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#110 | Faith, Family, Music & the Woods: A Genuine Conversation | Nate Hosie
Ike Eastman sits down with Nate Hosie — co-host of Headhunters TV, turkey killer, musician, husband, and dad — for a genuine conversation about the moments that shape a life. A born-and-raised Montdale, Pennsylvania kid who's lived in his hometown his whole life, Nate walks through hunting his first pheasants at five with his dad and grandpa (the "Grouse King"), getting hooked on turkeys at 13, meeting Randy Birdsong at the Harrisburg Sports Show, and how 17 years of Headhunters TV came together almost by accident. The heart of the episode is his music story — how a devastating car accident and the loss of his sister put a guitar in his hands he'd never touched, how YouTube videos and grief turned into a cover band, and how he's now sharing stages with artists like Rodney Atkins with a new single called "Hunting" dropping this fall. Ike and Nate dig into faith, family, the pursuit of peace of mind over more, why hunting is a celebration not a scorecard, and Nate's exciting new chapter with Buckmasters. It's a real one — bring some tissues.
25 Sept 2026
#109 | Inside Headhunters TV: Whitetail Management, Trapping & the Long Game | Randy Birdsong
Ike Eastman sits down with Randy Birdsong of Headhunters TV for a genuine conversation on the long game of Midwest whitetail hunting, land management, and predator trapping. A southeast Missouri kid who followed the best whitetail hunting to Southern Illinois University (on what he calls his "Van Wilder program"), Randy got his first break filming for Whitetail Freaks with Don & Kandi Kisky and Lee & Tiffany Lakosky before Jeff Wayne handed him his shot at his own show on Outdoor Channel. The heart of the conversation is the Raven Project — his 1,000-acre Missouri property that six years ago held maybe 15 deer, and today holds over 100 mature deer, along with the story of the 8-year-old buck he took there last fall. Ike and Randy get into food plots, water, cover, doe reduction, being "only as good as your neighbors," and Randy's real passion: trapping. From running a 20-mile trap line before school at age 10 (with grandma tailing on a four-wheeler) to 113 coons in three weeks on his Oklahoma property, he breaks down when to hit coyotes, coons, and possums to protect fawns and turkey nests — and why you can't just trap a property out, because knock a coyote population down and they'll simply throw bigger litters.
21 Aug 2026
#108 | Predator Management, Night Hunting & Why Coyotes Get in Your Blood | Jon Collins
Ike Eastman sits down with Jon Collins of FoxPro for a genuine conversation on predator hunting and why coyotes might just be the most addictive game animal in the country. A central Kentucky boy born and raised, Jon walks through how he stumbled into coyote hunting in his early 20s — calling in seven coyotes on his very first stand with a 300 Weatherby Magnum and a wooden closed-reed rabbit call — and how that morning changed the trajectory of his life. From there, Ike and Jon get into predator management as a real tool for land managers wanting bigger bucks, better turkey hatches, and healthier fawn recruitment, why you can't just hit coyotes once a year and call it good, how affordable thermal has reshaped night hunting, and where to start if you're brand new to the game. They also cover FoxPro's flagship X360, the new X48 dropping soon, why raccoon calling is some of the most fun you can have with your kids, and the three sounds every new predator hunter should learn to make.
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