Welcome to the "How To Hunt Deer" podcast. This podcast series was designed to educate those who are interested in becoming deer hunters. We cover a variety of topics like where to find deer, how to choose your weapon, and how to process your harvest. All this information will help you be more comfortable and confident in the field while hunting deer. This podcast was created and produced by the National Deer Association and the Sportsmen's Nation Podcast Network.
Over the last couple of years, saddle hunting has take the deer hunting industry by storm. What was the tool of choice for a rag-tag bunch of DIY tinkerers has quickly become mainstream with the surg…
Most whitetail hunters today, especially archery hunters, hunt from a tree stand of some sort. The days of nailing 2x4s to a tree and calling it good are behind us as deer hunters have rightly become…
Thanks to today’s high quality mapping technology, mapping apps have become an essential part of the serious whitetail hunter’s kit. Many of these apps now offer multiple mapping layers, live weather…
Choosing the right bow for you is really important. But don’t overlook the accessories! Quality accessories can go a long way in enhancing your bow’s performance and making the entire archery and bow…
Ask ten different guys to name the best bow on the market for hunting whitetails and you’ll probably get ten different answers. When it comes to archery equipment, there is no such thing as one size …
One of the most intimidating parts of getting into deer hunting is the buying gear. The options are endless, and almost everyone has strong opinions about go-to gear you simply can’t live without. Pa…
In recent years, hunting terrain features has garnered tons of attention in the whitetail hunting world. Benches, saddles, draws, ridges, these words are often thrown around. But are we really capita…
In recent years, many in the hunting industry have promoted a hardcore, laser focused, guerrilla warfare style of whitetail hunting. While there’s a lot to be said for this king of intensity, many fo…
In this episode of the How to Hunt Deer Podcast, Josh talks with Zach Ferenbaugh of The Hunting Public about how spring turkey hunting can make you a better deer hunter. Zach and the rest of the THP …
Sooner or later, every deer hunter wants to find a way to share the experiences they have in the field with others. Some will just tell stories, some will write about it, some will take photos, and a…
In this episode of the How to Hunt Deer podcast, Josh talks with Alabama big buck killing machine Michael Perry. Michael has had great success killing above average deer on heavily pressured public l…
In this episode of the How to Hunt Deer podcast, Josh talks with K.C. Smith about how K.C. uses maps to scout for deer in the more open terrain west of the Mississippi. Map scouting can be a challeng…
In this episode of the How to Hunt Deer Podcast, I catch up with Greg Litzinger to hear what he keys in on when map scouting for deer in the big woods and salt marshes of New Jersey. Greg, aka the Bo…
On this episode of the How to Hunt Deer Podcast, Josh talks with Zach Ferenbaugh from The Hunting Public about map scouting for whitetails. Map scouting has become an indispensable tool for serious w…
Serious whitetail hunters across the nation are hitting the woods in search of shed antlers. While our social media feeds fill up with piles of bone, it can be easy to become discouraged if we don’t …
This episode is part two of the conversation with Clint Campbell of the Truth from the Stand podcast. If you didn’t catch last week’s episode, we covered the ins and outs of building on your experien…
It’s February and deer-pression is setting in. While deer season is fading into the rearview, it’s time to pause and capitalize on all the experience gained during the 2021-22 season. Did you have th…
On this episode of the How to Hunt Deer Podcast, Dan talks with the host of the Wisconsin Sportsman Podcast, Josh Raley, about some exciting transitions for the How to Hunt Deer Podcast. The guys als…
On this episode of the How To Hunt Deer podcast, Dan talks with deer biologist Matt Ross about deer behavior during the winter months. This is a very interesting episode for even the most seasoned hu…
On this episode of the How To Hunt Deer podcast, Dan talks with Josh Honeycutt about the highs and lows of his hunting season thus far. Josh also walks us through how he plans to approach this late s…