Steve Gephard is the Supervising Fisheries Biologist for Connecticut DEEP, and he joined Aric and I to talk about American shad. Shad are an ocean fish that, in late April and early May, swim up into the rivers of the east coast to spawn in fre

Episode 10 – Big Buck Hunter?

Mar 9th, 2018

I’ve always looked at the whitetail hunting world a bit sideways. Between all the trail cams, food plots, expensive leases, and nicknamed deer, it all seemed more like a high tech circus than the immersive nature experience that I’ve always sou

Episode 9 – Western Hunting with Aric Kirsch

Feb 23rd, 2018

This episode is with my buddy Aric Kirsch. Aric has agreed to co-host the show with me, so you’ll be hearing more from him in the future. Today we’re talking about our western hunts from this past season which, though unsuccessful, were highly

Episode 8 – Jim Billipp

Oct 27th, 2017

Killing your first deer is a powerful, complicated experience. Hunting literature abounds with father-son first deer stories, as the hunting heritage has traditionally been passed from one generation of men to the next. But in this story the ro

Episode 7 – Todd Solek

Jul 27th, 2017

Todd Solek is the owner of Farm To Hearth, a unique bakery in Haddam, CT. Todd makes bread the old fashioned way, with locally raised grains and all natural wild yeast fermentation, baking in small batches in a wood fired oven. Todd’s taken an

Episode 6 – Aric Kirsch

Jun 10th, 2017

The 2017 spring turkey season wrapped up a little while ago, and now begins the long wait for September. In this episode, my buddy Aric and I go over what we learned about hunting public land turkeys, the pros and cons of getting permission on

Episode 5 – Becoming a better archer with Butch Johnson, Olympic Gold Medalist.

May 19th, 2017

Archery is a deep practice, requiring layers of physical and mental discipline, developed through years of concentrated repetition. We owe it to the animals we pursue to perform at our best when the moment of truth arrives, and that means maste

Episode 4 – Nakai Northup of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe

Apr 30th, 2017

Nakai Northup is a member of the Mashantucket Pequot people of southern New England. He works at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research center as an educator and tribal liaison. Through subsistence hunting and fishing practices and tradit

Episode 3 – Wild Turkeys with Mike Gregonis

Apr 3rd, 2017

Mike Gregonis is a Connecticut state wildlife biologist, and has been working on wild turkey conservation and management for over 20 years. Besides being a veteran of one of the most successful wildlife reintroduction programs in American histo

Episode 02 – Spearfishing with Caleb Rose

Mar 15th, 2017

This episode was actually recorded last October, when I went spearfishing for blackfish with Caleb Rose in Stonington, CT,. Caleb is a skilled fisherman, sailor, and educator, and is more at home both on and in the water than almost anyone I kn

Episode 01 – Post Season Scouting with Tom Wansleben

Mar 11th, 2017

In our first episode, we’re starting off the 2017 deer season with some post season scouting and shed hunting. Our first guest, Tom Wansleben, is a professional conservation biologist, as well as a skilled hunter and general outdoorsman. We ha

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