Red Dog Road

If you hunt in a state that starts its deer season before October, you’re one of the lucky ones. That said, hunting well before fall sets in and ahead of velvet shedding isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. There are several things to consider when preparing for early season hunts and Nick and Mike discuss those…Read More Read More

We’ll be you don’t know someone who shot a 180+” monster buck while hunting in boxers! We get the first hand account from our guest, Tyler Sellens of western Illinois, who is also a land specialist for Whitetail Properties. Have you ever dreamed of owning your own piece of hunting property but assumed it was…Read More Read More

Imagine getting to see an albino deer on your first ever hunt. If that’s not enough, how about killing a record book black bear the first time you hunted one? Some people are just naturals and that’s the case for our guest on this week’s show, Erin Merrill who hails from the great outdoors state…Read More Read More

If you’ve been deer hunting long enough you’ve likely found yourself a money tree. We define a money tree as a spot where you feel so confident that you’ll be successful that it’s the place you’d choose if your life depended on filling a tag. In this episode Nick and Mike talk about what to…Read More Read More

There’s something about having a camera in your hand when exploring the outdoors that makes you slow down and appreciate your surroundings. It’s that appreciation that motivates our guest to never leave home without her camera for fear that she’ll miss the opportunity to capture the shot of a lifetime. Wildlife and nature photographer Brook…Read More Read More

Have you ever checked your trail camera and found that you got 2,000 photos of a blade of grass that was blowing in the wind in front of it? Has your camera ever walked off on its own from an area that you thought was safe even though you knew it was on public land?…Read More Read More

There was a time when finding a good archery shop was reasonably easy to do and it seemed like there was one in every town. While the number of shops is a fraction of what it once was the ones that remain tend to be top-notch, and that’s definitely the case for Kelly’s Outdoors in…Read More Read More

Earlier this week an exciting announcement was made about the future of deer and deer hunting and it involved Red Dog Road Podcast host, Nick Pinizzotto. The Quality Deer Management Association and the National Deer Alliance are merging into one organization and Nick will be heading up the new outfit as president and CEO. In…Read More Read More

She’s a farmer’s daughter that never got invited to go hunting, yet found her way into an exciting career working with some of the top outdoor industry personalities in the business. Along the way she became a wine snob and now co-hosts a cool new podcast called Off the Record with her good friend and…Read More Read More

He doesn’t care for the latest deer hunting technology and prefers the element of surprise when it comes to encounters with mature bucks. He also loves creating and protecting habitat for salamanders, deer, and everything in between in his job as a land manager for the Delaware Wild Lands Conservancy. Ron Haas is one of…Read More Read More

It’s not bad when the first fish you land after a long layoff is a more than 20-inch Northern pike, but that’s exactly what co-host Mike “The Doctor” Groman pulled off on his first true outing of the year. Both Nick and Mike landed big fish this week and they share their stories in this…Read More Read More

Mark Zagger is among the most successful and knowledgeable coyote trappers in the country. Who else do you know that averages more than 130 coyotes in a season when the season is only three weeks long? That’s an astonishing six to seven successful sets per day when most trappers would consider that many in an…Read More Read More

Did you know that West Nile virus and habitat loss threaten to not only dramatically shorten hunting seasons for ruffed grouse, they may also be putting the existence of these magnificent birds in peril. We were joined on the show by Lisa Williams, a nationally recognized biologist and ruffed grouse expert with the Pennsylvania Game…Read More Read More

Have you ever forgotten something critical to an outdoors excursion that either put an end to your outing all together or caused you to shift focus? If you said no you’re only kidding yourself as forgetting or losing things seems to go with the territory for most of us. In this episode, we talk about…Read More Read More

When it comes to killing gobblers, you won’t find anyone more adept and passionate than our guest, Michael Turbyfill of Boone, North Carolina. Michael started working turkey calls in his early teens and found himself in national competitions with some of the world’s best callers. It’s not about competitions though and “Turb” is a phenom…Read More Read More

USS Masters Pro Strongman Darren Zola is a three-time World’s Strongest Man competitor and has finished as high as second in the USS Nationals. Darren was an avid hunter and all-around outdoorsman until he decided to take a break from outdoors sports to pursue his passion for strength and getting the most out of his…Read More Read More

Baby it’s cold outside! Despite it being Mothers Day weekend the Northeast is being pounded by a powerful polar vortex dropping low temperatures well below freezing. In this episode, we talk about how the nasty weather kept us home instead of in the turkey woods this weekend, and the importance of pacing yourself during what…Read More Read More

After a six week hiatus, the Red Dog Road podcast is back! We ran into a number of barriers over the last few weeks that have kept us from recording episodes, ranging from busy schedules, to a glitch with changing internet providers, to even buying a new house (or at least we thought). In this…Read More Read More

One of the more infuriating things as a law-biding outdoorsman is learning about poaching cases, and to add insult to injury, the media typically refers to poachers as hunters. While there’s no doubt that there are chronic poachers out there posing as sportsmen, but just how widespread is the problem, and is an otherwise lawful…Read More Read More

In this episode, we take a look back at some of our lighter moments pursuing turkeys. I was only a casual turkey hunter until Mike took me under his wing (see what I did there?) and got me more serious about the sport. Let’s just say that the first part of the journey was a…Read More Read More