Times Up Outdoors: Recent Episodes
Zig, Niko, And John
Niko, Steve, Doug, and Zig get Alex from East 2 West Hunts on the phone to talk about his full scale hunt planning tag application business. This guys created a pretty amazing service and if you have any interest in hunting outside of your normal realm, he's the guy to talk to. We recorded this in an ice fishing shanty so bear with the extra noises.
1st time in a LONG time that the whole crew is in the shop to BS it up. Hunter, John, Niko and Zig all at the same time in the same room....you can probably smell it. This is just our general chat, 2024 happy new year BS session. Talking about our 2023 best hunting moments, zig being long winded, and more about what's to come in 2023
Zig and hunter tell their 2023 buck stories, which are fairly interesting. Zig talks about how all the stars had to align in order for these deer to be in his possession. And niko talks about him sucking at deer hunting this year.
John and Niko give a final recap of a successful Kentucky trip on the drive back to Michigan.
Here is your day 2 Kentucky whitetail trip report. Stay tuned for more! Deer hunting in Kentucky has been quite interesting.
We are on our way to our 1 week in November public land hunt and recorded our first episode of the trip in our vehicles. We plan to keep these going as we move through the week.
Did I spell prequel correctly? This is a quick pre moose hunt podcast with Zig on the mic. Talking about his moose hunt that he is leaving on the day this is recorded. Packing, borrowing, how the hunt was arranged, and a heart attack. Hope you enjoy!
Ep. 44 Brings you into Nikos basement where he and his brother Hunter go over Hunters successful velvet Kentucky hunt, their early MI bow season gripes, some public land conversation, a pile of other randomness and some off the wall wild topics at the end. A typical TUO podcast, random BS. Enjoy!
Another solo series, this time with Zig. Talking about buck standards and where he is at as a deer hunter and where he was. What are your standards? Do you agree with zig on this one?
Another short one here, this podcast you'll be listening to Niko do a solo based around an article the Mi DNR released recently about Mi doe numbers. Niko has some strong opinions on the subject and drops some facts every MI hunter might find interesting! Give it a listen and enjoy!
This is a short one. Zig sits down and kind of explains in short form, who we are, and what this is. Where do we plan to take times up outdoors. How it a works. Why we aren't professionals. That's it. 2
In this episode zig starts out with a rant on how he feels about folks who don't like the youth hunt in Michigan. It then is joined by his kids, wife, and father to discuss day one of their 2023 youth hunt. Each kid tells their perspective on it, including Owen, the 4 year old. If you don't like the youth hunt, you should at least listen to zigs rant...if you like kids, and the youth hunt, you will love this episode.
We bring back Dan and Marti Plate for a second time to talk about Marti's page Venison 365ish. You can check it out on her instagram and also sub to her emails for awesome recipes. This one went long, and we ended up telling a bunch of hunting stories. We figured now is the perfect time to drop this. Dan also hosts a business podcast called Home Service Happy hour, and can be reached for book keeping at www.bestdamnbookkeeping.com
This episode niko, hunter, John, and zig sit down and bull shit about all kinds of stuff but mainly their upcoming Nebraska turkey hunt. The boys are bringing their wives this year so they talk about strategies around that, they discuss their past seasons there as well, mistakes and triumphs. This is a good one!
This short episode we sit down and discuss Niko Tonti's 2022 deer season. Zig, John, Hunter and niko are all in for this one. We discuss Nikos missed opportunities, learned lessons, and some other funny shit as usual.
This is the first episode of a multi episode series where we dive into each of our 2022 deer seasons, individually. We also get into our listener questions as well. In this episode we sit down and hear about Hunter and Autumns deer season which despite the fact that they had limited time in the woods, it was pretty damn exciting.
Ep. 34 of the Times Up Outdoors podcast brings you a wrap up of our 2022 season, and an intro into our 2023! We discuss, how John hates everything, Hunter built a house, Niko sucks at deer hunting and 2023 is going to be even better! We talk about some squirrel hunting and ice fishing too, amongst other BS. Oh, and we discuss an ice fishing event that maybe you can join us on! Enjoy!
