The Homegrown Experience Podcast

Austin Musselman and Todd Carter dive deep into the art of shed hunting. They cover tips, tricks, and strategies about finding deer antler sheds, regardless if you are a seasoned hunter trying to manage your herd or looking for a new hobby. Austin and Todd have decades of experience and uncover all aspects of shed hunting, including the time of year, gear and equipment, and tactics to find a newly dropped bone in the woods. After listening to this podcast, you will be educated and excited to get out in the fields and hills and learn about the land while also getting exercise in search of dropped antlers. Other topics include: Finding sheds on south-facing slopes, big deer drop first, beat the squirrels, get out before green-up for better success, deadheads, gearing up, walking the grid, look for shapes, tines up or down, using shed dogs burnt bone, hike miles for piles. Follow us on Instagram: @homegrownexperience. Visit our website.

Homegrown Experience's Field Hudnall and Glenn Eilers sit down with Zipper Bow's owner and bowyer, Tom Jenkins, to discuss the finer aspects of traditional bows and bowhunting.   Glenn is Homegrown Experience's bow mechanic and has been shooting compound and traditional bows most of his life. He and Tom are longtime friends. Tom, the owner and sole-craftsman of Zipper Bows, is well-renowned for crafting beautiful and accurate custom traditional bows made of the finest hardwoods and composition materials.   Whether you are new to bow hunting or a seasoned archer, there is something for you as Tom and Glenn explore the finer point of traditional bow hunting, touching on tuning, training, hunting, and the natural draw to this pure sport.   For more info on Zipper Bows, visit www.zipperbows.com.   Follow us on Instagram @homegrownexperience and find more episodes at www.homegrownexperience.com.

In this episode of the Homegrown Experience Podcast, our very own Field Hudnall and Andy Hyslop sit down and with Sporting Clay Master Class Shooter Rick Hemingway.   Rick has a long list of accomplishments, including multi-time Southeast Champion High Gun, multi-time South Carolina State Champion High Gun, 3-time Top 10 finishes at the National Championships that host over 2000 competitors. He also served for over 20 years on the board of South Carolina Sporting Clays Association and National Sporting Clays Association and is the founder of the Junior US Open Sporting Clays Championship. Rick is the owner and operator of Back Woods Quail Club, in Georgetown, South Carolina, and designs and consults for sporting clay courses all over the world.        Follow us on Instagram @homegrownexperience and find more episodes at www.homegrownexperience.com.

In this Homegrown Experience Podcast, Austin Musselman, Glenn Eilers, and Field Hudnall talk whitetails with Lee Lakosky from the "Crush TV with Lee and Tiffany". Lee and Tiffany are in Kentucky hunting with Homegrown Experience. This podcast was recorded just hours before Lee kills his giant 2019 Kentucky velvet buck. Lee, Austin, and Glenn talk about management techniques for big Whitetail Deer and the differences between Kentucky and Iowa as well as other states across the country.    Other Topics include: Humble beginnings for Lee, allowing deer to get conditioned to you and your equipment, your biggest deer are normally non-confrontational and building food plots to kill them, the age when deer hit their peak, EHD, how trail cams have changed the game, management plans for all size property owners, debates in whitetail management, how many does should you kill, coyotes, Lee's change of opinion on human presence, peeing in the woods, rattling…good or bad as well as grunts, bleats and snort wheeze. Bow tuning and tips on choosing a bow.

In this episode, Homegrown Experience host Field Hudnall is joined by his business partner and brother Clay Hudnall as well as long time friend and hunting buddy Jason Bowlin. The guys are recording this podcast in the Field Proven Calls call shop as they summarize and discuss the highs and lows of this past waterfowl season as well as the challenges they faced.  Follow us on Instagram @homegrownexperience and find more episodes at www.homegrownexperience.com.

In this episode, Homegrown Experience's very own Austin Musselman and Field Hudnall sit down with Lee and Tiffany Lakosky of the Outdoor Channel's TV show CRUSH with Lee and Tiffany to talk about raising kids in a hunting lifestyle with today's distractions and influences.  Follow Lee and Tiffany at @thecrushtv or online at http://www.thecrush.tv/ Follow us on Instagram @homegrownexperience and find more episodes at www.homegrownexperience.com Other topics include: Raising kids, discipline, sports and other distractions, die-hard Minnesotans, waterfowlers are nuts, don't push your kids too hard to do what you love, love and respect, how Lee & Tiffany met, how Lee and Tiffany introduction to hunting, Tiffany competes and beats the men, Tiffany's big tip to all the guys, the joys and challenges of trade shows, do the right thing… be nice and help others.

Austin Musselman, Field Hudnall, and Dane Ralph sit down and chat with a professional artist, outdoorsman, and creator of Florida Camo, Peter Agardy. Peter talks about what it's like growing up as an outdoorsman and an artist. You can check out his work at www.peteragardyfineart.com.  Topics include: Leaving the family during a hurricane to go deer hunting. The decision to create your own camo pattern and using it for hunting Whitetails and Osceolas in Florida. The opportunity to spray paint the Ft. Lauderdale airport with flying fish, bald eagles, and American flags. Using art to have a better appreciation for hunting and fishing and the difference between photos, video, and reality. Put the damn phone and camera down and experience life. Comparing goose calling to art and how to deal with criticism in life. The difference in deer rut patterns between Florida and Kentucky. Florida deer management strategies and comparing alligators to squirrels. Follow us on Instagram @homegrownexperience.  Visit the Homegrown Experience website at www.homegrownexperience.com

In this episode, Austin Musselman, Field Hudnall, and Dane Ralph are joined by special guest and world-renowned Marlin fisherman Ronnie Fields. Recording in Kentucky during the opening weekend of the Kentucky archery deer season, the guys talk with Ronnie about events in his life that led him to become one of the most successful Marlin fishermen in the world and what it takes to break multiple world records in the offshore sportfishing arena. Additional Topics Include: Slinging pointed sticks at animals and the similarities between hunting and fishing. Blue Marlin fishing the world and how catching a 1000+ lb Blue Marlin is like killing a 200-inch Whitetail. Blue Marlin Fishing from a catfisherman's prospective and how sometimes catfishermen use heavier line than offshore fishermen. Marlin fishing with 6 lb test line and the ol'bait and switch. Freaky baby heads. Follow us on Instagram @homegrownexperience. Visit the Homegrown Experience website at www.homegrownexperience.com