Episode 232 - We are starting a TV Show!

Published: 2024-07-28
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Duration: 67 min

In this episode

acorns

• Tony Schrader asks whether Don and Terry have also noticed apples ripening ahead of schedule this year after last year’s big acorn crop. 41:13

announcement

• Joe Miles announces the launch of Chasing Giants TV, a Mission Whitetail series, produced together with Don Higgins. 2:35

asio

• Joe Miles announces a 30% off sitewide preseason preorder sale at ASIO running through August 4. 33:56
• Joe Miles announces ASIO will have a full trade show booth at the Mobile Hunters Expo, August 11 at Spooky Nook Sports. 35:12
• Joe Miles gives ASIO’s phone number so Amish customers without internet access can call to order or preorder Bobby’s book. 34:42
• Terry recommends listeners check out ASIO’s 30% off sale before it ends soon. 66:08

authenticity

• Don Higgins states hunt footage for the show will be genuine and unstaged. 28:45

big-buck-hunting

• Easton Gruber asks whether to hunt an early-showing mature buck immediately or wait until the date he’s historically shown up based on past patterns. 38:06

bobby-worthington

• Don Higgins says that if forced to name the best big buck hunter on the planet, he would probably pick Bobby. 13:13
• Joe Miles describes Bobby as an eight-time world champion traditional archery shooter. 11:29

book

• Joe Miles announces Bobby’s new book will go on presale on the ASIO Gear website as both a limited-edition leather-bound and hardcover coffee-table edition. 12:09

brandon-epperson

• Terry recounts that Brandon Epperson shot a 200-inch velvet buck on opening weekend last year. 20:46

bryhn-craft

• Terry introduces Bryhn Craft, owner of Midwest Land Group, as a new podcast partner. 19:05

business-role

• Terry says he plans to stay off-camera and focus on running the business side of the new show. 24:34

cast

• Don Higgins states the show’s cast are high-integrity, mostly Christian people with their priorities in order. 26:22

chris-yates

• Terry recounts that Chris Yates, who had a heart attack or bypass surgery last year, was hunting grizzly bears in Alaska soon after his open-heart surgery. 18:25

deer-behavior

• Terry asks Joe whether he’s noticed anything particular about how whitetails adapt to different landscapes and conditions. 56:53

deer-feeder

• Terry announces he and a business partner are launching a new gravity high-capacity deer feeder. 33:09

deer-management

• Don Higgins says Wes has fully grasped his deer-management system and is now setting his sights on one specific individual buck. 16:26
• Joe Miles recalls that after a severe flood, several private landowners in his area collectively agreed not to shoot any does that year to let the herd recover. 58:20
• Don Higgins recommends hunters be proactive with local neighbors to manage deer herd issues rather than waiting on state wildlife agencies to act. 59:16

don-higgins

• Don Higgins jokes that after seeing a whale capsize a boat, he won’t swim and will stick to whitetail hunting instead of boat fishing. 65:38 (light moment)

faa-midwest-sportsmans-classic

• Terry announces they will reformat last year’s legends roundtable for the FAA Midwest Sportsman’s Classic trade show. 29:52

fishing

• Terry plans to travel to the Gulf for a few days of deep sea fishing while his family stays at the beach. 63:45

flood

• Farron Pratt asks whether deer displaced by a record flood on his farm will return to where they were before. 54:48

food-plot

• Don Higgins plans to establish a new food plot on a recently permitted property currently overgrown with weeds and brush. 63:23

food-plots

• Adam Miller asks whether pelletized human waste worked to keep browse pressure off beans and fall plots, and how to fertilize first-year switchgrass. 50:01

hunting-plan

• Joe Miles plans to hunt South Carolina first, then Alberta, then Kentucky as part of his fall hunting circuit. 61:37
• Joe Miles plans to hunt Texas and Kansas for the rut, with Ohio as a real possibility. 61:55
• Joe Miles plans to end his hunting circuit in Mexico at the end of the year. 62:23

mission-whitetail

• Terry recommends listeners check out and support Joe Miles’ Mission Whitetail podcast. 66:02

persimmons

• Mark Jackson asks whether it’s possible to graft a female limb onto a male persimmon tree that has never produced fruit. 45:19

