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On this week's episode, Tony breaks down the advice of taking the first good shot a deer offers you. He also explains how to get better at making shots when bucks don't exactly follow the script.

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This week on the show I detail the incredible experience and lessons learned from my 2024 Alaskan deer hunt. 

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Welcome to the THIRD episode of Rut Fresh Radio for the 2024 Season! In each episode, K.C. and Tyler interview deer hunters from across the country in search of the freshest, most current information on Whitetail Buck movement and hear stories of hunting success. This week we talk to Jeff Lindsey in Kentucky, Garry Greenwalt in Washington, Cameron Cushman in Montana and Justin Henry in Florida. 

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On this week's show, Tony explains how to find the right mast trees to hunt, and how to break down a strategy to ensure you're on deer while the pattern is producing. 

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This week on the show I’m running Jared Scheffler through our "What Would You Do?" gauntlet, giving us insight into exactly how he'd handle some of the most challenging deer hunting scenarios I could throw at him.

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Welcome to the second episode of Rut Fresh Radio for the 2024 Season! In each episode, K.C. and Tyler interview deer hunters from across the country in search of the freshest, most current information on Whitetail Buck movement and hear stories of hunting success. This week we talk to Nick Gonzales in Arkansas, Dakota Wellman in Kentucky, Grant Forney in Maryland and Mitchell Johntson in North Carolina. 

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On this week's episode, Tony explains why it can be a good thing to try to emulate other hunters, but how this can also backfire on us if we aren't careful. 

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This week on the show I’m running Justin Hollandsworth through our What Would You Do gauntlet, giving us insight into exactly how he'd handle some of the most challenging deer hunting scenarios I could throw at them.

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Welcome to the FIRST episode of Rut Fresh Radio for the 2024 Season! In each episode, K.C. and Tyler interview deer hunters from across the country in search of the freshest, most current information on Whitetail Buck movement and hear stories of hunting success. This week we talk to Alex Comstock in North Dakota, Lane Housner in Delaware, Mark Haslam in South Carolina and Nate Krick in Nebraska. Thanks for listening! 

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On this week's show, Tony explains why the first part of September is one of the most important weeks for whitetail hunters to scout. 

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This week on the show I'm joined by Tony Peterson and Dan Johnson to breakdown our goals, hopes, and hit lists for the 2024 deer season.

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On this week's show, Tony explains the importance of building in a ground-blind plan for your fall to ensure that you can hunt hot sign no matter where you find it.

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This week on the show I’m running Aaron Warbritton through our "What Would You Do?" gauntlet, giving us insight into exactly how he'd handle some of the most challenging deer hunting scenarios I could throw at them.

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On this week's episode, Tony explains how to avoid having average results by training yourself to think differently from most hunters. 

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This week on the show, I’m walking you through my top ten pre-season hunting tasks to finish before opening day, along with a progress report on how I'm doing on these myself.

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On this week's show, Tony explains why he believes the first few days of the season are the best bet for arrowing a big buck, and how he goes about building a plan to do just that. 

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This week on the show we’re wrapping up our series exploring the habits, mindsets, methods, and routines of the best deer hunters in the world. Up next is Andy May.

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On this week's show, Tony explains how the hierarchy in all deer herds influences whitetail behavior in ways that can help hunters better predict future deer movement. 

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This week on the show we’re continuing our new series exploring the habits, mindsets, methods, and routines of the best deer hunters in the world. Up next is Tony Peterson.

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On this week's show, Tony explains his strategy for playing the long-game with summer cameras in an attempt to identify big buck sanctuaries, so that he can use that info during his November sits. 

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This week on the show we’re continuing our new series exploring the habits, mindsets, methods, and routines of the best deer hunters in the world. Up next is Dan Infalt.

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On this week's show, Tony explains how to avoid sabotaging your future hunting self during your summertime stand hanging sessions. 

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This week on the show we’re continuing our new series exploring the habits, mindsets, methods, and routines of the best deer hunters in the world. Up next is Andrae D'Acquisto.

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On today's show, Tony explains how there is usually some limiting factor in a buck's life that will push him to make riskier decisions, and how it's our job to scout until we find those things.

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This week on the show we’re continuing our new series exploring the habits, mindsets, methods, and routines of the best deer hunters in the world. Up next is Ben Rising.

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On today's show, Tony explains how we sabotage our future hunting selves by not running through deer hunting scenarios during our summer scouting sessions.

