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The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
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- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#441 - An In Depth Look At Using Thermals To Hunt Mature Bucks During The Rut From The Perspective of a Green Beret with Jacob Roberts
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Jake…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail Ep. #12. - To Hunt Bedding or Funnels in The RUT? - When & Where to Hunt The Rut
Josh Teulker has recorded more than 340 episodes of Before the Echo since October 2021, and he still says the hardest part of the rut for him is patience. A…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#440 - Michael Waddell: Is Your Own Expectation Ruining Your Deer Season? A Booger Bottom Gut Check Before the Rut
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're live from Booger Bottom, Georgia…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail Ep. #11 - Breaking Down Rut Hunting Tactics That Turn CHAOS Into Strategy: The Recovery
Chaos and insanity are the words everyone uses for the rut. This week, Cameron and Tre Kerns go back through last week's conversation with Joe Miles and pull…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#439 - Why 90% of Hunters Don't Know How to Hunt Mature Bucks with Tony LaPratt
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're live from Michigan with Tony…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail Ep. #10 - Hunting the Rut With a SYSTEM You Can Trust w/ Joe Miles
Every November, the rut turns into chaos. Deer are running everywhere, cameras stop making sense, and it's easy to bounce from stand to stand on a guess. Joe…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#438 - 40 Years of Monster Bucks and Realtree Camo with Bill & Tyler Jordan
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Bill and…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail Ep. #9 - 4 KEY Things That Lead to OCTOBER Magic with Scott Buckley
Last week Scott Buckley made the case that October is wide open for hunters who pay attention to the weather. In this Recovery, Cameron and Trey Kerns go back…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#437 - Should Thermal Drones Be Banned During Deer Season? The Uncomfortable Truth About Drones and Deer Hunting
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Skip Sligh…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail Ep. #8 - Hunting October Cold Fronts, Scrapes & October Mornings with Scott Buckley
Scott Buckley left Michigan for southern Iowa chasing bigger deer, and the move paid off. He's arrowed a public-land buck at 170 inches at 8:20 in the morning…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#436 - The 2026 Rut Calendar: Every Key Date That You NEED To Hunt This Fall with Jason Michael
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Jason…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail Ep. #7 - 3 Early Season Tactics We are Stealing From Steve Pinkston: The Recovery
Steve Pinkston hunts for the wind every other bowhunter is taught to avoid — and he's killed his last ten bucks doing it. Cameron and Tre Kerns go back through…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#435 - 30 Years Hunting Public Land: Johnny Stewart's Big Woods Scouting Playbook For Brand-New Public Land Spots
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Johnny…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail Ep. #6 - Early Season Big Buck MASTERCLASS With Steve Pinkston
Steve Pinkston has killed three bucks over 200 inches — and never entered a single one in the record books. Owner of Hardcore E-Cycles and a member of the…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail BONUS: Lessons Learned From An Early Season Archery Hunt in North Dakota
Cameron sits down with Tre Kerns to break down their sixth early season trip to North Dakota: two target bucks, tricky winds, and hunting mature deer from the…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#434 - The October Weather Window That Can Completely Change Deer Movement with Brian Tanner
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Brian…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail Recovery Ep. #5 - 5 Things To Apply This Season to Speed Up Your Success
Aaron Olsen took 13 years to kill his first buck with a bow. Since then, he's hunted 10 states and filled tags in 7 of them. In this Recovery, Cameron sits…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#433 - 46 Years, Four 200-Inch Bucks: The Patience Strategy That Kills Giants with Adam Hays
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Adam Hays…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#432 - Aaron Warbritton's Top 5 Rules to Hunting Mature Bucks
Aaron Warbritton of The Hunting Public joins the WHTL Podcast to break down the top 5 rules he lives by every season to consistently kill mature bucks — plus…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail Ep. #4 - The Best Hunters are Adaptable: How to Become Adaptable with Aaron Olsen
Aaron Olsen (Next Step Outdoors) took seven years to kill his first deer with a bow, and thirteen years to kill his first buck. Then something changed — in the…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#431 - Why You Should Stop Reading the Forecast and Start Reading the Calendar with Tyler and KC of The Element
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with K.C. Smith…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail EP. #3 - 5 Don Higgins' Tactics That Can Help You Kill Mature Bucks
Don Higgins has been bowhunting for 49 years — and today he hunts fewer hours than at any point in his career. In this Recovery, we go back through the…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#430 - The 70 Rule: Why 80% of Your Daylight Deer Repeat Every Single Year with Brandon Barlow
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Brandon…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail EP. #2 - 49 Years of Bowhunting for Giant Whitetails - What Don Higgins has Learned
In this episode of MDRN Whitetail, Don breaks down the principles that actually built a 49-year career chasing giants — not the tips everyone's already heard…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#429 - Half Your Summer Bucks Will Be Gone by October — Here's Where They Go with Kaleb Greiner
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Kaleb…
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert GuestsMDRN Whitetail EP. #1 - Where Technology and Woodsmanship Collide
Welcome to MDRN Whitetail — where woodsmanship and technology collide. I'm Cameron Derr, and I didn't learn to deer hunt from a mentor. I learned it from…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#428 - How Jason Michael Breaks Down 5,000 Acres of Brand New Public Land in 12 Hours
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Jason…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#427 - Make Mature Bucks Hunt You: The Mock Scrape Setup That Flips the Table on a Nocturnal Buck with Jeff Hopkins
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Jeff…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#426 - How Rare Is a Booner, Really? This Thermal Drone Pilot Flew 50,000 Deer to Find Out with Jack Huston
