Nine Finger Chronicles - Deer Hunting Podcast
by Dan Johnson, Sportsmen's Empire · 1,000 episodes
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Going strong for over a decade with real relatable podcasts, The Nine Finger Chronicles covers in-depth hunting strategy, individual hunter profiles, hunting success stories, and current events surrounding hunting rules, regulations and conservation practices. Host Dan Johnson is a passionate sportsman whose year revolves around the outdoors, his crazy family, and his overall love for Mother Nature. This podcast is brought to you by the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network.
Latest episodes
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55 min
This Is What Brain Damage Sounds Like
The advice hunters get online is often backwards. Stop chasing the perfect setup, obsessing over every rule, and letting other people define what a “good” hunt looks like. Dan J. s…
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1 h 08
STOP Overthinking Your Hunt
Cold fronts are overrated if you do not know what the deer are already telling you. Ross Cady joins Dan Johnson for a brutally honest deer hunting conversation about when to hunt,…
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1 h 20
Epic October: B.S. Session
Is the October lull real, or did the deer just hear you’re coming and decide to take the week off? Dan Johnson and Pierce Nelles debate the seasonal mystery, swap whitetail advice,…
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54 min
Blueberries & Big Bucks
A family-owned blueberry farm the size of a small company. A hunter who packs out elk, chases bucks across state lines, and still walks 13 miles a day switching irrigation valves.…
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1 h 12
Hunting Down One Buck: What Do Nocturnal Trail Cam Pictures Mean?
Hunting Mature Bucks: Trail-Camera Clues, Access, and Public-Land PressureWhen a mature buck appears on camera in the middle of the night, is it a real opportunity—or just another…
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55 min
Finding Success In The Big Woods & Swamps
Joey Mnczunski joins Dan Johnson to share how he left a crowded family lease in southern Michigan and built a public-land hunting approach in Northern Michigan’s big woods. Over ye…
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46 min
Suburban Bowhunting & Population Control
Urban deer hunting gets wild fast when 10 acres can hold 15 to 20 deer. Returning guest Mike Ward joins Dan Johnson to explain how he and his organization help manage overpopulated…
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47 min
Opening Week Public Land Buck Down
AI is already changing deer hunting faster than most hunters want to admit. Dan Johnson and returning guest Aaron Berg break down how drone recovery, public-land strategy, and earl…
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1 h 13
Tater Skins & Fist Fights
What happens when a hunting podcast turns into a hilarious, brutally honest conversation about parenting, public-land chaos, and why the best bowhunters are always one bad decision…
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56 min
Public Land Slayer: Chancy Walters
Forward-facing sonar, brutal tournament pressure, and a 220- to 240-inch Kansas buck that got away—Chancy Walters lays it all out in this raw, funny, and unexpectedly intense conve…
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53 min
B.S. Session: Small Property Oasis
Some of the best deer habitat isn’t on giant farms - it’s built one pond, one apple tree, and one overlooked bedding pocket at a time. Dan Johnson and Adam Larson break down how a…
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50 min
Next Level Bowhunting Strategy
Big deer hunting success comes down to two things most hunters get wrong: trigger control and finding the micro pocket that deer actually use. Dan Johnson breaks down how to resist…
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51 min
Deer Hunting: Less Pressure More Patience
Ten years changes the hunter, but maybe not in the way you think. Ryan Mead sits down with Dan Johnson to compare notes on a decade of bowhunting, deer behavior, and the hard truth…
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1 h 07
Neighbors: Whitetails & Mule Deer
Western Kansas Deer Hunting: Decoys, Glassing, and Mature Buck Strategy Western Kansas hunting gets brutally honest here: when deer numbers fall, CWD spreads, and the wind never qu…
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1 h 00
Just A Guy Who Loves Deer Camp
Some hunting stories are funny. This one is pure deer-camp gold. Greg Franzoni and Dan Johnson trade the kind of public-land memories, family traditions, and hard-earned lessons th…
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56 min
Pheasant Dogs & Family Traditions
Ready to publishPheasant hunting gets a whole lot better when you learn how a father-son crew turned South Dakota bird camp into a 30-year tradition, and why the best hunting stori…
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1 h 00
Just Going To Send It: A Hunting Strategy
The phones are listening, the deer are moving, and Jeremy Dinsmore is ready to throw arrows again. If you hunt whitetails, obsess over trail cam intel, or just love the kind of rea…
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1 h 05
Big Woods Public Land Strategy
Indiana bowhunter Seth Taylor has learned something most hunters spend years chasing: success in the woods has a lot less to do with giant bucks and a lot more to do with reading s…
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1 h 07
Finding Public Land Bucks... On A Jet Ski
The river-bottom deer hunting playbook is changing, and Lucas Psycho is already adjusting. From dry-year deer shifts and EHD pressure to why trail cameras might actually be making…
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1 h 43
Tinfoil Hats & Misinformation Campaigns
CWD, fake hunting trends, and corporate money are quietly reshaping the future of whitetail hunting - and Kevin Vistison thinks most hunters are looking at it all backwards.Dan Joh…