{"podcast":{"title":"Truth From The Stand Deer Hunting Podcast","slug":"truth-from-the-stand-deer-hunting-podcast-175247","podcast_index_feed_id":175247,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/WPCM3320543638","website_url":"http://ecbiz196.inmotionhosting.com/~truthf13/category/deer-hunting-podcast/#.V2s-5pMrJE4","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/4f08d166-3796-11ec-a84b-6b72de3378ad/image/777aa499c8d4b4fbaee9ee6e4d48ac9d.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Clint Campbell","episode_count":509,"summary":"Truth From The Stand is a weekly whitetail deer hunting podcast built for serious DIY hunters. For 10 years, we've been covering the tactics, strategies, and real stories that help hunters consistently kill mature bucks. From early season scouting and food plots to scrape hunting, rut tactics, and late season pressure, we cover it all. Each week we sit down with experienced whitetail hunters, bowhunters, and public land hunters to break down what's actually working in the field. Whether you're chasing bucks on public land or private ground, managing a property, or just trying to punch your tag on a mature deer, this is your podcast. New episodes every Wednesday. Follow the show so you never miss one","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T14:18:13.469599+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/truth-from-the-stand-deer-hunting-podcast-175247"},"episode":{"title":"EP. 489: Why I Chose the Harder Way to Hunt","slug":"ep-489-why-i-chose-the-harder-way-to-hunt","published_at":"2026-04-22T04:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/truth-from-the-stand-deer-hunting-podcast-175247/ep-489-why-i-chose-the-harder-way-to-hunt","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/truth-from-the-stand-deer-hunting-podcast-175247","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/WPCM5524942548.mp3?updated=1776625823","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/WPCM5524942548.mp3?updated=1776625823","summary":"This week I’m joined by Kolton Schenker, and we spend some time talking through what it looks like when hunting starts to shift from something you do… to something you really commit to. We get into his background—years behind a compound bow, time spent out West, and what came with finally stepping into land ownership. But where the conversation really settles in is around his move to traditional gear. What that transition felt like, the frustration that comes with starting over, and why he stuck with it anyway. He shares a few stories along the way—close encounters, missed chances, and the one that finally came together with a stick bow. And like most guys who make that switch, it wasn’t about making things easier. It was about slowing things down and paying attention in a different way. A lot of it comes back to the same idea: the longer you do this, the more you realize it’s less about the outcome and more about how you go about it. The work, the reps, the time in the woods—and the people you get to share it with along the way. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM PODCAST 489 Long-term reps build intuition 19 years in, Kolton still finds new ways to learn. Trail cams show you what’s there, but observation sets teach you how they move. Getting lower, tighter, and uncomfortable often leads to more real encounters. Switching to traditional gear forces you to slow down and truly focus. Misses aren’t failures, they’re part of the process that makes you better. The reward isn’t just the shot, it’s the encounters, the moments, the grind. Hunting becomes more meaningful when it’s shared, with land, with family, with purpose. SHOW NOTES AND LINKS: —Truth From The Stand Merch —Check out Tactacam Reveal cell cameras — Save 15% on Hawke Optics code TFTS15 —Save 20% on ASIO GEAR code TRUTH20 —Che…","meta_description":"This week I’m joined by Kolton Schenker, and we spend some time talking through what it looks like when hunting starts to shift from something you do… to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4409,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/truth-from-the-stand-deer-hunting-podcast-175247/episodes/ep-489-why-i-chose-the-harder-way-to-hunt/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/truth-from-the-stand-deer-hunting-podcast-175247/ep-489-why-i-chose-the-harder-way-to-hunt.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}