35 Days Chasing One Pennsylvania Buck: What Kept Me Going | HOS
Nobody needs help getting out of bed on opening morning. The gear’s been laid out for a week and you’re awake before the alarm. That’s motiv...
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Truth From The Stand Deer Hunting Podcast
Covering all things whitetail, the Truth From The Stand deer hunting podcast is the place to get your deer hunting stories, strategies, tips and more. We'll launch a new podcast twice a mont...
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20 of 531 episodesEP. 514: Your Trail Camera Is Lying to You | Daylight Photos vs Night Photos Before the Rut
Every year around the back half of October, something shifts. The woods go from feeling like early season leftovers to feeling like somethin...
EP. 513: Old-School Deer Hunting in a Hight-Tech Era
It had been way too long since Ryan and I sat down together. Long enough that we had some catching up to do, and long enough that a lot had...
EP. 512: The Cost of Sharing Your Hunting Spot Online
Jacob and I got into one of those conversations that starts on one topic and ends up covering the whole reason we hunt in the first place. I...
EP.511: Why Terrain Beats Trail Cameras When Chasing Mature Bucks
Carl Brickey and I get into just about everything in this one, and by the time we're done it doesn't feel like an interview anymore. It feel...
EP. 510: What a Five-Time National Champion Taught Me About Hunting | HOS
I want you to think back to the last time you were at full draw and something in your head started talking. Not the calm rundown of yardage...
EP. 509: Scouting Unpressured Ground Before The Season Ever Opens
Every year around this time, Chad and I sit down and do the same thing: we say the goals out loud. Not because saying it out loud makes it h...
EP. 508: Mobile Hunting vs. Stationary | What Years in the Big Woods Taught Us
We do these listener Q&A episodes because they force us to say the quiet part out loud. This one, with Greg back on the mic, dug into everyt...
Trail Cam University: I Filled My Tag and Got Worse at Hunting | Why You're Stuck
I've had seasons where I punched my tag and walked away feeling empty. I've had seasons where I didn't fill it and walked away knowing I'd g...
EP. 507: I Let a Brain Scientist Explain Why My Best Hunts Happen When I Stop Trying
I spent three hours picking the brain of a neuroscientist this week, and I walked away thinking about hunting differently than I have in yea...
Trail Cam University: Patience vs. Paralysis | The Deer Hunting Decision Nobody Talks About
There's a version of a deer hunter I used to be that I'm not proud of. He had all the intel, knew the thermals, understood the wind, watched...
EP. 506: Why We Stopped Looking For Deer While Scouting | Tony Peterson
We spent the first half of this one talking about fishing tournaments and running through a heat wave that had no business being that misera...
Trail Cam University: You're Hunting Right. You're Getting In Wrong.
Most hunters spend the offseason obsessing over the wrong things. They're pouring over maps, pulling cards, debating stand locations. And no...
EP.505: Deer Hunting Mistakes | When Ego Takes Over | HOS
Every hunter who's spent enough time in a stand knows this moment: the wind switches, the deer aren't moving right, something's off, but you...
Trail Cam University: Why Hunting Less Will Kill More Deer
There's a version of hunting that looks like dedication but is actually just noise. You know the guy. Out every weekend, every morning, ever...
EP. 504: The Ego Problem That's Killing Your Deer Hunts | Jake Bush
Jake Bush and I sat down for one of those conversations that started in one place and ended up somewhere I didn't expect. We caught up on li...
Trail Cam University: Information vs. Understanding | The Decision That Changes Everything
I've been staring at trail camera photos for longer than I care to admit. Thousands of them. Maybe tens of thousands. And for a long time, I...
EP. 503: The Discomfort Threshold | Cody D'Acquisto
I've said it before, but every season I get a little more convinced that the best hunters aren't the ones with the fanciest gear closet — th...
EP. 502: What Ten Years Of Deer Hunting Mistakes Taught Me
I sat down with DJ Riley for this one, and it turned into one of those conversations that started in one place and ended up somewhere I didn...
EP. 501: Why Your Worst Hunt Last Season Was Actually Decided In July | HOS
I'll pick this up right where I left off in episode four. I told you to sit down and run four honest questions on your worst hunt of last se...