Episode #202 - Strange Sponsorship Requests with Joe Miles

Published: 2024-01-07
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Duration: 86 min

In this episode

andrea

• Don shared that his family still has new medical bills and must restart their insurance deductible for the year, totaling several thousand dollars. 10:19

asio

• Joe Miles said ASIO Gear experimented with Amish dealers in a couple of communities this year and it worked very well, prompting plans to expand. 39:28
• Joe Miles said ASIO Gear plans to attend 19 different trade shows next year, spanning states from Iowa to Nebraska, Alabama, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio. 38:54
• Joe Miles announced ASIO Gear has been developing a quiet, insulated ‘puffy jacket’ meant to work as a loft mid-layer for hunters. 48:12
• Joe Miles announced ASIO Gear has a windproof heavyweight hoodie, new gloves, and new hats coming, with fabrics staying the same. 48:21

asio-spotlight

• Dakota Miller of Ohio harvested a giant eight-point buck while wearing ASIO Gear, featured as the podcast’s spotlight photo. 21:28

business-opportunity

• Don said things are already underway for a major new business venture proposed by an Amish gentleman, though he isn’t ready to share details. 13:32

cornerstone-equipment

• Terry announced Cornerstone Equipment took possession of a new property in Frankfort, Kentucky to open a facility serving Central Kentucky. 10:59

deer-bedding

• Edward Miller from Clyde, New York asked whether deer bed in standing corn, and whether cutting a trail through corn could funnel deer to a spot. 58:29

deer-hunting

• Don said the best thing deer hunting has ever done for him is the people it has brought into his life. 5:07

faith

• Terry said Cornerstone Equipment’s ownership team will bring the whole company to the new property to pray over it before construction, hoping it serves the kingdom’s work. 12:27

fundraiser

• Don described a mug-raffle fundraiser for guns at a Fredericksburg Outdoors event that raised over $56,000 in about ten minutes for his daughter Andrea’s medical costs. 4:16
• Don recounted that a fellow speaker secretly slipped him a thousand dollars in cash for his daughter after the event. 4:58
• Terry noted Lester’s Feet has been helping Andrea’s family through T-shirt drive fundraisers. 9:34

late-season

• Derek McClure from Bethany, Missouri asked how to kill a specific buck that survived to late season on a property without a food source. 81:39

mature-bucks

• Caleb Yoder from Fresno, Ohio asked which stage of progressing from small bucks to bigger bucks was hardest, and when Don realized mature bucks are different. 74:32

partnership

• Joe Miles said ASIO Gear partnerships must be a genuine fit regardless of pay, since misaligned companies can be spotted a mile away and know it themselves. 27:11

real-world

• Real World is cutting back paid social-media staff and redirecting that budget to support Brent Henderson, described as a true missionary to outdoorsmen. 17:06
• Don said Real World Wildlife Products shipped its first order into Canada this week, opening the door for more Canadian dealers. 18:16
• Don introduced Merton of Ontario as Real World’s first-ever Canadian dealer, sharing his phone number for interested customers. 18:53

scent-control

• Dan Branham from Milltown, Indiana asked if Don and Terry use scent lock, noting he still got winded despite full scent-control gear and went back to playing the wind. 64:37

seminar

• Joe Miles announced his Bobby Worthington seminar will run two sessions in March, starting the 8th and the 15th. 51:46
• Joe Miles said only about three spots remain for the seminar and interested hunters can email him directly for details. 52:23

shipshewana

• Terry said it would be great to announce a new Amish dealer for the Shipshewana community by the time of the Shipshewana show. 43:03
• Terry proposed a Chasing Giants family aisle at Shipshewana featuring Nick Carpenter of Brenton’s, Joe Miles, Jay Gingerich, and a Lester’s Feet booth. 54:38

