Welcome to The Fair Chase Podcast Listen in as we talk to various industry leaders in the bowhunting community, swap stories, and share a few tricks we’ve learned along the way.
Episodes
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Do you remember your first buck? Jack West does.
He's an outdoors photographer and videographer who joined us on our recent Kentucky hunt to talk about his first buck hunt, camos vs solids, and what he learned from his big hunt.
We also discuss:
- Why Jack is a unique guest
- Can you be an artist and corporate at the same time?
- How photography got Jack into hunting
- What’s the best kind of hunt to film?
- Solids vs Camo debate
- Jack’s first buck story
- What did Jack learn?
- The importance of playing the wind
- What’s your favorite mount?
- Where to find Jack (@jvckwest)
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Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Are you a camo or solids guy? What's your ideal hunt? What's your favorite hunting story and what did you learn?
These are the stories we dive into today with Beau from East Meets West Outdoors on today's episode of the Fair Chase Podcast.
We cover topics like:
- Similarities between Pennsylvania and Michigan
- What’s your favorite hunt of the year?
- The big solids vs Camo debate
- Bo’s favorite hunting story
- How high do you hunt in a tree?
- Bo’s favorite hunting story
- Changing your hunting mindset
- James’ hunting mistake going viral
- Why are TikTok people so mean?
- What Bo learned from his hunt
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Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
What’s the worst dilemma you’ve had when deer hunting?
Today, Mark Kenyon from Wired to Hunt tells us a hilarious story about a tough decision he had to make when hunting the biggest buck he’d ever seen. We also cover Mark’s favorite hunt of the year, debate about what camo really does, and talk about what makes a good hunting story.
We also discuss:
- Mark’s hunting this year
- The pain of learning
- The benefit of learning from other hunters
- Mark’s favorite hunt
- Jame’s buck blunder
- Are you a camo or solids guy?
- What does camo really do
- Mark’s favorite hunting story
- Hunting Frank
- A true hunting dilemma
- The best and the worst thing about hunting
- What Mark learned
- Hunting intelligent bucks
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Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
If you could pick only one hunt a year, what would you pick? What's the most useless thing in your pack? What have you learned while hunting?
These are just a few of the questions we ask Chad Ryker from Backcountry Rookies on today's episode of The Fair Chase Podcast. We ask the question of the month as well as dive into Chad's favorite hunting story, his recent New Mexico elk hunt.
We cover:
- Chad’s background and Backcountry Rookies
- Learning from other hunters
- What’s your ideal hunt?
- Ideal hunts vs dream hunts
- What’s the most useless piece of gear in your pack?
- Chad’s elk hunting story
- Hunting with military
- Close calls with elk
- Sometimes the elk come to you
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Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
What’s your all-time favorite hunt of the year? What’s the most useless piece of gear in your pack? What are the biggest lessons you’ve learned from hunting?
These are just a few of the topics we cover today with Christian from Uncharted Supply Co. on today’s episode of The Fair Chase Podcast.
Christian joins us to answer the question of the month as well as his absolute favorite hunting story of all time.
We also discuss:
- Christian’s background
- What’s your favorite hunt?
- Why Christian loves elk hunting
- Most useless piece of gear
- Christian’s moose hunt
- Do moose think horses are moose?
- Why certain hunts are special
- Being alone in the woods
- Some Jeremiah Johnson talk
- Embracing the grind
- What Christian learned
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Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
What’s pure Michigan hunting? How have hunting philosophies changed over the years? Has there ever been a better time to be a mobile hunter?
These are just a few of the questions we dive into today in the latest episode of the Hunting Stories Series.
Today we talk with Kevin from The Deer Hunting Podcast about his absolute favorite Michigan deer hunting story, his background hunting, and the biggest lesson he’s learned about hunting bucks.
We also discuss:
- Why Kevin started his podcast and his passion
- Theodore Brosevelt
- Kevin’s favorite hunting
- Why November is the best
- Getting lost in the swamp
- What’s the most useless piece of gear in your pack?
- Kevin’s favorite hunting story
- Kevin learning to stay mobile
- Advice Kevin would give to younger Kevin
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Friday Oct 21, 2022
Friday Oct 21, 2022
Welcome to another episode of The Fair Chase Podcast.
We are continuing our Hunting Stories Series with AJ from Knights Of The Apex (KOTA). AJ joins us to tell us his favorite hunting story, a Catskills bear hunt.
We also discuss:
- What is your favorite hunting day?
- Why turkey hunting is so fun
- What’s your most useless piece of gear?
- Bringing clothing options out to the woods
- AJ’s early season bear hunt
- Have you read My Side of the Mountain?
- Using saddles in the mountains
- Getting into bear hunting because of deer hunting
- Finding a bear before daylight
- Embracing the suck
- Why hunts are memorable
- What AJ learned
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Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
We are back!
On today’s episode, we introduce a new series that we’re focusing on at The Fair Chase. So for the next few weeks, we will be highlighting some incredible hunting stories and the hunters that go along with them.
Our first episode in this series starts with Joe Griffin, a Michigan hunter who recently got to do the hunt of a lifetime.
We discuss:
- New episode format
- James' struggles with precision
- What’s your favorite style of hunt?
- Most useless part of your hunting gear?
- What’s your favorite hunting story?
- Joe’s sheep hunt
- Why Denali is actually the biggest mountain
- Dealing with illnesses and good water with hunting
- Staying level-headed in the woods
- Taking advantage when you get an opportunity
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Friday Sep 16, 2022
Friday Sep 16, 2022
How do you deal with equipment malfunction in the woods? How has technology affected the hunting industry?
These are just a few of the topics we dive into today with Nate from Ollin, a new company hunting optics space. We talk with Nate about how he started his company, hunting in Idaho, and growing up in a culture that embraces hunting.
We also discuss:
- Bear hunting out west
- Bouncing back from failure
- Bear hunting vs deer hunting vs elk hunting
- Our big hunting plans for next season
- Dealing with equipment malfunctions in the woods
- Nate’s background
- What’s ‘Ollin”?
- Exciting finds on trail cameras
- Why is Nate’s business named Ollin?
- How Nate’s helping out hunters
- Technology and hunting
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Friday Sep 02, 2022
Friday Sep 02, 2022
Join us on an amazing recap of James' recent caribou bowhunting trip in Alaska!
This was an incredible adventure, and in this episode we recap the entire trip as well as James' tips for any hunters considering doing this themselves.
We also discuss:
- James has a new cell camera
- Naming a new buck
- Best ways to itch poison ivy
- Finding buck sign in new areas
- How James planned his Alaska trip
- Bringing your family on a hunting trip
- Driving down the Ice Road Truckers road
- The challenges of hunting with a non-hunter
- The first day in the Alaskan woods
- Dealing with a broken bow/yips
- Taking 80-yard pokes
- Getting over bad misses
- Lessons learned from the first non-continental hunting trip
- Upcoming hunting trips for this season
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