Ep. 105: Master Maine Guide Randy Flannery on the Art of Stalking and Tracking Big Woods Bucks

Randy Flannery is a 6th generation Northern Maine deer hunter whom specializes in the art of tracking and stalking big bucks in wilderness areas, using lever action rifles. He is the owner of Wilderness Escape Outfitters and delivers seminars across the U.S. for Field & Stream and the NRA.

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I sit down with Steve Sherk, a Pennsylvania hunter who hunts big woods public land and spends more than 300 days per year in the woods. He has over 150 game cameras to keep tabs on 500,000 acres. He has a guide service, Sherks Guide Service. You can catch Steve's seminar at Huntstock Massachusetts August 9th or 10th. 

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Big Woods Bucks team member Rick Labbe, a descendant of the famous Comanche Indian war leader Quanah Parker, is a legendary big game hunter and one of the best all around hunters in North America today. He lives life to the fullest, loving his family, working hard and hunting and fishing as much as he can. He's shot 7 whitetail bucks grossing over 170 inches, and over 50 bucks that weighed more than 200 lbs (and TWO 300 POUNDERS)! At least 26 of the 200 pounders were taken in the hard to hunt Northeast by tracking. He's gone a perfect 20 for 20 with his bull elk tags, harvesting mostly mature 6x6's and has taken 8 bull moose, 18 black bear (with 3 over 500 lbs!) a grizzly bear, more than 200 bobcats, hundreds of coyotes, 3 mountain lions, a wolf, and countless North American game. When he hunts the Northeast, he's partial to the ancient art of tracking, perhaps in part due to his Indian ancestry. He also enjoys archery hunting, spot and stalking, using his muzzleloader and running hounds. He's a great backcountry snowmobiler, he rides horseback, and he can fix most anything that breaks down. It's my pleasure to bring you this discussion with Rick Labbe!

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Joey Geyster grew up in a deer camp culture, where driving deer the first week of Massachusetts shotgun season is a yearly tradition. He discusses their outlook and strategies on deer drives as well as gets into some bowhunting and scouting strategies. 

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Jim Massett has been hunting the vast Adirondacks in New York since the 1950's, and has taken over 100 mature bucks in his lifetime, most of them by tracking. He carried out many of his bucks by draping them over his shoulders and hauling them on his sturdy 130 pound frame rather than dragging. But the thing that struck me the most, even overshadowing his hunting accolades is the greatness of his character. Jim is a humble man of congeniality, ever willing to downplay his legend to raise up his peers. He's still in better shape than most men 15 years younger and full of life at 86 years old -- and sharper, too! After our recorded conversation about deer hunting and over a glass of wine at his dinner table, we talked about all aspects of life! We laughed a whole lot. It was a pleasure to get to know him and share that time with him, and I'm hoping many people will get to have a little bit of that experience with Jim at Huntstock this year. Jim's ears perk up and thirst to hear other people's stories which can be hard to find these days.

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Jim Massett has been hunting the vast Adirondacks in New York since the 1950's, and has taken over 100 mature bucks in his lifetime, most of them by tracking. He carried out many of his bucks by draping them over his shoulders and hauling them on his sturdy 130 pound frame rather than dragging. But the thing that struck me the most, even overshadowing his hunting accolades is the greatness of his character. Jim is a humble man of congeniality, ever willing to downplay his legend to raise up his peers. He's still in better shape than most men 15 years younger and full of life at 86 years old -- and sharper, too! After our recorded conversation about deer hunting and over a glass of wine at his dinner table, we talked about all aspects of life! We laughed a whole lot. It was a pleasure to get to know him and share that time with him, and I'm hoping many people will get to have a little bit of that experience with Jim at Huntstock this year. Jim's ears perk up and thirst to hear other people's stories which can be hard to find these days.

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A dairy farmer by trade with around 1,500 head of cattle, Joe DiNitto doesn't get a lot of time to hunt, so he chooses to save his hunting for when the snow flies when he can find a fresh track of a big buck and follow it to a conclusion. Living near the vast 5,000 square mile Adirondack Park, with low deer densities and tough terrain, he's been able to consistently kill 6 year old age class bucks in one of the toughest places to do so. He shares his philosophies and strategies here. Catch his seminar at Huntstock, or hang out with him at the ADK Tracker booth all 3 days - August 11-13th, 2023.

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Zack and Jim Levasseur come on to talk about their strategies on killing big bucks in Massachussetts as well as their goals for this upcoming season.

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Ryan Gilman of Rhode Island Whitetails (www.instagram.com/rhodeisland_whitetails), an experienced hunter and camper, had an unexplainable encounter with a bi-pedal creature while camping with his wife in Maine during the the full moon called the Hunter's Moon in October 2022. The experience was scary enough, and then stories from the landowner and neighbors added a whole new element!

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