The Texas First outdoors podcast hosted by fanatical Texans, for fanatical Texans (and all those who aim to be one someday).
In this episode we continue our series, Turkey Strategies, with a review of a chapter on patience and why it is so important in turkey hunting. If you want to bag that huge gobbler, you’ll need to di…
In this episode we continue where we left off in the Leave The Swamp series about Project Fear. We read about the common objections of “The federal government won’t let Texas leave” and “TEXIT is too…
In this episode we read through the book, The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told, and the chapter called The Heart of the Game, by Thomas McGuane. Sit back, relax, pour yourself a cocktail and light …
In this episode we review a hunting trip where a hunter used a boat to sneak up on deer on public land rather than just driving and hiking. We also continue our series on whitetail strategies discuss…
In this episode we talk about a bunch of things now that it’s the off season. Preparation starts now for the next seasons but there are other things you can hunt in the meantime. Our banter goes this…
In this potpourri episode we discuss some Texas history, the state government, how the mule deer was found and named, public nilgai hunts in Texas, hunting redemption after losing an arrowed deer and…
In this episode we continue our series on turkey hunting strategies were we start by diving into the basics of turkey hunting as well as address many of the common mistakes turkey hunters make. Enjoy…
In this episode, Corn Bandit recount one of his earliest predator hunting memories and tells us a story of a big bobcat that barely got away. A lot of good tips in this one. Enjoy! Stock media provid…
In this episode we continue or series, Turkey Strategies, in which we are reviewing the book Complete Turkey Hunting by Outdoor Life. In this one we learn about how to lay the foundation to become a …
We continue our series reviewing the book, TEXIT. This episode begins explaining the most common knee-jerk arguments against permanent separation and analyzes the strategy of those against called “Pr…
In this episode we continue our series, Whitetail Strategies, where we learn how to interpret the body language of deer to make ourselves better hunters. We also learn about the Texas secession conve…
Corn Bandit continues his recap of his recent hunting trip. In this part 2, he talks about heading back to hunt the Big Country and his harvesting of an ancient buck. He also learns a lesson on the d…
In this episode seeing as how it is mid-January we are going to start a new series learning all about Turkey. We are a few months out from turkey season opening up so that gives us a good runway to r…
Continuing our duck hunting theme, Corn Bandit excitedly recounts his most successful duck hunt in years. He explains the reasons why with some lessons learned. A lot of patience and much perseveranc…
In this episode, we get back to a series we started a long time ago covering stories from the hunting classic “The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told.” We also discuss how Austin officially became th…
In this episode we discuss a little Texas history as well as a hunting “crime” that occurred in Wisconsin back in the day that is a warning for us hunters not to tip the balance of nature in any one …
We continue our series reviewing the book, TEXIT. This episode makes clear the futility of trying to reform the corrupt system in Washington (Mordor), D.C. through Mordor itself. We read the Texas De…
In this episode, we revisit Corn Bandit’s unfortunate and frustrating hunt over the holidays where, despite doing everything right, he was unable to find and retrieve a buck he shot. We hit on some l…
In this episode we continue our review of the book, Whitetail Strategies, talking about the importance of paying close attention to your scent and using the deer’s scents to your advantage. We also l…
In this episode Corn Bandit talks about shooting older bucks at the end of the season and discusses what would be the best time to take a few each year. He also recounts his bummer of a story losing …