Chasing Giants with Don Higgins

By Terry Peer

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Episodes: 218

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Chronicling the constant pursuit of World Class Whitetails. Follow an experienced land manager, consultant, writer, and hunting industry expert throughout the year as he finds, targets, and hunts world class whitetail bucks. Hunting tips and tricks that can be used no matter your skill set, property, or goals this hunting season.

Episode Date
Episode #219 - The Most Important Aspect of Hunting Whitetails
May 05, 2024
Episode #218 -Spring Food Plots - Is it time to plant?
Apr 28, 2024
Episode #217 - Now Don wants to go fishing!
Apr 21, 2024
Episode #216 - Don Shoots His First Turkey - Friends Episode
Apr 14, 2024
Episode #215 - Could 2024 be a fantastic antler growing season?
Apr 07, 2024
Episode #214 - Don says, "MAKE TURKEY HUNTING GREAT AGAIN!" Easter Sunday
Mar 31, 2024
Episode #213 - Turning old cow pasture in deer sanctuary
Mar 24, 2024
Chasing Giants - Episode 212 - Don gets a visit from the police!
Mar 17, 2024
Episode #211 - Live from RWWP Dealer Event - BINGO
Mar 10, 2024
Episode #210 - What to do with Bush Honeysuckle
Mar 03, 2024
Ep #209 Chasing Giants #209 - Myths about South Facing Hillsides
Feb 25, 2024
Ep #208 - Live from the FAE Midwest Sportsman Classic!
Feb 18, 2024
Episode #207 - Was Don a Hippie?
Feb 11, 2024
Ep# 206 - Is Access Really Everything?
Feb 04, 2024
Ep# 205 - Don shares trail camera pictures from 2023
Jan 28, 2024
Ep. 204 - Hinge Cutting - Don Critiques Specific Projects
Jan 21, 2024
Episode#203 - Post Season Scouting and Project Advice
Jan 14, 2024
Episode #202 - Strange Sponsorship Requests with Joe Miles
Jan 07, 2024
Episode #201 - New Year, New Tools, New Websites
Dec 31, 2023
Episode 200 - Journey to 200
Dec 17, 2023
Episode 199 - Dewormer in Deer Feed, Tractors, Screens, and Windmills
Dec 10, 2023
Episode 198 - Buck Traveling Long Distances After The Rut
Dec 03, 2023
Episode #197 - Don's Grandson Kills His First Buck!
Nov 26, 2023
Episode #196 - Lock Down Breaking Loose as Weather Changes
Nov 19, 2023
Episode #195 - Wes Delks Shoots a Giant and Crossbow Controversy
Nov 12, 2023
Episode #194 - 2nd Target Buck Harvested by Special Guest
Nov 05, 2023
Episode #193 - Babe is Down!
Oct 29, 2023
Episode 192 - End of October - Tactics and Plans are Changing - PRE RUT!
Oct 22, 2023
Episode #191 - Babe Out In Daylight - Giant Corn Yields for Food Plotters
Oct 15, 2023
Episode #190 - Prep for Youth Season - Green Light on Babe
Oct 08, 2023
Episode #189 - Season Opener and Tough Questions
Oct 01, 2023
Episode #188 - Apple Trees for Whitetails
Sep 24, 2023
Episode #187 - Do Trail Camera's Spook Mature Bucks?
Sep 17, 2023
Episode #186 - Disappointing 2023 Buck Forecast
Sep 10, 2023
Episode #185 - Bucks are starting to shift - Fall Plots, GET THEM IN
Sep 03, 2023
Episode 184 - the new G Series no till drill from PH Outdoors.
Aug 27, 2023
Episode #183 - Fall Plot Planting Delayed - Reading the Weather
Aug 20, 2023
Episode #182 - Don's Buck Management Plan for 2023
Aug 13, 2023
Episode #181 - What is new with Asio Gear?
Aug 06, 2023
Episode #180 #180 - IF DON RAN THE STATE DNR... What would he change?
Jul 30, 2023
Episode #179 - Is Antler Growth Behind This Year?
Jul 24, 2023
Episode 178 - The Bucks and The Corn are Growing Fast
Jul 16, 2023
Episode #177 - 38 Trail Cameras on 14 Properties in 3 States
Jul 09, 2023
Episode #176 - Don's Advice for Battery High Prices
Jul 03, 2023
Episode 175 - June Food Plot Update
Jun 25, 2023
Episode #174 Holistic & Regenerative Ag Techniques for Food Plotters
Jun 18, 2023
Episode 173 - Can you find joy in killing GIANT Bucks?
