Hosts Steve Larsen and Todd Coffelt dig into a down-home conversation about farming, food plots, and deer hunting, blending practical advice with hilarious anecdotes from rural Iowa life. Here’s a rundown of the episode:
🌾 Farming & Field Work
- Weather challenges (too much rain) are impacting hay cutting and planting schedules.
- Corn and soybeans are growing well, but food plot planting for deer has been delayed.
- Emphasis on flexibility: shifting planting dates and maybe even planting rice instead of corn due to soggy conditions.
🦌 Deer Food Plots & Strategy
- Ongoing learning from past mistakes (e.g., planting too late, frost damage).
- Everyone has different opinions on what should go into a food plot — from maximizing antler growth to improving hunting visibility.
- Comedic struggles with old equipment like a 4-row planter, planting beans with corn equipment, and dealing with unsolicited "coffee shop" advice.
🔫 Hunting Tales
- Longstanding hunting traditions with colorful nicknames for locations and people.
- Laugh-out-loud memories, like Steve botching his first hunt or someone shooting two deer with one bullet.
- Annual hunting rituals, like the goal to harvest 50 deer, pizza planning nights, and tracking who missed what.
🍖 Deer Processing & DIY Sausage Making
- For 8 years, the crew has processed 12–14 deer carcasses annually in a friend’s heated garage.
- They’ve made everything from breakfast sausage to spicy summer sausage using meat science, not rocket science.
- Recurring themes: ghost pepper cheese, burnt ovens from pork fat, and neighbors dropping in to help (or drink).
🤝 Friendship, Nicknames & Legacy
- Names of hunting spots passed down through generations.
- Stories of “rookie mistakes” and cherished memories, especially honoring a veteran hunter, Larry Keller, facing health challenges.
- Group ribbing, confessions, laughter, and heartfelt wishes make this more than just hunting—it’s a brotherhood.
🎯 “Truth Bombs” & Policy Rants