production

• Terry states that having Steve Shields on board full-time to produce the show is a game changer for their efforts. 7:07

schedule

• Terry announces that footage for the new show will start dropping in September. 27:51

scouting

• Joe Miles recounts stumbling onto a hidden hill with three loaded white oaks while scouting a heavily logged swamp property. 43:54

seminar-tour

• Don Higgins reports his seminar circuit is three stops down with three to go, averaging about 200 attendees per night. 36:33

shipshewana

• Joe Miles states the Shipshewana trade show was their top-grossing three-day show of all the trade shows they attended that year. 31:01

sponsorship

• Terry states the show’s only sponsors will be ASIO and Real World, unlike typical sponsor-heavy outdoor television. 5:49

tv-show

• Don Higgins explains the new show will document his hunts, summer scouting, and yearly preparation for chasing giant whitetails. 4:23

ty-miller

• Terry introduces Ty Miller, host of the Small Acre Hunting podcast from Northern Indiana, who focuses on hunting small permission tracts. 21:50

whitetail-master-academy

• Don Higgins states the Whitetail Master Academy will continue, and his land design videos will still be produced there rather than on the new show. 4:07

Deer activity

• unnamed buck (hunt) 16:26
• unnamed buck (harvest) 20:46
• unnamed buck (sighting) 21:02
• unnamed buck (sighting) 37:49
• tracks buck (harvest) 39:39
• tracks buck (history) 39:49
• swamp 10 (history) 46:32

Listener questions

Question: Easton Gruber asks whether to hunt an early-showing mature buck immediately or wait until the date he’s historically shown up based on past patterns. 38:06

• Answer: Don says if the hunter knows the buck is present early, it’s time to hunt him immediately rather than waiting. 38:13

Question: Tony Schrader asks whether Don and Terry have also noticed apples ripening ahead of schedule this year after last year’s big acorn crop. 41:13 — asked by Tony Schrader

• Answer: Don says the white oak tree in his front yard is loaded with acorns this year, though he hasn’t checked others yet. 41:29
• Answer: Don says the apples are running about a week to ten days ahead of schedule this year due to an early spring. 41:48

Question: Mark Jackson asks whether it’s possible to graft a female limb onto a male persimmon tree that has never produced fruit. 45:19 — asked by Mark Jackson

• Answer: Don confirms grafting a female limb onto a male root will produce a female, fruit-bearing persimmon tree. 45:45

Question: Adam Miller asks whether pelletized human waste worked to keep browse pressure off beans and fall plots, and how to fertilize first-year switchgrass. 50:01 — asked by Adam Miller

• Answer: Don says switchgrass loves nitrogen, so fertilizing helps establish first-year stands. 50:23
• Answer: Don confirms the pelletized human waste product works to keep deer off beans and will also work on fall plots if needed. 52:34

Question: Farron Pratt asks whether deer displaced by a record flood on his farm will return to where they were before. 54:48 — asked by Farron Pratt

• Answer: Don assures the displaced deer will return, likely following the waterline back as floodwaters recede. 55:31
• Answer: Don says he has no doubt some fawns were lost in the flood, though the exact number is unknown. 56:28

Question: Terry asks Joe whether he’s noticed anything particular about how whitetails adapt to different landscapes and conditions. 56:53 — asked by Terry

• Answer: Joe says that even though the swamp he hunts near the Congaree River floods three or four times a year, the deer always come back. 57:22

Joe Miles and Terry announced the launch of Chasing Giants TV, a Mission Whitetail series produced with Don Higgins, with footage starting in September and only ASIO and Real World as sponsors. Higgins said his Whitetail Master Academy land design videos would continue separately, while the new show would document his hunts, scouting, and yearly prep. Terry credited Steve Shields’ full-time production role as a game changer and said he’d stay off-camera to run the business side. Higgins named Bobby as probably the best big buck hunter around, with Bobby’s new book going to presale, and noted Wes has grasped his deer-management approach and is now targeting one specific buck. Terry introduced Bryhn Craft of Midwest Land Group and Ty Miller of the Small Acre Hunting podcast as new partners. Listener questions covered early buck patterns, ripening apples and acorns, persimmon grafting, human-waste deer repellent, switchgrass fertilizing, and deer returning after flooding.

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