Jun 11, 2023
Episode #172 - Don is really worried about EHD in 2023
Jun 04, 2023
Episode #171 - Take What a Property Gives You!
May 28, 2023
Episode #170rev2 - Herbicide Selection, Fawns, and Mowing Clover
May 21, 2023
Episode #169 - Don is Testing More Corn Seed. WHY?
May 14, 2023
Episode #186 - Regenerative Ag Practices
May 07, 2023
Episode #167 - Turkey Season Is Here! Terry Still Hates Turkeys!
Apr 30, 2023
Episode #166 - Spring Herbicides
Apr 23, 2023
Episode #165 - Farmers Planting Early Creates New Opportunities - EARLY SPRING
Apr 16, 2023
Episode #164 - CRP Programs - Know Facts!
Apr 09, 2023
Episode #163 - The Hype of Chestnut Trees....
Apr 02, 2023
Episode #162 - Chasing 200" - The Next Chapter - SHED FOUND!
Mar 26, 2023
Episode #161 - Live from Last Master Class - Inside QuietKat E-Bike
Mar 19, 2023
Episode #160 - Live with Dr. Bronson Strickland at Whitetail Master Class
Mar 12, 2023
Episode 159 - Captive Deer Breeding... Why Don Got Out
Mar 05, 2023
Episode #158 - Is Hunting Contests Hurting the Hunting Industry?
Feb 26, 2023
Episode #157 Frost Seeding Clover - Soil Builder - Switchgrass
Feb 19, 2023
Episode #156 - Looking for a Buck Bed....
Feb 12, 2023
Chasing Giants #155 - Hilarious Episode Live from Middlefield, OH
Feb 05, 2023
Episode #154 - Dogs Running Loose on Don's Farm. HE IS NOT HAPPY!
Jan 29, 2023
Episode #153 - What Should Buck Doe Ratio Be?
Jan 22, 2023
Episode #152 - Are Trade Shows Dying?
Jan 15, 2023
Episode #151 - Winter Scouting Tips
Jan 08, 2023
Episode #150 - Choose the Right Bedding Cover
Jan 01, 2023
Episode #149 Frigid Temps and Deer... Merry Christmas 2022!
Dec 25, 2022
Episode #148 - Are Bucks Shedding Antlers Early This Year?
Dec 18, 2022
Episode #147 - Winter Buck Inventory... More Important than Summer?
Dec 11, 2022
Episode #146 - Late Season Decisions and Tactics
Dec 04, 2022
Chasing Giants Podcast #145 - Bully Bucks and Big Rubs!
Nov 27, 2022
Episode #144 - Where Did All The Bucks Go?
Nov 20, 2022
Episode #143 - Welcome to the Lockdown!
Nov 14, 2022
Chasing Giants Episode #142 - Heat Wave Rut - What will Don do?
Nov 06, 2022
Chasing Giants Podcast #141 - Scrapes are hot... So is the weather!
Oct 31, 2022
Episode #140 - Fall Drought - What does that mean for deer hunters?
Oct 24, 2022
Episode #139 - Plans Can Change... Goals Stay The Same!
Oct 17, 2022
Episode #138 - Hunting the Full Moon
Oct 10, 2022
Episode #137 - Tree Season or Deer Season?
Oct 03, 2022
Episode #136 - EHD HITS AGAIN - DON'S FINAL BUCK FORECAST
Sep 26, 2022
Episode #135 - Buck Dispersal - What does it mean?
Sep 19, 2022
Episode #134 - Bobby Worthington talks Buck Forecast Part 3
Sep 11, 2022
Episode #133 - Special Guest Mark Luster - Buck Forecast Part 2
Sep 05, 2022
Episode #132 - 2022 Buck Forecast Part 1
Aug 29, 2022
Episode #131 - Don forms his own Dream Team
Aug 22, 2022
Episode #130 - Don buys a scent elimination device
Aug 15, 2022
Episode #129 - Lessons Learned from a GIANT TYPICAL - Story you haven't heard!
Aug 08, 2022
Episode #128 - Watching Summer Velvet Giants!
Aug 01, 2022
Episode #127 When to Plant Fall Food Plots?
Jul 25, 2022
Episode #126 - Should we have deer hunting competitions?