We recorded this episode on the last evening of our Missouri public land deer hunting trip.We talk about our 8 day grind trying to kill a Missouri giant, johns irrational fear of beavers, our tactics, our gear, things we like and things that weren't working. As always, full of laughs.
Zig and niko recorded this episode from a comfort inn, in ohio. They snuck down there for a two day hunt during the October lull and talk strategy and tactics and the reason they are down here AGAIN. This is a quicky. Hope ya enjoy it!
What is up welcome back to another episode of times up outdoors podcast. This episode is going to make you hungry. I went solo tonight and had a one on on with Marti and her husband Dan Platta. Marti is the mastermind behind a food blog called Venison 365ish. And dan, well dan is many things. We talk about who they are, why the started the blog, and a whole lot more hunting related topics. If you are like us and believe that the food aspect of hunting is arguably the most important part of it, then you will enjoy this one. As always if you are listening, share it on your social media stories and tag us…and we will repost ya. Make sure you are subscribed to our podcast on whatever outlet you use to listen, and please give us a 5 star review, as it helps us grow. We have a ton of new content coming out as we just launched season 3 of our Carbon Tv show. Make sure to go watch that if you haven’t already. New episodes coming soon and a very big and cool announcement that we will make soon. I will shut up now, enjoy the show!.
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On this weeks episode we recorded from our 2022 Ohio Public land deer camp. We do a deep dive into our weekends experiences, trials, successes, deer killed, deer missed, poison Ivy in the wrong places, Aliens, and more. As usual, a lot of laughs, a lot of hunting talk, and a lot of fun. Guests on this show are Tyler Shulters and Steve Smallridge.
Tonight we are joined by 3 young ladies who just participated in Michigans 2022 youth hunt. One of them is a brand new hunter and we hear from her, what she thought. Zigs two step daughters also recap their perspective of this years youth deer hunt, and hunting in general.
Here is a bonus episode for ya! We recorded a podcast around the campfire at our Ohio public land Turkey hunt back in may...and lets just say, it gets a bit silly. This one is far from serious but you might just learn a few things about turkey hunting. You will absolutely laugh, and if you don't, you are probably wrong. Please share the shit out of this.
A bonus episode for ya! This is 2 separate recordings sandwiched into one episode. Both recorded during our Ohio public land turkey hunt. The 1st 3 min or so is the more serious side of us going over our entire weekend hunt. The second half is a camp fire conversation that gets pretty damn silly. You might learn a few things about turkey calling, and hunting, but I know for a fact you will laugh. And if you don't, well you are probably not our type. Enjoy. And please share!!
Welcome back to our podcast. We will call this the start of season 2. Its been a while and in this episode we explain our lack of content, how we plan to move forward, and a HUGE announcement. We cannot wait for you to hear it and we look forward to getting this ball rolling again.
In this episode we are joined by Steve and Tyler from our Ohio hunting episode (on carbon TV). I mistakenly called it episode 27....its 28. We recorded at the outdoor Rama and told some funny duck hunting stories and bow fishing stories involving sunken boats. OH! And a bonus story about johns wife, giving birth, that you are sure to laugh at. Enjoy
This is a short one. We recorded from Missouri hunt camp on day 6 of our 7 day trip. We discuss our struggles and successes as well as our plans for the following and last day of the trip.
We recorded this episode from the inside of my truck on our way to Missouri to chase big old Show Me State Bucks. Forgive us if the audio quality is not up to your standards. We talk about our game plan going into this trip, how we plan to execute 4 buck week, our gear, Nikos Michigan buck, and much more. We hope you enjoy the episode.
This episode comes to you from our Ohio public land deer hunt. We recorded this in a camp ground on the side of the highway where we camped, and we discuss all sorts of things from hunting public land, to Jujitsu. This is a BS session podcast so if you don't like that, skip it. But if you want to laugh along with us and hear about our trip, listen up. Im joined by Tyler Shulters from Detroit fire medic 17 and Steve Smallridge of Starlite Outdoors. You can find them both on instagram by typing in those names.
