Sporting Classics Podcast

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EP 167: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: Choctaw Buffalo Hunt

2024-03-2817:52

This week Luke and Larry discuss a recent buffalo hunt at the Choctaw Hunting lodge.

EP 166: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: Outdoor Cooking

2024-03-1813:49

There is no doubt food cooked in camp or in the outdoors simply tastes better, regardless of the "makings". Both Luke and Larry are adept at cooking outdoors particularly over an open-fire with cast iron. Luke too has mastered cooking with smoke in this week's episode they discuss cooking in the great outdoors.

EP 165: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: Bear Talk

2024-03-1114:54

With Spring just around the corner Larry and Luke talk about some of the things they're looking forward to, from fishing for white bass to especially spring bear hunting. Larry has spent many years hunting spring bear and talks a bit about some of his experiences, while Luke's experiences with bear occurred mostly during the fall. This week they provide both wisdom and a bit of plain good old story telling.

EP 164: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: The Never Give Up Buck

2024-03-0417:21

Thanks to Texas’ Managed Land Deer Permit, properties under the program whitetails can be hunted until the last day of February. In this episode Larry and Luke talk about a buck, Larry initially passed in November, and then the long subsequent hunt for him, and how it became “the never give up buck”.

EP 163: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: Muzzleloaders

2024-02-1920:00

What's Old is New Again... Luke and Larry started shooting muzzleloaders back in the past century, fueled somewhat by the "Jeremiah Johnson" movie. Larry started with kits for .50 Hawkens from both CVA and Thompson/Center. Luke followed suit a short time later. From there Larry started hunting with Tony Knight when he first released the revolutionary MK-85 and progressed from there. Around this campfire Luke and Larry talk about the changes they've seen from shooting patched balls and conical in slow-twist barrels to faster twist barrel shooting sabots, as well as going from blackpowder to modern day blackpowder substitutes and along the way tell an interesting anecdote or two.

EP 162: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: West Texas

2024-02-1218:07

Texas’ Managed Land Deer Permit allows Luke and Larry to continue hunting whitetails on Larry’s lease after Texas’ regular deer season is closed, providing prime venison and great camp fun, which of course including cooking! In this episode Luke and Larry discuss what they hunted with, late season doe harvest strategies and even a quick camp recipe!

EP 161: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: Late Season Does

2024-02-0513:33

Larry and Luke both live in Texas where ranches under the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's "Manage Land Deer Permit" (MLDP) can hunt whitetails until the end of February. In this episode Luke and Larry talk about their upcoming late season doe hunt on Larry western Texas lease.

EP 160: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: Squirrel Hunting

2024-01-2916:06

This week Luke and Larry talk squirrel hunting, skinning and cooking. They also discuss the upcoming white bass creek run, recent deer hunts, venison cooking, wild hogs and more.

EP 159: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: Hog Killing Time

2024-01-2422:58

With most big game hunting seasons coming to a close, it's time to start thinking about North America's most popular introduced big game animal, thees days either available to or coming to you soon, the wild hog. Larry and Luke both love hunting wild hogs regardless of the firearm or archery equipment used. Around the campfire this week they talk about baiting hogs and some of their past wild hog adventures.

EP 158: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: Late Season Muzzleloader Hunting

2024-01-1916:11

Luke and Larry talk about late season Muzzleloader hunting, ammunition, accuracy, distance and more.

EP 157: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: Turnips

2023-12-2914:19

With Christmas festivities behind them Luke and Larry are looking forward to new hunting and outdoor adventures. But not before they had the opportunity to hunt one of their favorite hunting places, the Cotton Ranch in Northeast Texas. And as Luke discovered their food plots are producing more than simply forage for deer and other wildlife... turnips! Perfect to go with any deer camp meal!

EP 156: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: Alberta

2023-12-1815:20

Larry recently returned from his Alberta whitetail hunt with Ron Nemetchek's North River Outfitting, during which he experienced mild northern Alberta temperatures, along with little to no snow. In spite of a lack of good hunting weather Larry still saw over 120 bucks, albeit, young and small antlered by Alberta standards. Even though Larry did not pull the trigger, he had a great time as he explains in this week's episode. And, while Larry was in Alberta, Luke was hunting his home ground, and is frequently the case, Luke was after wild hogs as much as whitetail venison.

EP 155: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: Christmas Gifts

2023-12-0113:40

With Christmas just around the corner and some prime deer hunting still to be had throughout much of North America Luke and Larry talk about the value of hunting food sources, especially food plots as deer start recovering from the rigors of the rut and prepare for the lean days of winter looming on the horizon. Then they drift toward some Christmas gift ideas with emphasis on prime reading, from books to subscribing to Sporting Classics.

EP 154: Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry: Thanksgiving

2023-11-2014:20

Was a time when having turkey for Thanksgiving dinner meant heading to the woods and harvesting your own bird. Luke and Larry recall some their early Thanksgivings adventures and how using rifle and bow turned lean Fall “woods” turkeys into a veritable butterball feast!