Jul 17, 2022
Episode #125 - Wheat Prices May Change Late Season Hunting
Jul 10, 2022
Episode #124 LIVE - WE GAVE AWAY A TRUCK - Lester's Feet Raffle
Jul 05, 2022
Episode 124 Preview - Lester's Feet Drawing on July 4th at 3:00 EST
Jul 04, 2022
Episode #123 - How much does Don spend on batteries for trail cameras?
Jun 27, 2022
Episode #122 - Extreme Heat Really Hurts the Doe and Fawns!
Jun 20, 2022
Chasing Giants Episode 121 - Residual Herbicide Discussion & Don is Buying a Farm
Jun 12, 2022
RELOAD - EPISODE 120 FULL VERSION - DON TALKS ROLLER CRIMPING
Jun 06, 2022
Episode #119 - Memorial Day Tribute and Aging Bucks on Trail Cam Pics
May 29, 2022
Episode #118 Does a Buck's Home Range Get Smaller with Age?
May 22, 2022
Episode #117 - FOOD PLOT SEASON IS A GO!
May 15, 2022
Episode #116 - Broadhead Debate with Don Higgins and Joe Miles
May 08, 2022
Episode #115 - Don's Top Four Properties Visited This Year
May 02, 2022
Episode #114 - FOOD PLOT SEASON IS HERE!!!!!
Apr 25, 2022
Episode #113 Prepare Now... Results Come Later!!!!
Apr 18, 2022
Episode #112 - Chasing Giants in the Big North Woods
Apr 10, 2022
EPISODE #111 COURAGE or ARROGANCE?
Apr 04, 2022
Episode #110 - Double Episode live from Master Class - Al Foster gives great advise
Mar 27, 2022
EPISODE #109 SHED HUNTING and LIVE FROM MASTER CLASS #2
Mar 20, 2022
Episode #108 - Mind Blowing Deer Management with Dr. Bronson Strickland
Mar 13, 2022
EPISODE #107 - Don Knows How To Fire Up Southern Folks!
Mar 07, 2022
Episode #106 - Don finds sheds of an 8-year-old buck!
Feb 27, 2022
Episode #105 Live from Shipshewana, IN - 2 Episodes in One!
Feb 20, 2022
Episode #104 - Fighting CWD with Nutrition? Very Possible!
Feb 13, 2022
Episode #103 - Frost Seeding Tips and Tricks - NO SHORTCUTS!
Feb 06, 2022
Episode #102 - WE ARE GIVING AWAY A TRUCK IN THE LESTER'S FEET RAFFLE!
Jan 30, 2022
Episode 101 - Mowing Corn, Dead Coyotes, and Working in the Hunting Industry
Jan 23, 2022
Episode #100 - Chasing Giants Episode 100 - Predator Control, Doe Factory, Moving Scrapes
Jan 17, 2022
Episode #99 Trouble at ATA Show, Late Season, Lester's Feet Update
Jan 10, 2022
Episode #98 - Don's Trophy Room, Stolen Gun, and New Title Sponsor
Jan 02, 2022
Episode #97 - End of Year - Trying to Go Video
Dec 26, 2021
Episode #96 - STAY OUT OF THE SANCTUARY!
Dec 20, 2021
Episode #95 - Live from Guthrie, KY
Dec 13, 2021
Episode #94 - Late Season is Here! Change Your Approach
Dec 06, 2021
Episode #93 - Don decides to take a break...
Nov 29, 2021
Episode #92 - Don in Facebook Jail?
Nov 22, 2021
Episode #91 - Is Don like CNN News?
Nov 15, 2021
Episode #90 - November 7th - WHERE IS THE RUT
Nov 07, 2021
Episode #89 - 2021 Rut Setting Up To Be FANTASTIC!
Nov 01, 2021
Episode #88 - Hunting MATURE Bucks on October Mornings?
Oct 25, 2021
Episode #87 - BUCK DOWN! Lester's Feet Raffle Winner Got it Done!
Oct 17, 2021
Episode #86 - 17,764 trail cam pics in 25 days - no bait or attractant
Oct 11, 2021
Episode #85 - The Ones That Got Away... New Series by Don
Oct 04, 2021
Episode #84 Don Choice - Iowa or Illinois for Opening Day?
Sep 27, 2021
Episode #83 Don's Buck Inventory shows 32 bucks over 150"
Sep 20, 2021
Episode #82 MIND-BLOWING MANAGEMENT with Dr. Bronson Strickland
Sep 13, 2021
Episode #81 - TIPS FOR TRACKING YOUR DEER
Sep 06, 2021
Episode #80 - Don's 2021 Buck Forecast
Aug 30, 2021
Episode #79 - Bachelor Group Dispersal and Iowa Update
Aug 23, 2021
Episode #78 - People ask questions but do not like the answers!
