When the leafs start to change color each fall, and the drive to deer hunt all day reaches its peak, the tune of the “hunting widow” is amplified across the country. Not to exclude the other hunting seasons, but deer hunting seems to take the brunt of this near syndromatic phenomenon. Laura Eakin, the wife of a […]
Podcasts
194 SCOTT SHAWL – The High Pressure Buck Puzzle
Scott Shawl has been solving puzzles for a while now. Technically his family has been solving the big buck deer hunting puzzle since the 1800s. Ask Scott about the 300+ pound monster whitetail that his great grandfather Daniel Shawl shot back in 1914 and you’ll quickly realize that the Shawl’s have a long tradition of […]

Episode 5 – Guide Banter and Ascension Bay Wrap Up
Today I get together at the Back Edddy Bar, which is inside Red’s Fly Shop, and chat with my good friends Shan, James, and Craig about our fly fishing trips to Ascension Bay Mexico this last season. We share ideas, strategies, and experiences that hopefull you can learn from. The MEND Fly Fishing

Episode 5 – Guide Banter and Ascension Bay Wrap Up
Today I get together at the Back Edddy Bar, which is inside Red’s Fly Shop, and chat with my good friends Shan, James, and Craig about our fly fishing trips to Ascension Bay Mexico this last season. We share ideas, strategies, and experiences that hopefull you can learn from. The MEND Fly Fishing

Deer Hunt by Big Buck Registry: 193 NICK PERCY
Apr 1, 2017 Nick Percy is joining us once again, but this time with a different take on food plots. The last time that we spoke with Nick was in June 2016 found here: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/killerfoodplots , when our focus was on food plots for the fall. Now, as the snow melts away in the Northern Zone, […]
192 WAYNE BOLTON – The Shed Hunting Fool
Wayne Bolton walks miles. We suggested that he try out a FitBit, just to keep track. As the “Shed Hunting Fool”, over the last 20 something years, Wayne has spent almost every hour he had available from around mid-January to mid-April hunting for every antler he could locate. We estimate that this would be the […]
191 MATT LIGHT – Football, Bowhunting, Treestand Therapy, The School of Belichick
Growing up in Ohio and working for different farms and construction companies, Matt Light learned what hard honest work was like. On the football field, he found a home where strength met aggression and technique. In the hunting woods, he found an appreciation and passion for the outdoors where focus on technique mattered just as much […]

Episode 4 – Dirty Water…. What Shall We Do?!!
Spring Runoff. Yuck. Its all part of the fly fishing life and today we’ll interview Steve Joyce, founder and managing owner at Red’s Fly Shop on HOW to deal with muddy water. We’ll talk about the benefits of high runoff and how to alter your strategy. The MEND Fly Fishing

Episode 3 – How to PLAN a Great Fly Fishing Trip
Today we interview one of our long time guides and friends, Shan Sedgwick and talk about how to plan a grea trip. We swap some old stories and do a lot of joking around about days of old and reflect on some great trips… and a few bad ones. The MEND Fly Fishing

Episode 2 – Day 4 – Fly Fishing in Ascension Bay Mexico
Day 4 summarizes lots of action for the “Bonefish Virgin” on his first trip to the flats of Ascension Bay. At this point we had encountered Permit, Bonefish, Tarpon, Snook, Barracuda, and Jacks! Lots of variety on these flats. I love James’ perspective on working with the guides and tips for new anglers on how […]











