway. Make sure to check out Heartland Bowhunter on Outdoor Channel or one of their web series that we will link below. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/HeartlandBowhunter1

With Brad out having minor surgery, we thought this would be a great chance to bring Dave's hunting buddy, Justin Kasmeyer onto the podcast to talk about how they balance each other out and some of the memories that stick out from past hunts. 

Trevor Manteufel, owner of Top of the Flyway Outfitters, joins us to talk about the unique challenges of hunting snow geese. 

Phillip Vanderpool is host of the Virtue TV. He focuses on hunting Turkeys and Whitetails, but has a lot of experience hunting other species as well. We go over some future plans as well as past stories from Spring and Fall. 

Crane hunting is exploding in the US and Canada and we wanted to learn more about the species and hunting tactics. Brian Richter guides in Texas and Oklahoma with a unique focus on Sandhill Cranes. 

Are you interested in Sandhill Crane decoys? Our projects are driven by customer demand. If you're dying to see a DSD Crane Decoy let us know!

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It's been a while, but we're back and focused on doing regular, weekly episodes. We dive into new projects, updates, and ideas going on in our world. A new turkey decoy for this spring, updates on snows & a few other nuggets are all discussed.

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Larry McCoy is the host of Respect the Game TV and the Media Manager for The Outdoor Group (Elite Archery, Scott Releases, Slick Trick Broadheads, and more). Larry hunts deer from early season clear through late season and has utilized decoys during all different times of the year. We dive into tactics that he's used and he shares some great tips on how to add realism to fool wary bucks. 

Jerrod Lile and Jake Schneidder, the owners of Xenek Ground Blinds, join us to talk about ground blind hunting tactics, the history of Xenek and our recent project to develop a new camouflage pattern specially designed for their blind. Learn more about Xenek Blinds at www.huntxenek.com

Episode 18 | Turkey Q&A by Dave Smith Decoys

Aaron Brooks is a great friend of ours who has always blown us away with his calling ability. He joins us on the show to talk strategy and his method behind sounding like a real hen.

Shawn Stahl joins us again to go in depth on hunting geese out of a panel blind. Shawn helped develop the Tanglefree panel blind and has relied on the blind in many different situations. We talk about everything from concealment to decoy spreads when hunting from these blinds compared to layout blinds.