We are joined tonight with Clay Fillinger from Hanging Tree Outdoors. Clay is a retired Firefighter turned donut/coffee shop owner. Clay also guides and spends most of his time chasing big giant ohio bucks. We won't hold out against him that he lives run Ohio. Clay runs Hanging Tree Official on instagram where he and several unnamed members sort of police the Internet for hunters and anglers who they feel, don't show our lifestyle run a positive light. Their page its much like the popular "copper plated six's" page.
If you can get past the first few minutes of us talking with our mouths full of pizza, I think you will find this one entertaining. We spend some time bull shittin' before we get into the Q&A that we did with our listeners. Our Nebraska Turkey hunt, deer hunting prep, and some other crap. We then dive into the questions YOU guys asked on our instagram post.
This week we sat down with Troy, the man behind the new and soon to be hit show HUNT WARZ. This was a blast to record. And we go into detail about what could be the best hunting opportunity to ever come across your table, and how to sign up!
Where have we been?! In 2021s first podcast episode we will fill ya in! Its been a while since we last podcasted but we are past that now, so get over it...please? In this episode we discuss basically where we have been, why we haven't produced a podcast since may, and recap the last few months. So if you will give us another chance, we will love you long time.
As you will hear in the intro, this is a recycled episode from last year. The lock downs have made business as usual, a bit difficult. So we thought it was a perfect time to bring back this awesome episode where Niko John and Hunter talk all about the basics on turkey hunting. Michigan still has plenty of season left so we hope this one helps! If you have already listened to this last year, we apologize. Next episode will be fresh!
In this episode we sit down with Seth, the owner of Bullys Game calls and we talk all about turkey hunting, and the art of calling in wild turkeys. Seth is a state champion turkey caller, a hell of a hunter, and an all around great guy! Just in time for turkey season! Hope you enjoy!
In this episode we sit down with Tanner Flatt the founder of "Eat Venison". We talk about how and why Tanner started Eat Venison, quality deer management and hunter shame, Deer hunting, waterfowl hunting, and much more.
We sit down with Lori Stroik founder of Wild Card Outdoors to talk about their mission, getting woman and children out hunting and fishing. We discuss the difficulties and the importance of that mission. Lori is doing HUGE things in effort to curve the decline in hunters and anglers. Make sure you check out Wild Card Outdoors to see how you can help! This one is awesome!
We sit down in the lobby bar at Michigans outdoor Rama with John Eberhart, Ernie from Tethrd, the Bowhunter Chronicles crew, Zach from gaylord....and Chad Goethe (also from tethrd). We talk about how John Eberhart got into saddle hunting, how tethered started, Adams mom, Zigs man love for Mark Kenyon and Steve Rinella. We discuss deer hunting and saddle hunting tactics, the hunting community, and all kinds of other stuff. We think this was one of our best yet. Hope you enjoy.
Info on John Eberhart books and more can be found at http://www.eberhartswhitetailworkshop.com
Tethrd saddles, join the tethrd nation https://tethrdnation.com
Bow Hunter Chronicles http://bowhunterchroniclespodcast.com
In this episode John and Niko answer questions that were sent in via facebook and Instagram followers. We cover a wide range of outdoor topics, and talk some shit along the way.
This podcast is our beginners guide to filming your hunts. We go over what we have learned about filming outdoor adventures, and give you our best tips on how to get started.
In 2020s first episode we discuss some of the new archery products that we have seen online over the past weekend during the ATA Show. We also discuss our take on "pro-staff". You can now watch the video version of this episode on CARBON TV!!!
On our last podcast of the season, we wrap up our year, recap our deer hunting season, announce some awesome news and talk about what's coming for 2020! We hope you enjoyed our first year of our podcast and we look forward to sharing even more content next year!
