The Fair Chase Podcast

This is the vlog from our Greenland hunt for muskox and caribou. James brought a camera along and filmed the whole trip. The flights, the days on the boat, the hunt and everything back at camp. We made a full film on this hunt with Worldwide Trophy Adventures. Watch Land of Plenty here: https://youtu.be/U1lxAGEY4Vs GREENLAND GEAR GIVEAWAY We're giving away gear from this hunt. Enter at https://thefairchase.com/greenland-giveaway before it closes Oct 28. Want a bonus entry? Watch the full hunt in Land of Plenty and leave a comment there: https://youtu.be/U1lxAGEY4Vs Brought to you by onX Hunt, TUO Gear, Latitude Outdoors, Trophium, Reveal by Tactacam and Worldwide Trophy Adventures.

We're into late summer and I've got the new Latitude Synergy sticks in just in time for some trail camera work. In this one I open them up and show how I use them to hang a Reveal cam so no one steals it. The spot is a piece of public land in Michigan where I'm taking inventory of the bucks hanging around. It sits right where the bedding, food, and water all come together, the perfect place to see what's there before the season. Chapters (00:00) New Latitude Synergy sticks: 14.9 oz, stack of four (01:08) Stealth strips and reflective tape (01:46) Packing the sticks and cameras (02:45) The spot: swamp bedding, water, and an ag funnel on Michigan public land (04:14) Hanging cameras two sticks high (04:52) How the stick attaches to the tree (05:58) Your turn: do you hang cameras high? Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62LBuk_cd9A Brought to you by onX Hunt, Trophium, Latitude Outdoors, TUO Gear, and Reveal by Tactacam.

Getting our gear dialed for the season, and we've been putting the new Praxis pack from Latitude Outdoors through its paces. In this one James runs through what stands out after loading it to 90 pounds and setting it up a bunch of different ways. The 27-liter pack weighs 4.5 pounds and it carries a load better than a pack this size should. Light, comfortable, and it goes from everyday carry to hauling meat without missing a beat. For us it's going to be the pack for just about every whitetail hunt this season, and it's coming to Greenland with James too. Chapters (00:00) 90-pound ruck test in July heat (00:44) Day-hunt setup and the torque straps (02:10) Taking it to Greenland (02:42) The 22-inch frame and its trade-offs (03:46) Hauling meat: G hooks, cinching a quarter to the frame (04:50) Kill-kit pocket and meat shelf (05:20) Belt and hip pockets (05:32) Extra straps and what stays in the bag (06:27) Hanging pockets and the pass-through pocket (06:59) Inside the bag and bottom-to-top zippers (07:27) Why it's the pack for most of the season Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pttgc7Scuw Brought to you by onX Hunt, Trophium, Latitude Outdoors, TUO Gear, and Reveal by Tactacam.

Here's everything I wish I'd known traveling to Greenland. If you're planning a hunt or any kind of trip to Greenland, this should be handy: getting there, customs, language, money, food, lodging, cell service, optics, flying with a firearm, what you can bring home, and the story behind the colored houses. Chapters (00:00) Just back from Greenland (00:34) Getting there: Newark to Nuuk, the new hub, cancellations (01:46) Customs and arrival (01:58) Language: Greenlandic, Danish, and translation apps (02:09) Money: krone, tap to pay, tipping (02:23) Food: restaurants, muskox and walrus on the menu (03:43) Groceries and free stove fuel at the hotels (04:20) Lodging and paying by wire (04:35) Cell service in and out of town (04:50) Optics: stabilized binoculars from the boat (05:27) Flying with a firearm, and Air Greenland's baggage limits (06:57) What you can and can't bring home (08:11) Getting meat and trophies home through Denmark (08:48) Why the houses are colored (09:46) Odds and ends, and the film is coming Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaXAp0WhIlQ Brought to you by onX Hunt, Trophium, Latitude Outdoors, TUO Gear, and Reveal by Tactacam.

James breaks down his full layering system for Greenland. Caribou and muskox in the Arctic Circle, wet country with temps that swing from the low 30s to the low 50s. He went looking for how people layer for a hunt like this. There wasn't much, at least nothing specific to Greenland. So he built it himself. The kit works from the inside out: base layers first, a grid fleece that does most of the work, insulation for the long glassing sits, and a rain shell he already trusts. All of it TUO Gear. Chapters (00:00) 60 days out: why Greenland layering is different (00:39) Base layers: Kinetic 200 quarter zip and 250 pants (01:31) Outer pants: Vista (02:04) Grid fleece: the Folcrum hoodie (02:48) Insulation for glassing: the Clement hoodie (03:05) Rain gear: Ballistic Storm jacket (03:34) Boat-based camp means room for extras: merino tee (04:18) Camp pieces: 350 hoodie and Ant pant (05:09) The full kit, inside out Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjJR3fPsWQ Brought to you by onX Hunt, Trophium, Latitude Outdoors, TUO Gear, and Reveal by Tactacam.