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This week on the show we’re kicking off a new series exploring the habits, mindsets, methods, and routines of the best deer hunters in the world. Up first is John Eberhart. 

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On today's show, Tony discusses how a change in mindset and an acknowledgement of our personal advantages in whitetail hunting, and lead to a more enjoyable and successful season.

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On this week's show, Tony talks with New Jersey bowhunter, Greg Litzinger, about a tree stand fall he experienced that nearly took him out of the game forever. 

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On today's show, Tony talks about how most hunters don't practice enough throughout the summer. He breaks down why a little extra effort, and an attention to the conditions, can help most bowhunters level up their accuracy game during the off-season. 

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On today's episode, guest host Tony Peterson talks to New York whitetail hunter, Tim Kent. In the last decade, Kent's wife has battled cancer twice, which has forced him to reassess his priorities in life, as well as his approach to the outdoors.

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On today's show, Tony talks about how whitetail hunters are losing opportunities in a way that we've only really previously seen out west, and why we should all be paying attention to this trend. 

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On today's episode, guest host Tony Peterson talks to Missouri bowhunter Zach Fleer about his recent kidney transplant and how the experience changed him as a father, a husband, and a hunter. 

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On this week's episode, Tony discusses early summer scouting and how it can be far more beneficial than just starting to build a hit list, as long as you take the right approach to your time in the field. 

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This week, Tony talks to 9/11 survivor, Will Jimeno, about his struggle with survivor's guilt and how his experience changed him fundamentally as a father, husband, and as a bowhunter. 

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On today's show, Tony explores the idea of embracing low odds hunts, and holding yourself accountable for your hunting decisions even when it would be easy to quit. 

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This week on the show Mark and Tony walk through the deer hunting gear they'll be using in 2024 and breakdown exactly why they chose each item. 

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On this week's episode, Tony talks about mineral licks, supplemental feeding, and food plots. He discusses the pros and cons of each, and explains why we generally don't need to provide extra food and minerals for the herd. 

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This week on the show Mark's running solo for a special listener Q&A session covering everything from specific hunting tactics to the possible downsides of hunting media, whitetail book recommendations, and more.

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On this week's episode, Tony breaks down how to not only evaluate whether you're using the right tools for scouting and hunting, but also to figure out ways to use them more effectively. 

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This week on the show, we're joined by Jake Hofer of The Land Podcast to discuss everything you need to know to buy a great deer hunting property. 

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On this week's show, Tony discusses the importance of good hunting buddies, and how their value extends far beyond just being another person to do deer chores with or bounce ideas off of. 

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This week on the show, I'm joined by Weston Paul of MTN Tough. We're discussing the many ways that a running habit can make you a better hunter, and best practices for ramping up your training on trails, with races, and other next level approaches to becoming more physically and mentally tough.

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On today's episode, Tony discusses how people are generally stressed out and anxious these days, and how it has been clinically proven that time in the outdoors is almost like medicine when it comes to our pursuit of happiness.

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On this week's show, Tony and I break down our top 12 book recommendations for hunters and anglers.

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Trout Bum by John Gierach
At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman by John Gierach
True North by Jim Harrison
A Hunter's Heart collected by David Petersen
The Gentle Giant of Time by Gene Hill
Whitetail Access by Chris Eberhart
The Old Man and the Boy by Robert Roark
Death in the Long Grass by Peter Hathaway Capstick
Should the Tent Be Burning Like That? by Bill Heavey
Mercy on Beeson's Partridge by Sydney Lea
Meat Eater by Steven Rinella
American Buffalo by Steven Rinella
Man-Eating Leopard of Rudrapravang by Jim Corbett
No Beast So Fierce by Dane Huckelbridge
The Tiger by John Vaillant
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold

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On today's show, Tony explains how hunters should try to understand why thinking only like a predator, and not a prey animal, can really hold you back in the whitetail woods. 

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On this week's show, we discuss how to make a living in a conservation related field, as well as advice for becoming a more effective volunteer conservationist and advocate, with Chris Borgatti of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and Matt Ross of the National Deer Association.

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On this week's show, Tony talks about hunting regrets big and small, and how can analyze our decisions to make better choices going forward. 

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On this week's show we explore the increasing challenges of getting hunting permission in the current times and specific ideas and strategies for gaining access, with Spencer Neuharth.

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On this week's episode, Tony discusses how often we think we understand big buck patterns, but we really don't. 

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