The Western Rookie - Hunting Podcast

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Fitness and Hunting Oct 18, 2022

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On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan talks to Jonathan McCormick from the RedBeard Outdoors Podcast about the value of fitness when it comes to hunting.

Jonathan loves being outdoors with his family and loved ones. Although he has a normal 9-5 job he loves hosting the podcast, running the RedBeard's Fit Crew and helping grow the 1st Phorm outdoors crew. Jonathan enjoys sharing hunting camp with other people that are pursuing their passions and improving in life daily.

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Western Upland Bird Hunting Oct 11, 2022

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On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan talks to Reed and Jordan Tolotti about their passion for chasing chukker in the mountains.

Reed and Jordan grew up hunting and fishing in Nevada with a focus on upland bird hunting, they enjoy big game hunting the west as well but their true passion is chasing chukker with their dogs. Joran and Reed started a youtube channel in 2020 to document their adventures and have been having a blast filming for the past 2 seasons.

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The Learning Curves of Western Hunting Oct 04, 2022

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Cody has been involved in the outdoors his entire life. He loves hunting, fishing and really anything outdoors. He rodeo’d for 15 years but recently started a land improvement business with his brothers with the ultimate goal to work for himself and have more time for hunting and fishing. Cody grew up hunting whitetails and turkey but has since turned his attentions towards the western hunting world and backpack hunting. Dan and Cody discuss everything from Cody’s rodeo career to the things they’ve learned and the gear they use while chasing big game animals in the west.

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Wrapping Up Mule Deer Camp Sep 20, 2022

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On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan and his good friend Linnea wrap up the past 10 days in Utah’s backcountry.

Dan and Linnea have been chasing muleys in the high country of central Utah. This episode recaps all their encounters, close calls and strategy along the way. Linnea and Dan are both new western archery hunting, but they have learned a lot in their short time in the mountains. Between stalks on bedded bucks, elk bugles and crafty foxes this episode has a little bit of everything for the aspiring western hunter.

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First Archery Mule Deer Hunt Sep 13, 2022

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On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan updates the listeners on how his first ever archery mule deer hunt is going.

Dan is midway through an archery mule deer hunt in Utah where he is helping his friend Linnea fill her first ever archery tag on a big mule deer buck. Dan and Linnea met last year when they competed on a van/bus/rv renovation tv show called Gutted. Linnea is a full time van lifer and Dan and his wife Samantha spent their past life renovating RV’s. Linnea has been a die hard flyfisher for a while now but when she found out that Dan is a hunter she immediately started asking for advice and trying to get him to help her fill her first ever tag. Dan and Linnea have found and begun to pattern some mature Utah muleys and are hopeful for what the next few days have in store.

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Extending Your Effective Rifle Range Sep 06, 2022

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On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan talks with Cole Quarnberg, an Army and National Guard vet and long time staple in the shooting industry.

Cole grew up in a small town in Utah, and after 9/11 decided that he needed to serve. Cole spent 8 years between the Army and National Guard. Upon getting out he got hired on by Remington/ Barnes as a ballistician. He spent 6 years there before moving on to start his own company Team POI. Cole now manages multiple companies within the shooting and outdoor community and consistently tries to educate others on long range shooting/hunting. Cole has also started Long Range Tactics and offers a hunting shooting school.

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Louisiana Born, Colorado Made Aug 30, 2022

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On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan talks with Stephen Walker, a pastor and avid big game hunter from Colorado.

Stephen is an avid hunter and father of 3. He has been married 24 yrs to his wife Charity. He is also a Pastor and speaker. Stephen was born and raised in Louisiana. His first experiences with hunting was chasing wild boars with dogs. From there he started hunting whitetails at 12, turkey at 25 and went on his first elk hunt in 2009 at the age of 29. Since then he has fallen in love with western hunting and continues to chase mule deer and elk in Colorado and Arizona and whitetail in Georgia and Lousiana. Shed hunting is one of his greatest passions. He and Dan discuss everything about western hunting and Stephen informs Dan of the endless possibilities when it comes to finding and selling giant deer and elk sheds.

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One State Away But a Whole New World Aug 23, 2022

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On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan talks with Zach Schroeder, a Minnesota native who’s passion for playing football had to take a back seat to his love for the outdoors.

Zach is a 22 year old outdoorsman that grew up in the small town of Paynesville, MN. Zach has been hunting since he was 5 years old, it started with a bow for his birthday and then his first bb gun which he used to chase chipmunks with on his grandma's property. Before long he started tagging along on deer, turkey and duck hunts with his dad. Zach had a lot of success in the woods from age 11-14 and then football started and hunting got pushed aside. Zach and his buddies tried to get every bit of hunting in while they weren’t on the field but it was limited to Saturday and Sunday after games. Now that Zach is in college he decided to quit football to give himself more time to go hunting. Zach and Dan discuss the transition from sports to the outdoors and the preparation that is going into Zach’s first western hunt.

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Our Western Hunt Journey Aug 16, 2022

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On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan talks with fellow podcaster Brian Krebs about similarities in their Western hunt story as well as what hunts are coming up for the 2022 season.

Brian is a passionate outdoorsman and businessman. He is the owner of Bull Elk Beard Oil and recently launched his outdoor entrepreneur podcast Two Bucks. Brian is a die hard whitetail deer and shed hunter but his recent passions have been taking him farther West. Brian and Dan discuss the journey that has brought them both out of the midwest in the pursuit of big game animals across the country. They share stories from past hunts as well as preparation for their upcoming elk and mule deer seasons.

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Adventures From Oregon to Idaho Aug 09, 2022

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On this episode of The Western Rookie Dan talks with friend and fellow western hunter Tucker Johnson about Tucker’s transition from chasing blacktail deer in Oregon to Elk in Idaho.

Tucker grew up in Oregon hunting everything from ducks and geese to big game like black tail deer, mule deer and Roosevelt elk. After high school he joined the Marine Corps and did deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Upon leaving the Marines Tucker moved to Idaho and continued his passion for hunting elk, mule deer and whatever else he could find. Tucker now works for Eberlestock as their retail store manager. In Idaho Tucker met his wife and started a family. They now have 2 boys who love the outdoors and they spend a lot of time in the mountains and on UTV trails exploring their great state!

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