Aug 16, 2021
Episode #77 - Would you shoot this buck? Still looking for a shooter.
Aug 09, 2021
Episode #76 - Where are the big bucks? August is here! Final Prep
Aug 02, 2021
Episode #75 - Concerned about cell cams, when should i plant, and purple headed freaks...
Jul 26, 2021
Episode #74 Don denied access to hunt and more velvet talk (how does weather affect growth?)
Jul 19, 2021
Episode #73 - How much bigger will bucks get? Don's best and worst of the week!
Jul 12, 2021
Episode #71 - Trail Cam Deployment, Giant Bucks of Social Media Misused, Raffle Closing Soon!
Jun 28, 2021
Episode #70 - Fathers Day Talk along with comparison of the Hunting Industry and the Drug Cartel
Jun 21, 2021
Episode #69 Deer "Spring Dispersal" and Don clarifies his post using the word "Stupidity" on social medial this week
Jun 14, 2021
Episode #68 - Germination, Browse Pressure, When To Spray - DON PICKS IOWA UNIT.....
Jun 07, 2021
Episode #67 - WATCH OUT FOR FAWNS! Don and Terry both have a close call!
May 31, 2021
Episode #66 - Don has Mel officially scored. Discussion about planting food plot seed. Is planting seed heavy good or bad?
May 24, 2021
Episode #65 Spring Plot Herbicide Discussion and Fawns dropping
May 17, 2021
Episode #64 - Happy Mothers Day! Stories about Don's and Terry's Mothers
May 10, 2021
Episode #63 - Spring food plots and when to spray chemicals - catching up on questions
May 03, 2021
Episode 62 - Food plot season is here. Don planting corn and preparing spring plots
Apr 26, 2021
Episode #61 - Live from the Midwest Sportsman Show - TOUGH QUESTIONS FROM LIVE CROWD
Apr 19, 2021
Episode #60 - Raffle Details - Win a hunt on Don's Farm! Also, Don discusses bucks already back on their summer range.
Apr 12, 2021
Episode #59 - Habitat Projects like Water Holes, Food in Bedding, Structure in Bedding along with other topics
Apr 05, 2021
Episode #58 - Burning Native Grass Tips and Great Questions from 3rd Master Class
Mar 28, 2021
Episode #57 - Discussion about Ethics Continues as guest at the 2nd Master Class put Don on the spot with live questions.
Mar 22, 2021
Episode #56 RELOAD - Great discussion live from 2021 Master Class #1 - Terry answers some questions on cell cam test
Mar 13, 2021
Episode #55 - 2020 Cell Camera Test - The Truth and probably some Hurt Feelings
Mar 10, 2021
Episode #54 - Garbage in the hunting industry, tracking an Iowa Giant Whitetail, and special interview with Karen Ward
Mar 08, 2021
Episode #53 - Iowa Deer Classic, Deer Foundering, Cull Bucks, and Don gets fired up about politics at the end
Mar 01, 2021
Episode 51 - Serving the Hunting Community instead of using the Hunting Industry
Feb 15, 2021
Episode #50 - Spring Food Plots with Duane Hopkins - the good and bad for different spring plot options
Feb 08, 2021
#49 - Nutrition: Proteins vs. Fat / Macro and Micro nutrients in Mineral - Know what you need!
Feb 01, 2021
Episode #48 - Antler Genetics (what is a super doe?) When Do Sheds Fall? And Peeing Out of Your Stand...
Jan 25, 2021
Episode #47 - Hunting Ethics, Annual Cycle Of Whitetail, Should we leave Social Media?
Jan 17, 2021
Episode #46 Dual Bolt Crossbow Opinions and New Products from Real World
Jan 11, 2021
Episode #45 - Lessons Learned from Captive Research Deer
Jan 04, 2021
Episode #44 - New Year's Resolutions, Bedding Cover, Hunting Cold Temps, and Sharing Hunting Property with Family
Dec 28, 2020
Episode #43 - Making Good Stand Great, Broadhead Debate Update, How We Celebrate a Kill, and Customer Service
Dec 21, 2020
Episode #42 - Christmas Gift Ideas, Hanging Tree Stands in February, and Last Giveaway for 2020
Dec 14, 2020
Episode #41 - Don and Terry start a new December Series called "Make A Good Spot Great!"