James sits down with Joe and Jordan to talk through what went on behind the filming of Bear Camp and answer the questions that came in after the film: baiting with beavers, whether that many beavers is legal, getting the meat home, what spring bear tastes like, filming a hunt from a saddle, and whether the film should show the shot. Chapters (00:00) Where everyone is headed next (00:35) Sponsor reads (03:37) The hunt: northwest Saskatchewan, established baits (08:43) Filming from a saddle with one self-film kit (13:16) Your questions: why beavers, and is it legal (16:51) Getting the meat home, and what bear tastes like (19:57) Go west first, or bait first? (26:08) Showing the shot on film, and why (28:11) Wrap: send us your questions Watch Bear Camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Ipc9Pcgy4 Brought to you by onX Hunt, Trophium, Latitude Outdoors, TUO Gear, and Reveal by Tactacam.

James is a few weeks out from chasing caribou and muskox in Greenland, and part of his prep was a trip to Cody, Wyoming to shoot with Gunwerks, the team behind turnkey long-range rifle systems, integrated optics, and ballistics. He sat down with Joe Bernard from Gunwerks to talk through what it takes to be ready. In this episode, they cover: -Prepping for a Greenland caribou and muskox hunt-Why James is running a 450 Bushmaster on this trip -Long-range training before a big hunt -Reading wind like it actually matters-Cleaning a rifle the right way -How Gunwerks fits hunters to rifle and caliber -Gunwerk's annual, one-time-only manufacturing runs of unique rifles -Sheep slams, Kyrgyzstan ibex, and where customers are hunting next Brought to you by  @onXHunt   @latitudeoutdoors  &  @OfficialTrophiumApp ​

James sits down with Mike Roux, a turkey hunter in his 55th season, NRA American Hunter staff writer, and host of the Mid Mo Reapers YouTube channel. Mike grew up chasing Ozark gobblers in southeast Missouri and has spent more time watching turkeys with a camera and a notepad than most have with a gun. The conversation gets into how Mike reads the three phases of the spring, why he stopped calling to birds on the roost, and the case for forgetting the roost altogether and hunting the strut zone instead. He walks through his calling progression of hen to Jake and explains why the last legal hour of the last legal day is his favorite time to hunt a gobbler. Brought to you by:  @onXHunt   @tuogear   @latitudeoutdoors   @OfficialTrophium ​

Spring is in full swing and the guys are fired up! In this episode, Joe and the crew break down what's been an incredible turkey season so far — with six birds down and counting — while diving deep into tactics that actually work in the field. From reading a tom's morning mindset to the critical 9-to-noon window that Joe swears by, this episode is packed with practical turkey hunting advice for hunters of every experience level. They cover decoy strategy, when to use (and ditch) a Jake call, the power of silence, and how late-season foliage changes your whole approach. They also preview two upcoming bear hunts — a DIY spot-and-stalk trip out West in Montana, and Lex and Joe's first baited bear hunt in Saskatchewan, where trail cam pics are already showing some serious boars. Plus, don't miss the announcement of the Second Annual Fairchase Film Festival at Wealthy Street Theater in Grand Rapids on June 18th — featuring the debut of their Saskatchewan bear film and more. In this episode: -Turkey season recap & what's driving big recruitment numbers -The best time of day to kill a spring tom (and why it's not the roost) -Jake decoy dos and don'ts throughout the season -Regional turkey population differences and Southeast struggles -Montana & Saskatchewan bear hunt previews -Fairchase Film Festival — June 18, Grand Rapids | Wealthy Street Theater

Mike Herne joined us to talk about the path from Army Ranger to the hunting industry, the origin story of Tricer, and why the tripod world has been building legs upside down for years. We get into 74 coyotes in a season, what turkey hunting actually teaches you about calling elk, why predator hunting might be the best training a big game hunter can do, and the "burn the boats" philosophy. Plus the honest math on American-made gear, what a hunting film should leave on the cutting room floor, and why the LP is the head everyone remembers by feel instead of name. This episode is brought to you by OnX (onxmaps.com), Trophium (trophium.co), and Latitude Outdoors (latitudeoutdoors.com).