{"podcast":{"title":"Okayest Hunter ®","slug":"okayest-hunter-516302","podcast_index_feed_id":516302,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/WPCM9844282233","website_url":"https://www.okayesthunter.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/cf053b76-c292-11eb-bde5-8be4ec343a80/image/8074902dfa3a85c1052bbbba5bdc4339.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Okayest Podcast Network","episode_count":502,"summary":"Okayest Hunter Deer Hunting Podcast Putting an end to hunter shaming, returning to our roots as deer hunters, and having fun outdoors! Join us each week as we host a LIVE Listener Call-In Deer Hunting podcast every Tuesday, streaming to Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram at 6 PM CSD. We’re the Okayest hunting podcast in the Midwest. We keep it casual and drink bourbon and beer while chatting with known and unknown deer, elk, and other hunters around the country. Wisconsin-based deer hunting podcast. It's your tag; hunt how you want.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T14:20:18.960320+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/okayest-hunter-516302"},"episode":{"title":"The Hunting Family","slug":"the-hunting-family","published_at":"2025-12-03T12:21:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/okayest-hunter-516302/the-hunting-family","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/okayest-hunter-516302","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/OOEYR3729411361.mp3?updated=1764765071","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/OOEYR3729411361.mp3?updated=1764765071","summary":"Walking out the door to the deer woods feels a lot different when there’s a spouse at home, kids melting down, and a to-do list a mile long. Hunting fills your cup, but sometimes it drains everyone else’s. On this episode of the Okayest Hunter Podcast, Eric and Derek tackle the “taboo” topic almost no hunting shows touch: what deer season really does to marriages, families, and modern dads. We talk honestly about guilt, selfishness, “hunting season survivor” spouses, and how easy it is to overdraft your family’s emotional bank account chasing a few precious sits in November. We also share the story behind our Sweet November Sweepstakes, why we had to nuke our old Apple Podcasts feed (and all the reviews with it), and how the Okayest community rallied to rebuild ratings from scratch. There’s a live winner draw, plenty of laughs about tech issues and vertical video chaos, and some surprisingly heavy moments about generational deer camp, getting kids involved, and raising a family that still wants to come “home” to the woods with you. If you’re a hunter who loves your family as much as you love the rut—and a spouse who’s ever felt like a hunting widow—this one’s for you. Don’t forget to follow, rate, and review on the new Okayest Podcast Network feed so more okayest hunters (and their better halves) can find the show. Presented by Nosler: CODE OHP for 20% OFF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Walking out the door to the deer woods feels a lot different when there’s a spouse at home, kids melting down, and a to-do list a mile long. Hunting fills…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4139,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/okayest-hunter-516302/episodes/the-hunting-family/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/okayest-hunter-516302/the-hunting-family.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}