In this episode we are joined by Eli Carter to discuss CWD. Eli has a masters in public health from UofM, and has a much better way of communication information on such a disease, than we ever could. We discuss our frustrations, ask questions, and talk deer hunting. At the end of the day, we might not all agree on how this problem is being handled, but we will continue to support efforts to figure out what is best for our cervid populations.
On this episode John, Niko and Zig meet up at zigs hunting camp to talk about their 1st year in business, the biggest buck contest, opening day for bow hunting, and a lot more. We phone in Kyle green from The Greenway Outdoors, Ryan from Deer Hunter Podcast, Hunter Tonti TUOs newest member, Brandon Carter from Michigan Hunter and a few more. We hope you enjoy the episode.
In this episode John and niko talk about their incredible trip to Missouri hunting public land bucks. Zig talks about his weekend hunting in MI with the kids. We discuss our views on the Michigan youth hunt, hunter recruitment, the big buck contest and much more.
In this episode we are joined by John Eberhart, an extremely accomplished deer hunter with 50 book bucks. John walks us through his process for scouting land in MI for mature bucks and how he hunts them. He goes into depth about that as well as his scent control process. We also discuss saddle hunting and much more. We hope you enjoy the show.
Some links to some of the thinks we talked about
Johns website http://www.deer-john.net
www.Scentlok.com
www.tethrdnation.com
This episode was recorded in the truck on the way to the saginaw bay to do some bowfising. We discuss bagels, bow fishing, our baby shits, and a bunch of deer hunting stuff. Trail cams to mock scraping plans, and ur excitement for the upcoming season. Its a short one.
This episode is your every day BS session episode. We discuss our 2019 spring turkey season, broken bones, our favorite hunts, our personal view on the key to a successful turkey season. We also hit on musky fishing, and bow fishing. And then we discuss our summer plans with food plot talk and a bunch of other bull shit. Hope you enjoy.
Again, a huge thank you to Bullys Game calls, Scentlok, and EZ Kut for helping us make all this possible.
www.bullysgamecalls.com
http://www.scentlok.com
http://www.ezkutproducts.com
In this episode Niko John and Zig discuss walleye fishing tactics, an upcoming walleye tourney for the Detroit Fire Dept, turkey season that is 3 days away, and niko gets a lesson on the squatty potty. The guys also tell a couple stories from their shift at the firehouse the night before. We hope you enjoy and share....and like, and give us 5 stars and all of that other social media bull shit.
In this episode we break down turkey hunting for those of you who are thinking about getting into it, or are already doing it and have not been successful. We discuss the basics. Check it out. And if you are already an expert, you can tell us how you do it differently.
This episode is brought to you straight from an ice fishing shanty on Michigans Whitmore Lake. We have a special guest with us on the show. We discuss the legalities of shooting a pile of turkeys, John tells us a make believe story about catching a tiger musky, he also tells us his reason for loving ice fishing, and Niko and Zig talk about why they are slightly indifferent. We discuss the use of a tip up, Nikos advice on shed hunting and his theory on this years seemingly increased number of early shedding bucks. Zig learns how to set his drag, Niko pulls a pike through his hole. We discuss Zig's recent firehouse transfer, a friendly bet between two firehouses, and some other big news that you are not going to want to miss!
Today we are joined at the firehouse by our friend and coworker Brandon Carter. Brandon tells us the story of his 157 inch Michigan monster buck, and how it connected him to some other great Michigan buck hunters. We also discuss youth hunting philosophy, food plots, Quality deer management, challenging yourself, and much much more. We hope you can appreciate our struggle with our audio while we figure this all out, and we truly hope you enjoy the show. Let us know what you think! Subscribe, and rate us. Thanks!
In our first poorly put together podcast episode you will learn why Niko started TUO back in 2012 and how Zig and John got involved in 2018. You will learn what they play do do with Times up, and why it is important to them. We talk about our 2018 deer hunting season highlights and lowlights, name next years hit listers, talk about the taste of diver ducks, discuss johns philosophy on trail cameras, and much more. We hope you enjoy. And we promise to get better at this as we go! We hope you will follow along with us!