Dec 07, 2020
Episode #40 - Transition to Late Season and Picking a Contest Winner- Also, Thoughts about Mel Video
Nov 30, 2020
Episode #39 - SPECIAL EDITION - DON SHOOTS ANOTHER GIANT! 2 Bucks = 400"+ of Antler in 2020
Nov 25, 2020
Episode #38 Terry Kills a Illinois 8 Pointer and Don gets wound up on some industry topics! REALLY WOUND UP!
Nov 23, 2020
Episode #37 - Understanding the Rut, Aerial Photos of Property, Bad Shot Angles and Broadheads Types
Nov 16, 2020
Episode #36 Peak Rut Update, Warm Weather, maybe a little election and religion
Nov 09, 2020
Episode #35 - Don shoots his 3rd 200"+ Buck - The story of Mel - A 220" World Class Whitetail
Nov 01, 2020
Episode #34 - Late October Check in - Buck Activity Slower Than Expected - Why?
Oct 23, 2020
Episode #33 - Mid October Update, A Little Cell Camera Update, Little Genetics Discussion, and even a little politics
Oct 13, 2020
Episode #32 - Follow up conversation from Dr. Strickland Research with live audience
Oct 05, 2020
Episode #31 - Special Guest Dr. Bronson Strickland - Fetal Programming, Deer Dispersal, Minerals, and CWD
Sep 27, 2020
Episode #30 - Don prepares for season - Terry has a mishap and misses a target buck PLUS A BIG ANOUNCEMENT
Sep 21, 2020
Episode #29 - Don previews some HIT LIST and UP-AND-COMER bucks while Terry is chasing a good buck in KY
Sep 08, 2020
Episode #28 - Don's Buck Forecast and Terry defends Rednecks using zip ties
Aug 22, 2020
Episode #27 Season is closing in. Final prep work is being done along with addressing some hurt feelings.
Aug 10, 2020
Episode #26 - Don tackles two controversial topics CULLING and AGING BUCKS
Jul 27, 2020
Episode #25 - Don and Terry give an update on their hunting spots and discuss getting into the hunting industry.
Jul 13, 2020
Episode #24 - Don is glassing bucks at night while Terry tests Don's idea of Saddle Hunting....
Jun 30, 2020
Episode #23 - Spring Plots, Trail Cam Test, and the first adversity of the 2020 season for Terry as he suffers serious injury
Jun 15, 2020
Episode #22 - Special Contest Winner Bryan Medinger and Don has big announcement
Jun 01, 2020
Episode #21 - Working on Food Plots and Watching the Weather - Lots and Lots of Questions
May 18, 2020
Episode #20 - Food Plot Prep Continues - Native Grass and Miscanthus in the Ground
Apr 27, 2020
Episode #19 - Finishing Timber Projects and Starting Food Plot Projects
Apr 15, 2020
Episode #18 - Taking Advantage During The Bad Times
Mar 23, 2020
Episode #17 - Live from Don Higgins first Master Class of 2020
Mar 14, 2020
Episode #16 - Food Plots.... Frost Seeding, Switchgrass Stratification, and Soybeans
Mar 03, 2020
Episode #15 - Passion vs. Discipline
Feb 15, 2020
Episode #14 - Don and Terry talk deer during the superbowl....
Feb 03, 2020
Episode #13 - 2020 ATA SHOW From Indy - Part 2 of 2
Jan 16, 2020
Episode #12 2020 ATA SHOW from Indy - Part 1 of 2
Jan 15, 2020
Episode #11 - Merry Christmas and Late Season Insights
Dec 23, 2019
Episode #10 - December Tips - Scouting for 2020 - Big Announcement from Real World
Dec 13, 2019
Episode #9 - Terry shoots his second buck of the year and Don scouts for 2020 Season
Dec 01, 2019
Episode #8 - Lock-down is about over. Great hunting the week of Thanksgiving
Nov 24, 2019
Episode #7 - Hunting during lock down - Things do not always go easy in the "Real World"
Nov 18, 2019
Episode #6 - Don Kills 2 Booners on Back to Back Hunts
Nov 10, 2019
Episode #5 - November is Here!
Nov 03, 2019
Episode #4 - Late October - Pre-Rut Hunting
Oct 28, 2019
Episode #3 - October Lull is Here!
Oct 18, 2019
Episode #2 - Update on Opening Week and Targeting Don's First Booner of 2019
Oct 06, 2019
Episode 1 - New Show Introduction and Don's Unique Goal For 2019
Sep 24, 2019