BIG WOODS BUCKS PODCAST is a knowledge-based podcast dedicated to teaching people the skills, tactics, and techniques needed to become a successful hunter by taking each of you along on our adventures. Hosted by legendary whitetail tracker Hal Blood and co-hosted by Maine Guide Lee Schanz, Jr., listen as they share the vast knowledge they have of big woods deer hunting. Education through entertainment is the cornerstone of our business.
Big Woods Bucks - Deer Hunting -Education & Entertainment
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BIG WOODS BUCKS PODCAST is a knowledge-based podcast dedicated to teaching people the skills, tactics, and techniques needed to become a successful hunter by taking each of you along on our adventures. Hosted by legendary whitetail tracker Hal Blood and co-hosted by Maine Guide Lee Schanz, Jr., listen as they share the vast knowledge they have of big woods deer hunting. Education through entertainment is the cornerstone of our business.
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Recent Episodes
September 16, 2026
The Grueling Reality of Being a Maine Guide | Big Woods Bucks Podcast Ep 205
Master Maine Guides Hal and Lee reveal the grueling realities and misconceptions of their decades-long guiding careers in this insightful interview.
September 2, 2026
Training to Shoot in the Big Woods | Big Woods Bucks Podcast Ep 204
Host Hal and Lee interview Ken Campbell, CEO of Gunsite Academy, and Brad Willey about optimizing speed and accuracy for critical Big Woods shooting opportunities.
September 1, 2026
JIM ABBOTT, Part II: TALES FROM THE BACKCOUNTRY | Adirondack Hunt Podcast, Ep. 30
Host Hal hosts legendary Adirondack woodsman Jim Abbott for an interview sharing captivating backcountry tales and deer hunting insights.
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The Grueling Reality of Being a Maine Guide | Big Woods Bucks Podcast Ep 205
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[…] I don't remember the exact date. So there's been a long tradition of being licensed as a guide in Maine. But back in the day, like my grandfather, I'm pretty sure it was like an oral board. He actually went to a game warden and a game warden gave him like an oral test That's how my grandfather back in the 50s got his guides license. Yeah, it was that way until the 80s in the 80s they they went to a Structured board testing and in a board where you had to go to a fish and wildlife headquarters and take a written and then go in front of a board that started in the 80s and before that I talk about the classifications a little bit before that it was called a general's got a general license a general license and everybody that's what everybody got and you and it it basically the three categories are hunt and fish and recreation now so you can you can be any of the three um But back then it was a general. […]
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