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Jack…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#425 - The Biggest Lie The Archery Industry Tells You with Travis T-Bone Turner
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back on the road in Georgia with…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#424 - Would You Still Hunt If NOBODY Knew What You Killed? Why Chasing Big Bucks Is Ruining Your Hunting with Tony Peterson
Welcome to The WHTL Podcast! Join us as we dive into whitetail hunting tactics, deer camp stories, and conversations with the biggest names in the industry…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#423 - What Everyone Gets Wrong About Planting Fruit Trees for Deer with Thomas Damren
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Thomas…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#422 - The Biggest Gear Mistakes Deer Hunters Make Before Season with Cameron Derr
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Jake…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#421 - Why Summer Scouting Doesn't Matter As Much As You Think with Justin Synan
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Jake…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#420 - The Biggest Habitat Mistakes First Time Landowners Can Make On Their Hunting Properties
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Jake…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#419 - Hunting Less = More Bucks? The Biggest Lesson 40 Years Of Bowhunting Taught Dan Perez
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Dan Perez…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#418 - The Permission Property Strategy That's Producing Mature Bucks On Small Farms with Javin Mullet
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Javin…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#417 - Why Jared Mills Still Mobile Hunts on His Farms: How Smart Landowners Build Better Hunting Farms
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Jared…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#416 - Building a Property That Consistently Produces Mature Bucks: Creating Predictable Opportunities with Wes Delks
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Wes Delks…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#415 - The Biggest Mistake Hunters Make Hunting BIG Timber For Mature Bucks with Jacob Lishen
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Jacob…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#414 - The Complete System for Finding Mature Whitetails Without Owning Land with Kaleb Greiner
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Kaleb…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#413 - The Art & Science Behind Killing Mature Bucks: Understanding Chaos in the Whitetail Woods with Michael Engelmeyer
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Michael…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#412 - Why EHD Is Getting Worse Every Year—and What You Can Actually Do About It Right Now with Zach Haas of EHDfense
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back on the road with another…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#411 - Why Your Hunting Property Isn't Producing Big Bucks (And How to Fix It) with Thomas Mlsna
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with a Q&A from…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#410 - You Don't Need Money, Big Land, or Fancy Gear to Kill Big Whitetails—You Just Need This One Thing with Jeff Hopkins
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Jeff…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#409 - The Real Reason Most Hunters Never Kill Mature Bucks: The Brutal Truth About Land, Money, and Big Deer Success with Lee Lakosky and Skip Sligh
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back on the road with another…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#408 - The Deer Hunting "Rules" That Lee Lakosky and Skip Sligh Break To Kill Mature Bucks
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back on the road with another…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#407 - Why Some States Produce Giants And Others Don't: The Real Reason Iowa Has Big Bucks with Skip Sligh and Lee Lakosky
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back on the road with a special…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#406 - He Paid $1,000,000 For The General Sheds… Then Everything Changed with Josh Duncan
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Josh…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#405 - Is This the Golden Age of Whitetails… or the Beginning of the End? with Mark Kenyon
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Mark…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#404 - Is Baiting Ruining Mature Buck Hunting? The Deer Hunting Culture Nobody Talks About with Heath Cisco
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with the ice…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#403 - 40 acres, 2 Stands, and 30+ Years of Consistently Killing Target Mature Bucks with Jeff Helmers and Cathryn Howland
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back on the road in Wisconsin with…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#402 - Overconfidence Cost Him a Once-in-a-Lifetime Deer: The Biggest Mistakes Steve Hanson Made Chasing One Mature Buck
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, presented by Moultrie. Your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#401 - The Biggest Whitetail Myth Exposed: Why Mature Bucks Are Not Actually Nocturnal with Steve Bartulla
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, presented by Moultrie. Your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#400 - The Truth about EHD & CWD according to The National Deer Alliance: Which is Worse?
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, presented by Moultrie. Your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#399 - Is Technology Changing Deer Hunting for the Worse? Balancing Technology and Tradition with Josh Teulker
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, presented by Moultrie. Your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#398 - The Truth About Eating a Tag: Why an "Unsuccessful" Season Makes Better Hunters with Clint Campbell
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, presented by Moultrie. Your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#397 - The BIGGEST Problems in Deer Hunting That No One Wants to Talk About with Mike Rex
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, presented by Moultrie. Your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#396 - The BEST Of The WHTL Podcast 2025: A Year In Review
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, presented by Moultrie. Your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the…
- The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
#395 - 2025 Recap: Why "There Will Always Be Deer" Is a Dangerous Mindset with Cameron Derr
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, presented by Moultrie. Your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the…