speaking-schedule

• Don announced a January 15 speaking event with Terry at the Sherman Church of Christ in Dry Ridge, Kentucky. 20:07
• Don announced a January 20 event at the only Real World dealer in Lake Butler, Florida. 20:26
• Don announced a February 2 event in Hopkinton, Iowa hosted jointly by two Real World dealers. 20:43

trade-show-industry

• Terry observed that outdoor-industry trade show vendors endure grueling hours, hotel living, and constant fast food while traveling during trade show season. 85:30

tragedy

• A group of Amish teens caroling on bicycles were struck by a car in Michigan on Friday night, and one of the young girls was killed. 8:49
• Terry shared that a young teenager in the Knoxville area, a friend of Stephanie Bryson’s son, was killed the same night as the Michigan tragedy. 84:24

Deer activity

• unnamed buck (harvest) 21:28
• unnamed buck (harvest) 31:35
• unnamed buck (harvest) 31:39
• unnamed buck (harvest) 32:04
• unnamed buck (harvest) 32:10
• unnamed buck (history) 32:18
• unnamed buck (harvest) 32:25
• Trump buck (harvest) 59:22
• unnamed buck (trail-camera) 61:33

Listener questions

Question: Edward Miller from Clyde, New York asked whether deer bed in standing corn, and whether cutting a trail through corn could funnel deer to a spot. 58:29 — asked by Edward Miller

• Answer: Don confirmed deer do bed in standing corn, drawing on his own experience with a mature buck that bedded in corn before he shot it. 59:17
• Answer: Don said cutting a narrow path through standing corn is a great idea he’d never considered, and believes it would funnel deer right past a hunter’s stand. 59:59

Question: Dan Branham from Milltown, Indiana asked if Don and Terry use scent lock, noting he still got winded despite full scent-control gear and went back to playing the wind. 64:37 — asked by Dan Branham

• Answer: Don said there is no substitute for playing the wind, no matter what scent-control products a hunter uses. 65:43
• Answer: Don said he eventually realized his scent-control routine wasn’t working and wasted his time, and he needed to focus instead on playing the wind better. 66:48
• Answer: Terry said hunters who don’t understand the wind don’t understand mature bucks. 68:39
• Answer: Terry said even with perfect scent control, a hunter only has 30% of the puzzle solved without understanding how a mature buck uses the wind. 69:12

Question: Caleb Yoder from Fresno, Ohio asked which stage of progressing from small bucks to bigger bucks was hardest, and when Don realized mature bucks are different. 74:32 — asked by Caleb Yoder

• Answer: Don said, surprisingly, the earliest stages of deer hunting were the hardest, while later stages became easier as knowledge grew and it became a matter of willpower. 75:08

Question: Derek McClure from Bethany, Missouri asked how to kill a specific buck that survived to late season on a property without a food source. 81:39 — asked by Derek McClure

• Answer: Don said if there’s no food source in the late season, there simply won’t be deer there, no matter the tactic. 82:22
• Answer: Don said food is the key to locating late-season bucks, and hunters should back up from the food source to find bedding areas. 83:49

Don opened by describing a mug-raffle fundraiser at a Fredericksburg Outdoors event that raised over $56,000 in about ten minutes for his daughter Andrea’s medical costs, plus a fellow speaker’s private cash gift, while noting the family still faced a new deductible and thousands more in bills. Terry shared news of Cornerstone Equipment taking possession of a new Frankfort, Kentucky property, and both discussed Real World’s first Canadian shipment and dealer, plus upcoming speaking events. Joe Miles joined to discuss ASIO Gear’s expansion with Amish dealers, plans for 19 trade shows, new apparel including a puffy jacket, and his Bobby Worthington seminar with limited spots. Terry and Don also reflected on two teenagers’ deaths, one in a Michigan caroling accident and one near Knoxville. Listener questions covered deer bedding in standing corn, the limits of scent control versus playing the wind, why early hunting stages felt hardest, and locating late-season bucks by working back from food sources.

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